POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[TomGuycott]

I really wish I remember where my comments on steel type are on the forum right now. Let me see what I can remember.

Steel IS more powerful than a large number of types, but it is clearly meant to be a high defense type. Steel types that are typed to be SUPER powerful are either rarer or are difficult to fully power up or are only the end of an evolution line without steel up to that point. What's more, steel is weak to fire, fighting and ground, all three of which are popular, powerful types. Those that are steel/psychic or have levitate are exceptions, but in cases like Metagross' line he is a hard to level pseudo-legendary. Finally, there are many steel types who are QUADRUPLE weak against their main weakness. Bug/steel against fire, bisharp against fighting, ferroseed against fire, and so on.

Now think of a solid block of stainless steel in real life, think of real life equivalents of every other type, and try to point out LEGITIMATE weaknesses. It's doable, but you'll have a very hard time.