Hey everyone, a week ago I tried to explain how several Pokemon moves might be possible scientifically.
I want to continue with this continuing with 4 more types (I covered Water, Fire, Electric, and Grass already). This time I want to cover Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Acid Type Pokemon moves.
Fighting Type:
First off, fighting types. I know those will be pretty easy to explain in most cases, but since I plan on covering as many as possible Pokemon moves I'll have to add those as well.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that Fighting-type Pokemon have to be heavily trained to use certain moves.
| Move | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Counter | A classical fighting move, quite used in a lot of Martial arts where the attack power of the opponent is used to strike back. |
| Double Kick | Classic kick, just done twice. |
| High Jump Kick | Jumping high and kicking, Pokemon using this attack have to be heavily trained to have an immense leg power to jump as high. |
| Jump Kick | Similar to the High Jump Kick but possible for any Pokemon which is able to jump. |
| Karate Chop | Classic Karate move (Train with Liam Neeson) |
| Low Kick | Also a classic kick, in Capoeira it would be called "Rasteira de Costas" |
| Rolling Kick | I would call this one a quite powerful kick in a real-life Pokemon battle, taking advantage from a hip movement to the side, throwing the leg in the opponent (Capoeira would call this a Meialua de Compasso) |
| Seismic Toss | Also a classical fighting type move, can be combined with the jump power of a high jump kick to inflict a very high amount of power on the opponent. |
| Submission | A classic wrestling-type move, quite similar to seismic toss, nevertheless ends up damaging the user a slight bit as well |
Ground Type:
Quite similar to fighting type moves, nevertheless, Ground-type Pokemon have an extreme low level of water molecules in their body which makes them almost immune to electric attacks, nevertheless, this is why their bodies have a heavy reaction with water type moves.
| Move | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Bone Club | Hitting the opponent with a big bone on the head, effective since 20000BC |
| Bonemerang | A nice move, Pokemon using this move require a hard level of training to make sure the thrown bone returns, also not possible with just any bone |
| Dig | Pokemon being able to use Dig require extremely sharp claws, and strong hands to avoid taking damage. Additionally, the ground can't be out of a too hard material. |
| Earthquake | Extremely heavy Pokemon can use Earthquake which, contrary to its name, doesn't cause a real earthquake, but depending on the battle location can lead to a loss of balance at the opponents Pokemon which can result in a strong advantage. |
| Fissure | Similar to Earthquake very heavy ground type Pokemon, depending on the surface can cause the surface to split which, if reaching the opponents Pokemon can lead to a lot of damage. |
| Sand Attack | Ohh, I hate this move, we saw it in a lot of movies already, throwing sands in someone eyes in the heat of a battle is cowardly and can give you a huge advantage! |
Ice Type:
Finally, we're getting to the interesting Pokemon moves again.
Ice Type Pokemon usually live in cold biomes, therefore, they should also be kept in something like a giant freezer. Interestingly, Ice Type Pokemon are Poikilotherm and, therefore, their normal body temperature is quite often < -20° C.
Very importantly it has to be noticed that those Pokemon are not able to battle under very warm conditions for a long period of time since they are not used to those temperatures, nevertheless, in short battle periods their attacks can be very devastating.
| Move | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Aurora Beam | Liquid Butane-n gas runs through vast parts of Ice-Type Pokemon which can be, when spit at another Pokemon, due to the extremely low temperatures inflict heavy damage. |
| Blizzard | Using very low temperatures and body mechanisms as for example wings in combination with spitting Butane-n gas at the opponents Pokemon can seem like a Blizzard for the opponent, besides making it more difficult to see, ice type Pokemon get stronger inside their own created Biome while it lasts. |
| Haze | Similar to Mist, but the Pokemon passes through the battlefield and decreases the air temperature significantly, this costs the IceType Pokemon a lot of energy but has a lot of disadvantage for most opponents. |
| Ice Beam | Similar to Aurora Beam, but using water which the Pokemon found in the environment and froze on the way through the body of the Pokemon. |
| Ice Punch | Similar to Fire-type Pokemon, ice type Pokemon also sometimes have an opening in their palms which allows them to extract liquid Butane-n gas while they hit an opponent. |
| Mist | The Ice Type Pokemon breaths in immense amounts of air and breaths it out with a slight temperature change resulting in the creation of mist on the battle field. |
Acid Type:
Acid Type Pokemon are not as interesting as IceType Pokemon since we actually have a lot of very similar animals already. (Including several species of Snakes for Example.). Acid type Pokemon have a very strong skin protecting them against acid which might come in contact with it during the battle.
Additionally, they have additional organs close to their mouth which produce a certain amount of acid which they can use in certain manners to inflict damage to an opponent.
| Move | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Acid | Classic Acid attack where a Pokemon spits their acid straight at an opponent Pokemon |
| Acid Armor | Acid Type Pokemon let Acid run down their body which increases their defense since it might inflict damage to a physical attack. |
| Poison Gas | Classic Poison-type move, I know several people who reproduce this easily, just run! |
| Poison Powder | Pokemon able to execute Poison powder attacks store poisonous particles in pores in their skin. Flexing their muscles can result in expelling the particles in the air. |
| Poison Sting | At least 1 Bee does that every year, and it hurts every time! |
| Sludge | Strong attack similar to Acid, Pokemon doing this attack gather a certain amount of poison in their mouth in combination with poisonous sludge from their stomach, deadly and disgusting. |
| Smog | Classic Octopus defense mechanism, in combination with Pokemon which know how to use Poison Gas, you won't know where to run. |
| Toxic | Very strong poison attack, where the attacking Pokemon empties their whole acid/poison producing organs at the attacker. |
I hope you liked this edition of Pokemon Type moves, if you find any problems with my explanations feel free to discuss them in the comments, I am sure we can come up with an explanation for everything =).
Merry Christmas to all of you.
(Even if I'm maybe a bit late with that)