Pokemon is a franchise that’s been around for over two decades, and with that type of legacy comes plenty of praise as well as criticism. The series has done a good job of adding new types and making interesting dual-typed Pokemon over the years, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more than a handful of Pokemon that could use some fixing.
Whether from Pokemon Red & Blue or Pokemon Sword & Shield, there’s always at least one Pokemon in every generation that has the wrong type, whether that be singular or secondary typing.
10 Delcatty
Delcatty was originally revealed as a member of the third generation of Pokemon games, Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. When the sixth generation introduced the Fairy-type, many fans assumed that Delcatty was one of the dozens of Pokemon that would retroactively be gifted the Fairy-type, but that sadly never happened.
To this day the Prim Pokemon is simply a Normal-type, which does nothing to differentiate it from many other Pokemon.
9 Conkeldurr
At its core, the reason for adding a second type to a creature is to make it more desirable to trainers, regardless of their battle level or interest. Conkeldurr is a capable Fighting-type that has a unique design and both literally and figuratively carries its weight. It holds two massive pillars of stone it feels connected to spiritually.
By adding the Rock-type alongside its Fighting-type it not only opens up Conkeldurr to additional effective moves, but it also fits the overall theme and design of the creature at a base level.
8 Milotic
Milotic is a pure Water-type that exudes a powerful presence and energy about itself that it feels like it should be a dual-type Pokemon. Some would argue that secondary typing should be the Fairy-type due to its ethereal and feminine energy, but there is also a case for the Dragon-type.
It is a powerful underwater beast and many of its similar counterparts are Dragon-type in that way. Milotic is the feminine equivalent to Gyarados and should be treated like the powerful leviathan it presents itself to be.
7 Eldegoss
Some fans may argue that there are already more than enough Grass and Fairy dual-types in the series, but at 20-plus years in, it makes sense for most final forms of evolutionary lines to be dual-type. It not only gifts the creature with complexity, but it makes their usefulness in battle not so binary.
Eldegoss is an elegant and royal-feeling sentient plant that has a connection to the Earth and its cotton bloom. Giving it the Fairy-type as a secondary typing would fit the vibe that was intended with its delicate design.
6 Fletchling
If Fletchling was simply a Flying-type, there wouldn’t be many issues in both of its subsequent forms tacking on the Fire-type as a secondary typing. The issue is that the little bird was made a Normal and Flying dual-type for some reason.
Fletchling was introduced in the Kalos region featured in Pokemon X & Y and evolves into one of the franchise’s fastest Pokemon, Talonflame. There seems to be no rhyme or reason why it was given the Normal-type and simply not just labeled as a singular Flying-type — especially since giving a single type to a base stage is very common across the series.
5 Gyarados
It seems that The Pokemon Company loves attaching the Flying-type to creatures instead of the Dragon-type. Most people know about that issue with Charizard, but the same thing applies to the leviathan beast known as Gyarados.
Its design is a direct reference to that of dragons in Chinese mythology, so it makes it even more perplexing that it’s not a Dragon-type. Being a dragon implies a creature has a connection to the air, so choosing the Flying-type over the Dragon-type feels like an avoidable mistake.
4 Psyduck
Ever since its appearance in the Pokemon anime, fans have been wondering why both Psyduck and Golduck don’t have the Psychic-type as their secondary typing. With Psyduck specifically, it’s been discussed how it suffers from headaches that make it unleash incredible power.
This was rather evident once again in the recent Detective Pikachu film. Adding the Psychic-type would help make Psyduck a more interesting battler and help it stand out among dozens of pure Water-type Pokemon.
3 Noctowl
Noctowl is a Pokemon so many people want to like and love, but the people behind Pokemon have done everything in their power to make it forgettable. The beta design for Noctowl was found and leaked and fans have yearned for an alternate reality where that was its final design.
In addition to making its design less interesting, it was also decided that an owl Pokemon shouldn’t be Dark- and Flying-type, but rather stuck with the Normal-type, which does nothing to make bird Pokemon more enticing or desirable.
2 Chansey
When the Fairy-type was introduced in the sixth generation of games, the Pokemon designers did a good job at retroactively making a lot of Pokemon Fairy-type. They did however make a weird choice in not changing Chansey’s typing from Normal-type to Fairy-type.
The typing for Wigglytuff and Celfable’s evolutionary lines were changed accordingly, but for some reason, the Egg Pokemon known for healing others and being a beacon of happiness was relegated to keeping arguably the most boring type in the franchise.
1 Charizard
Not a day goes by that a Pokemon fan doesn’t plead The Pokemon Company to finally fix Charizard’s typing. The Fire-type starter from the Kanto region has been one of the franchise’s most popular Pokemon and is almost always the focus of the trading card market.
That being said, it’s still a Flying- and Fire-type despite it being the most iconic dragon-looking Pokemon in the series. It’s hard to accept that it’s been more than two decades this error hasn’t been fixed and it’s still stuck with the wrong typing.
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