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How One Change Broke the Ghost and Dark Type

False Swipe Gaming

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The Ghost and Dark Type are now the strongest types in the game. How did we get here?

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Directed & Narrated by Kellen

Written By Kevin aka BKC @bkcplayspokemon

Edited By Connor Nguyen aka CDK Twitter: cdk_1989

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:06 - Ghost Types Gens 1-5
11:18 - Dark Types Gens 1-5
17:50 - The Nerf that Changed Everything
27:46 - Removal of Pursuit
33:01 - Gen 9 Power Creep
36:21 - Outro

20 Comments

@FalseSwipeGaming Creator 1 year ago (edited) Pinned

@brandontherabboat4850 1 year ago

Steel-types losing their Ghost- and Dark-type resists was the worst day of Bronzong’s life.

@bdt2002gaming 1 year ago (edited)

One of my favorite Gen 9 Pokémon, Garganacl, is as such in part because the Pokémon’s design philosophy feels almost tailor-made to address the type chart without actually making a new Type just for one Pokémon. A hypothetical “Salt” Type that hits Water and Steel for super-effective damage (Salt Cure) and also resists Ghost (Purifying Salt) sounds like one of those oddly specific solutions to something you might see in a ROM hack or some other place.

@detectivemuffler8083 1 year ago

“And Flutter Mane for… existing.”

I mean, that’s the most accurate way to describe banning that… monstrosity.

@igeomagician 1 year ago

I love how until platinum this is just a "how GREAT was gengar actually"

@Nethaura 1 year ago

Competitive relevance is cool and all but don't forget: They generally get some of the most BANGER designs in the franchise

@cabrondemente1 1 year ago

Give Bug resistance to both Ghost and Dark.
Most bugs enjoy dark places and they've been historically related to rituals and potions, justifying the Ghost resistance.

@TheOtherNeutrino 1 year ago

You forgot to mention the lower tier gatekeeper that is Lokix. Held back only by its base stats, it combines Dark's spammability with STAB on the best utility attack in U-turn and the strongest priority attack in the game, First Impression. Tinted Lens severely limits defensive switch-ins.

@Matpit18 1 year ago

Never thought I’d see the day where Fighting, a type with less than 4 resistances, would be valued for its defensive capabilities

@christianbuffum-robbins8904 1 year ago

For Ghosts types, at least, it's largely because Pursuit got snapped out of existence

@thel-iteralone4592 1 year ago

Amazing how both of these types share the same super effective coverage as well as a low amount of other types that resist them.

@solomence 1 year ago

Imagine without the nerf how much more broken XY Aegislash, Mega Metagross, Dusk Mane Necrozma and Gholdengo would be

@spymander7492 1 year ago

"You took my only resists! Now I'm gonna get OHKO'd!"
- Iron Patrick

@Gemini090693 1 year ago

34:34 "Houndstone for Last Respect, Annihilape for Rage Fist and Flutter Mane for existing" I busted out laughing so hard

@Lord_Nexus14 1 year ago

Fairy was added not only to break dragon types and to actually give dark and ghost combo a weakness 💀

@tysonvienneau1830 1 year ago

It's feels right that the power of Ghost and Dark types are how much of an annoyance they can be with their tricks like ghost's defensive immunities and dark's diverse moves that cause issues to any team

@noahberan6498 1 year ago

It makes Oricorio Sensu better, so I'm all for it

@rdxgamer1772 1 year ago

im convinced that steel types losing a reist to ghost and dark was a product of GF thinking that would help balance aegislash while also premautely buffing it at the same time