Thread: Rank the elemental types in order of preference

Self explanatory.
It would be nice if you could elaborate and explain your reasons for liking or disliking each type.

I used to change my favorite types a lot, but now I think I hit the right spot.
Here is my seven favorites:

1º Bug - Because I love the designs and using this type prior to generation VI was a big challenge.

2º Steel - I am a defensive type of player, so it makes sense to have the steel type in a high position.

3º Ghost - Awesome designs, creepy pokédex entries and they are good to annoy other players.

4º Flying - A very common type, but tell me: Who doesn't like birds? This type is here just because I like flying things.
I must say that seeing Skyla battling in the anime made me like this type a LOT more.

5º Water - Water is a good defensive type and doesn't do a bad job on the offensive side either.
Plus, with exception of the fish-like ones, almost all Water Pokémon have good designs.

6º Normal - A somewhat underrated type. Having only one weakness (although it being a very common one) amuses me.
And like the Water and Flying types, there is a lot of choices here.

Others:

Poison- Good designs and defenses. The offensive side is crappy, by the way =/
Electric - Well, there is Zapdos and Ampharos and... That's all I like about electric types.
Ground - Good type, I just don't like using it.
Dark - Good designs but the style of playing of this type doesn't fit me in any way.
Grass - ^ The same, except for the good design part.
Dragon - The designs aren't bad, but I don't like the moves of this type and all the hype about dragons bugs me a bit.
Ice - Oh well, I don't think I need to explain why I dislike Ice types.
Psychic - ^ The same above.
Fighting - The "All-out-attack" type. I tried to like this type many times, but I just can't.
Rock - This type sucks in almost every way
Fire - Overrated, overhyped, overetc.

Thanks for reading and sorry for my "engrish".

meanies ):

1. Psychic:
I've always loved the paranormal and supernatural, and Pyschic is pretty much both of those.
2. Electric
Pikachu made me like this.
Electricity is really neat; not mainstream elemental in RL, but still an element. Grass and Fire really don't appeal to me all that much, but this does due to its natural power.
3. Ghost
See Pyschic.
4. Dark
It's a darker side of Pokemon, with eviler moves, and they're usually the villains. Not all Pokemon are good (I originally typed food o-o), and this is a prime example. I just love it.
5. Water
Water has been my starter every time I start a game for the first time. They're powerful and their disadvantages can be covered easily.
6. Dragon
Overused, yes, but powerful. It's mythical (see Psy.) and that gives it /huge/ bonus points. I just really love fiction, and the Dragon type falls easily into that.

And that's really it. :/
see, I'm not mean

Fire: i know, i know, overrated ect... But Victini and Cyndaquil and Resheram and Volcrona are my favorites, and they're all fire types. and moves like heat wave and Fusion flare and V-Create are awesome

Dark: Umbreon is right up there with Victini, and has one of the awesomeness move sets EVER and there's some awesome moves.

and that's pretty much it. all the others are just meh

Fire? Overrated? I've honestly never met many people who like this type... I always felt Psychic was overrated. But whatever. Here's my list.

1. Fire - Has always been my favorite type and by far. I love many of the designs for fire type Pokemon, and I've always liked fire itself. It's so beautiful and it's so warm. Yet it can also be quite destructive. Such awesomeness. Also, fire horses like Rapidash and Ponyta and ninja fire monkeys like Infernape. <3

2. Dragon - Hey, dragons are cool. That's all. And Garchomp and Haxorus are epic. Reshiram is win too. Especially since it's also a fire type. :D

3. Dark - Dark types are pretty dang cool. Mightyena and Houndoom are also awesome Pokemon. Umbreon has a cool design too.

4. Electric - Electricity makes fire, and there are a bunch of cool electric type Pokemon, like Luxray! And Raikou. And Shinx is absolutely adorable. Pachirisu is cute too. Also Volt Tackle is win in the anime.

5. Grass - A lot of grass types are cool, imo. Bellossom, Meganium, Leafeon, Venusaur, Sceptile, etc. I'm also a pretty big fan of flowers, so yeah. Also, SolarBeam rocks.

6. Steel - Steel types are awesome for having great defenses. Plus, Aggron is epic. So's Lucario. I also love the moves Iron Tail and Flash Cannon (especially in the anime).

7. Poison - Poison wins for having moves like Toxic and Pokemon like Crobat. <3 I like it more if it had more type advantages though.

8. Ice - Ice is pretty alright. I like Ice Beam and Pokemon like Articuno and Glaceon.

9. Normal - Normal is okay. I do love Buneary and Lopunny though. And Return is an awesome move.

10. Fighting - Another okay type. I do like Lucario a lot. And my favorite Pokemon is a fighting type as well (Keldeo! <3). Mienshao is awesome as well.

11. Flying - I don't like many flying type Pokemon (Only Staraptor, Crobat, Swanna, Articuno, and Ho-Oh, really), but it has some neat moves, like Roost and Brave Bird.

12. Ghost - I'd like ghost more if there were actually more ghost types. There aren't many compared to most other types, and the only ghost types I really like at all are Giratina, Mismagius, and Spiritomb. Shadow Claw and Shadow Punch are pretty sweet moves though.

13. Rock - Rock is meh except for Pokemon like Rampardos and Aggron.

14. Ground - Not really fond of ground types...

15. Bug - I hate most bugs in real life, so...

16. Water - I find this type to be boring. Ironically, my favorite Pokemon is a water type (Keldeo again).

17. Psychic - Sorry, but I hate psychic types. I don't like any of their designs (except Mew. Mew is cute), and they're annoying to battle.

Here we go:

1. Grass: Off the beaten path, diverse, awesome Pokemon. Also Bulbasaur.

2. Water: Favorite classical element.

3. Dragon: Dragonite. 'Nuff said.

4. Dark: gritty, plus it has some badass looking Pokemon.

5. Steel: Also has some badass looking Pokemon, and they're defensive.

6. Bug: I used to hate it. That changed when Scizor and Heracross came along. Then Gen V brought Volcarona. Now I love it.

7. Flying: Don't care for the type itself, but there are a TON of Flying types I do like. Pidgeot, Noctowl, Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, Swellow, Dragonite, Altaria, Salamence, Staraptor, Honchkrow, Jumpluff, Mandibuzz, Unfezant, Braviary, the list goes on.

8. Ice: Because in Pokemon, it kinda sucks, but as an element, it has an association with water, and that's awesome.

9. Poison: Bulbasaur.

10. Ghost: Creepy, and sinister. Plus Gengar and Chandelure are awesome.

11. Psychic: I like some of the Pokemon, but the type itself is meh.

12. Ground: I like...Donphan, Torterra, and Flygon. That's about it. Almost everyone else is pretty forgettable to me.

13. Fire: I don't hate the type, and in fact, really like a few Pokemon (Houndour, Vulpix, Torchic, Volcarona) but Charizard and its overhypeness kinda kill it for me.

14. Electricity: There's nothing wrong with it, I just don't normally care for electricity one way or another.

15. Fighting: It took Blaziken to make me take a liking to Fighting types. Not even Heracross made me like it. Now, it's okay...I guess.

16. Rock: Tyranitar and Cradily good, but Onix and Golem completely ruined this type for me. I'm sorry, but I just can't bring myself to like it.

17. Normal: Blandness, thy name is normal.

1. Psychic - it's just cool. And the attacks are awesome and look groovy. Also nearly all of my favourite Pokémon are Psychic-type
2. Fire - I use this a lot. I don't think they did a good job on all the animations, but some of the attacks look good. And I get a visual of something like a roasted Pidgey, lol.
2 ½. Bird (not Flying) - Gotta love MissingNo.
3. Bug - I very rarely use this, but bugs are cool
4. & 5. Water & Grass - I always have one of each on my team on principle (usually a fully-evolved starter)
6. Electric - but motly only for Thunder
7. Ground - but mostly only for Fissure
Everything else, not really

Originally Posted by Kelleo

Fire? Overrated? I've honestly never met many people who like this type... I always felt Psychic was overrated.

Psychic was a overpowered type in Gen I, but overrated... I don't think so.
Many of the most popular Pokémon are fire type, like Charizard, Blaziken and Infernape.

Also, there is a thread/poll with all the types somewhere in this forum, fire is (or was) in the first position.

Originally Posted by Nyarlathotep

Psychic was a overpowered type in Gen I, but overrated... I don't think so.
Many of the most popular Pokémon are fire type, like Charizard, Blaziken and Infernape.

Also, there is a thread/poll with all the types somewhere in this forum, fire is (or was) in the first position.

Strange. I've met far more players who favor the psychic type.

Well, to tell the truth, I think most types are awesome, so it was hard to put them in order, but heres my final decision:

1. FIRE- because it's simpily just awesome! Who doesn't like fire? (Rhetorical question!) Also I like most Fire Pokemon. Tepig and Reshiram are my favourite Pokemon and Infernape and Charizard are in close second. Also Fire kicks ass with awesome burning abilities!

2. DRAGON- because Dragons are my favourite mythical being (also favourite animal if it were one) Plus Reshiram is my fav Pokemon and Haxorus is so hardcore. Plus it only has like 2 weaknesses which is great, considering
Dragon and Ice types are pretty rare

3. FIGHTING- because alot of my choice starters have fighting as secondary, plus they are designed for battle. Emboar, Infernape and Conkeldurr are badass and awesomely tough

4. ROCK- because most of rock type moves sound cool, plus they have REALLY good defence. I also really like Golem, Onix and Gigalith

5. GRASS- I won't lie, I'm not that fond of Grass types but some are pretty hardcore, plus they do have pretty good healing moves. I like Torterra, Virizion and Servine, although I hate Grotle and Serpeirior

6. GHOST- because Ghosts instantly make any team look awesome. Plus they use ??? moves better than any other Pokemon. I really like Haunter and Giratina, but I hate Gengar

7. STEEL- Same reason as Rock. I really like Steelix and Metagross

8. ELECTRIC- They really have a shocking touch to them. I really like the Paralyz condition plus Luxray and Pikachu are awesome. Zekroms okay

9. FLYING- They're not bad, it's just that theres only one Pokemon whos is just a flying type and thats Tornadus. Plus most flying types don't look very hardcore (Not including Charizard!) I really like Charizard and Pidgeot, and Butterfree and Staraptor are cool

10. PSYCHIC- I don't like Psychic that much cause there offence is pretty bad, plus all the Psychic pokemon don't look very good to me. As psychics go Mewtwos good and Victinis only here coz he's a fire type

11. POISON- They're okay because they have the poison status condition, but they arn't really that popular to me, plus the baddies always use them. I do like Arbox though and Tentacruels not too bad

12. GROUND- I don't really give a shit about ground. Although I do like Krookadile and Groudon but thats about it. Ground pretty much bores me

13. ICE- Not that I hate the type, but it gets beaten by almost everything else, plus there aren't enough cool Pokemon with it. Maroswine and Kyurem are pretty decent

14. NORMAL- Way too boring. Raticate also ruined it by creeping me out

15. WATER- I know that Water shouldn't be all the way down here but I don't like all the fish designs and Gyrados is totally messed up. Also, Water beats fire and I love fire.

16. BUG- Bugs way too weak to be high on my list. Although Butterfrees decent most bugs suck. Volcorona is the only exception

17. DARK- Even weaker that Bug. Moves to shitty. Krookodile and Darkrai are the ONLY Pokemon I would actually want if there wasn't a PokeDex

1. Electric: my all-time favourite type. ...I have a thing for electricity.
2. Steel: there's many cool-ass Pokémon that are Steel-typed. Like Metagross, Bastiodon and Magneton.
3. Bug: same reason as Steel. I think Bug-types take a big portion of all my favourite Pokémon.
4. Fighting: I used to dislike Fighting, but lately these awesome Fighting-type Pokémon have kept coming - like Lucario, Sawk, Scrafty and the musketeers.
5. Ice: it's... it's just a cool type and I like it.
6. Fire: Fire-type Pokémon are always great. I don't really dislike any of them.
7. Dark: cool Pokémon. Scrafty, Houndoom and Mightyena ahhh
8. Ground: again, Ground-type Pokémon are pretty awesome.
9. Dragon: the reason this is the ninth of my list is... Uh. I dunno, I guess I never really took a liking to any Dragon-type Pokémon. I hardly ever use one. They're pretty awesome though. And, well, who doesn't like dragons?
10. Poison: I dunno, I think they're just... Boring? Though I like Ariados and Scolipede. And Nidoking. Arbok. Skuntank. Uhh damn
11. Rock: there's not many Rock-type Pokémon is there. Hard to like. Heheh get it
12. Ghost: ehhh I don't know. Not my type really heheh
13. Grass: I've always thought they're, uh, too soft you know? There's not many favourites in this type.
14. Psychic: don't like and don't really use them much. Oh but Deoxys is definitely awesome!
15. Flying: Nh, it's mostly just a secondary type and uh. I dunno.
16. Normal: too... normal. I love Tauros and Bouffalant though! And Sawsbuck and Stoutland and guh but the type's just boring...

Originally Posted by Supa

1. Electric: my all-time favourite type. ...I have a thing for electricity.
2. Steel: there's many cool-ass Pokémon that are Steel-typed. Like Metagross, Bastiodon and Magneton.
3. Bug: same reason as Steel. I think Bug-types take a big portion of all my favourite Pokémon.
4. Fighting: I used to dislike Fighting, but lately these awesome Fighting-type Pokémon have kept coming - like Lucario, Sawk, Scrafty and the musketeers.
5. Ice: it's... it's just a cool type and I like it.
6. Fire: Fire-type Pokémon are always great. I don't really dislike any of them.
7. Dark: cool Pokémon. Scrafty, Houndoom and Mightyena ahhh
8. Ground: again, Ground-type Pokémon are pretty awesome.
9. Dragon: the reason this is the ninth of my list is... Uh. I dunno, I guess I never really took a liking to any Dragon-type Pokémon. I hardly ever use one. They're pretty awesome though. And, well, who doesn't like dragons?
10. Poison: I dunno, I think they're just... Boring? Though I like Ariados and Scolipede. And Nidoking. Arbok. Skuntank. Uhh damn
11. Rock: there's not many Rock-type Pokémon is there. Hard to like. Heheh get it
12. Ghost: ehhh I don't know. Not my type really heheh
13. Grass: I've always thought they're, uh, too soft you know? There's not many favourites in this type.
14. Psychic: don't like and don't really use them much. Oh but Deoxys is definitely awesome!
15. Flying: Nh, it's mostly just a secondary type and uh. I dunno.
16. Normal: too... normal. I love Tauros and Bouffalant though! And Sawsbuck and Stoutland and guh but the type's just boring...

Um... You forgot Water! Although I don't like Water I reckon it should be somewhere in that list!

Everybody's eager to read my essay on the subject?


1. Steel - In my playthroughs of Gold it was barely noticable (Skarmory's in Silver, Scizor/Steelix by trade), til one day when I randomly hit trees with headbutt and Pineco dropped down, one of the few really memorable moments as they all tended to explode and it took more than a while to get one. Forretress never let me down, though it took it's time to wear opponents down, it had this unique feeling of being untouchable. A steel type can be a savior when all else is teared down, an unstopable force if your opponent doesn't have tactics to handle one, all the while looking cooler than whatever pokémon it's up against.

2. Poison - The official garbage type with the addition of a certain Trash Heap Pokémon. The fifth generation's additions were only a handful but they quickly rose to the top in every little appeal. Ugly, quirky and monstrous describes the lot of them, Toxicroak, Weezing, Victreebel, Crobat... It's a type that plays ugly without the brand of the "dark type" plastered over their designs. The decrease in their distribution has certainly made them a bit more intriguing to look out for, and I'm possible I might burst if it doesn't receive a legendary next time around.

3. Grass - Always had something for plants just in general, got a Cacnea and a Victreebel by my window. There's alot of cute pokémon in there; Oddish, Foongus, Jumpluff, Sewaddle, Whimsicott, Sunkern. But far too few monstrous, eg Victreebel, Venusaur, Cradily. Grass's got a great deal of cool moves too, the most memorable and enjoyable to pull off being the classic Solarbeam.

4 - 14. Meh.

15. Fire - With water, ground and rock being such abundant types, fire is struggling up against common fillers. Most combinations of it other than Fire/Fighting doesn't fare very well either, and pure Fire types are as bland as pure Electric types, both in playstyle, stat spread, move distribution and appearance.

16. Dark - Although I do find the vast variety of designs unappealing, it's rather the thought of them appearing to be dark/edgy/evil that ranks them this low. Their advantages are narrow (and can be replaced by ghost moves) and disadvantages too common, Fighting and Bug moves. While the style of playing unfair or by exploits is barely incorporated into the games, Zorua's ability and possibly the move Foul Play comes to mind. Nothing particular though.

17. Psychic - My biggest concern with this type is how common it is (ranked fifth), one out of ten pokémon is of this type. It even surpassed the grass type (ranked fourth) during the reveal of genV pokémon through CoroCoro, Grass was later revealed to have gotten truck loads of pokémon in the games but that's beyond the point, Psychic happens to be marketable. It does have small glimpses of light; Mew/two and Reuniclus, but they're few and far in between goths, jetplane dragons, bouncing pigs and clowns that possibly lure away children, if Hypno doesn't catch you first...

My top5:
1.Ghost-I like them 'cause they're so mysterious and spooky plus imune to common normal attacks
2.Psychic-I like the fact they use mind power in their attacks
3.Dark-awesome designes, cool pokemon
4.Ice-I know they have a lot of weaknesses but I love them cause they can take down those dragon bitc*es
5.Grass-Snivy, Serperior,Leafeon- do I need anything else to say
The rest:
6.Water-classic have pros and cons
7.Flying-I use them only to learn fly
8.Electric- quite useful but not my choice
9.Normal-they're so common and ordinary
10.Fighting-I use only fighting attacks against dark
11.Ground- good against electric, nothing more
12.Fire-They are easy to train so they're mosty picked as starters but nothing else to offer
13.Poison-in my opinion tottaly worthless
14.steel-I know they're strong but I don't like them except Empoleon- I love Empoleon, but I consider him more as a water type
15.Bug-weakest type ever although they are strong against dark and psychic
16.Dragon- I think they're overused and I never liked them
17.Rock-I have nerver used any rock type pokemon,and I don't see why I should

Grass - I'm somehow likes flowers and nature-related living things, plus their designs in the games are cute (Whimsicott, Budew, Roselia, Roserade, Petilil, Lilligant, Bellossom, etc.) or eccentric (Ludicolo, Exeggcute [gotta love that funny RBY sprite :p], etc.). Most of them are in shades of green, and I also like the color green (next to blue). Too bad most of them have subpar stats and/or movepools, and have lotsa weaknesses :/

Water - a bit related to Grass, which denotes a calm/gentle/cool atmosphere. Also one of my faves, because most of them are blue. And I like the color blue, next is green. A classic type, without it we die in a few days. No food = live for a few months. No water = live only for a few days.

Ice - like Water, it signifies a calm/cool personality, though in a slightly extreme way. Despite having only one resistance (itself), I like them because lotsa pokemon have double weaknesses to this type (especially those "Uber" Dragon beasts). I like the way Froslass looks, especially those kimonos she's wearing.

Fighting - PUNCH! WHACK! KOCHOP! I just like the battle animation of this type. So forceful and sometimes quick, like Vacuum Wave >:D

Fire - gotta hate it if it's the one eating our houses away. But we'll like it if it's about Pokemon Games. Good offensive type, plus, there are a lot that have double-weaknesses to this type, especially annoying ones such as Ferrothorn or Scizor :p

Steel - gotta like this for being the most defensive of them all. 11 resistances is nothing to make fun of. Plus they're totally unaffected by the stench and venom of those filthy-looking mutants most Team Rocket grunts use.

Dragon - pretty over-hyped I know. But other than that, it's an excellent type. Famous for having above-average offenses, speed, movepool, and abilities. Only other qualm about it is that most of them are being pushed to being "Ubers" :/

Ghost - creepy and mysterious, and... they are also awesome. I like Chandelure as #1, and Jellicent are also cute (though they are mostly water than ghosts).

Dark - they are like ghosts, being mysterious and a bit creepy. Though most of them are having serious looks.

Psychic - like dragons, they are also over-hyped, plus, what I don't like is that most legends have this type, in every generation :/ Though I still like their high special attacks, high speed, good movepool, and also good abilities. Considered as the "Best" type in Gen I, until Dark came along, together with Pursuit. And ironically, smogon says that this is a somewhat bad type :o

Flying - not a good offensive type, but cool designs nonetheless, such as the original 3 legendary birds, Ho-Oh, Staraptor, Honchkrow (Mafia Boss turned Bird :p), Murkrow (Honchkrow's henchmen :p), etc. I also use them as HM Fly Slave sometimes, but only those with subpar stats ;)

Ground - Super-effective against 5 types, unless they are flying or having levitate. Useful against electric, not much else. Though I like Groudon's design :p

Electric - also useful on some instances, but I only use them if I had to, like Ground. One thing I don't like is that cute rodent electric type hype since Pikachu debuted in Gen I.

Rock - cool designs, but I'm still annoyed that there's no 100% accurate physical rock-type move besides the weaker Smack Down. And... why is Onix, despite being big, only has 45 Attack (Spearow have it higher, at 60)?

Bug - cool designs, but most of them have subpar stats/movepool/abilities, even when fully evolved. Exceptions to this include Scyther/Scizor, Volcarona, Butterfree (only reason this is included is because of that of the anime episode, and it looks cute too), Pinsir, Galvantula, etc...

Poison - they look... ugly? :/ Some grass types belong to this type, but they are considered grass-types, not poison. And Team Rocket uses them too much...

Normal - they're... too... normal. Togekiss is more of a flying-type anyway ;)