Ground Type Pokémon in RBY (And why they're Mostly Great)

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  @jimmyjuice697 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dsF6Ln2IQ&amp;t=60">1:00</a> I find it really funny/weird that they buffed Leech Life in Gen 7 by a whole 60 BP. Some guy at game freak must&apos;ve been like &quot;you know what, bug can have this one&quot; after making fairies resist bug in Gen 6.

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• DR

  @dr.archaeopteryx5512 · 4 years ago

  If legendaries are any indication, your chances against Golem-explosion are p good

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• EM

  @Emma-rw8yo · 4 years ago

  &quot;If I ever tank a Golem explosion I&apos;ll let you know how it goes&quot; had me dying

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• ZA

  @zade3488 · 4 years ago

  The fact that Marowak needed an item that literally gave it a free doubled attack stat in Gen 2 and then it didn&apos;t even stick around in OU for too many Gens after that says a lot about how bad it was

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• MR

  @MrCheeze · 4 years ago

  The funny thing about Onix having a high defense and low HP is that it&apos;s basically optimized to make Bide as weak as possible. Wonder if they did that on purpose to keep Brock from being any harder.

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• KI

  @KindaKaon · 4 years ago

  Ground types are probably the most consistent type from gen 1 to gen 8. Immunities are always helpful and they’re also extremely offensively potent, leading to a type which has remained at the forefront of competitive Pokemon for ages.

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• SA

  @SauceBoss14 · 4 years ago

  Onix is the best example of &apos;no they were not thinking PvP was going to even exist when making RBY&apos; because he is pretty clearly just designed as a first boss who does not care if you hit it with tackle but if you use type effectiveness correctly you just win automatically. It&apos;s just a lesson to the 5 year olds that they need to learn what type beats what and it&apos;s supposed to die to anything that isn&apos;t tackle/scratch

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• HE

  @helvetica00 · 4 years ago

  onix&apos;s defenses are basically the equivalent of building a very nice, sturdy house without a roof<br><br>it could probably survive like, a car slamming into it but any rain or snow would absolutely decimate it

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• LE

  @LeOmelet · 2 years ago

  Saying you don&apos;t know how well you&apos;ll take a golem&apos;s explosion is by far the best way I&apos;ve heard someone say they&apos;re queer

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• CA

  @casualjacob776 · 4 years ago

  I can&apos;t wait until the rock video, so we can hear what you think about Rhydon, Golem, and Onix

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• BL

  @blackmetalheavyrain · 3 years ago

  I firmly believe Onix was created to be a mildly challenging first boss in RBY

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• NE

  @NeonWasInUse · 4 years ago

  I still find it so hilarious that Rhydon in RBY was arguably the best user of Substitute, which the design of <b>was</b> Rhydon&apos;s Sprite when its in your party in the actual RBY Games (though to be fair I guess a lot of Pokemon share that kind of sprite in RBY, but its especially funny because that same sprite also happens to be presumably based on Rhydon.)

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