Am I the only one that likes Pokemon with a secondary Normal type?

[RTLfan]

It seems people don't get this typing and don't see the point of it but I like it because Normal is one of my favorite types and this combination legitimizes it as a a type in its own right with its own characteristics rather than just the 'base' one.

 

[CynthiaLover]

I'm personally fine with it. It adds a little extra variety. Plus it allows what would be a vanilla Mon of one type an extra STAB and more options. I'm especially fond of the Deerling line in that regard, as it's both good looking and has an interesting gimmick (which, sadly, it has lost due to lack of seasons).

 

[RTLfan]

Bump

 

[RK9]

I don't mind it it just doesn't seem to have that many benefits since Normal isn't effective on anything.

I guess it's nice for a STAB neutral move though, but eh. Not that much of a fan.

 

[colours]

Do you mean something like Water/Normal?

Having normal as a secondary type (that's not Flying, we have way too many of those) is unique in some types, if nothing else. I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of those. =o

 

[user750365]

I do like them too. I am particularly fond of Oranguru, Drampa, Heliolisk and Pidgeot (both regular and mega evolved form).
Also, having an immunity against the Ghost-type can't be a bad thing.

 

[RTLfan]

Bump

 

[Juliko]

I don't mind it. My all-time favorite Pokemon, Deerling, is a normal and grass type.

 

[Scruffyjay]

I love it actually.

 

[Tactician Karina]

I like it, especially since normal is my favorite type. Drampa, Rufflet/Braviary, Girafarig, and Pikipek/Trumbeak/Toucannon are some of my favorite Pokémon with it as a secondary type.

 

[Stratelier]

Normal has the reputation of being the type of last resort for any Pokemon that couldn't get a different typing. Otherwise, it's a cool type -- despite not being supereffective on anything (outside of Inverse Battles), it also has only one elemental weak point (even in Inverse Battles) making that part of strategy easier to plan for.

 

[Phosphene]

I like the idea of Normal/Type. It adds an interesting twist to the Pokémon. Several of my favorite Pokémon are Normal/Type such as Heliolisk, Swasbuck, Staraptor, and Girafarig. In fact, my favorite typing is Normal/Electric. I’d like to see Normal paired with way more types including Steel, Ice, and Ghost. The only typing I’m not a fan of being paired with Normal is Flying since it’s been done so many times.

 

[KaylaBaraonda]

Yeah. It would give more variety and not make it just the "base" one.
Maybe they should start to make pure Flying types, too. Like a winged cat special attacker with air powers that is a cute feminine shillmon.
There are only four lines with a secondary Normal type. Alola Rattata, Galar Zigzagoon, Litleo, and Helioptile.
Imagine if a starter is actually maintype/Normal during all of his evo line.

 

[Tood]

I don't care too much about Normal as a secondary type, but I don't hate any of the Pokemon that have it. It's not a bad thing, but as others have said, it doesn't really add much aside fron Normal STAB (good, but not exactly the most useful as Normal isn't SE on anything) and a Fighting weakness.

Despite this, I feel like we've gotten a lot more of these (non-flying) dual typed Normal Pokemon over the past few generations, and I'm still interested in seeing more of these. A Ghost/Normal sounds like it would be kind of neat, given that it would have three immunities and only a single weakness to Dark-type moves.

 

[Felly]

I don't mind Normal as a second typing tbh. It's a nice variety to what we already have, and it's nice to see the creators come up with unique Pokemon that have that type + another one.