Why was ghost physical pre-split

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because the only ghost pokemon in gen 1 was gengar, who was a physical atta- oh wait

>Why are lick, astonish, and shadow punch physical?
try using your brain for more than 2 seconds zoomer

they fucked up when assigning properties in gen 1 and chose to roll with it

i dont know but check this guy out

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The only one of those that's "physical" is Lick. There's nothing physical about making a scary projection of yourself, or launching a fist made of shadows.

why is ice PUNCH special? checkmate boomie

That's why gen 2 Crunch and Bite are Special, right? Or the elemental punches? Or Waterfall? I can go on for literally dozens of examples.

>The only one of those that's "physical" is Lick.
Great, now tell us which Ghost moves were in Gen 1, retarded zoomer.

They wanted to balance Gengar by making both of his STAB types bad for him to use.

Basically why the Split was necessary.

Gamefreak didn't give a fuck about competitive back then so whatever quirks existed in gen 1 was completely accidental.

>why is ICE punch special?
gee wiz I wonder why!

Lick can also be made from shadows like Shadow Punch, Shadow Ball, etc...
So could have been special like the Elemental Punches, Bite and Crunch, etc...

>but SHADOW punch is physical because uh.. because uh.... it just is, okay!

If Dragon Rage is enough for Dragon to be Special, Night Shade's enough for Ghost to be as well.

Correct

I accept your concession, boomie.

Ghost = physical
Ice = special

You must be retarded if you don't get it

Woah there was a Dragon version of Lick in gen 1?

>because.. it just is, okay!

I'm not sure what you're missing.

At first I thought it was for it to be a counter to the Psychic type, but I forgot that Ghost types don't effect Psychic types in Gen 1
Then I thought it was to balance out the amount of physical and special types in Gen 1, but then I learned there are actually more physical types in Gen 1
Now I just think it was arbitrary and there is no reason.

Feel free to keep gaslighting boomie, but you lost, and the split proves it.

>making lick physical is arbitrary

>shadow punch is still physical
You're actually autistic aren't you?

>Ghost is physical because of Shadow PUNCH
>Ignore that there were several other punch moves that weren't physical
deluded

>but I forgot that Ghost types don't effect Psychic types in Gen 1

That was a glitch. It's stated in-game by a trainer in Sabrina's gym that Psychic is weak to Ghost.

If that's the case then I think it was done to counter psychic, but then Bug was also physical in Gen 1 so I don't know.

Imagine being this disingenuous
Boomers are a plague

It wasn't a glitch. It's explicitly programmed that way.
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Not ignoring when you consider that those types have tons of other moves that aren't punches.

All Gen 1 media explicitly said that Psychic was weak to Ghost.