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Should Gyrados' type be changed to Water/Dragon? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Gyrados, as well all know, is actually a Water/Flying type. This was done because Dragon was not a type in the game when Gyrados was introduced.

Should this be fixed on have his type changed to what he was based on? A Chinese Water Dragon?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Isn't the Dratini line dragon type in Gen 1? The same games that Gyarados was introduced.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yeah and the Dratini line was the only dragon type in gen 1 and was supposed to be very powerful and psudo-legendary.

I wouldn't be surprised if they decided against giving Gyarados the dragon type because of that specific lore reason as it's never made a whole lot of sense to me that it had the flying type either. I think Gyarados would be too strong both offensively and defensively if it didn't have the quad elec weakness which is probably why it's the way it is. (Disclaimer: I know nothing of Pokemon beyond gen4 and feel free to disregard my opinions)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yes, OP is wrong. Dragon type existed in Gen 1 and was wildly overpowered.