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* {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon had virtually no match because their moves were resisted only by other Psychic types and their only weakness was to the {{t|Bug}} type, of which there were only three damaging moves: {{m|Leech Life}}, {{m|Pin Missile}}, and {{m|Twineedle}}. Additionally, most of the Pokémon that learned these moves were part {{t|Poison}} and therefore weak to Psychic moves. {{type|Ghost}} moves, while meant to be super-effective, were completely ineffective against Psychic types due to what may be a programming bug. Even if this were to be disregarded, the only super-effective Ghost-type move would be {{m|Lick}} whose [[power]] was only 20 at the time, and the only Ghost-type Pokémon that existed at the time were also part Poison-type. | * {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon had virtually no match because their moves were resisted only by other Psychic types and their only weakness was to the {{t|Bug}} type, of which there were only three damaging moves: {{m|Leech Life}}, {{m|Pin Missile}}, and {{m|Twineedle}}. Additionally, most of the Pokémon that learned these moves were part {{t|Poison}} and therefore weak to Psychic moves. {{type|Ghost}} moves, while meant to be super-effective, were completely ineffective against Psychic types due to what may be a programming bug. Even if this were to be disregarded, the only super-effective Ghost-type move would be {{m|Lick}} whose [[power]] was only 20 at the time, and the only Ghost-type Pokémon that existed at the time were also part Poison-type. | ||
* The only damaging {{type|Dragon}} move was the set-damage {{m|Dragon Rage}}. This meant that Dragon-type Pokémon could never take advantage of [[Same Type Attack Bonus|STAB]], and that the only moves that could hit them with super-effective damage were {{type|Ice}} moves. | * The only damaging {{type|Dragon}} move was the set-damage {{m|Dragon Rage}}. This meant that Dragon-type Pokémon could never take advantage of [[Same Type Attack Bonus|STAB]], and that the only moves that could hit them with super-effective damage were {{type|Ice}} moves. | ||
* The only good poisoning move was {{m|Sludge}}, which only had a base power of 65 and can only be learned by a few {{type|Poison}} type Pokémon | |||
* The {{stat|Special}} stat represented both Special Attack and Special Defense, meaning that a Pokémon with a high Special stat had an edge in battle. For example, {{p|Venusaur}} had a [[base stats|base]] Special stat of 100, used {{type|Grass}} (considered "[[Special move|Special]]") moves, and was weak to mostly Special types. | * The {{stat|Special}} stat represented both Special Attack and Special Defense, meaning that a Pokémon with a high Special stat had an edge in battle. For example, {{p|Venusaur}} had a [[base stats|base]] Special stat of 100, used {{type|Grass}} (considered "[[Special move|Special]]") moves, and was weak to mostly Special types. | ||
* [[Critical hit]] ratios were based on a Pokémon's base speed, allowing faster Pokémon to deal more critical hits. | * [[Critical hit]] ratios were based on a Pokémon's base speed, allowing faster Pokémon to deal more critical hits. | ||