When you think about it in Blue, it makes even less sense

akumaten said:

When you think about it in Blue, it makes even less sense

True. In Blue, it's Gengar vs. Jigglypuff.

Too bad Gengar sucked really hard in the first installment :/.

Provence said:

Too bad Gengar sucked really hard in the first installment :/.

You're kidding me, right? Gengar was very good because of that Normal immunity. Like, 6 out of 7 players used one in the official tournament finals.

DreamFromTheLayer said:

You're kidding me, right? Gengar was very good because of that Normal immunity. Like, 6 out of 7 players used one in the official tournament finals.

Hmm, must've false remembered it then :/.

Provence said:

Hmm, must've false remembered it then :/.

Maybe it just wasn't strong in your playthrough? Or the opponent's Gengar was weak or something.

DreamFromTheLayer said:

Maybe it just wasn't strong in your playthrough? Or the opponent's Gengar was weak or something.

Nah, I had in mind that Ghost / Poison type Pokémon were extremely weak against Psychic type Pokémon (especially Alakazam).

Provence said:

Nah, I had in mind that Ghost type Pokémon were extremely weak against Psychic type Pokémon (especially Alakazam).

Thanks alot anime for fucking that aspect up

akumaten said:

Thanks alot anime for fucking that aspect up

To be fair, back then they were the only ghost types... and were part poison. And ghost moves were REALLY weak, since they consisted of a grand total of two damaging moves: Night Shade (which does HP damage based on YOUR level) and Lick.

Garrus said:

To be fair, back then they were the only ghost types... and were part poison. And ghost moves were REALLY weak, since they consisted of a grand total of two damaging moves: Night Shade (which does HP damage based on YOUR level) and Lick.

I tried bringing in a Lickitung from my Gold version to my Yellow and tried to use lick on a Drowzee, and it was unaffected by Lick.

akumaten said:

I tried bringing in a Lickitung from my Gold version to my Yellow and tried to use lick on a Drowzee, and it was unaffected by Lick.

If I remember correctly, there's an error that made Drowzee and Hypno immune to ghost type attacks.

thelocster said in comment #1831001:

If I remember correctly, there's an error that made Drowzee and Hypno immune to ghost type attacks.

All Psychics were immune to Ghost in the first generation games due to a bug in their programming.