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Poll

What is the least used type in monotype in your opinion?

Grass
3 (16.7%)
Fire
1 (5.6%)
Water
0 (0%)
Flying
0 (0%)
Ice
1 (5.6%)
Ground
1 (5.6%)
Psychic
0 (0%)
Dark
0 (0%)
Steel
1 (5.6%)
Fighting
1 (5.6%)
Normal
0 (0%)
Electric
2 (11.1%)
Dragon
0 (0%)
Rock
3 (16.7%)
Ghost
1 (5.6%)
Poison
1 (5.6%)
Bug
3 (16.7%)

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Type usage.
« on: October 25, 2011, 01:36:21 PM »
When I started battling in monotype,I was wondering.What is the least used type in monotype?I keep seeing a pattern in monotype usage.People keep using the same few types.I myself as an mono ice user that refuses to use hail see little to no use of ice types.Are usage of types dependant on certain tatics or are they people's favorite type?I just want to know.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 02:05:23 PM »
From my battles, I'm going to vote Electric. I'm the only person I've fought with an electric team. It was a tossup between Electric and Rock though. I feel like it's a combination of tactics and favouritism.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2011, 02:45:43 PM »
I agree with Fred.
Out of the hundreds of battles I have done on PO I have come across maybe...4 or 5 bug teams.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2011, 03:05:30 PM »
yeah there not a lots of fire teams either
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 05:52:31 PM »
Quote from: Shadowfred on October 25, 2011, 02:05:23 PM
From my battles, I'm going to vote Electric. I'm the only person I've fought with an electric team. It was a tossup between Electric and Rock though. I feel like it's a combination of tactics and favouritism.

The same goes for Grass teams. I've seen about 2 rock teams, one grass team and 1 electric team on my entire time battling on PO (monotype tier).
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 06:03:18 PM »
I personally have versed multiple teams of all types, with the two exceptions of rock and steel. I voted rock and honestly on PO ive fought like 4  different electric mono teams... You have to do double battles  and electric mono teams are used often.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 06:15:53 PM »
yeah some team do work in double battle that dosent mean they dont work in singles battle either they just run a little different that all.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2011, 06:20:53 PM »
WOW I CANT BELIEVE BUG IS EVEN ON THE LIST I SEE MORE BUG TEAMS THAN WATER TEAMS!!!!!!!! Sry....I didnt realize caps were on, must have still been from me raving about THE GREAT ONE earlier.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 06:42:08 PM »
Psychic, Fight, Fire, and water seem to be the most common monotypes. I prefer fight because of its ability to, most of the time, smash through anything put in your way. But dark is also a very good type. It has deadly sweepers like Weavile and Krookodile, and annoying walls like Mandibuzz and spiritomb. The type I have almost never seen is ghost. I have seen one user in the time I have been battling. Its not that its a weak type, because that's not true, its because of how few there are. I mean ghost is the rarest type in the game.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 07:14:39 PM »
Dark, Fighting, Bug, Steel: These types are the most used types on the monotype ladder.

Monodark has many offensive options such as Tyranitar, Hydregion, Weavile, Honchkrow, Houndoom, and Bisharp. They also have defenisve options such as Spiritomb, Mandibuzz, and Umbreon. They only have 2 weaknesses; fighting and bug witch are both cuontered by Spiritimb/Sableye and Houndoom/Honchkrow.

Fighting is one of the best offensive types in pokemon. Monofighting teams easliy run a hyper-offensive team with little trouble. They are able to counter their psychic and flying weakness with Scrafty and Terrakion, repectively. Their only problem is ghost types which is a rare type in the monotype ladder.

Bug is becoming a major offensive type in Gen 5 thanks to faster threats and the fact that drak and psychic types are becoming more popular. Monobug has access to top tier threats like Scizor, Genesect, and Volcarona. I don't know how monobug is still a top monotype since most teams fall to stealth rock...

 Steel is the metagame's main defensive type with access to offensive threats like Scizor, Genesect, and Lucario. Skarmoy and Heatran counter ground and fire types.



From what I've seen; Ice, Electric, and Grass are the least common types in mono.

Ice is the worst defensive type and most teams have to rely on hail.

Electric probably isn't seen too much because of the main ground types and earthquakes being thrown around.

Grass types normally have to rely on the sun to be effective which also puts them at a great disadvantage.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 07:54:13 PM »
You just named three out the seven monotype teams that I have.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2011, 07:55:43 PM »
i'll give u ice and grass but i do doubls from time to time and there ar lots of mono electric teams in doubles for some odd reason and i think it was ...fox
who said that ghost wasnt used i agree with u on that
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2011, 08:38:33 PM »
I think that some electric types have abilities that benefit from discharge.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2011, 08:41:47 PM »
duel volt absorb discharging shell bell lanturns can be fun to play around with.
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Re: Type usage.
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2011, 08:43:18 PM »
Rotom and Ice Punch Electivire in doubles.
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