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[lightningfang]

[The young man who starts up a feed appears unsure of himself, in more ways than one. For one, his camera is very unsteady in his hands, so... sorry to any viewer who gets motion sickness! At least it can't get too bad, considering he's quite firmly planted on the floor in the corner of a room, surrounded by various puppy Pokemon.

It takes him a moment to speak up, and longer still to gain confidence in speaking a lot of words all at once.]

Um... How do you... So... many "types." Some make sense... Lightning strong to Water. Fire strong to green things...

But... Cryo and Fire don't make Melt. Fire and Lightning don't explode... Wind is weak to Lightning? Geo is weak to green stuff? I don't understand. Makes no sense.

And many other Types. Fairies, Dragons, Iron, Spirits... So much. Makes me... so tired. How do you remember so much?

[And don't even get him started on how he's supposed to memorize all of the individual moves. Can't Pokemon just... you know, use them without being told?]

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[gautsome]

Heya Razor. [Sylvain waves into the camera, all charm and enthusiasm.] Don't even get me started on typing, it's a whole mess. I hated the idea of being a breeder here until I learned how complicated battling was!

Did you meet Chip while you were visiting? They could probably explain type breakdowns way better than anyone. They're super familiar with this kind of thing.

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[machismost]

[ Oh no... Razor looks pretty young but is obviously an old man with tech all at once???

When Kirishima responds, he does so flanked by his own puppy Pokemon - a seemingly common Rockruff and a shiny ( yellow ) Riolu. The Rockruff is draped over one of his shoulders facing the camera while the yellow Riolu pup is mostly filling the frame with his face. Kirishima is a teenaged boy with spiked, cherry red hair and a wide smile full of sharp teeth, flanked by these Pokemon. Every one of them exudes the energy of a puppy in some way. ]

Man, I hear ya! Type advantage can be real weird and a lot all at once. My advice? Just start with what makes sense and start learning the rest as they come up.

Like where are you now, man? What town or city?

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[nastyboy]

[Ah - it's Sylvain and Jinx's friend. King Dimmy Tree opens up his own video feed with a slight smile.]

Since I was taught some manner of tactics, learning type advantages is just one more aspect of that, for me. Still, it is a lot to learn so suddenly, isn't it?

Fortunately, if you use your Pokedex, it will remember for you, and tell you these things.

That said... Some of the types make sense, but you have to think a little bit on them. For example... "Geo" and green things.

Green things have roots, don't they? So they can go straight through the ground, through Geo, with no trouble at all. Does that make sense?

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[epitaffio]

[Doppio has a look on his face that somehow walks the line between "intensely focused" and "not home right now, try again later." His Politoed, a little closer to the camera than it probably ought to be, looks up at him with what is probably mild concern.]

... Why... don't Fire and Lightning explode? I never thought about it before, but lightning strikes cause fires... Oh, but I think Lightning is good against, uh... Wind? You mean birds, right? I think it's good against birds because, um, since they're in the sky...

[... Actually, he feels like if lightning striking birds were a common occurrence, you'd... hear about it more?

Welp, he's confused now.]

[bestswordmaster]

[Oh. It's Wolf Boy. Felix hasn't properly met him, but there must have been some reason Sylvain befriended him, and he trusts Felicity's judgment, so the kid must not be so bad. And he apparently has some experience with swords, despite having been taught to fight among wolves, as far as Felix knows. Strange, but Razor probably knows some very unique techniques as a result. Hmm!]

Some of them require context that not all of our home worlds can provide. Or knowledge of natural phenomena. Flying Pokemon have fewer options against Electric attacks because lightning strikes things at greater heights first, for instance.

It's not so different from learning weapon and terrain advantages in combat. Jinx tells me you know how to fight with a sword. If that's true, you're probably aware that lancers have a natural advantage over swordsmen due to their weapon's reach. Pokemon types are much the same.

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[stardiving]

Tree roots will break earth and stone. Fire melts ice. Not all of them make sense, though you are correct--the number of alignments is ridiculous.

[Eight is sensible. Eighteen is too many.]

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[islandshore]

...Huh.

[Do pardon this silver-haired twenty something if he looks a bit puzzled. It's an odd thing. Combining...?]

Wait. So, just so we're clear, are you talking about combining moves of two types to make an all new attack? There are explosion-based moves. But I guess in general, you could look at types based more on... the natural world?

Fire makes ice melt. Birds being struck by lightning clips their wings. Plant roots can tear through the earth. Most of them follow that kind of logic until you get to things like ghosts being weak to darkness.

You'd think they'd go hand in hand.