What do you think of Ground Type?

[PkmnTrainerV]

Well, I may be a bit biased becuase I like Fire, but ground is rather meh for me. The designers are (mostly) rocky boulders slapped on random things. I carry earthquake on my Charizard, though.

But some grounds are a bit nice. I'm a fan of Rockruff line, and Pupitar.But I don't think ground will be above meh for me. EDIT: I'm a major fan of Zygarde 10%, being the only Ground type apart from Torterra to hit my favourites list.

 

[zvinko]

I wasn't a fan of ground types at the beginning, mostly because of their designs (based on boulders) but starting with the 3rd gen we started getting some pretty cool ground type pokemon and now the more I use them the more I like them. They're very useful party members.
My fav ground types are: Mamoswine, Camerupt, Flygon and Garchomp

 

[Envoy]

The Ground type is ok.

Competitively, it's an excellent offensive type, being able to hit Fire/Electric/Rock/Steel for super effective damage. Defensively, it's immune to Electric, which is an amazing immunity to have. Earthquake is the default attack in the competitive scene.

When I was younger though, I didn't use to think too much of it. Few Pokémon interested me design-wise and my team always had a Grass and Water type in it, so taking down Ground types was easy. Torterra was the Pokémon that finally allowed me to appreciate the type.

Still, I don't have very strong feelings about it. It's ok. It's there. I'll use one every once in awhile. But I'm not passionately in love with it or anything.

Well, I may be a bit biased becuase I like Fire, but ground is rather meh for me. The designers are (mostly) rocky boulders slapped on random things. I carry earthquake on my Charizard, though.

But some grounds are a bit nice. I'm a fan of Rockruff line, and Pupitar. But I don't think ground will be above meh for me. EDIT: I'm a major fan of Zygarde 10%, being the only Ground type apart from Torterra to hit my favourites list.

Rockruff isn't a Ground type. It's pure Rock.

 

[kaufen]

I love the Ground type. One of my favorites.

 

[PaulTheProtist]

It's a pretty good type, though not being able to hit ≈10% of Pokémon can be annoying. The general low speed keeps me from using too many of them frequently, but I like to use some of the faster ones such as Excadrill (with Sandstorm), Gliscor, and Flygon. I also appreciate Swampert, Torterra, and Mamoswine.

Interestingly, I don't use Earthquake too much, as I prefer Double/Triple battles where Earthquake can be a liability without the right teammates. Earth Power is where it's at!

 

[ManUtd22]

wel, thanks for all people who gave me their opinion in this thread.

Well, To me, as I said it is the one of my best types, but why it is not important type in the anime?

 

[Deleted member 72389]

My favorite type is fairy but I love ground-type mons too. It is a pretty solid type and some of my favorite Pokemon are of ground-type.
And yes, it deserves more importance in the anime.

 

[ManUtd22]

My favorite type is fairy but I love ground-type mons too. It is a pretty solid type and some of my favorite Pokemon are of ground-type.
And yes, it deserves more importance in the anime.

In the beginning, i didn't love fairy when they did it. But now, I really really really love Fairy my best friend glad to see you answer me hear.

About the ground, I really love it so much. I had a lot of pokemons that re ground, and it was the solution for a lot problems when i challenged multi players who have pokemon lv 70, 77; so I really love this type. It is a pretty solid type and some of my favorite Pokemon are of ground-type, and as you said, it deserves more importance in the anime.

 

[babaGAReeb]

ur username might be the most cringe thing ive seen in a while OP

 

[ManUtd22]

ur username might be the most cringe thing ive seen in a while OP

I didn't understand anything

 

[Trainer Gabriel]

Can't say that I really think much about the Ground-type in general more than any other type. But my favorites, just for reference, would include Nidoking, Flygon, and probably Steelix as well, just at the top of my head.

I will also say that Earthquake has always been one of my favorite TMs - and moves in general - due to having fairly high base power while also having 100% AC, and super-effective coverage against five Pokémon types on top of that.

 

[ManUtd22]

Can't say that I really think much about the Ground-type in general more than any other type. But my favorites, just for reference, would include Nidoking, Flygon, and probably Steelix as well, just at the top of my head.

I will also say that Earthquake has always been one of my favorite TMs - and moves in general - due to having fairly high base power while also having 100% AC, and super-effective coverage against five Pokémon types on top of that.

Firstly, I always want to meet you, and talk with you sense the Iris thread; so I am glad that you answered me in one of the my thread.

about Earthquake, I cannot take any pokemon without this Attack. In all teams that I take, there should be an Earthquake, with one of these attacks: "Dig", "Bulldoze", and so on. The earthquake, and ground are so necessary in my team

Well, I do not want a flygon to be a dragon; because I hate dragon, but I do love it for being Ground, and for some reasons. I am not with steelix, and nidoking, but I do love Nido Queen, the ground donkey in Sun & Monn, Marwack, and so on

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

I'm a fairly big fan of the Ground type.
For one thing, I like how it is immune to Electric types, because in real life, "grounding" is used to dissipate or redirect excessive electrical charge into the ground.
I do also like how Flying types are immune to the Ground type moves, because they could just fly above the ground to avoid anything on the ground.
I'm not a fan of how Pokemon that clearly have wings can be hit by Ground type moves, because they should be able to fly off of the ground, too, but I do understand how that would be a difficult mechanic to create without giving them all the ability Levitate.
I also like how there are ways of "negating" this immunity to Ground type moves by using heavy items, such as the Iron Ball, or moves, such as Gravity. Both are realistic ways of causing a flying creature to crash and be unable to fly, due to excessive weight.

Earthquake is a fantastic move at 100BP and 100% accuracy that is a very easy move to get onto a lot of good physical attackers and most Ground types. It's reliable, and often times has very good type coverage with other moves carried by the physical attacker, and it works decently, though hardly perfectly, as a solo attack. (Much more useful if there are moves like Gravity in effect.)

Some of my favorirte Pokemon are Ground types, too, such as Gliscor, Excadrill, and the Golett family.

 

[al_the_bard]

I usually don't use ground types, but I like them. Aesthetically they are some of the coolest looking Pokemon.

 

[Zexy]

I like the Ground-type a lot. It's the only type Electric is weak to while being immune to Electric at the same time. Lots of my favourite Pokemon are Ground-types. A few special mentions off the top of my head include Garchomp, Flygon, Swampert and Excadrill. Earthquake is one of the best moves when it comes to the balance of power/accruracy + it hitting more than one Pokemon in non-Single Battles.

It has nice synergy with Normal (super-effective against the two types Normal is not very effective against) and Rock (the well known EdgeQuake coverage).

I don't mind that it Flying-types and Levitate Pokemon are immune to it. In fact I believe that, especially after Sky Battles were introduced in Generation VI, there could be a way for "Levitate" Pokemon to be considered as such without having to carry the Ability. That way most Flying-types can fall under said modifier as well and the few ones that cannot actually leave the ground should be able to be damaged.

When it comes to Ground-type specialists, Brock pretty much was one in Gen 1 and remakes (not in Gen 2 and remakes) and I like him. Giovanni was also a great Ground-type Gym Leader but his actual team could be better. Bertha was fine and Clay could be somewhat challenging if you start with Tepig. Hapu was also a great Kahuna.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

Ground types can be directly paralyzed, though. Just not by using moves like Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, or any other Electric type move.
However, moves like Glare, Body Slam, and Stun Spore, which are not Electric type, can paralyze Ground types.

Admittedly, since Thunder Wave is a common move due to being a TM, while the other moves are relatively limited, it is much more difficult to paralyze a Ground type than it is to paralyze all other types except Electric type itself.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

Personally, I feel like they need to correct that. If Ground types are immune to massive lightning bolts raining down from the heavens, why are they not immune to a few measly sparks?

 

[Guzma]

I like the Ground type for its competitive usefulness, but I still wonder why it and Rock are separate. It's not like Ice and Water which are "different" enough to feel like different elements despite being the same thing IRL. I felt the same way about Earth and Stone being separate elements in Bionicle, honestly. Granted, soil and stone are "different," but most other franchises with elements just lump them together under "Earth," so it's a weird Pokémon (and Bionicle =P) thing.

 

[ManUtd22]

I like the Ground type for its competitive usefulness, but I still wonder why it and Rock are separate. It's not like Ice and Water which are "different" enough to feel like different elements despite being the same thing IRL. I felt the same way about Earth and Stone being separate elements in Bionicle, honestly. Granted, soil and stone are "different," but most other franchises with elements just lump them together under "Earth," so it's a weird Pokémon (and Bionicle =P) thing.

Well, That's a good point, but I do think that steel is the one who is should not be in the entire anime

 

[Guzma]

Well, That's a good point, but I do think that steel is the one who is should not be in the entire anime

Why? Maybe I'm biased because Steel is my favorite type, but Metal is a legit "element." It's actually one of the five elements in the Chinese Wu Ji system (Earth, Metal, Wood, Fire and Water). It's also an element in Bionicle in the form of Iron, and there's many more fictional franchises that treat it as an element.