Talk:Steel (type)

Poison

Ive been doing some contemplating. Does Toxic orb affect a Steel Pokemon? What about Effect Spore?User:DCM 14:33, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

No. --User:Thekillernacho14:34:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

No Guessing. has this been tested?User:DCM 14:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. It has been determined impossible to poison a Steel-type by any means. In Gen II, it was possible to poison a Steel-type using Twineedle, but even that was removed now, since Gen III. Besides, there is nothing keeping you for testing it for yourself. I've tested Toxic Orb on Steels personally, and from various searches, it appears there is a 0% chance for Effect Spore to poison a Steel-type. There is some question about how Effect Spore alternately affects Steels, since the effect of Effect Spore has a 30% chance to give a status to the attacker. Does Paralyze and Sleep stay at a 10% chance, or is both increased to 15%? Further research would be required about this. --User:Thekillernacho15:40:08, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

The best type

I looked at a fiew things at bulbapedia, and i think that steel type is th best type.It has 11 resistances and immunity to poison, and it leaves the type with only 3 weaknesses.The other two types have normal efectivenes to steel types--Tomas 18:03, 23 May 2009 (UTC)