oakbark said:
The re-typings in that link are ridiculous. The Clefairy line, possibly the Togepi line... they're the only real candidates for a retype.
Air/Wind/Sky type sounds great, but how would it work in practice?
Weak to: Fire (fanning flames), Ground, Rock and Steel (all three are immovable by wind).
Strong against: Fighting (can't punch air), Grass (cold wind burns vegetation), Flying (disrupts flight).
Not sure how Fairy-type would work in terms of strengths and weaknesses.
Flying type = air, wind, flight, basically anything sky related that can be thought of
Also, why would Leaf Storm of all moves be retyped, It's so obviously a Grass-type move. Same with Blizzard, it couldn't really be anything except Ice.
also, Magic typers, can any of you tell me any distinct features that wouldn't be covered by Psychic types?
basically, bringing in a Magic/Air type would be like bringing in a Sand type. It's covered perfectly fine by other types.
also, on Fairy type weaknesses and strengths
Strong against:
-Dragon (outsmarting the huge beasts)
-Fighting (being able to dodge the increasingly fustrated fighters whilst sneakily attacking them)
-Dark (I kind of see it fitting, no idea how or why though)
Weak against
-Poison (can't defend themselves from poisonous plants/they have no way to deal with poisons?)
-Psychic (outsmarting them)
-Bug (spiders/scorpions/other nasty bugs eating them?)
also, not an inherent weakness/resistance, but some kind of symbiotic relationship that is directly mentioned ingame with the Grass type, the fairies caring for the plants, and the plants in turn producing berries/nectar/other nice things that the fairies consume
Also, this is me being picky, but maybe change the name to 'Faerie'? It's just whenever I think of Fairies I always think of those small Tinkerbell-like things with insect wings and in leaf clothing, which isn't what the type would be about. I always think they'd be like those small nymphs and faeries that are seen in folklore, protecting the forest or something like that.
Xerneas would fit well into this category, being the forest's protector and the magical being that the faeries all worship in folklore
Also, sudden random brainwave that is slightly off topic, if Xerneas is the forest's protector, maybe it could make sense that Yveltal is the sky's protector? Obviously being Fighting/Flying instead of Dark/Flying