What's the point of Bug type? Every other type has some

Bug type has been fine since Heracross showed up

Game freak really does try to cripple them unnecessarily though, especially by making them weak to Fairy for absolutely no reason

>>27527025
Fairy resists bug, but big isn't weak to fairy

Don't you mean Ice? There are quite a few very good Bug types (Scizor), but absolutely no good Ice type.

>>27527025
>>27527087
Aren't Heracross, Pinsir, and Beedrill only relevant due to having Megas?

It's actually pretty decent. Two really useful resistances offset by two pretty vital weaknesses.

>>27527087
I'm talking about the typing not the Pokemon within the type and how they're balanced.

>>27526969
there was a time in gen 5 when I had the number 1 ranked mono type OU team on pokemon online for a while and it was mono bug. It's actually pretty good because of their movesets and abilities. Volbeat with prankster, encore, t wave, tail glow, and baton pass was an underrated lead and yanmega in conjunction with that will sweep a team no problem

>>27526969
It was my understanding that the whole point of bug types is that they evolve extremely early compared to other types (usually before level 15 for the regional ones), so they are useful for early game.

>>27527087
>What is Weavile

>>27528520
>so they are useful for early game.
That actually makes a lot of sense.

>>27526969

Bug catching is what inspired Pokemon, so they probably feel they have to include bugs that tap into Japanese summer nostalgia.

>>27527105
Heracross was relevant before.

>>27526969
Bugs were originally meant to defeat psychic types alongside ghosts. However, when the time came to make psychic types weaker, GF decided it was better to make up a new type called "dark" than to buff bugs against psychic. This led to the downward spiral that has led to today.

This is not unlike how when the time came to slow down the power of dragons, they made up a new type called "fairy" instead of working with the Ice they already had.

In short, GF would rather make up new shit than work with what they already have. This leads to shit being neglected.

They're the only ones that can set up sticky web

Just because you have a problem with them, it don't you gotta make it everyone's problem. Get off your high horse you drama queen. This is a perfect example of blaming the world rather than doing something about it. Train up, junior.

>>27527105
Heracross is better without the mega

>>27526969
The point is to have a type specifically for well-designed Pokémon.

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>>27526969
They're cute.

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I think this is a bug thread now.
Post bugs.

>>27529566
Stop it with this meme. Maybe in terms of design, but in competitive the Mega shits all over normal Heracross.

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Actually, I guess this was a bug thread from the get go, just post pictures while you discuss if you could.

>>27528625
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>>27528520

It seems pretty evident that GF doesn't balance every pokemon around the fully-trained min-maxed competitive metagame. It's a game originally designed for kids, so providing interesting and varied options for the purposes of playing through the game itself is important to that end. Obviously they've noticed and supported the competitive scene at least to some extent, but that is not the only thing they have to worry about.

Even ignoring all of that, a Bug type is thematically probably one of the easiest things to design for. Why would you ignore something so easy to generate ideas for?

Huh? Bugs worthless?
Have you ever used any outside those from Viridian Forest etc.?

>>27526969
but bugs are awesome

>>27526969
the only actually worthless bug is ledian. which is a shame, because i like its design a lot.

also maybe butterfree because now it's just a shittier vivillion.

also to answer your question, satoshi tajiri was too much of an aspie to interact with humans so he just caught bugs all day and that was the basis for 'mon in the first place

>>27527025
Except that's exactly the problem: Heracross is literally the only viable bug type.

>>27530685
Butterfree will always be my bro no matter how shitty he is. I like slinging powders around.