Of Fire and Flying, which type covers the more important types in competitive play?
Apr. 23, 2017They like have the same super effective moves! (example: grass and bug)but only fire types can deal steel and iceand flying can deal with fighting
Im making a battling Pokemon now, but flamethrower or air slash example???EDIT: Flamethrower and airslash IsEXAMPLE
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Flamethrower is a good move for the power and can possibly burn, where Air Slash can flinch. If the Pokemon is a flying type, or has Serene Grace, then Air Slash is the better choice, Flamethrower should be given to any Pokemon that’s a fire type or neither Fire or Flying
Since the asker never specified a format, I guess I’ll assume he was statistically likely to be asking about OU or VGC18. In OU, the most common Pokemon include Magearna, Kartana, and Ferrothorn. In VGC, the most common Pokemon include Metagross, Kartana, and Aegislash. No fighting type was as common as any of those. Therefore, in both OU and VGC18, fire is the better coverage type.
