Pokémon's typing system has been key to its success over the course of its lifetime. With 18 different types, each one interacting with the others in different ways, Pokémon is able to create a battle system that is easy to grasp but has enough tactical complexity to keep fans coming back for more.
Every type has its obvious traits, like strengths and weaknesses, but there is a lot more to the types than many fans might know. The Flying type is extremely unique in many ways, despite being one of the more mundane types in the franchise.
10 They Have The Most Complicated Immunities
The Flying type is one of the few types to have an immunity, but its immunities go beyond just not taking damage from Ground type moves. Flying types are also immune to the ability Arena Trap and all entry hazards other than Stealth Rock. There are a ton of ways for Flying types to lose these immunities, however. Moves like Gravity and Smack Down, plus the Iron Ball item, will render Flying types vulnerable to all these dangers. Interestingly, the Ring Target item makes them able to be hit by Ground Type attacks but not by entry hazards.
9 They Pair Well With Ground Types
Flying and Ground type seem like polar opposites, but they actually pair well together. Every type that resists Flying type moves is vulnerable to Ground types, and the reverse is also true. This means that a Pokémon like Gliscor, which can attack with STAB in both types, will be resisted by very few Pokémon. Flying/Ground types also have two full type immunities to both Ground and Electric. Unfortunately, Gliscor and the legendary Landorus are the only Pokémon to date to have this type combination.
8 Flying Types Are Extremely Common, But Not Alone
As of Generation VIII, there are a total of 106 Flying type Pokémon, including alternate forms. This makes up 11.67% of all total Pokémon. This makes the Flying type the 4th most common type in the series, just after the Grass type.
There are only four pure Flying type Pokémon: Rookidee, Corvisquire, and the Incarnate and Therian forms of Tornadus. This accounts for just 3% of all Flying types, the lowest proportion of single-type Pokémon out of any type.
7 It Was The First To Combine With Every Type
The Flying type was the very first to be paired with every other type after Hawlucha, a Flying/Fighting type, was released in Generation VI. Since then, the Water and Psychic types have joined Flying in combining with all other types. Most Pokémon that have the Flying type have it as their secondary typing rather than their primary. This has led to Flying feeling more like an add-on than a type with a strong individual identity.
6 Most Generations Include A Lot
Flying types are introduced in spades in every generation, because it is an easy type to combine with others. Generations I, II, and V each introduced 19 different Flying types, more than any other generation. Generation VIII had only five new Flying types, the fewest of any generation. Generation IV introduced seven Flying type moves, more than any other, while Generation II only introduced one: Aeroblast.
5 It Is Almost Always A Secondary Type
Flying type is generally used as an after-thought, secondary typing, and it shows. Until Generation IV, there were no pure Flying type Pokémon at all. Even then, the only one with this typing was a Legendary Pokémon.
Generation VIII introduced the Rookidee line, which starts as pure Flying but eventually evolves into a Steel type. Even among dual types, Flying was the last Pokémon type to be used as a primary typing with the Flying/Dragon Noivern line.
4 Tons Of Pokémon Become Flying Types
Adding to the theme of Flying not being an intrinsic typing and being treated more as an add-on, more Pokémon gain the Flying type upon evolving than any other type, with the exception of Steel, which is tied at eleven. This is due, in part, to the abundance of early-game Bug types that become part Flying after they evolve.
3 They Don't Exist In The TCG
Though the Flying type is extremely common and unique in the video games, the same cannot be said about the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The TCG has a smaller number of types, and most Flying types are categorized as their other type. Ironically, most Normal types are also categorized as Colorless, despite Flying and Normal having quite different weaknesses.
2 There Are Very Few Flying Type Specialists
The Flying type is extremely common, but there are not a lot of major characters who specialize in them. There are only four major Flying type trainers in the video games.
Falkner, Winona, and Skyla are gym leaders in Generations II, III, and V respectively, and Generation VII's Kahili is the only Flying type Elite Four member. Flying and Ground are tied for the fewest notable trainers out of all the types.
1 They Are Present In Every Egg Group
Pokémon breeding uses a separate system of categorization from the type system. Some of these egg groups are analogous to the regular types, like the Grass, Dragon, and Flying egg groups. Others are completely unique, like the Field, Amorphous, and Mineral groups. Flying is tied with Poison as being the only type to be present across all egg groups, with the obvious exception of the Ditto egg group.
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