Fixing up the Water type?

[Zekurom]

Apparently, there have been people complaining that the Water type is too strong.

I don't support this view myself, but for those of us that do, what do you suggest be done to water this type down a bit? (Excuse the pun.)

 

[Ranger Jack Walker]

Its fine the way it is.

 

[Ivysaur]

At first, I assumed you wanted to make the Water-type even stronger...

I don't think it's too overpowered. One of the common suggestions concerning the Water-type was giving it a weakness to Poison-type attacks. I'd be fine with such a change, but personally, I really don't think it's needed.

 

[PlatinumDude]

The Water type is good as is.

 

[Magmortar123]

Pretty much what everyone else said. The water type's fine.

 

[Acorn]

I think its fine as it is. I would like to see less of them though

 

[AuraSoul93]

The only thing I don't like about the Water-type is the abundance of Pokemon that carry it as a Type yet they're all to similar. Besides that, making it weak to Poison would be okay with me. But that's it. Nothing to drastic. And with how long these games have been going on I doubt that change will be made.

 

[Alolan Ninetales]

I think it's fine the way it is. Maybe less of them would be better though.

 

[V Faction]

The beauty of the Water type is in its low amount of weaknesses and how offensively only 3 types resist it.

I imagine if you threw in another weakness, people would go crazy. But I almost want to see such a reaction.

 

[Zekurom]

The beauty of the Water type is in its low amount of weaknesses and how offensively only 3 types resist it.

I imagine if you threw in another weakness, people would go crazy. But I almost want to see such a reaction.

Poison -> Water is what most people here who are asking about it want to see.

Personally, I wouldn't want that to actually happen, but I can imagine both the positive and negative criticism it would receive. People would go crazy.

 

[V Faction]

Poison -> Water is what most people here who are asking about it want to see.

Yes. If there was only a single change to be made for the Type Chart, I think that'd be the one picked out.

 

[Orion-Sama]

Poison effective against Water kills two birds with one stone.

And yes, Water is broken. Resisted by 3 Types only, while it resists plenty of key Types (Itself, Ice, Fire), only two weaknesses, one of which the entire Water Pokémon pool can cover without breaking a sweat (Grass), and capable of plenty of amazing defensive Combinations that are very hard to break through, more than make up for its rather meh-ish strengths, which ultimately make Grass basically useless for sharing 2/3rds of its strengths, but only two of its weaknesses, while it mercilessly rips through the Type Chart.

 

[Zekurom]

Poison effective against Water kills two birds with one stone.

And yes, Water is broken.

Here's a question I have - is Water as broken as Psychic was in Gen.1?

 

[Orion-Sama]

Here's a question I have - is Water as broken as Psychic was in Gen.1?

It isn't, but why should it be excused because of that? No Type can be as broken as that, so, really...

 

[Ivysaur]

Here's a question I have - is Water as broken as Psychic was in Gen.1?

I don't think it's anywhere near broken as Psychic was. Water is overpowered, yeah, but Psychic was so broken, two types were made with the very purpose of balancing it out, alongside additional changes in the chart.

 

[Tough_guy22]

I honestly dont see that big of an issue with water. There are probably too many water pokemon, but thats about it.

 

[Zwampert]

Its perfect the way it is. If it werent for Ice, it would be the worst type yet.

 

[GHU Jockmaster]

It actually seems like a REALLY good idea to add a Poison weakness to Water, but chances are it won't happen. I think that it is an overpowered type in comparison to every other because of it's fantastic offensive AND defensive capabilities.

 

[Articwolf10]

It actually seems like a REALLY good idea to add a Poison weakness to Water, but chances are it won't happen. I think that it is an overpowered type in comparison to every other because of it's fantastic offensive AND defensive capabilities.

Water dilutes Posion so Poison should be weak to water not the other way around and a lot of Water types don't learn Ice Types naturally)

 

[ShinyFlareon]

Water dilutes Posion so Poison should be weak to water not the other way around and a lot of Water types don't learn Ice Types naturally)

Toxins also pollute water.

And what do you mean, a lot of water types don't learn Ice (I'm going to assume you typoed and meant moves)? EVERY Water type except for Magikarp can learn Ice Beam, or some other Ice move.

Do I think Water should be made weak to Poison? No, not specifically. Do I think any changes will be made to the type chart, realistically? Also no. Would I like to see the Water type balanced out a little more? Of course. One weakness to a type that is laughably rare, and one weakness to a type that is weak to a move any water type can learn. Two weaknesses against types that are taken down by that same move. What's left? The only type that truly stalemates a Water type is...another Water type.