Summarizing the opinions on the Poison type against the Water type

I've seen many people in favor and some others against the idea, so I'd like to know what's the most popular opinion on the following question:

Should Poison become super-effective against Water in the next generation?

Remember that Water is the most common type in the game, and that Poison is only super-effective against Grass, which is commonly paired with Poison, neutralizing its effect. This would improve the Poison type greatly. The weakness would be based on water pollution. Don't comment things like "The type chart is not going to change" or things like that. Just answer the question. Would you be okay with it or would you not?

It's a tenuous idea at best. While poison can contaminate water, water can just as well dilute poison until it's basically ineffective, so unless they're going to be mutually super-effective or something I don't think it's going to work. Besides, with poison supposedly being an underpowered type and water supposedly being overpowered, it seems too much like just an obvious rules patch.

This change will surely help nerf Water types from being one of the most common types in Pokemon battles and help buff Poison types from being one of the two worst types in the series (the second one being Ice). The fact that water can still dilute poison won't help because of popular belief that Poison pollutes Water, just like Ice killing off Grass despite some species of plants being capable of surviving in colder regions. Let's not forget the fact that while Electricity is SE against Water, science states that it's actually the other way around, so it's basically a form of type balancing.

It would completely change certain Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses, and I'd be perfectly fine with that. (Just give the ice type another resistance or two and it's be bliss!)

I would much rather that the type chart stay the same. Game Freak doesn't make the game for the meta game, they make it for the enjoyment of the players. And for the money. :P

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I would much rather that the type chart stay the same. Game Freak doesn't make the game for the meta game, they make it for the enjoyment of the players. And for the money. :P

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Would this change severely limit your enjoyment of the game?

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Originally Posted by Grass Type Trainer

Would this change severely limit your enjoyment of the game?

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No. But is this change really necessary? It there a reason for it other than the metagame?

Considering that water covers like 80% of the world, it makes sense that it's the most powerful and versatile type.Making Poison SE wouldn't do much, I should think. A lot of Poison Pokemon suck stat-wise. Off the top of my tired head, I can't think of any Poison Pokemon who'd be top-tier in an instant if such a change in type effectiveness happens.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

No. But is this change really necessary? It there a reason for it other than the metagame?

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Don't get me wrong, I'm on the fence about this whole issue, but if it were to drastically improve the metagame and not affect the non-metagame in any way, what would be the problem?

Metagame, or no metagame, I don't think Poison should be super effective against Water.

poison should be super effective against normal types.

but i also dont really have a prob with it against water

There's already a handful disputable type anomalies (psychic vs steel, bug vs ghost etc), but none that's strikingly opposite to reality as this would be (I expect more posts lecturing everybody about this in an angry fashion). I'd still support it, though, seeing as a strong poison stab would be interesting, if not in place.

Sure why not. In fact, make it super effective against Fighting too.

It'll probably never happen though.

Personally, I really like Poison type pokemon, but the type itself is rather weak. I would be more than okay with adding some more types that poison is SE against, such as water and fighting, to try and balance things out.

Do people even reality?

If not, read:

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Originally Posted by YamiiDenryuu

While poison can contaminate water, water can just as well dilute poison until it's basically ineffective, so unless they're going to be mutually super-effective or something I don't think it's going to work.

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I'm not advocating that Water should get more SEs (it should stay the same), but I'd rather see Water SEing Poison than vice versa.