Board 8 > Best Pokemon Generation by Type, Day 16: ROCK

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Inviso
04/04/24 10:46:28 PM
#1:


I've done this style of poll contest once before, back in either Gen VII or Gen VIII, so why not try it again now? The rules are simple: each day, I'm going to post a poll for a given Pokemon typing, with each generation's roster of new Pokemon filling in that typing. You just need to look at what each generation had to offer, and select which generation you think brought the best new roster (for any reason; you could say that a single Pokemon was so good that it overwhelms everything else the generation spawned, or you could select a generation that may be more well-rounded that the one that created your personal favorite). At the end of the day, one generation will be crowned a champion (with potential tiebreakers if need be), and that generation will advance to a second round, where the eighteen winners, and fourteen strongest runner-ups will be sorted into a 32-entrant tournament to crown which generation produced the best overall roster of a single typing.

Woof, worst votals thus far for Psychic-types, but I feel like we've had quite a few blowouts in a row at this point, with one generation really taking a commanding lead and not giving anything else a chance to catch up. Our winner was Gen III, but our second place was Gen II, which is still on the cusp of not making it through as a wild card. Still three types left to cover however, so we'll see how things turn out.

For today's contest, Rock is a rough one for me personally. When I was putting together the lists, this was...not great. Maybe I'm alone in this opinion, but we'll see how people feel about the typing when all is said and done. Given Gen VI's limited roster, I have folder Mega Evolutions into their list, as those were, effectively, some of the new Pokemon created in lieu of brand new designs for Gen VI. I'll keep the same concept for later typings as well. Note: I will not be considering things like Dialga/Palkia's form changes in Gen VIII, as those are still technically the same in the way Giratina's form change was back in Gen IV.

Fire: Gen I (30 Votes, 47.62%)
Bug: Gen V (30 Votes, 44.12%)
Dragon: Gen III (30 Votes, 41.67%)
Poison: Gen I (29 Votes, 50.88%)
Grass: Gen III (28 Votes, 45.90%)
Psychic: Gen III (25 Votes, 45.45%)
Fairy: Gen VII (24 Votes, 39.34%)
Electric: Gen I (24 Votes, 37.50%)
Ice: Gen IV (24 Votes, 36.92%)
Flying: Gen I (21 Votes, 35.00%)
Ground: Gen I (20 Votes, 33.33%)
Dark: Gen II (18 Votes, 26.87%)
Normal: Gen I (17 Votes, 28.81%)
Fighting: Gen IV (14 Votes, 21.88%)
Ghost: Gen V (13 Votes, 17.81%)
Rock: ???
Steel: ???
Water: ???
(Dark: Gen IX - 17 Votes, 25.37%)
(Fire: Gen V - 16 Votes, 25.4%)
(Electric: Gen V - 15 Votes, 23.44%)
(Poison: Gen VIII - 14, 24.56%)
(Bug: Gen VII - 14 Votes, 20.59%)
(Dragon: Gen VI - 14 Votes, 19.44%)
(Flying: Gen VI - 13 Votes, 21.67%)
(Ground: Gen III/V - 12 Votes, 20.00%)
(Fairy: Gen VI - 12 Votes, 19.67%)
(Fighting: Gen IX - 12 Votes, 18.75%)
(Normal: Gen VIII - 11 Votes, 18.64%)
(Ghost: Gen IV/Gen IX - 10 Votes, 13.70%)
(Psychic: Gen II - 9 Votes, 16.36%)
(Grass: Gen I/Gen V - 9 Votes, 14.75%)
(Ice: Gen III - 9 Votes, 13.85%)

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Inviso
04/04/24 10:48:10 PM
#2:


I'm not even going to bother listing off reasoning why. I think most Rock-types suck, and I don't have a lot of reason to like this typing, so I'll at least vote for the generation that gave us my favorite Rock-type in Lycanroc. Gen VII go.

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ZenOfThunder
04/04/24 10:50:20 PM
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gen 1 has a literal geo dude and I am all about that

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Johnbobb
04/04/24 10:54:21 PM
#4:


gen 3 easy

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Sheep007
04/04/24 11:03:14 PM
#5:


Voted for Gen 9 and then remembered Gen 2 is amazing except Sudowoodo. Ah well, 9 is also pretty great even if Boulder sucks. Rock is one of the worse types but every single gen has something great. Except Gen 8 but the Rolycoly line is goofy at least.

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Kenri
04/04/24 11:04:43 PM
#6:


These are all pretty close (with maybe the exception of VI and VII but at least they have Carbink and Diancie, and Nihilego and Stakataka, respectively).

I think I'm going with gen 2 actually but it's really a toss-up.

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Inviso
04/04/24 11:05:06 PM
#7:


Iron Boulder is literally the best Rock-type from Gen IX >_>

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Bitto
04/04/24 11:05:40 PM
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Gen I. V is probably next best.

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hombad46
04/04/24 11:06:35 PM
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Tempted to vote Gen I purely for Lord Helix

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Sheep007
04/04/24 11:14:10 PM
#10:


Inviso posted...
Iron Boulder is literally the best Rock-type from Gen IX >_>
I just kinda dislike the future paradoxes. I warmed up to the Ultra Beasts, maybe I'll like them someday. Always gonna be ugly as fuck though. Klawf is too but at least it's goofy, and the Nacl line are some of the best of the generation.

I always feel unintentionally contrarian in these polls. Not sure I've voted for a single winner yet! Gen 3 winning for Rock is particularly baffling, though. What's even popular aside from the Aron line? I personally think the gen has the best fossils but I can't imagine Lileep is what's drawing people in here.

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MZero
04/04/24 11:18:34 PM
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Gen IV - Gross, I don't like any of these, and Probopass and Rhyperior are particularly bad. Bonsly is kind of cute I guess but baby Pokemon suck.

Gen VII - Lycanroc is good, which is enough to beat out Gen 4, but that's the only compliment I can give this group. I don't like the Alolan Geodude line, Minior is meh, and Stakataka and Nihilego suck.

Gen IX - Not a terrible lineup, but no real favorites for me.

Gen V - I like the Crustle line, but the rest of the lineup is pretty forgettable.

Gen VI - Tyrantrum rules and Aurorus is pretty good, but the Barbaracle line, Carbink, and Diancie drag it down a lot. Mega Aerodactyl sucks too.

Gen VIII - Coalossal is fantastic, Arcanine is really good, and Kleavor is solid. Avalugg and Stonjourner suck.

Gen I - Kabutops and Golem are great, don't care much for the rest but nothing terrible here.

Gen II - Tyranitar is awesome, Sudowoodo is funny, and the rest are a least decent.

Gen III - Armaldo is my favorite Rock type, and Aggron is up there. Lunatone and Solrock are pretty good as well. There are some duds like Nosepass and Regirock, but they aren't bad enough to outweigh the heavy hitters at the top imo

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mnk
04/04/24 11:23:44 PM
#12:


This is an easy vote for V, based on the Tirtouga line, Gigalith, Dwebble, and Terrakion.

I, VI, VIII, and IX are in some kind of order for the Top 5.

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Brayze_II
04/04/24 11:31:50 PM
#13:


I was surprised after ranking every pokemon to discover that rock is my favorite type on average. Actually this makes it hard for me to pick a gen
Edit: after much consideration, I think it's gen VII

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Chaeix
04/04/24 11:45:22 PM
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rock type in general has some of the absolute best pokemon names, regardless of generation

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Eddv
04/04/24 11:50:20 PM
#15:


I like sudowoodo and shuckle so i voted gen 2

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Isquen
04/05/24 12:59:36 AM
#16:


Rock is difficult. It's played up as this friggin monstrously defensive type and yet it has stupid amounts of weaknesses and its attacking type, while great, has shit accuracy and IIRC almost nothing on the special end. Seriously, "dumb as rocks" for the whole type.

Gen 2 for me (and I voted gen 3 during Psychic round too)


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mnk
04/05/24 1:09:45 AM
#17:


Actually VII is better than VIII and IX. It and I are competing for second place.

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NeatoAnAccount
04/05/24 1:18:43 AM
#18:


lol my ranking is almost exactly the same as b8's let's go

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Espeon
04/05/24 6:01:46 AM
#19:


Morning bump here.

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Espeon
04/05/24 9:19:59 AM
#20:


Another bump.

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BlueCrystalTear
04/05/24 10:43:50 AM
#21:


This is a tough one, because 75% of these suck.

Gen 1 has classics like the original Geodude line, Onix, Rhydon, and Lord Helix.
Gen 2 has Tyranitar and... Magcargo would be decent if not for that horrendous typing.

Yeah, that leads me to why Rock-types are usually awful: Their weakness profile is the most crippling of any. Water, Grass, Ground, Fighting, AND Steel is particularly terrible. There's a reason a majority of these Pokemon have at least one 4x weakness. Rock/Ground to Water AND Grass, Rock/Water to Grass, Fire/Rock to Water AND Ground, Rock/Dark to Fighting, Rock/Steel to Fighting AND Ground, Rock/Electric to Ground, Rock/Ice to Fighting AND Steel...

Yeah, looking at that, there's a reason Rock is among my least favorite types. They really could've done without the weakness to Ground. I never played Sword, only Shield, but the idea of there being a Rock-type gym so late in the game is not a good one. I've heard people say that Gordie is among the weakest gym leaders they've ever faced; Melony is considerably better, since I at least had a halfway decent fight with her.

I guess I'll just vote for the gen where I like the designs the best.

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GenesisSaga
04/05/24 10:48:03 AM
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Easiest vote for V ever. No weaknesses. You've got cute ass Dwebble line two great fossil lines, Gigalith line is unique and cool looking especially in shiny palette, and while Terra is my least favorite of the musketeers they're one of my favorite Legendary groupings outside of Beasts and Birds. III has my favorite Rock type, but there's too much meh to distract from mother fucking Aggron so too bad for it.

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TomNook7
04/05/24 11:31:34 AM
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I aint gonna lie i voted gen 1 for every poll so far LOL

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skulltrumpets
04/05/24 1:05:18 PM
#24:


this is remarkably tough for a type I don't feel strongly about

there's more rock types I like than I initially thought
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Raka_Putra
04/05/24 1:39:25 PM
#25:


I like Gen I and Gen II too but I went with Gen VII in the end. The Alolan Geodude line has unique typing and looks, Lycanroc is awesome, Nihilego is delightfully creepy for sharing a silhouette with Lilly. Minior and Stakatakakatakatakakatatatakataka are just whatever though.

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Espeon
04/05/24 4:19:15 PM
#26:


Bump afternoon.

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Blaziken
04/05/24 9:28:26 PM
#27:


A little over an hour left.

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Blaziken
04/05/24 11:11:26 PM
#28:


D'oh. Just realized I left it saying "Psychic" instead of Rock in the poll. Also, this round is gonna run long. Can't start a new round tonight.

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red13n
04/05/24 11:15:18 PM
#29:


The Lycanroc line is 4 Pokemon so I voted for that.

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MZero
04/06/24 4:43:06 AM
#30:


I always forget about Dusk form

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Espeon
04/06/24 6:37:42 AM
#31:


One last bump for now.

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