Why is Dark weak against Fighting?

[Miracle Fingers]

And why is Psychic weak against Dark? Some weaknesses and resistances or immunities I just don't get. If anyone knows or at least HAS AN IDEA, can you tell me why things are like this? Here are some weaknesses/resistances/immunities I don't understand:

Psychic weak to Dark
Dark immune to Psychic
Water resistant to Steel
Poison weak to Psychic
Psychic weak to Bug
Bug resistant to Fighting and vice versa
Fighting weak against Flying
Steel resistant to Psychic
Steel resistant to Dark
Poison resistant to Fighting

I also think Dark is a very, very vague type. What does it represent? I don't see how attacks like Bite can be classified under the same type that Memento is or anything like that. Does Dark represent Evil or crime?

Sorry for the question but these things don't make too much sense.

 

[Murpheos]

it is, as i percieve it, a similar triangle of the starter trio (fire->water->grass etc). fighting is weak to psychic, so when the two new types were introduced, another triangle could be created (Dark->Psychic->FIghting).

i hope this answers your question, bit as for what it represents, i am not so sure, i believe it to be a more harsh type of moves and type

 

[Miracle Fingers]

it is, as i percieve it, a similar triangle of the starter trio (fire->water->grass etc). fighting is weak to psychic, so when the two new types were introduced, another triangle could be created (Dark->Psychic->FIghting).

i hope this answers your question, bit as for what it represents, i am not so sure, i believe it to be a more harsh type of moves and type

Yeah but the triangle of the starters made sense. Grass absorbs water, water extinguishes fire, fire burns grass.

Fighting weak against Psychic=brain over brawn, mind over muscle, etc. That makes sense. But what does Dark have to do with any of that?

I have sort of an idea as to what Dark represents. It seems that most Dark types are nocturnal creatures of insolent natures. I guess Dark represents Evil, I guess. Pokemon like Tyranitar and Sharpedo are insolent and vicious Pokemon, so I guess Dark is associated with negative feelings or things like that. I guess when you're such a badass like these guys are, mind tricks won't do **** to you LOL!!

 

[Iveechan]

Pfft... I dislike that "brain over brawn" comment, because Fighting types are not witless. But anywho, I've heard that fighting is perceived as honorable while dark is cheap (moves like beat up, thief, and pursuit are unfair), so a Pokemon who battles fairly will win over one who cheats.

 

[Frostweaver]

Some are just made for balance reasons... mainly, anything related to bug except bug/grass relationship.

Fighting is considered as "righteous" in the japanese culture, hence the resistance of both ghost and dark. Fighting is weak to psychic makes sense too, but not because of the mind over muscle theory. It's just that how can fighting techniques possibly prevail if the opponent has inflicted damaged on you from afar already?

Psychic weak to dark: for balance issues due to the Reign of Terror of Mewtwo in the Color Days... in fact, it's the only reason why dark type is made. They needs something to destroy psychic attacks.

Water/electric resistant to steel: no idea

poison weak to psychic: well i always thought of it as the poison types tasting their own medecine (sp? ahh I can never spell that word right without a sp.checker x_x) when psychic power forces its own poison into itself. Remember the Doctor Proctor episode, how the doc says that Arbok is suffering from its own poison? (yes yes usually comparing anime with the game is bad because the anime is highly inconsistent, but this is a great example of my logic)

Fighting weak to flying: same logic as psychic types having an edge against fighting

Steel resistant to dark/psychic: I kind of have some idea... but then it's also kind of flawed as you'll certainly say "well then rock types should also be resistant to dark/psychic too" after you hear about it. So I'll just keep that to myself for now...

poison/fighting: physical contact with anything that may have possibly spiky body parts along with poison is never smart or a good thing to do? If we're forced to punch something like that, surely we'll go a bit lighter so it doesn't sting so bad in return? =D;;

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Many of them will have just been put there for the sake of balance, but some would have been deliberate. Dark > Psychic is just for balance, but Psychic > Fighting is intentional.

The Bug ones are obsolete bar Grass as Bugs eat grass and live off it in real life.
Steel: Since many Steel Pokemon focus on their defenses, Game Feak would have wanted them to have some sort of strength since there aren't many Steel attacks.
Water > Steel: If you hurl a big block of metal into the sea it hardly does anything. Plus, the oxygen in the water will cause the Steel to rust.

That's all I can think of that have significant meaning - that haven't been already. As for Dark, the whole concept of Dark creates a sense of mystery. So maybe intentional or not, it's supposed to be all mysterious and whatnot ^_^

 

[Miracle Fingers]

Well...the brain over brawn thing makes as much sense as not being able to fight when the opponent obviously can manipulate your mind from afar. That's basically what it comes down to. That is basically brain over brawn.

As for the other explanation about fighting being not very effective against poison well that makes sense, but steel being resistant to Psychic I still don't get. Would something made of metal be harder to manipulate because it has no brain? What I'm saying is...Psychic is dealing with the mind...but since metal has no made it would be harder to do anything to it with Psychic power.

And the Dark being weak against Fighting makes more sense to me now. Still, nobody provided an explanation as to why Dark is unaffected by Psychic, so I guess MINE is the best!! HAHAHA

Oh, and for those that don't get why Electric is resistant to Steel, it's because electricity can run through metal. It conducts electricity (if that is the right word although it may be something different).

 

[Spike Razzor]

Psy > Steel is kinda strange, seeing how Alakazam can bend spoons.

Dark > Psy makes sense to me. The darkness can't really be pin pointed, a psychic mind would need to focus on something to overpower it.

Fight > Dark makes little sense, its just there for the triangle effect

Fly > Fight makes sense. If I'm on the ground and my friend is in the air, hes gonna kick my arse because he has an advantage over me.

Electric/Water > Steel makes sense. Electric can travel through steel and water isn't a solid mass, steel would go right through it rather than make a hit. Rock is almost the same thing, only reason why Steel isn't weak against Water is because it harder than rock and can take more of a beating.

 

[Asher]

The Dark < Fighting might be influenced by those movies where evil characters get beaten down a lot due to the fighting style of the hero? O_o;

Dark immune to Psychic: I don't need to answer this. @_@; Others already did.

Water resistant to Steel: You wash spoons, don't ya? XD; Nothing happens except that it gets cleaned or rusts.

Poison weak to Psychic: Psychic makes the poison in the "poison type" to be stronger. I think these causes a problem to the user since it prolly hass learned to hold a certain power of poison. Like frostweaver said, the poison probably gets to the poisonous user.

Psychic weak to Bug: ... that is one of the brain stoppers. o_O;;

Bug resistant to Fighting: AGAIN, a brainstumper.

Fighting weak against Flying: Maybe 'cause most fighting types stay on land, they can't jump that high to a flying type. (Didn't make sense. @_@) Or in other words, the figher can't reach the flyer since its too fast, agile, and high up?

Steel resistant to Psychic: Maybe a psychic type needs to use all of its brain power to lift a heavy steel type, that it faints. @_@;

Steel resistant to Dark: What does darkness have to do with steel?

Poison resistant to Fighting: Whhat does fighting have to do with fighting? @_@

My answers are useless, but I just wanted to try if this would help.

 

[Spike Razzor]

Fighting weak against Flying: Maybe 'cause most fighting types stay on land, they can't jump that high to a flying type. (Didn't make sense. @_@) Or in other words, the figher can't reach the flyer since its too fast, agile, and high up?

That makes sense. Even in something like Magic the card game, you can't block an attack from the air unless you have a creaute that has the ability to fly.

 

[AngelWolfie]

Seems like it'd be pretty easy to beat up a goth that sit's in a dark room all day without excercising? I dunno, that's just what I always thought the reason was X3 Don't be mad, it's just a joke..

 

[IceKitten]

I think it's because Dark is like using the power of evil, not Physically (Dark is a Special type attack anyway) and they can't face a fighting to fighting match, they have to be cowards and use the power of evil XD

Kinda like bullies >.>

 

[TeamRocket]

The more pressing question is why is dark weak against bug?

 

[Asher]

Dark < bug? You mean Psychic weak to bug right?

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Nope - Both Dark and Psychic are weak to Bug. They got a real increse in GSC and RSE.

And the goth one, that was just hilarious XD

 

[Asher]

Really? Wowzers! You learn something new everyday. That is confusing.

 

[Skarmory469]

I thought Psychic would be weak against Bugs because Bugs don't have particularly complicated minds, and Psychics are manipulating the mind, so if yours was different to what they were used to...well, me just have a big imagination. XP

Bug strong against Dark - hey, when was the last time you saw a caterpillar getting robbed? And (like above) their minds are simple, they wouldn't have any concept of good or evil so the evilness of Dark-type wouldn't work... >.>

 

[Asher]

But dark types are evil! They're just dark and dim and scary! And if a bug types mind are simple how can Butterfree use confusion/psybeam/psychic? O.o; And kakunas know whose the enemy better than slowpoke does! Lol!

 

[Miracle Fingers]

Seems like it'd be pretty easy to beat up a goth that sit's in a dark room all day without excercising? I dunno, that's just what I always thought the reason was X3 Don't be mad, it's just a joke..

That's exactly what I thought too. Goths are those skinny/fat little punks obsessed with darkness, but would they fare well if you put them up against a UFC fighter or a guy who knows martial arts? I think not. There's many explanations as to why Dark is weak to Fighting, and so far they all make sense. Thanks guys!

BTW, I think the reason Dark is weak to Bug is probably because when facing a Bug, the Dark type actually takes on the essence of actual dark, and not Evil, as in absence of light. Bugs live in the dark (ever found a small crawlspace in your house and roaches started to come out?) and therefore aren't afraid of it.

Oh, and speaking of Psychic types, some Pokemon like Alakazam seem to remind me more of nerds than those people who levitate and have hotlines (hehe). Well, I guess Alakazam could be both. I mean he is really smart.

BTW, If I offended Goths I'm sorry! I was only going by the stereotype and for some added humour!

 

[Spike Razzor]

I just love it when a topic comes together. Some of this actually makes sense =).

I want to add to my first post by saying that someone with psychic powers needs to focus on a target they can see, if they are put in dark space, they can't see and focus and becomes lost and possible scared.