#pokémon classification

[pokeherps]

Hi in what WORLD is shuckle considered a herpmon??

i loosely consider shuckle a turtle. almost every pokedex entry describes shuckle’s rock as a shell, and while it’s used as a storage place all that means is that there’s a bit of space in there somewhere. it’s shell is still generally considered a part of its body and it pulls its head and limbs inside for protection. there have been a few instances of shuckle being found without shells but they’re always injured from being without the protection anyway, so it’s very difficult to tell if the act of becoming separated from the shell is what causes any of the injuries. also, they hatch with their shells so they must at least grow with them in the egg, and shuckle shells generally all look pretty similar.

anyway they resemble a turtle enough for me to count them as a herpmon. it being a bug type doesn’t discount its physical similarities and pokémon classification is a clusterfuck anyway so it’s easier for us to go purely off of resemblance.

[subject-classified]

I assume you….study hybrids….as well. Are we a….divine threat? Or a threat….in general….to you?

— @pkmn-ken

We would never classify someone as a threat without reason! Unless you ever give us a reason there is no point in wasting storage on classifying you.

[fierykitten2]

I believe the only reason Walking Wake and Iron Leaves aren’t classified as Mythicals (and Gouging Fire, Iron Boulder, Raging Bolt and Iron Crown aren’t classified as Legendaries) is because they’re Paradox Pokémon which if I’m right are classified separately. Koraidon and Miraidon only get a pass because they’re the Box Legends

[mazzystar24]

Bae you’re so real for this and you’re absolutely right like the people calling Eddie a bad dad confuse me deeply

Also Imma add:

some of y’all never experienced mental illness and it shows

some of yall didn’t grow up with bad parents and it shows

[realpokemon]

Gengars have triangle shaped ears so therefore cat pokemon

see this is why the whole "creature type" classification is complete bullshit. like what is the point of filing pokémon as """cats""" besides making youngster trainers believe it's just as safe to keep a glameow at home as a pyroar or a gengar or whatever. they don't even behave similarly?

[starryoak]

Basic Pokémon Worldbuilding Headcanons

Decided to write down my base worldbuilding assumptions about the Pokémon World, in case anyone else would like to share them;

Pokemon types are not fully a human-made classification system, but rather a metaphysical property of a Pokémon’s aura, the same aura that Lucario and many other Pokémon manipulate; the ‘frequency’ of their type is unique to them, and the combination of types makes its own unique ‘frequency’, much like coordinates on a chart with 18 different axiis on both sides.  This means that classification was first made and named by psychic humans who could sense them, until humans developed machinery for proper classification. The formal classification of a type is conditional on being detectable by modern technology, which is why the Fairy type remained unclassified for years, as it was very similar to Normal type in makeup.

This energy is also how Pokémon can be contained in Pokeballs and transferred electronically; Pokemon are naturally capable of converting from energy to mass and back again, though the exact mechanics of this transformation only became known in the 90’s as advances in science allowed the Pokémon Storage System to come into existence.

Psychic humans, of course, as we know, exist. Up to 5-10% of the population is some form of psychic, the extra 5% having psychic potential of some manner that, while not offering powers of any kind, makes them extra vulnerable to psychic effects or attacks.

This fact mixes explicit canon with my own headcanons; evolution for Pokémon is a process entirely separate to aging or the biological meaning of evolution in our world. Pokémon evolve for a variety of factors that are often connected but not always related to aging; if their territory is suited for them and would not support their larger evolution, many Pokémon simply choose not to evolve, leading to strange (for humans) sights like encountering elderly Treecko. As Grovyle are significantly larger than their prevolution, the Treecko would have had to leave his family behind to seek new territory, so it simply never did. Evolution is not the process of aging for Pokémon, though it’s often intimately connected with it, most Pokémon are fully capable of reaching maturity and breeding prior to their final evolution, so many simply choose not to do so for their own reasons. 

The act of evolution consumes a large amount of energy in a short period of time; this is the cause of the glowing light seen in the anime and some games, while others feature large bursts of swirling wind, the method of energy dispersal can vary, but all evolution causes some form of sudden energy discharge.

The process that is described in our world as natural evolution, and this is explicitly canon, does occur to Pokémon, though often it can be much more rapid than in our world. For example, and this is implicitly (though not explicitly) canon, Electrode and Voltorb’s species was originally a species of Apricorn mimics; this is implied by the Temple of Sinnoh’s statue of the original Lord Electrode, which has no dividing line between the upper and lower halves. As Pokeballs came into existence, they pivoted to mimicking them instead.

Pokémon breeding is more complicated than canon presents, obviously, but the base premises the game uses, of “Egg Groups”, is fundamentally still correct. Pokémon reproduce in different ways based on their species, but all Pokémon capable of breeding are in some form capable of laying eggs, often with the more mammalian Pokémon simply being ovovivaparous, giving live birth to their young, but still having eggs inside their bodies rather than placentas.  Under stress or other conditions that make it more favorable, often these Pokémon can choose to lay their eggs rather than develop them internally. Despite most technically being capable of doing so, most Pokémon simply do not choose to breed outside their species, and in fact, interbreeding between species in the wild is a likely sign of a disturbed ecosystem.  Obvious incompatibilities due to size can be overcome through artificial insemination, and Pokémon breeders often use these technologies to help create more effective battlers. As in canon, male Pokémon pass on very little to their offspring. To elaborate on that fact, male Pokémon pass on their aura to their child more than genes, and this leads to the influence of the father on a Pokémon expressing themselves subtly, often offering the capabilities to learn moves that may not be natural to their offspring. Very occasionally the father’s genes will express themselves in minor physical differences to an average member of the species, but this is very rare and usually very subtle.

Pokémon that are not biological in nature and/or in the No Eggs Discovered egg group tend to reproduce in their own unique ways, but due to unknown reasons, speculated upon wildly by scientists, usually still produce some form of egg in the process of reproduction.  For example; Magnemite and its family reproduce by two or more Magnemite collecting magnetic minerals together into a roughly egg-shaped ball, which eventually solidifies into a Magnemite egg. This type of reproduction is common to most Pokémon in the Mineral egg group. Most Ghost types are capable of natural reproduction, despite their appearances, and simply collect energy together during reproduction that coalesces into an egg once a male Pokémon has provided their aura.

[pokemontrainer-jamie]

Question for the biologists:

What goes into a Pokémons type classification? Like what makes a Dragalge more of a Poison/Dragon type as opposed to it's pre-evolutions Poison/Water typing? When a Floette fuses with it's flower to become a Florges, why doesn't it gain the Grass type? Why are Pokémon like Pyroar, Heliolisk and Farigiraf part Normal type? Are their elemental and psychic abilities just not as strong as other Pokémons? Does that warrant a whole secondary typing to signify that?

[oceandiagonale]

VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION:

If Gene had a Pokémon nature & characteristic, what would it be? Asking for fun art reasons...

[ ID: A screenshot of a list of all Pokemon natures + their affected stat changes and flavor likes/dislikes, and a screenshot of all Pokemon characteristics and their associated IVs. ]

I was sitting on this ask for a while because I wasn't sure whether to judge his actual characteristics or his actual stats/likes/dislikes.

Like, he doesn't exactly have great Defense or HP or Attack, and his Speed is mid. He could be Adamant, but then his Special Attack (which throwing balms/Pokeballs could count as) would be low, or he could be Brave or maybe Modest, but he likes Sweet and Spicy foods. His characteristic could be Strong willed, but he famously doesn't have great defenses.

(What classification IS he, anyways? A glass cannon, maybe? In Miitopia he's a mage and he'd be a Pawmi in any new PMD, definitely a ranged attacker at the very least. And considering how often he's dealing with Lysandre, his Special Attack should be high, I think.)

I was leaning towards Adamant with the characteristic Often lost in thought, but that doesn't make sense since his Sp.A. would be down 10% but also still somehow be the highest stat he has.

Final answer: Hardy + Often lost in thought, OR if we're going for more interesting stats, Modest + Often lost in thought.

[pokemonbattletournament]

We have Pokémon at Home!

Round 1 matchup 91

Propaganda for Procezant:

"Based on the passenger pigeon, the Wild Hunt, and the story of Orpheus. Only gained the ability to evolve past Tranquill when brought to the future where the species was otherwise extinct."

Propaganda for Usul:

No propaganda has been submitted for Usul yet.

More info under the cut

More information about Procezant:

More information about Usul:

[batpedia]

BAT: Lunala

GAME OF ORIGIN: Pokémon Sun & Moon / Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon, released 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS; JRPG

CLASSIFICATION: fantastical depiction of bat; hostile enemy that can be tamed

RANKING: the most recent (as of november 2024, prior to the unveiling of any new Pokémon for the upcoming Legends Z/A and Generation 10 games) bat Pokémon, Lunala is absolutely stunningly beautiful. capturing the beauty and power of an night sky, while still very specifically being a bat, its simple silhouette allows the specific details of its design to shine; the thin connectors between the shifting "membrane" between its wings, the almost bladed edge of its outwer wings and lower appendage... she's so pretty

VERDICT: 9.5/10 squeaks

[pokeherps]

accepted species list

our accepted species list was created because of the ambiguity of pokémon classification and variation in what is considered reptilian and amphibian. we restrict our intake to these species because our expertise is in those areas only and we want to give the best care possible to our pokémon.

notes:

if not all of an evolutionary line is considered reptilian or amphibian but part of it is, then all of that evolutionary line is accepted regardless of the individual species classification.

In a branching evolutionary line, only the branch that contains the reptilian or amphibian pokémon is accepted (eg vaporeon and eevee are accepted, but leafeon is not).

all dragon types are accepted regardless of individual species classification. if part of an evolutionary line has the dragon typing then the whole evolutionary line is accepted.

if you have a species that is not on the list but could conceivably fall under either the reptilian or amphibian category, send an ask/dm and we will look at it on a case by case basis.

pokémon species we accept:

Charmander / Charmeleon / Charizard

Squirtle / Wartortle / Blastoise

Ekans / Arbok

Poliwag / Poliwhirl / Poliwrath / Politoed

Slowpoke / Slowbro / Slowking

Onix / Steelix

Exeggute (Alolan) / Exeggutor (Alolan)

Horsea / Seadra / Kingdra

Magikarp / Gyarados

Lapras

Eevee / Vaporeon

Dratini / Dragonair / Dragonite

Totodile / Croconaw / Feraligatr

Wooper / Quagsire / Clodsire

Shuckle

Treecko / Grovyle / Sceptile

Mudkip / Marshtomp / Swampert

Lotad / Lombre / Ludicolo

Torkoal

Trapinch / Vibrava / Flygon

Swablu / Altaria

Seviper

Feebas / Milotic

Keckleon

Bagon / Shelgon / Salamence

Turtwig / Grotle / Torterra

Gible / Gabite / Garchomp

Croagunk / Toxicroak

Snivy / Service / Serperior

Tympole / Palpitoad / Seismitoad

Sandile / Krokorok / Krookodile

Scraggy / Scrafty

Tirtouga / Carracosta

Axew / Fraxure / Haxorus

Druddigon

Deino / Zweilous / Hydreigon

Froakie / Frogadier / Greninja

Skrelp / Dragalge

Helioptile / Heliolisk

Goomy / Sliggoo / Goodra

Noibat / Noivern

Salandit / Salazzle

Turtonator

Drampa

Jangmo-o / Hakamo-o / Kommo-o

Sobble / Drizzile/ Inteleon

Chewtle / Dreadnaw

Applin / Flapple / Appletun

Silicobra / Sandaconda

Toxel / Toxtricity

Dracozolt / Dracovish

Duraludon

Dreepy / Drakloak / Dragapult

Fuecoco / Crocalor / Skeledirge

Tadbulb / Bellibolt

Cyclizar

Frigibax / Arctibax / Baxcalibur

Restricted species we will accept (but literally how did you get it in the first place):

Rayquaza

Latias

Latios

Dialga

Palkia

Giratina

Reshiram

Zekrom

Kyurem

Zygarde

Type:Null / Silvally

Guzzlord

Naganadel

Eternatus

Regidrago

Koraidon

Miraidon

[would-this-pokemon-be-a-friend]

Would Slowpoke or Slowbro be good pets? I think they're so cute!

[I’ve already covered slowpoke, so I’ll link that one at the bottom of this post!]

Slowbros would indeed make a pretty good pet to some very specific owners, but it’s difficult to give them a blanket recommendation for a few reasons. Let’s have a little test: can you tell already what one of the more significant issues is?

Their size! Five feet tall?! Woah! This was surprising to me as I was reviewing the data on slowbros. As you may already know, slowbros evolve from slowpokes when the latter is bit on the tail by a shellder, another aquatic pokémon species (Red/Blue, Yellow). The individual’s slowbro classification is entirely reliant on this symbiotic relationship, as if the shellder is shed the pokémon reverts back to a slowpoke (Yellow). Clearly, the presence of this shellder allows the slowbro to grow significantly larger. Unfortunately, this is likely to be an issue in the way that it interacts with the other affects of this symbiosis.

Let’s clear something up real quick: I’ve said a few times now that the relationship between the slowbro and the shellder is symbiotic. It’s complicated. While at first glance it appears that the shellder is a parasite, as it feeds off of the fluids contained in their host’s tail as well as their leftover food (Red/Blue, Crystal). However, when you observe the slowbro, you find that they have become stronger and more powerful as a result of this relationship. Since the shellder prevents the slowbro from using their tail to fish on the shore like a slowpoke, it pushes the slowbro to become a more proactive hunter (Ruby Sapphire). While slowpokes are known to be pretty dull-witted, in slowbros’ case their shellders’ bites stimulate their brain, giving this species an occasional boost in intellect (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum). These effects have led to slowbros being better able to protect themselves from threats, which is a benefit to their survival. They don’t feel pain from the bites of the shellder, as the shell-like pokémon’s venom has an intense numbing effect (Silver). This is great for battle, but not the best when it comes to the slowbro’s overall health and well-being. In the end, both the slowbro and the shellder seem to benefit from their relationship.

So what does this all mean for slowbros’ pet compatibility? Well, their ease of care is significantly lower than a slowpoke’s. While you won’t need to feed the shellder, since it receives all the sustenance it needs from its host, you will need to provide the slowbro with some aquatic space to exercise. While you may not want to provide your pet with live prey to hunt, you will want to provide them space to move around to that they don’t become restless or out of shape. Given their size, providing this space may be beyond some owner’s means.

Given slowbros’ lack of pain sensation due to the venom of their shellders, you will really need to keep an eye on your pet’s health. A slowbro might not be able to let you know if they are injured or not feeling well, since they don’t experience any pain sensation. A slowbro’s healthcare needs may be higher than a lot of pokémon pets.

Slowbros, while more fit and dangerous that slowpokes, aren’t significantly more dangerous. They make use of many psychic-type special moves, which, while they may be inconvenient or even painful, are unlikely to be lethal. The chances of a slowbro attack are pretty low, however, so long as both they and their shellder feel happy, healthy, and unthreatened.

Keeping a slowbro as a pet is far from impossible, but in most cases a different pet might be a better choice. I’d recommend a slowpoke over a slowbro to most owners.

The Slowpoke Post:

[pokemonranch]

Do you wanna hear something completely bonkers insane?

Because of the limitations of modern Pokémon classification systems, technically Maushold counts as a human.

BEHOLD

A HUMAN MAN

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Piplup, Prinplup, & Empoleon

Piplup (#393)

Gloriavem parvavem

General Information: Piplup the Penguin Pokémon and one of the most beloved Pokémon in the world. They’re small, round, cute, trainable, courageous, and at all stages they are excellent members of the family and highly valued as partner Pokémon to trainers and Rangers alike. At this stage of life, they are poor walkers and are often seen falling down—but this won’t stop them, the Piplup will simply puff its chest up and keep going.

Piplups average at 1’4 feet (0.4 M) tall and weigh about 11.5 pounds (5.2 kg).

Habitat: Despite their evolutionary line’s bold resemblance to Emperor Penguins, the fact of the matter is that Piplups nor any of their evolutions are ice-types, and simply cannot withstand the harshest of Antarctica’s winters. Instead of being found in giant colonies within the continent’s interior, they are found in colonies along the coastlines of Antarctica and in the lower latitudes in the southern portions of Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the surrounding oceanic islands. They are only native to the Southern hemisphere.

Life Cycles: Piplups are born near the coastline as singlets each Fall in the Southern hemisphere to a dedicated and loving pair of parents. They will spend the first year of their life being lovingly protected by their parents, who will switch duties every few days. The Piplups are born away from the water to evade the predators found there, but in a couple weeks are brought to the sea in order to learn to hunt, swim, and dive. These first several weeks/couple months of a Piplup’s life are the most treacherous, when predators from all sides are looking to eat a fatty, tasty baby bird that doesn’t know how to survive yet.

By the next breeding season that summer, Piplups are able to fend for themselves, but will still seek the protection of the older/larger members of their colony.

Piplups are most commonly eaten by Glaceons, Cryogonals, Sharpedos, leopard seals, Articunos, and Antarctic birds of prey.

Behavior: Piplups are prideful Pokémon who value their independence and ability to fend for themselves, and despite their popularity this can cause problems with its trainer since they are incredibly strongwilled. They will even refuse handouts from humans that they don’t trust, and don’t generally enjoy being pampered. But despite their willfulness, Piplups are friendly, courageous, highly intelligent, and social creatures that get lonely easily. They may not enjoy handouts, but they will work together to solve common goals, and will forcibly take care of sick or injured members of the colony whether they like it or not.

Diet: Fish. They may also eat other sea creatures when fish are harder to find, but they eat fish. May occasionally enjoy some kelp for the fiber.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Piplups have been beloved by humans ever since their discovery(s) by different cultures throughout time, but especially once the Europeans found them and brought them back to Europe. They are a useful companion to seafolks and sailors alike, and their prideful natures and beautiful elegance and overall cuteness make them agreeable to aristocrats, too.

Of course, not all cultures took them in as pets, and many in the southern reaches of the world would hunt Piplups for sustenance, too.

In the modern age, Piplups are a popular starter Pokémon given out by the Pokémon League Foundation. In large part because of this, they are common in households the world over, but most especially in colder regions of the Southern Hemisphere.  Many find their prideful natures endearing.

Additionally, Piplups face predation at the fangs of invasive Glaceons at untold and unchecked numbers. These Glaceons were brought in by human explorers to Antarctica.

Classification: Piplups are related to Eiscues, but in the grand scheme of the penguins are relatively unrelated, with their last common ancestor being several millions of years old. They are in the order Sphenisciformes with all other penguins. Its species epithet, “Parvavem” means “little bird.”  

Prinplup (#394)

Gloriavem solitariam

General Information: Prinplup is a deeply prideful Pokémon, and the evolved form of Piplup. They are skilled divers who can hold their breath for up to 10 minutes at a time, they are graceful swimmers in icy waters, and they have a song that sounds like the roaring tide.

Prinplups average at 2’7 feet (0.8 M) tall and weigh about 50.7 pounds (23 kg).

Habitat: They are found in the higher latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly along the coasts of southern South America, Southern Africa, and Antarctica, but also on the surrounding oceanic islands. In the winter, solitary individuals have been seen as far North as the Galapagos Islands, but the events are few and far between, and none have set up a permanent residence there.

Life Cycles: Prinplup are in that stage in life where they consider themselves better than everyone else and want to forge their own path in the world, so they do. Their extreme self-centeredness makes them fully unsuitable for living in a colony or working as a team with others. It’s at this point in their life that Prinplups will migrate all across the Southern Hemisphere and even a little into the Northern Hemisphere at the Galapagos Islands, but the equator is too hot even in winter and no sightings of wild Prinplup have been seen past this point of the globe. On these travels, Prinplups learn about themselves, the world, and their place in the world, and grow humbler as a result. They even learn to forge friendships (or rivalries!) with others not of their kind, or perhaps end up creating new colonies or joining others. When they are ready to return home or make their own, the wisdom they learn as a Prinplup will set them up for great success as an Empoleon. This migratory urge is also key to genetic dispersal of the species and ensures that inbreeding is minimal across the colonies.

While Prinplups can reproduce and are known to have love affairs with other species on their journeys, in general, they just don’t, and frankly would be truly terrible parents anyways.

Behavior: Prinplup see themselves as the most important and better than everyone else, which makes them horrendously uncooperative and unable to work together. This is part of the drive that leads them to disperse into the sea for a long time.

On Pokémon teams, Prinplups are not cooperative with other Pokémon, but their desire to be better than others and prove themselves strong and elegant, means that they are still quite excellent at battling. Rangers may have a harder time with the uncooperativeness of these Pokémon than the average trainer.

Diet: Fish

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans:  Prinplups are the aggravating stage of the Piplup family, and a facet of their development that can turn a lot of folks off from ever owning one. Many trainers will abandon their Prinplups because they get fed up with having to actually care for a Pokémon and raise it to become a well-rounded, well-adjusted adult. And something that often gets overlooked in Prinplups, is that it’s not that they don’t care about others, it’s that they lack respect for authority “just because that’s how it is” and see themselves as the main character. It’s why they don’t get along with other Prinplups but can potentially still be a great member of a team if their trainer raises them well and works with their efforts to learn about their own identities, rather than against them. Unfortunately, not everyone gets this memo, and there are a handful of Prinplup rescues that seek to take in abandoned Prinplups and raise them right, even possibly finding them new homes with trainers who’ll love them the way they need to be loved.

With all that said, Prinplups are actually an excellent Pokémon to be on the team of any journeying trainer.

In media, there is a teenaged Prinplup in Tuesdays With Turtwig who is humorously depicted as being rather vain, but who does seem to mean well. Prinplups are often depicted as the stereotypical annoying teenager, but its depiction in Tuesdays With Turtwig is generally considered one of the better representations of teenagers in modern media for its portrayal of the emotional nuances that come with teenagerhood.

Classification: Its genus name “Gloriavem” means “prideful bird” and its species epithet, “solitariam” refers to its loner, solitary nature from other Prinplups.

Evolution: Prinplup evolves from Piplup at level 16.

Empoleon (#395)

Gloriavem rex

General Information: Empoleon is the final evolution of Piplup. It gains the steel-typing, a rare type combination that gives its wings hardened edges that have been compared to the highest quality blades. In the water they are as fast as jet boats, and their steel wings can cut right through ice floes. Some know it as the Emperor Pokémon because of its historical association with Napoleon Bonaparte, and others know it as the Master of the Waves.

Empoleons average at 5’7 feet (1.7 M) tall and weigh about 186.3 pounds (84.5 kg).

Habitat: Empoleons are found in the Southern hemisphere along the Antarctic coasts, as well as the southern coasts of South America, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the surrounding oceanic islands.

Life Cycles: Empoleons are the protectors and leaders of their colonies. They spend much of their time defending their colony from threats, especially the newborn Piplups. They are also almost always the parents of the colony, who work to take care of all of their children together. While their pre-evolutions can reproduce starting at level 15, both Piplup and Prinplup usually just don’t or lack any real opportunity to, and reproduction in these two species tends to really only occur in captivity.

Behavior: They have journeyed the world and have learned who they are and their place in the world, developing a strong sense of self as a solid foundation to their pride, creating what amounts to a well-rounded, courageous, and dependable Pokémon who still retains its base pridefulness. Empoleons frown upon unnecessary battles and prefer to resolve disputes peacefully, but will take up arms to defend their colony from any and all threats—and threats to their pride! An Empoleon has no qualms with brutalizing anything or anyone that dares threaten its colony.

Diet: Fish

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Empoleons gained international acclaim when Napoleon Bonaparte used one as his signature Pokémon during the French Revolution, and was key to his escape from Elba. To this day, the media associates them with war generals, emperors, top trainers, and kings. They are an incredible Pokémon to have on any team.

Outside of the glorification of war, Empoleons have been deeply affiliated with sailors and fishers for countless generations in many parts of the world. Their reliability, speed, durability, and strength have made them vital assets to seafolks, especially those in colder climates.

Classification: Its species epithet, “rex” means “king”, giving it the full scientific name of “King of the prideful birds.”

Evolution: Empoleon evolves from Prinplup at level 36.

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[belamew]

Type talk all over my dash, so!

Classifying Pokémon with a type factors in a lot of different variables

Environment. A Pokémon, most commonly water, ice, and grass gain those typings because of how their bodies have adapted to suit those environments.

Living body. A Pokémon's body is literally composed of the type. Common with grass, ground, and steel types. It's not just be suited for the environment, but MADE from the environment.

Natural ability. There's "natural moves" and "competitive moves". A Pokémon's classification often stems from their natural abilities.

Competitive ability. A type stemming from the moves they are able to learn at the side of a trainer.

A Pokémon's typing doesn't strictly stem from just ONE of these points. They intersect and correlate with one another.

This is also why Pokémon typing isn't as strict as we are led to believe in basic 101 classes. We limit to typing Pokémon by only two, their main typing and their secondary typing. There's plenty of Pokémon that could technically be classified with a different secondary type, have a third typing added on, or be reclassified altogether.

This is why you'll see me arguing over Ninetales' typing! It's pyschic powers are a natural ability and innate to their very being, but for some reason these old geezers absolutely refuse to update their typing to fire-psychic 😭

[pkmntrainersquid]

Oh yeah we spent the week finalizing our pokédex classification for Procezant!

The PC Registration went through as well, so Orpheus is no longer designated as "Unknown" by the healing machines.

Ahem.

Procezant, the Mourning Pokémon.

Ghost/flying type.

Pokédex entry 1: A Migratory Tranquill overcome by the loss of its flock evolved to reunite with their ghosts. It summons and commands these Spirit Doves in large numbers during battle.

Pokédex entry 2: Procezant's melancholy cry rouses the spirits of Pidove from the afterlife. It is wary of humans, who caused the extinction of its species.