Ground Type Pokemon Moves are Confusing... | Gnoggin

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  • This is EVERY Ground type move in Pokemon explained! Some of them are simple, some of them are confusing. Why is bone club ground type? why is bonemarang ground type? Why is earthquake so strong? How does Mud Sport work? Why is High Horsepower ground type? Why is Stomping Tantrum ground type but not stomp? How do ground type moves differ from rock type? These questions and more will hopefully be explained.
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  • @thejuic3b0i64
    @thejuic3b0i64 Před 4 lety +1309

    “It’s like having a move called Temperature”
    Gamefreak: *WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN*

    • @nahemiasalbo5927
      @nahemiasalbo5927 Před 4 lety +69

      A normal type special move that also eliminates burns or freezing to all pokemons in the battle

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 Před 4 lety +59

      We have Pulverizing Pancake, Sappy Seed and Baddy Bad, so if they make a move called "Temperature", I won't be suprised.

    • @adam.aimanazli8833
      @adam.aimanazli8833 Před 4 lety +4

      Charle the french refernce nice

    • @1llusion546
      @1llusion546 Před 4 lety +1

      The Juic3B0i ok

    • @candymanva9629
      @candymanva9629 Před 4 lety +1

      Freeze Dry

  • @Emppu91
    @Emppu91 Před 4 lety +813

    That Fearow running animation honestly was way funnier than it had any right to be.

  • @AngryTheChipmonk
    @AngryTheChipmonk Před 4 lety +1168

    "I've used the dig in pun in every video that relates to Ground type pokemon. And I am Sorry."
    No you're not.

  • @Mapleknight12
    @Mapleknight12 Před 4 lety +499

    Ground Utilizes the earth in any way.
    Rock specifically utilizes Stones.
    Think of it like Normal/Fighting, similar concepts, but one is applied in a more specific manner than the other.

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 Před 4 lety +44

      Unless Groudon throws a hissy fit while using Stone Edge.

    • @joshuawilliams4741
      @joshuawilliams4741 Před 4 lety +32

      Yeah, like Water and Ice typing.

    • @Glory2Snowstar
      @Glory2Snowstar Před 4 lety +36

      Rock also utilizes gems.
      Wait a sec, do those count as stones?
      ...Oh, wait. Gemstones. I’m an idiot.

    • @mrboost4186
      @mrboost4186 Před 4 lety +3

      What's "earth" made of

    • @mrboost4186
      @mrboost4186 Před 4 lety +5

      @Nicolaus Volentius Ground and Rock types are secretly Water and Steel types confirmed

  • @dephtcore
    @dephtcore Před 4 lety +469

    "It's basically like stepping on a lego, but the lego is designed to be as sharp and painful as possible"
    Wait, isn't this already the case?

    • @limegrass6194
      @limegrass6194 Před 4 lety +35

      Well, Lego was designed to not break on impact, that way kids wont ruin their collection from stepping on something they or a parent couldnt see. Skin can heal, ut toys cannot. So what you say is true, from a certain point of view.

    • @sran438
      @sran438 Před 4 lety +8

      LimeGrass619 Obi wan is that you?

    • @limegrass6194
      @limegrass6194 Před 4 lety +3

      @@sran438 hello there

    • @Gwenth
      @Gwenth Před 4 lety +5

      Homie Kenobi.

    • @draconiumnova5110
      @draconiumnova5110 Před 4 lety +4

      I have an immunity to the pain of stepping on legos.

  • @weshansen7892
    @weshansen7892 Před 4 lety +401

    I feel like bone attacks should be rock just because bones are very hard, like rocks? But also should be able to knock a bird out of the sky if thrown.

    • @timwoods2852
      @timwoods2852 Před 4 lety +14

      By that logic it would make just as much sense for them to be ghost type moves.

    • @c.b.t.c802
      @c.b.t.c802 Před 4 lety +30

      I think they should be rock because maybe the bones are fossilized and therefore have rock hardness

    • @weshansen7892
      @weshansen7892 Před 4 lety +21

      @@timwoods2852 because ghosts are ...hard? The only reason I could see being ghost type is if it were spectral necromancy bones, which they are not. And then they wouldn't be able to touch normal types, which makes even less sense than throwable bones not being able to hit birds.

    • @nahemiasalbo5927
      @nahemiasalbo5927 Před 4 lety +16

      @@weshansen7892 they would be ghost because bones are corpses, thats pretty much the definition and a reason behind alola marowak

    • @iwcj9046
      @iwcj9046 Před 4 lety +8

      @@c.b.t.c802 The bones of the Marowak line are apparently from their dead mothers. I don't think bones fossilize that quickly.

  • @Barmander
    @Barmander Před 4 lety +311

    "Magnitude: this move cannot be used. It should be forgotten. It cannot be remembered when forgotten" made me laugh so hard

    • @jordanbuck7363
      @jordanbuck7363 Před 4 lety +27

      Good Ole sword and shield

    • @edard8237
      @edard8237 Před 3 lety +3

      I have a question. What does this mean? Maybe I missed something, I'm not sure.

    • @edard8237
      @edard8237 Před 3 lety +1

      @Leo Mongelia I see. I didn't really check which moves and pokemon were removed whatsoever, and I haven't 0layed the game yet, so thanks for clearing that up for me

    • @ZudinGodofWar
      @ZudinGodofWar Před 3 lety

      When was that

  • @DaBannyGaming
    @DaBannyGaming Před 4 lety +423

    “It makes sense that Pokémon that are Flying type are immune to Ground.”
    Doduo: Yeah... Makes sense...

    • @PhazonX
      @PhazonX Před 4 lety +64

      If we're being honest, Doduo shouldn't be flying type at all. And now... I sort of want a regional variant of Doduo.

    • @bananaforscale1283
      @bananaforscale1283 Před 4 lety +17

      Doduo has wings and can fly. 100% flying bird

    • @SoullessNazzerin
      @SoullessNazzerin Před 4 lety +36

      @@bananaforscale1283 You get half a point. Can it use fly? Yes. Does it have wings? No. It isn't 100% flying bird, it's 100% somehow flying wingless bird. lmao

    • @bananaforscale1283
      @bananaforscale1283 Před 4 lety +7

      @@SoullessNazzerin It's wing are hidden in the body

    • @SoullessNazzerin
      @SoullessNazzerin Před 4 lety +19

      @@bananaforscale1283 such type of wings would not be able to support the weight of the pokemon in flight so doesn't really matter, it would practically need to use some kind of magic or mystery power anyways

  • @krvys7226
    @krvys7226 Před 4 lety +157

    6:48 the fun fact for this move also has an interesting quirk that, I don't know if it's changed, but frustrated my friend in either gen 3 or 4.
    Opponants flygon used dig. He used earthquake to counter. Earthquake missed due to levitate... Despite being underground...

    • @bridgeseller7004
      @bridgeseller7004 Před 4 lety +4

      It's the same. The same with flying types.

    • @JulianimeIsAmazing
      @JulianimeIsAmazing Před 4 lety +40

      Someone explained to me that Latias, a Levitating Pokemon, can use Roost, and if it uses Roost it still won't be hit by a Ground Move that turn because all Roost does is "removes flying type from the user (whether they have the Flying Type or not)" instead of actually "makes the user 'Grounded status'". Which is insanely stupid.

    • @bridgeseller7004
      @bridgeseller7004 Před 4 lety +3

      @@JulianimeIsAmazing Huh. Never thought of that. Nice.

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 Před 4 lety +7

      All Pokémon: "Sense and logic is for the weak!"

    • @lilbroskee6697
      @lilbroskee6697 Před 2 lety

      I had the exact same thing happen to me when I was battling a friend in Sword

  • @tobysvideos1227
    @tobysvideos1227 Před rokem +6

    Stomping tantrum makes sense to be ground type because it’s like earthquake and magnitude where the Pokémon stomps the ground, making it shake and causing damage with that.

  • @lorendavis1632
    @lorendavis1632 Před 4 lety +53

    One thing about the move Bulldoze: Its japanese name translates to "smooth over" and I've also seen it translated to "level ground." This makes me think that the attack is a surface level shock wave meant to topple over standing structures. A pokemon standing on the ground as it shakes so violently would probably lose their footing and fall down, explaining why the target's speed goes down when they are hit. It would also explain why Bulldoze doesn't affect burrowing targets like Earthquake and Magnitude do.

  • @pattymelt5825
    @pattymelt5825 Před 4 lety +145

    "All of these Pokemon have drills"
    Yes that's favorite part of Mew's design, the massive drill poking out of its forehead

    • @beckhampang191
      @beckhampang191 Před 4 lety +27

      Mew has a drill somewhere else

    • @r4nd0mguy99
      @r4nd0mguy99 Před 4 lety +26

      True, but Mew can shapeshift.

    • @maganhassan2627
      @maganhassan2627 Před 4 lety +7

      Pokemon can either use their horn to drill or magically create a drilling move loool who knows exactly

    • @fordderek2429
      @fordderek2429 Před 4 lety +6

      The drill is a light construct just like there fangs when they bite.

    • @arcangherss999
      @arcangherss999 Před 3 lety +6

      Mew can use it basically because it's the common ancestor of all regular Pokemon, so it can use all of their moves. You don't see Mew having claws but it can use ALL claw moves.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +315

    What makes less sense is how Ash's Pikachu can affect ground types...

    • @TheRibottoStudios
      @TheRibottoStudios Před 4 lety +45

      I saw this comment coming a MILE away lol

    • @dahuntre
      @dahuntre Před 4 lety +73

      “This rule can’t stop me because I can’t read!”

    • @awesomedude1262
      @awesomedude1262 Před 4 lety +8

      Hey you look like that who has half a mustache but without mustache

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 Před 4 lety +22

      Pikachu! Aim for the horn!

    • @notsospecial9012
      @notsospecial9012 Před 4 lety +44

      This is the same pikachu that struck his own teammate, a flying type, with an electrical move and gave it electrical armor. He’s hacking at this point

  • @hiddenscorpiusXI
    @hiddenscorpiusXI Před 4 lety +191

    "Mud Slap doesn't make sense. You're not slapping mud on your opponent."
    Slap is an onomatopeia: Is a sound you get when you hit something flat, either with your hand, or with something moist and pliable, like _m u d._

    • @trivialslope
      @trivialslope Před 4 lety +8

      I always imagine the mudkip line using their tails to use the move

    • @justinl2009
      @justinl2009 Před 4 lety +4

      Mud surprisingly hurts.

    • @Beautiful_Sound_1995
      @Beautiful_Sound_1995 Před 4 lety

      It still wouldn't hurt. It would just piss you off.

    • @hiddenscorpiusXI
      @hiddenscorpiusXI Před 4 lety +6

      @@Beautiful_Sound_1995 this is Pokémon we're talking about. Pokémon moves _hurt_

    • @Beautiful_Sound_1995
      @Beautiful_Sound_1995 Před 4 lety

      @@hiddenscorpiusXI You mean like growl? Or tickle?

  • @propheinx2250
    @propheinx2250 Před 4 lety +195

    "It's not every day you get hit by a femur."

  • @RevvySD
    @RevvySD Před 4 lety +95

    I can just imagine ferrow spinning around in circles mid air while running into an opponent

  • @JoePlinkelton
    @JoePlinkelton Před 4 lety +69

    "There's nothing normal about that. You don't get hit every day with a bare femur" 😂

  • @grz_chaos6489
    @grz_chaos6489 Před 4 lety +114

    Lockstin: Why can Lucario learn Bone rush?
    Me: Anubis, Egyptian jackal god of graveyards and death, known for judging the hearts of the dead as they enter the underworld

    • @insertclevernamehere1186
      @insertclevernamehere1186 Před 4 lety +8

      But then why doesn't Lucario get Shadow Bone as well? (Alolan Marowak's signature move?)

    • @jiado6893
      @jiado6893 Před 4 lety

      Also, Wolverine bone spikes.

    • @JulianimeIsAmazing
      @JulianimeIsAmazing Před 4 lety +7

      actually, by that logic it should learn heart stamp and heart swap too. Also JUDGMENT ;) ok maybe not that last one... we'll workshop it with the boys at GF "Oh more moves to make Lucario super extra more powerful? Green light baby!"

    • @brady5021
      @brady5021 Před 4 lety +3

      JulianimeIsAmazing I mean lucario really is not that strong. It’s decent and has uses but it’s a niche pick at best.

    • @francofernandes2006
      @francofernandes2006 Před 3 lety +2

      @@insertclevernamehere1186 because it's a signature move, and Game Freak needs Alolan Marowak to be remembered by something besides being a fire-dancer.

  • @jamcalx
    @jamcalx Před 4 lety +236

    Sad psyduck T-shirt? "Life sucks a bit more now"

  • @DreamingFool9189
    @DreamingFool9189 Před 4 lety +88

    I always like to imagine that mudshot was a high pressured blast of mud like water gun. This is mostly from Heart Gold and Soul Silver with the animation used for that.

    • @ps5056
      @ps5056 Před 4 lety +5

      Ruby/sapphire animation made me think exact the same, it was the same as watergun but brown

    • @ifuckyourcat
      @ifuckyourcat Před rokem

      Mud shot has the "i" switched out with "o"

  • @poysonscarecrow1109
    @poysonscarecrow1109 Před 4 lety +188

    Why everyone is attacking psyduck? He has the type advantage

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios Před 4 lety +173

    "I guess that's the power of Aura and marketing trying to make Lucario be the coolest guy ever."
    Well they succeeded this Jackal like pokemon is as much of a mascot for Pokemon as Pikachu and Charizard are.
    And I'm not mad at that cause that Pokemon is TIGHT.

    • @sbirulina52
      @sbirulina52 Před 4 lety +28

      They aren't trying to make him the coolest, they're SUCCEDING on making him the coolest

    • @shytendeakatamanoir9740
      @shytendeakatamanoir9740 Před 4 lety +23

      That really show how cool Lucario is. It has so many favoritism, but no one ever get mad. If Leon had a Gigantamax Lucario, everyone would have rejoiced.

    • @daanbergmans4689
      @daanbergmans4689 Před 4 lety +4

      Quoting Ryan George is actually super easy, barely an inconveniance

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 Před 4 lety +7

      @@sbirulina52
      Correct.
      They *tried* with Zoroark. That went... poorly.

    • @TheRibottoStudios
      @TheRibottoStudios Před 4 lety

      @@shytendeakatamanoir9740 YOU ARE CORRECT SIR.

  • @TheLastSavior10
    @TheLastSavior10 Před 4 lety +28

    I'm pretty sure Game Freak made sandstorm rock type so that their spaghetti code didn't mess up and make it so that flying types could just straight up wall off an entire weather change.

  • @MsMaydayGoingDown
    @MsMaydayGoingDown Před 4 lety +15

    Lucario learning bone moves actually makes sense with some research! It is based on jackals, who are known to chew their prey down to the bone and then carry bones around with them to clean their teeth. Also, jackals are what Anubus is based on, and you can see hints of this god in its design, and due to to Anubus' whole death/afterlife thing, bones make sense for it as well.

  • @dogsareawesome6663
    @dogsareawesome6663 Před 4 lety +46

    mud sport seems like something to help non-ground types because ground types are immune to electric

    • @kenhollis6197
      @kenhollis6197 Před 4 lety +13

      Yes, it was originally meant for double battles.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 Před 4 lety +2

      classy corgi Doesn’t surprise me. If they can make impromptu faraday cages made of mud, they may or may not have some sort of biological grounding mechanism, assuming the user is indeed a ground type.

    • @bulborb8756
      @bulborb8756 Před 4 lety +4

      except all the pokemon who do learn mud sport are ground-types meaning it's very redundant....and the only pokemon who does learn it that isn't ground-type is Krabby & Kingler

    • @nahemiasalbo5927
      @nahemiasalbo5927 Před 4 lety +2

      it has nothing to do but i think that water sport should make water mons affected (or even weak) to electric moves

    • @kenhollis6197
      @kenhollis6197 Před 4 lety +3

      @@nahemiasalbo5927 Water types are already weak to Electric. Unless you meant it should heighten their weakness.

  • @FlamieDoc
    @FlamieDoc Před 4 lety +17

    Noggin: "somehow Lucario learns bone rush and I don't get it"
    Lucario: angry dog noises

    • @sand747
      @sand747 Před 3 lety +5

      Angry Anubis, god of death, noises

  • @greencyborgninjadude9546
    @greencyborgninjadude9546 Před 4 lety +8

    lockstin: “it’s basicly like stepping on a lego but the lego is desinged to be as sharp and painfull as possible.”
    me: so, just a lego?

  • @zentendoxn8955
    @zentendoxn8955 Před 4 lety +92

    I’d make High Horsepower a Steel Type move. Horseshoes are metallic, after all.

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 Před 4 lety +21

      LOL, now I'm thinking of Snorlax with horseshoes.

    • @zentendoxn8955
      @zentendoxn8955 Před 4 lety +5

      Omega One, Why Electric, And not Steel, Huh?
      Not even the move’s animation shows any sparky visuals or sounds.

    • @zentendoxn8955
      @zentendoxn8955 Před 4 lety +6

      Omega One, THERE IS! IN THE MOVE’S AFOREMENTIONED ANIMATION!!
      IT’S WHAT THE TARGET POKÉMON APPEARS TO GET HIT BY!!

    • @characterdreemurr1498
      @characterdreemurr1498 Před 4 lety +2

      I was thinking something similar, but my reasoning was the name itself. High *Horsepower* which makes me think about cars and their horsepower, plus if it could be altered, I'd say it could work similar to magnitude, but not on a scale of 1 to 10. Rather 1 to 5
      1 is the base damage, and STAB if being used by a steel type.
      5 being the stronger end and doing more danage. Not sure how much because I don't entirely know how Magnitude dictates the damage of its scale.
      But something like this because of varying degrees of horsepower.

    • @mrnelis8037
      @mrnelis8037 Před 4 lety +3

      But High Horsepower was a move created for Mudbray/Mudsdale.. (I know other pkmn can learn it..) Do donkey’s have iron hooves ?

  • @TerraWispr
    @TerraWispr Před 4 lety +17

    6:46 "big dig" lol

  • @Lotloxa
    @Lotloxa Před 4 lety +44

    “Shoring up” is an idiom that means to reinforce something. In this case, it’s a pun because it’s a sand castle.

    • @mrboost4186
      @mrboost4186 Před 4 lety

      He went to all this effort making and editing this video but simply couldn't use Google to find that one out

    • @firebird1080
      @firebird1080 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mrboost4186 He does that at least once a video.

    • @mayevie
      @mayevie Před 3 lety +7

      did you guys not watch like 30 seconds longer to the part where he explains what shore up means 🤔

    • @Dash-lx4ng
      @Dash-lx4ng Před 2 lety

      Facts may

    • @coca_0146
      @coca_0146 Před 2 lety

      he said that in the video

  • @Commander_Appo
    @Commander_Appo Před 4 lety +51

    "Its basically a Lego, but the Lego is designed to be as sharp and painful as possible"
    So... a lego..?

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 Před 4 lety +34

    Fearow spinning towards it's enemies at the speed of sound

  • @Dean-ny9dn
    @Dean-ny9dn Před 4 lety +9

    When you think of "Ground" as "Earth", a lot of the moves here make sense. Most moves that are Ground-type affect the earth, either manipulation of it or using things from it.

  • @sharkbite7922
    @sharkbite7922 Před 4 lety +34

    2:02 I'm getting some Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner vibes...

  • @dynojackal1911
    @dynojackal1911 Před 2 lety +2

    The differences between Rock and Ground Types in Pokemon lines up fairly well with the contrast between Stone and Earth Toa powers in Bionicle.

  • @TheOriginalDarkNerd
    @TheOriginalDarkNerd Před 4 lety +8

    High horsepower does make sense, when you consider how it was introduced. You mentioned it was the signature move of the Mudsdale line, which is right, but you said it just for stab. That's not entirely accurate- Mudsdale doesnt have normal horseshoes, instead it's legs and feet are protected by a thick coat of mud. So when it uses High Horsepower, it's giving you a fully body mud tackle. Hence why other pokemon can use it- it's just a muddy version of tackle.

  • @deadaccount8054
    @deadaccount8054 Před 4 lety +22

    Game freak really did garchomp's mega evolution dirty.

    • @frozenvoltz6739
      @frozenvoltz6739 Před 4 lety +6

      If Mega garchomp had this stats
      108 hp
      170 atk
      115 def
      80 S.atk
      95 S.def
      132 Speed
      Ability:Brute power(An ability i created) or Tough Claws
      Increases the power of physical moves by 50%
      He would be devastating

    • @archer5922
      @archer5922 Před 4 lety

      FrozenVoltz tbf even just setting at like 112 would still give it something to work with, and a hell of a lot better than dropping its speed by ten points. That was the biggest disappointment for me, the fact that it gets slower and loses rough skin for an ability that is situational at best in a tier where if any weather was used it was rain

    • @Robin_Robout
      @Robin_Robout Před 4 lety

      I feel like that was intentional because Garchomp was already a bastard beast.

    • @frozenvoltz6739
      @frozenvoltz6739 Před 4 lety

      @@Robin_Robout Yet they gave salamence a mega evolution

    • @AHGavInDaUSA
      @AHGavInDaUSA Před 4 lety

      FrozenVoltz you could just call it huge power, the ability that already exists.

  • @7thlegendaryknight
    @7thlegendaryknight Před 4 lety +9

    I'd be down to have a move called Temperature. It could be an ice type attack 50% of the time and a fire type attack the other 50% of the time.

    • @GamerFromJump
      @GamerFromJump Před 4 lety

      If there were an inherently Fire/Ice Pokemon (rather than one that is only sometimes that, namely G-Darmanitan), this would be a good signature move.

    • @BladeTNT2018
      @BladeTNT2018 Před 3 lety +2

      This is could like Aura Wheel, one type in 1 turn and another type in another turn and repeat

    • @demi-femme4821
      @demi-femme4821 Před 2 lety

      I'd say make it so that it's a weak Normal move that changes type depending on effectiveness, kind of like how the Legend Plate makes Arceus' Jedgement change its type.
      It changes type to whichever wpuld deal more damage. It would be Ice-type against Flying-types, Fire-type against an Ice-type, Fire-type on a neutral hit (or ineffective if Ice would also be ineffective, like against Fire) if used by a Fire-type, Ice type if both have the same matchup and the user is a base Castform holding a NeverMeltIce, etc.

    • @MegaWolfDesigns
      @MegaWolfDesigns Před 3 měsíci

      I feel it'd be more powerful in hail/harsh sunlight

  • @shonklebonkle324
    @shonklebonkle324 Před 4 lety +5

    "I don't like sand, it's coarse, rough, irritating and it gets everywhere" - Anakin

  • @sirblankface7607
    @sirblankface7607 Před 4 lety +11

    4:52 The master strategist that is Dale.

  • @HORRIOR1
    @HORRIOR1 Před 4 lety +6

    Thousand Arrows is a good example on why flying NEEDS to be immune to ground. Without it, ground type attacks are pretty damn op.

  • @JustinWPruett
    @JustinWPruett Před 4 lety +18

    “There’s nothing normal about getting hit with a bare femur”
    I love this man.

  • @wario1226
    @wario1226 Před 4 lety +2

    Honestly I really liked High Horsepower as mudsdales signature move. It made sense because his legs are coated in a thick mud, so a kick from him would be very earthy. In gen 8, they made it incredibly common, practically a staple ground move. It lost its luster becoming "single target earthquake"

  • @cybo_vampire9145
    @cybo_vampire9145 Před 4 lety +8

    Now that I have watched Jojo, Thousand Arrows actually reminds me of when Secco from Jojo Part 5 spits dirt into the sky, then as the dirt hardens, it hardens in a long, arrow-like shape, causing them to fall fast and do lots of damage. I wonder is Thousand Arrows was actually inspired by that moment in Jojo XD

    • @jamescallanan2443
      @jamescallanan2443 Před 3 lety

      Speaking of Jojo and Pokemon, if all Stands are manifestations of fighting spirits, does that make them all Fighting type? Or are they all Ghost because they're spirits? Are villain stands all Dark type?

    • @cybo_vampire9145
      @cybo_vampire9145 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jamescallanan2443 Not all stands are of the fighting spirit. Stands like Cinderella and Pearl Jam were manifested naturally by honing a skill, and don't really have any offensive capabilities. Also, their ghostly attributes simply come from their nature as stands, and there are even some stands that can be seen by non-stand users, like Strength. As such, I don't think any stand must be either fighting or ghost type unless their attributes are directly tied to fighting or ghosts.

  • @nickboon1235
    @nickboon1235 Před 4 lety +5

    “So it’s just a big dig” and there went my coffee through my nose thx lockstin😂😭

    • @leafeon8956
      @leafeon8956 Před 3 lety

      Are you okay? That sounds painful

  • @theearlofwellington
    @theearlofwellington Před 4 lety +3

    Hope you’re doing alright Lockstin, I hope you can keep putting out some great content, this series is one of my favourites on YT. Keep safe & healthy!

  • @QuopTheDefenestrator
    @QuopTheDefenestrator Před 4 lety +2

    There’s a case to be made for the bone moves to be ghost type rather than ground. Any bone you’d use as a weapon would likely be from something dead (and as a result might be haunted), and the Cubone line especially is already strongly associated with ghosts. Plus ghost type moves used to be all physical, just like the bone moves, so the thick club still would’ve given them a boost

  • @dropkickcorpse
    @dropkickcorpse Před 4 lety +4

    4:51 Ah yes, the Wily Dale Gribble, the Nutcase Pokemon.

  • @henrikhl1290
    @henrikhl1290 Před 4 lety +6

    I love how all the intros (with the skeleton dude) are different and related to the video!!

  • @MrAuthor3DS
    @MrAuthor3DS Před 4 lety +9

    1:55 I mean, its JP name is Onidrill.

  • @arthurpprado
    @arthurpprado Před 4 lety +2

    Drill run should be steel-type because drills are basically all made of metal. As much as I love having my Beedrill being able to KO steel-types easily, the move would make more sense as steel

  • @alanservin5026
    @alanservin5026 Před 4 lety +4

    Him: spikes is basically like stepping on a Lego, but the Lego is designed to be a sharp and painful as possible
    Me: Are Legos not already designed to be as painful as possible?

  • @militantpacifist4087
    @militantpacifist4087 Před 4 lety +11

    10:30 That’s because it’s Lucario’s kekkei genkai

    • @mdraj5655
      @mdraj5655 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol Lucario is kimimaru confirmed

    • @notshariii
      @notshariii Před 3 lety

      What reference is that? Sorry, I'm a normie

    • @jn8489
      @jn8489 Před 3 lety +1

      shari Naruto part 1

    • @notshariii
      @notshariii Před 3 lety

      @@jn8489 alright thanks

  • @TheLuckOfTheClaws
    @TheLuckOfTheClaws Před 4 lety +3

    Lucario learns bone club because it is based on Anubis, the Egyptian god of death. Death=bones or something

  • @LevitatingLizardz8731
    @LevitatingLizardz8731 Před 4 lety +2

    “It’s kinda hard to keep fighting when the ground eats you.”
    *Ruiner Nergigante would disagree*

  • @LemonSaber
    @LemonSaber Před 3 lety +2

    “We are made of dirt!”
    Me: That’s why I am worthless!

  • @SneakyGliscor21
    @SneakyGliscor21 Před 4 lety +4

    Sandslash, use sand tomb
    It's super effective
    RIP Mario
    I laughed so hard when I saw that and I honestly dont know why

  • @jojidubi4
    @jojidubi4 Před 4 lety +4

    That animation of Fearow running on the ground is outright blursed.

  • @theartvan1883
    @theartvan1883 Před 4 lety +1

    The 3D pokemon models in super realistic settings looks really really cool by the way, would be cool to see more of that

  • @wumbology72
    @wumbology72 Před 4 lety +1

    Not so much a change needed for lore reasons but I really want to see the sport moves give immunity to a typing rather than lowering power. Imagine making a team with a gaping electric weakness then your feraligatr pulls out mud sport and is immune to thunderbolt for 5 turns. Kind of like the electric move that makes you immune to ground. That move can be pretty useful

  • @insertclevernamehere1186
    @insertclevernamehere1186 Před 4 lety +9

    I guess Sandstorm is Rock type so that it affects Flying types as well. I mean, flying in a sandstorm can NOT be easy...

    • @jamescallanan2443
      @jamescallanan2443 Před 3 lety

      The move Sandstorm doesn't directly damage the target though. It creates the weather effect which then causes the damage. If we took Type effectiveness into account for weather effects, then Rain and Sun would hurt Pokemon weak to Water and Fire

  • @felixhartmann6433
    @felixhartmann6433 Před 4 lety +3

    "The Lego is designed to be a sharp and painful as possible." - so it's basically the same Lego XD

  • @ColdUtopia
    @ColdUtopia Před 4 lety +1

    The difference between Fearow's Drill Peck and Drill Run is the magical power or aura behind the move. And so Flying types have a natural immunity to Ground based moves.

  • @trumpeterjen
    @trumpeterjen Před 4 lety +1

    I've always found it a little funny that Game Freak would bother to make two types in Generation I that are barely distinguishable from each other (Rock and Ground), but they couldn't be bothered to make sure Psychic had a viable weakness (Dark didn't exist, Psychic was immune to Ghost, Bug had virtually no offensive presence...)

  • @wheeledjustice7381
    @wheeledjustice7381 Před 4 lety +4

    6:46 Nah, if it were a Big Dig, it would take 25 years to finish.

    • @TornadoZX825
      @TornadoZX825 Před 4 lety

      Plus, the animation shows the user dragging the target down with them towards the Earth's core

  • @JulianimeIsAmazing
    @JulianimeIsAmazing Před 4 lety +3

    YES! POCKET SAND! Anyway, as far as ground type works, I've actually always wanted GF to expand more on how LEVITATE works. I've always thought Pokemon, like Flying Pokemon, needed to have physiological immunities and resistances to certain types based on MORE than just primary typing, and Levitate, and other abilities like Storm Drain and Flash Fire support this.
    However, the line is blurred when you have CLEARLY OBVIOUSLY LEVITATING POKEMON like Magnezone, Weezing, and Gengar, who are susceptible to ground type moves. I understand that Weezing for the most part naturally has levitate, but with the inclusion of its neutralizing gas and hidden ability, the STILL LEVITATING Weezing is still susceptible to ground, and Gengar has been changed from levitating to not probably for balancing reasons because it's an extremely fast and powerful Pokemon who keeps getting special unique forms and abilities that break the game a bit too much. Magnezone I can even understand as justified because it's affected so strongly by the magnetic forces of the Earth itself, which means that Ground Type is also blurred with Electric Type over how certain moves make effect.
    And all of this leading up to the biggest offender of being hit by ground moves when they shouldn't, VENOMOTH! I get that being Bug/Flying is cliche and stupid, but the damn thing is like 60% wings! Sure, its poison is SO STRONG that it is first and foremost seen as a venomous insect, than just mundanely referred to as a flying insect, but for God's sake! Beedrill is on the same boat, and frankly what I think SHOULD happen is that GF should entirely remove the levitate ability and just have a special little status category for whether or not a pokemon is "Grounded". Sure, some might say it would GREATLY imbalance the game mechanics for certain Pokemon because they'd essentially have 2 abilities, like Gengar having both Levitate and Cursed Body at the same time, and some might argue that that is the case anyway for Flying Type Pokemon since birds like Noctowl get to be immune to ground regardless and additionally immune to sleep through Insomnia, and others STILL will argue that the tradeoff for the immunity to ground is a weakness to rock, electric, and ice, such that a Pokemon with levitate has to give up its entire special ability slot just for such a huge advantage.
    But I honestly think that with all the imbalanced power creep that already exists anyway, and all of the quality of life changes made to affect certain logistics of the world instead of just piling on more and more stupidity each generation, that eventually this change needs to be made. Or maybe GF will eventually implement 3 types, and have it specifically so that the THIRD type you have doesn't hav any of its weaknesses but only the resistances and immunities (which would be even stupider and more contrived) (and wouldn't help with situations like Weezing who is pure Poison), or maybe GF will eventually implement Pokemon naturally having TWO Abilities at once, one being primarily Physical Quality (like levitating or having a Flame Body) and one being primarily Special in nature (like summoning a Drought or having a Magic Bounce forcefield) but not be mutually exclusive either, so a Pokemon like Magnezone could have a mix of 2 arguably physical traits like levitating and being Sturdy, or levitating and having a strong magnetic pull.

    • @AbsolXGuardian
      @AbsolXGuardian Před 4 lety +1

      I think floating or not should be its own value. Pokémon who has levitate as their only ability get a new one. It's independent from types or abilities, although you can tell who has it by looking at their sprite.

    • @JulianimeIsAmazing
      @JulianimeIsAmazing Před 4 lety +1

      @@AbsolXGuardian I agree, that's exactly how I think it should be. It can even show on the battle menu just in case, for like where it shows stat boosts and stuff, it can have a little exclamation mark that when you click it says "floating"

  • @TheWillrocks51
    @TheWillrocks51 Před 4 lety +1

    Shore up is what surfers say when the tide is low. So that means there’s more sand on the beach

  • @giboit.
    @giboit. Před 4 lety +2

    I see the moves of the same type that are basically the same as levels of mastery over the type itself. For example: Magnitude being an inferior version of Earthquake, were moves like sand attack are for beginners, magnitude is the a intermediate level and earthquake would be an advanced/improved version of the move were the pokemon can already inflict a more defined and clearly more powerful amount of damage than it did with magnitude.

  • @zachgage7241
    @zachgage7241 Před 4 lety +3

    For Mud slap I always imagined that the reason it’s called that because the mud is slapping the other pokemon

    • @timwoods2852
      @timwoods2852 Před 4 lety

      Or the user is slapping the ground/mud at an angle to shoot it at the opponent.

  • @blazingblackness4442
    @blazingblackness4442 Před 4 lety +3

    11:38 That's not a good enough reason for Spikes to be Ground-type, because Sticky Web(Bug) and Toxic Spikes(Poison) dont effect Flying, Levitate or Air Ballooned pokemon either.

  • @gunterthesinger
    @gunterthesinger Před 4 lety

    I love these analysis videos. This is the kind of overthinking I did for years as a kid. ❤️

  • @TaffyMichele
    @TaffyMichele Před 4 lety

    I love the way y’all edit your videos and I’m gonna be sad when this series is over.

  • @supahkoopah2919
    @supahkoopah2919 Před 4 lety +3

    Now that you’ve given me some perspective on the moves, I have some ideas for alternate types to 2 of the moves mentioned.
    High Horsepower should be steel. It would make the in game animation make sense, as that’s what horseshoes are made of, and also horsepower is commonly used for cars. Which are made of metal.
    Stomping tantrum I think could work as a dark type move. I mean, it’s basically the Pokémon thrashing around out of anger, and if they missed earlier they get even angrier and do more damage. Something that petty totally fits the dark type!

    • @babel_UV
      @babel_UV Před 4 lety

      i completly agree but the real reason they ground type its for game mechanics. High horsepower is basically one target earthquake and stomping tantrum while shouldnt be ground type even so, it just gives ground coverage just like high horsepower

  • @porygon1365
    @porygon1365 Před 4 lety +4

    4:32 "The pokemon uses geomancy to create a sandstorm" Bu...But geomancy is a fairy type move...

    • @kenhollis6197
      @kenhollis6197 Před 4 lety +3

      In the sense that the Fairy type embodies nature and magic, but "geomancy" literally means "divination or magic by earth."

  • @shadowforce4
    @shadowforce4 Před 4 lety +1

    could the only reason why sandstorm is rock and not ground is so that flying types wouldn't be immune to that weather effect?

    • @kenhollis6197
      @kenhollis6197 Před 4 lety +1

      I would say so. If Sandstorm were Ground type, then everybody would bitch about birds and bugs somehow dodging it.

  • @graysonsnow2832
    @graysonsnow2832 Před 4 lety +2

    Oh how cute it is ~
    That feeling, when your mood is a little earthen, and here is a new video about the moves of the ground type. The devil definitely hid in these details.

  • @Mynameishassan0
    @Mynameishassan0 Před 4 lety +6

    Ground type: are cool
    The fact they are literally DIRT: am i a joke to you

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ Před 4 lety +6

    They are confusing, just not at all grounded in reaility.

    • @shaunscott5276
      @shaunscott5276 Před 4 lety

      They're a little too down to earth. Just not all theyre. DIRTy mons.
      Dirt cheap...
      I'm done... XD

  • @danieljardim5245
    @danieljardim5245 Před 4 lety +1

    Who edits these videos?! It is simply amazing. Props to you, editor

  • @propheinx2250
    @propheinx2250 Před 4 lety +1

    I wouldn't change any move typings, but I would change ground moves as a whole to not miss fliers and instead just make the few abilities that it makes sense for to not hit fliers.

  • @NintALgaFreak
    @NintALgaFreak Před 4 lety +3

    "The user throws sand in the face of their opponent...
    ...which gets sand in their eyes.
    So now their accuracy is lower...
    ... because they have sand in their eyes.
    Their life is a little bit worse now...
    ...because they have sand in their eyes."

  • @josec.6394
    @josec.6394 Před 4 lety +3

    _B I G D I G E N E R G Y_

  • @rocketeer9183
    @rocketeer9183 Před 4 lety +1

    besides the goofy game mechanics, some moves that are confusing could be explained by... i guess we should assume that the different types are usin a specific type of energy the pokemon are specifically producing. Mudsdale is using "ground type" energy to pull off this move. it kinda ruins it when it stops bein its signature move tho.

  • @rjrydquist
    @rjrydquist Před 4 lety

    Lockstin: It's basically like stepping on a Lego but the Lego is made to be as sharp and painful as possible.
    Me, a person who has cut there entire bottom foot open by stepping on Legos: I don't see the difference.

  • @elcia1100
    @elcia1100 Před 4 lety

    First time I discovered you when I started playing pokemon go and I fall in love in these videos, I don't play it anymore, but, I still love you

  • @herperderper__6186
    @herperderper__6186 Před 2 lety +1

    I feel like the bone moves are more based on fossils, and like fossils are found in the ground, but most of the time, they are essentially rock them selves so it would make more sense as rock maybe

  • @samuelevans738
    @samuelevans738 Před 4 lety

    3:55 : yay! FFIV music! 😁 so happy to hear music this good again!

  • @Bipolarbear57
    @Bipolarbear57 Před 3 lety

    Maybe it’s because I’m watching this video at 2 in the morning but the animation of torkoal throwing the thermometer had me dying.

  • @EsotericSanity
    @EsotericSanity Před 3 lety +1

    Remember when Groudon used ground time moves on a flying Mega X Charizard(not flying type... but flying still) and on Rayquaza? they need to go and add more to the moves, a whole overhaul of the battle system imo. The moves and the typing of the pokemon.

  • @jameschristophercirujano6650

    6:45 I misheard that, you know quarantine is forcing me to rely on it more nowadays.

  • @ahrifangirl
    @ahrifangirl Před 4 lety

    Great video! But G-Max Sandaconda's move creates a Sand Tomb effect, not a Sandstorm weather.... but based on the move's description it's easy to make that mistake.

  • @KaziSuperstar
    @KaziSuperstar Před 4 lety

    I just wanna say your videos are really helping me through a tough time. Thank you much Austin! Love from Singapore!

  • @benefennec3493
    @benefennec3493 Před 4 lety +2

    my thought is that rock represents the 'dead' earth, the inanimate stuff that is solid and doesn't move. ground type moves on the other hand represent the 'living' earth, the active and moving stuff, and the related spiritual energy.

  • @lozmaster6441
    @lozmaster6441 Před 4 lety

    Lockstin, could we please get a link to your outro song/ a full version of it if you made it? I always start jamming out during the like 10 seconds you have it playing

  • @whatTFisThis
    @whatTFisThis Před 4 lety +1

    "OOOH BE CAREFUL NOW.THE GROUND IS SPIKY! TOO BAD IM FIGHTING A BIRD!"
    "HAHA WHATDA GONNA DO ABOUT THAT?"
    That actually sounds like something those two would say in battle lol, they're both so sassy and sarcastic.

  • @kmacd5694
    @kmacd5694 Před 3 lety

    "What is worse then stepping on a Lego?"
    "A spike."
    "What is worse then stepping on a spike?"
    "A landmine."

  • @mr.peepeedoodookaka6229
    @mr.peepeedoodookaka6229 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for Dale Gribble. I was having a bad day and I've been looking forward to this video. My favorite type and my favorite Fictional Character in the same video.

  • @Lostinsilenthill
    @Lostinsilenthill Před 4 lety +1

    Yoooo i lost it when he threw the thermometer lmfao

  • @66Kusmu
    @66Kusmu Před 4 lety +2

    Maybe Lucario learns bone rush because it's kind of almost based on Anubis, the god of death.

  • @cristiano7541
    @cristiano7541 Před 3 lety +1

    15:23 Fun fact: The Portuguese word for "Earth" and "dirt" are the same, so for me it makes sense