I think Medic should be dark type, in Japan the dark type is the evil type, and no one is more evil than our friend the Medic Edit: Scout should be grass flying, Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt people
Dang right! Do you know what experimenses he has done to mercs and other characters? I mean, enhansing their hearts with mashines, injectet some baboom uteruses insede classic mercs, TOOK AWAY THE SOULS OF OUR MERCS! all this and more without medicale license. I testi My case.
Psychic type? Because mewtwo is pretty brutal af, and usually psychic applies to Pokémon who are very intelligent, AND medic has outsmarted the devil so there’s some supernatural elements to it.
I would argue Dark instead of Grass. While yes he can hide in bushes or trees, he more generally hides in dark and secluded spots just as a whole, something which fits Dark much more than Grass. He would definitely have plenty of grass and poison moves, though. Edit: While Dark can be evi, some (especially and specifically Umbreon) are more general “likes darkness” pokemon.
There are 18 pokemon types and 9 mercs, this means that we can distribute all of the types to the 9 mercs and not be missing any. I'd place them as: Scout: Bug/Water Soldier: Flying/Fighting Pyro: Fire/Fairy Demoman: Rock/Dragon Heavy: Ground/Ice Engineer: Electric/Steel Medic: Dark/Poison Sniper: Grass/Normal Spy: Ghost/Psychic
I guess someone had to be the ice type huh... not that I have a better idea. Maybe heavy could be ice? A big bulky Russian dude who fist fights bears could work maybe
This works out pretty alright. The only thing I’d change is give sniper back the normal, giving heavy the ice. And switch steel and psychic back It’s funny because pyro being fire/fairy is a double counter to spy’s ghost/steel
@@Andstetay It could work both ways, the ice type is designed to function like a glass cannon while most ice type pokemon are designed to be slow and tanky, this is also why ice is the second worst type competetively. But on second tought i will switch around heavys normal and snipers ice
Psychic dark, because heal pulse, one of the moves that heals other people is psychic type. Also that makes medic the same type as malamar in terms of being an evil genius and that honestly sounds about right
I agree with Engie being electric type. He has more electricity-based weapons and gimmicks than steel-based gimmicks, and his buildings are more electric than steel.
@@zacharyscovel1017 And the Wrangler. And both of the PDAs. And the Eureka Effect. And the Gunslinger. And the Rescue Ranger. And all 4 of his buildings.
@@Mjgaming54321 They're made almost entirely out of metal, sure they're electrically powered but they're more immediately "big moving metal thing," which sums up almost every Steel type mon
Sniper could be bug type, since many spider pokemon are bug type (for whatever reason) and several of them, like ariados quite literally can have the ability "sniper". Sniper being an Australian as well as him being a class with little mobility and focusing on (long range) ambush fits the spider theme to me. Also remembering that sniper in "meet the sniper" was shown to climb towers to set up sniper's nests.
I was thinking Scout would be a flying type. "Yo, I'm flyin'!" Sniper could be Grass-Normal as he spends a lot of time hunting in the wilderness. Spy I thought would be Ghost-Dark as he spends most of his time in the dark.
Sniper could also be Grass-dark Because he uses a lot of “underhanded” tactics like throwing piss, or piss darts, a sword that doesn’t hurt much but makes you bleed Camping and sniping are also seen as “unfair” game tactics too
Medic: DARK/grass Sniper: Normal/ROCK Scout: Water/FLYING or Water/ELECTRIC Soldier: Fighting/Dark KALOS Soldier: Flying/Dark (USA jumping into FRA -> Market Gardener Soldier) Demoman: Fire/Dragon GALARIAN Demoman: Fire/Steel (Medieval mode/demoknight variant) IMO while I definitely understand where they’re coming from and agree with their evidence, there were some missed opportunities.
Might just be me, but I REALLY think Electric and Poison would fit Scout, both for how toxic and irritated his drinks are, and for said drinks again and his speed
6:04, I think You should've given Medic the Fairy Type because Fairy Types Have Heal-Pulse And Healing Wish which is the Go-to Healing support Pokémon Moves for a support Pokémon in double battles, as Most Grass type Pokémon moves only heal the user.
Yeah I was hoping he'd give Medic fairy type. That's usually the type I see people give to Medic, and it just makes sense for the reasons you mentioned.
Medic should be a Normal/Dark type. He's got the healing moves, and has a type that fits him as character, since Medic is arguably the evilest of the mercs
I'd say Sniper makes sense as a Normal + Dark type. He obviously isn't nefarious or evil like the official Dark type implies, but he's somewhat stealthy and strategizes around punishing other player's mistakes, tries to attack without getting seen akin to a Sucker Punch, and he applies debuffs like a dark type would and then immediately capitalizes on it. Coupled with the Normal type, this would give him a 4X fighting weakness in Pokemon, which translates well to how he typically struggles with close quarters fighters that get the drop on him
4:31 I'd personally have to disagree about Sniper not being a Dark type. Another trait that Dark types tend to have is that they have cheap tactics and dirty fighting moves, such as Sucker Punch and Taunt. I feel like Sniper being relatively sneaky due to being a sniper (they hide in dark places, but I'm overstretching) and his use of Jarate definitely being a dirty tactic, I'd say he'd definitely fit as a Dark type Edit: I suck at words and spelling
scout ids 100% a fighting type because 1 he loves fighting (ex: him fighting heavy in meet the scout) and 2 its even in the lore scout and his brothers loved fighting and would go to any fight but scout being the youngest didnt get to fight because his brothers had gotten the job done so he started running, literally he realised he could run faster then his brothers and fight before them and finally, his voice lines he keeps saying "who wants some of this?" or "hit the bricks pal you're done"
Sniper is dark type. The type revolves around cheap underhanded moves, and there’s nothing more cheap or underhanded than shooting someone who can’t even see you.
7:06 ground and fighting are actually tied for most types hit super effectively, being 5. So they are the best offensive type. (Ok well technically rock is the best general offensive type but there isn’t a single physical rock move over 60bp with 100% accuracy so it doesn’t count)
Grass seems a little odd for medic, instinctively I thought poison type would be much more fitting, but my pokemon knowledge is limited and I don't imagine there are too many poison types with healing moves
don't make soldier flying fire. It makes less sense than you think. this combination means that he is 4 times weak to stealth rock. soldier is suppossed to be tough enough to handle his own explosions, no way he would be scared of some rocks. a better combination would be flying-fighting. because he is a stereotypical american and loves "freedom". also demoman would make some sense as a fire-electric type due to his demo-knight loadouts, electric types are often fast.
Hear me out, Medic COULD be a fairy-dark type The fairy type is usually releated to healing/life (xernias [the pokemon of life] is a pure fary type) and the dark type because... well, the medic has some unconventional methods towards healing... and hes also insane
Here's my takes - Soldier through Engineer are the same as they are in the video (Sld: Flying/Fighting | P: Fire/Fairy | DM: Fire/Steel | H: Ground/Fighting | E: Psychic/Steel): Scout - Electric/Dark: Dark, while usually known as the evil type, is also a common home for the punks and thugs and rebels and what-have-you. Electric fits since his two sodas and several soda-based accessories give him energy in one way or another, not to mention the Soda Popper's existence giving him electrified shots (mini-crits). Medic - Normal/Dark: Medic is an EVIL bastard if you know anything about him, but he covers that devilish nature with the veil of a fairly normal medicine man. This gives him the healing moves along with a good ability to use it with, plus if we really wanted the other heal moves, who's to say we can't just give him some level-up coverage? Sniper - Normal/Grass: As another commenter puts it, he is the Bushman. Normal also continues to work for him since he really is a normal guy. Sure, he's got a blood-money job, but other than that he's a fairly standard Mundy. Hey, wait, that's his name... Twice. He's literally Mun-Dee Mundy. As in MUNDANE. Spy - Ghost/Dark: I'm not convinced on giving him the steel type exclusively because he uses knives and whatnot. He can learn steel-type moves without being steel-type. Dark fits him a lot more, since he's always using underhanded tactics to win a fight, making him the third idealogy of the Dark Type. Additionally, this gives him only one weakness, that being Fairy. Guess who's Fairy-Type on the roster? Pyro! Pyro is the only Super-Effective counter to Spy. I rest my case.
Wholeheartedly agree with your typings for Soldier, Heavy, Engi, and Demo, but I'm not so sure about the rest. For Spy, I really don't think Steel is fitting. Steel-type mons are almost all very durable and relatively large, which is the absolute opposite of Spy. I think Ghost/Dark fits better, since Dark is generally associated with underhanded tactics, cruelty, and unfair fighting. For Sniper, I will actually propose Water... and not just because of Jarate. Several Water-type pokemon are associated with high-power single-shot rifle-like attacks at long range (Clawitzer, Blastoise, Inteleon, and prolly a few others I'm forgetting). Between that, Jarate, and literally being born below the ocean, I think it's the closest fit we've got. I could see Water/Normal too. For Pyro, while I do like Fire/Fairy, I think Fire/Poison also makes a ton of sense: Pyro is always in a gas mask, something associated with toxic gas in warfare, plus they're the only class with damage over time in their stock weapons, which Poison is very heavily tied to. Just depends on whether you choose the second type off what they see or what everyone else does, either fits Medic... you really should'nt've let your choice be tied to just the types with the most healing moves. I'd suggest either Fairy or Psychic paired with Dark: Dark is the cruel evil type, and Medic finds ze hurting much more rewarding than ze healing, whilst Psychic is for high intelligence and healing/supporting teammates via moves like Reflect, Light Screen, Heal Pulse, Instruct, and Trick Room. With the interpretation that mons like Grimmsnarl and Tinkaton take, Fairy also suits that cruel nature while seeming good on the surface, plus I just associate it with healing for some reason. Scout I feel is very clearly a Flying type: he's got high speed, high aerial mobility, he often stays airborne for most of a fight, he's close range, and he's fragile, all of which are associated with Flying. As for a second type... I really don't know. Normal could work well due to his fairly simple on paper but effective fighting style; Fighting could maybe work for his cocky eagerness to fight, though that's more of a Fighting/Dark thing specifically as it's only really seen on Scrafty and Toxicroak afaik; Bug could work for having access to unusual abilities, being great at getting in and out quickly a la First Impression and U-Turn, and high fragility; even Poison could work for being the class with the most bleeds and the fact that his sodas are almost certainly toxic. I could see Flying paired with any of these. Fun video btw, and I think seeing which actual pokemon the mercs fit with in your mind(regardless of if the types line up with this video's) could be another neat one.
You should do Pokemon Types for the Dead by Daylight killer roster. There's tons of variety, uniqueness, and deep lore along personality for all of them! There's also a ton of familiar big slashers in the game like ghost face, Leatherface and Michael Myers - so it's like a double whammy on both original characters from the game and license content from horror media!
i think that maybe posion type would workfor Medic, Dark-Elecktrike type would fit Spy (hes agile and use charges to cause disfunction for machines) Dark fit to Sniper as well - hes evasive, strike unseen for afar, like to be alone, like jarate pranks, got good insults, and dark raspy voice with some threatning lines😨😨...
i could see medic as a fairy/dark or dark/grass type, since he is EXTREMELY evil in the mind, and dark pretty much is the evil type. Aside from that, the second type can be whatever healing based type you feel. grass isn't too strange for him so i could see it, i dunno if that makes me weird
My personal opinions on each class: Scout: Water/Flying. Water because of Lon’s mentioned reasons, but also Flying because of his speed, his Hermes boot icon, and - most importantly - his double jump (which can be extended with many unlocks). Soldier: Completely agree with Lon here. Maybe normal instead of Fighting, but I still think fighting works better overall. Pyro: Again, completely agree with Lon. I would honestly love to hear another idea that isn’t Fire/Fairy, since it just fits so perfectly Demo: A tough one, since he fits… a lot of types. I decided Fire/Steel works well (though more for the stickies than the swords like Lon said). Heavy: Ground and Fighting works well. I was considering Ice because of where his family lives and all that, but… as someone whose favorite type is Ice, the last thing we need is another attempt at a slow, tanky ice type. Engineer: Some have mentioned Electric. I agree. Electric/Psychic it is, then. Medic: Normal/Grass is just… an odd choice. Especially since pokemon learn moves that are outside their typings, and signature moves… exist. I would argue that Poison/Dark fits far better, with Poison being because of the Chemical Warfare that he does (and as an homage to TFC Medic)… overall, poison just fits too well. As for Dark, this is mostly because of his personality - most of Medic’s personality traits line up with common traits ascribed to Dark or Ghost types, and he isn’t dead, which just leaves dark. Sniper: Dark/Normal works better than pure normal imo. Dark because he hides in the shadows and secluded areas, similarly to Umbreon or Absol, and Normal because of his professionalism and because he is mostly just… normal, as far as personality goes, compared to the other 8. Spy: Dark/Steel. I was considering replacing steel, but I couldn’t think of a good enough replacement and if I did, there would be only one steel-type merc, which just feels wrong. Dark replaced ghost because, as said with Sniper, shadows are associated with Dark more than Ghost or any other type. Besides, he isn’t dead (No, Jellicent’s existence does not prove that Spy can be a ghost).
Actually The Soldier was the first American. They say he crossed the Delaware River in a single rocket jump and hit the Hessian Colonel with such a fat Market Garden crit that the rest just got back on the ship and left.
I think the best way to think about this kind of thing is to imagine the character(s) in question Pokésonified, so to speak, as opposed to looking at the character themselves.
Potential Ability effects for the mercs(in the mindset that these would be exclusive to the respective merc): Scout: When hit by a water type attack, apply protect but you can't use any attacking moves while the status is active. Cannot activate the turn after the protect status ends and protect and it's equivalents will most likely fail on the same turn(of course based on the BONK atomic punch) Soldier: Explosive moves deal extra damage, can survive one explosion or self destruct when used(Soldier would definetly put more gunpowder in there to amplify the explosion and also that one glitch with the taunts of the escape plan and equalizer where you can actually survive the taunt if you stand under a bridge on certain maps) Pyro: All fire type moves also deal fairy type damage(like flying press does for flying and fighting, based on the fact that Pyro views that he does not actually do fire damage, also the Rainblower) Demoman:If a KO is gotten with an contact move, heal 20% of the hp and get a stat boost in speed, can only activate five times in one battle(based on the eyelander's head collection) Heavy:yeah i have no clue for heavy, go give suggestions or smth Engineer 1:If alone in a double battle, can build a sentry gun at the end of the turn that automatically attacks the pokemon with the least hp, except for ally pokemon, of course.(based on the ability of engineer to be able to build sentry guns, of course) Engineer 2: If a third contact move is landed in a row, a crit is guarranteed on the third hit(yes yes engi has 2 signature abilities, go cry about it. Based on the gunslinger) Medic:All healing moves heal 50% more and also heal the partner in a double battle(of course due to medic being the healer of the mercs, he would know the ins and outs of healing, therefore being able to amplify it) Sniper:All bullet moves have a higher chance to crit and higher accuracy(based on headshots and the way skilled snipers can actually truely snipe you from across the map) Spy:Can survive one fatal blow and only takes 10% of the actual blow, then switches out, the enemy sees that the spy actually died, can only be used once per battle(based on the dead ringer and it's fake death)
scout dark type given his underhanded tactic weapons of projectile balls, "unfair buffs" and his bleed combos, and probably flying from the double jump.
Not giving Engineer Steel/Electric, when many Electric pokemon are focused around metal and robotics (Voltorb, Magnemite, etc), is absolutely criminal.
You could've just made scout an electric/water type bro, I think it's a good fusion between both of his ways of gameplay, but oh well, you lost the chance.
I made the mercenaries as Pokemon a while back, but some of their typings were different. This is an interesting take on how they would be Pokemon. Fun and informative!
For some reason, my first thought at seeing this video in my recommended is that "pyro would obviously be a bug type" before immediately realizing that fire type makes a bit more sense.
The Ground type fits Heavy because it brings to mind slow, beefy high damage mons like Rhydon, Mamoswine, Hippowdon, and Golurk. Which, if you've somehow never played TF2 despite watching this video, is exactly how Heavy plays. For Fighting type, him being the only merc to use hand-to-hand combat for his melee (aside from Pyro's Hot Hand, I guess, but that barely counts as a melee option) also helps push the point across.
2:17 I drastically think to myself before the typing is revealed "It's just gonna be fire... I have 2,000 hours in this game, there's nothing else that fits this guy right??? water? no.... flying because of airblast????" and then he said fairy type "OOOOHHHHHHH OF COOUUURRRSSSEEEEEEEEE"
I'd've gone with Sniper being a Ghost type too, since sniping's -a good job mate- an inherently surreptitious operation where every trick is required to to successfully click on those heads (to a point): forgoing Unusuals so you don't stand out as much, properly positioning your crosshair so your laser doesn't give you away, even much of his arsenal is geared towards hindering the enemy as much as possible (Jarate dealing mini-crits, Razorback preventing backstabs) in the event there's a direct encounter; sure, it's not exactly as good a fit as it was with Spy, especially since I never played Digimon, but it just feels right. To me, at least. To that end, I'd also go for a Dark type, but what do I know? Edit: Scout is a Fairy type. He reminds me of Jigglypuff.
In my opinion, the mercs would be as follows: - Scout as a grass/flying type with chlorophyll (grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and I hurt people) - Sniper as a nornal type with the Sniper ability, focusing on moves with high crit rates - Soldier as flying/fighting with Reckless and focusing on recoil moves - Pyro as pure fire type with fairy type coverage and Flash Fire - Engie as an electric steel type with Stakeout to punish switches, soldier and scout - Spy as a ghost ice type (the spycicle, plus now he dies to pyro) with Illusion - Demoman as a ground fighting type (punishes engies hard) and some kind of explosive enchancing ability - Heavy as a pure steel type with regenerator to represent the sandvich - Medic as a fairy/dark type with either Triage or Prankster (plus night slash because ubersaw crits)
Scout being a bug type is a good pick IMO. Medic being normal/dark sounds good as well, and the often mention normal/grass for sniper makes sense as well
I think the mercenaries' types should be based on in-game balance rather than what type of weapons they use. I'd tweak things as follows: - I'd keep Heavy, Soldier, Pyro and Engineer because they're perfectly sound, though there's an argument for Engineer being Steel/Electric. - Sniper would be Ghost/Grass because he's an ambush hitman that hides in plain sight and can check Heavies, however he gets bodied by any hard hitting move, like Soldier's Flying STAB; - Spy would be Dark/Steel, because he's a counter to Engineer and Sniper, however he gets bodied by both Soldier and Pyro; - Scout would be Water/Electric because thematically makes sense whilst making his match with Heavy more even; - Medic would be Grass/Psychic because, apart from Medic's high IQ, it makes great synergy with Heavy and Soldier whilst being an easy target for Sniper and Spy; - Demoman would be Fire/Rock type. While it's one of the type combos with the worst synergy, it would still be able to check classes like Soldier and Pyro, and Demo himself is quite bulky;
4:30 i'd say sniper is normal/dark since he uses a sniper rifle and picks people off at a distance, and usually dark type pokemon are described as ambush predators
I could also see normal for solider, since he is kinda the "basic mercenary", whenever they need a stand in to get mowed down by the other classes in the meet the team videos, it is always a solider and he is the most popular class. (Or steel because of his lead poisoning)
If I could make a case for Sniper, it would make him pure grass. It's mentioned in the comics, Sniper would be in trees throwing pebbles at kids when he was younger. Sniper is the merc who is more in tune with nature, he does live in his camper van.
some thoughts as a huge fan of both franchises: - Ghost also additionaly fits Spy since I feel there's a certain degree of "rustic" and "elegant" in the type's aesthetic sometimes, look at trainers like Shauntal and Fantina, and some Ghost-types rocking designs that would befit an old abandoned manor, a place formaly of high class: Sinistea, Misdreavus, Litwick, Honedge, and Frillish to me all seem to hint at that. Spy is clearly the most refined of all mercs and thus befits those pokémon, I can easily picture Spy doing the sofa taunt in Mann Manor with a few Ghost types - they all match the environment which clearly matches the pokémon type; just mono-Ghost would be a good type for him. - Poison for Medic is actually fitting if you bring the opposite of a typical well-intended healer - and you don't need the Dark type to hint at Medic's twisted nature. The difference between a life-saving cure-all or a lethal substance can be, literally, microscopically tiny. Poison-types also are already associated with chemical production which befits the medical field, additionaly Poison is also the type with most snakes, of which snakes are a symbol of medicine (the caduceus). Poison would be thematically genius for him imho and not sure abt any others - I literally can't put this into words but i sorta agree with Ground for Heavy? I was half-expecting the classic Ground/Rock combo or a mention to Rock, he's a very... "bulky" man like those two types tend to be portrayed both in the pokémon themselves and the trainers that use them. - for Sniper, I feel i'd try to give him Bug type: Australia is known for oversized bugs for one, but going deeper, bugs are some of nature's most clever and dangerous hunters with hundreds of tools at their disposal while oftentimes being able to make do with simple tools as well. a sniper is like a "hunter" stalking it's prey, much like the spider will make a nest for it's prey, or how the bug catchers, also prominent of the bug type, will stalk their target. Bug type is also one of the types closest associated with living in grass (and trees), without being filled with refined, "pretty flowers" like many Grass types are. - Scout truly is a tricky case. A "cool guy" type would fit him amazingly, his stature and being toyed as a kid because he's the youngest of the mercs would relate him to a Bug Catcher, but his hit-and-run style to me fits Electric or Flying types as brought up often, specially Electric-type pokémon themselves such as Jolteon and Manectric who usually have a very high Speed and over-rely on it to get the job done, not hitting too hard usually and specially having troubled defenses.
For medic you could have counted only moves that can potentially heal pokemon other than the user since that's his main job. That gives 3 psychic moves (heal pulse, healing wish and lunar dance) 3 grass moves (floral healing, jungle healing, leech seed since I believe you can switch out and have someone else benefit) and 3 normal moves (present, wish and revival blessing) with life dew and pollen puff being other moves also capable of healing allies. Alternatively you could have chosen poison for the second type cause his primary fires syringes that are probably full of poison indeed
Scout being bug could work for two reasons. He has the most DoT weapons out of anyone, and with the Force Of Nature and the Soda Popper, he is capable of zipping around enemy's heads like many a swarming bugs.
Scout should be Water/Flying because of both his base air mobility via double jumps and his air-based unlocks (Atomizer, Winger, Soda Popper, etc), as well as having him be hard countered by the theoretical Steel/Electric Sentries.
Just a small thing for Scout, he should be flying type. Scout is the only class that can double jump, and has a variety of unlocks to assist his horizontal and vertical mobility. Flying type is a fairly quick type, and unlike electric, fits better with lore. Scouts literal icon is a baseball shoe with wings
I like Sniper as Normal Grass (Hiding in terrain, has a variety of tools but no real theme) Medic as Dark (Manipulative, in for self gain) Scout as Bug (Fast in and out, like a fly in your ear) Everything else I think fits very well. Pure Dragon for Demo and ground for Heavy are super smart ideas.
Now please make a video on what there abilities would be. P.S. woulda loved to see dragon type on Pyro instead of fairy (though it's not confirmed what Pyro is)
@@theodorethewyvern2640 yeah sniper was allready the most straight forward bland class XD I also really hope he does sub-classes just like they're the other forms
Honestly, flying/bug for scout would be great. High mobility, but low defense. As well, plenty of status moves, like the mad milk “draining” your enemies health and giving it to you.
Honestly I’d make Scout Water/Flying which not only takes into consideration his liquids but the guillotine, wrap assassin and his ability to double, triple jump with the atomizer and literally fly with the soda popper. *Which he can use in conjunction with the Atomizer for insane mobility.*
Sniper could be like... Ground/Steel? Steel because he's usiquely reliant on his gun, bullets, and knife (other mercs have other tricks), and Ground because he stays mostly rooted in one spot, and is associated with the deserty Australia? Normal type would make him immune to Spy's attacks, and Spy immune to Sniper, so we'd ideally want to play into their rivalry - Ground would give Sniper an advantage vs Spy, so that's no good. Water type gets through Steel's defences, so Sniper as Water/Normal could reflect his Jarate/Razorback (pierce Steel defence, ignore Ghost attacks), while neither resists Steel so Spy can still get his attacks in. Maybe Spy would have a special Backstab ability that makes an attack super-effective if it's not resisted? Probably too strong.
My personal list is: Scout: Pure Normal (+ flying/electric if u want) Pyro: Pure Fire Soldier: Flying / Fighting Demoman: Fighting / Steel Heavy: Pure Fighting Engineer: Pure Steel Medic: Normal / Fairy Sniper: Pure Normal Spy: Dark / Steel (Based off facts and logic)
Spy should be dark grass. Dark type because he can go invisible. It also reflects his trickster attitude as he inherently plays dirty Grass type for 2 reasons. He wears a paper mask while disguising which is made from trees. He also smokes tobacco literally all the time. The dual typing has a 4x weakness to the move u-turn, which is the equivalent of turning around to face a spy trying to backstab you. In addition it is also weak to fire, which is fitting as pyro is his hard counter.
I feel like if Heavy is a Ground type due to lack of movement, then Scout definitely should be an Electric type. Also, Scout's drinks have actual literal radioactive elements in them, so he's probably around 33% Poison type by now, which is also a nod to his bleed playstyle.
Hey Lon! Big fan of this vid and concept! I was wondering if next you could take a look a what Pokémon types you think the little animals from Pokémon would be. Thanks!
Here is my idea for Scout: Make him poison type. Remember: Bonk is just basically radiation. If Scout can take that much radiation then he must have resistance to it, like a poison type. Plus he has multiple skills that inflict dot and other support effect like stun and a liquid based mad milk, which is not actually milk. He could also be flying type because of all of his wing theming on bonk and on the class icon, but electric can work too.
Might I propose a good follow up video idea? Giving the Mercs Pokemon teams but with a twist, they can only have Pokemon teams that match the number of weapon slots they have. I feel like this would match how many Pokemon they’d probably use in the heat of battle
Spy: Ghost, steel with alot of psychic moves Pyro: fire, fairy Soldier: Flying, fighting Sniper: grass, ground Engineer: steel, rock Medic: dark, fairy Heavy: ground, fighting Demo: dragon, poison with a lot of fire type moves Scout: electric, normal
I actually think Flying-Electric fits with scout. Both are typically the fast/mobile types. Electric types and moves have a lot of stuning attacks like one of scouts signature weapons the sandman. He would get access to volt-switch a hit and run move that perfectly encapsulates scouts personality and playstyle. Flying also fits because of scouts multi-jump (2 or more depending on if he has the soda popper or atomizer equiped) and you have moves like brave bird which is quickly getting into somones face to do lots of damage at the cost of defense. Fly which is creating distance before rushing in to engage.
Spy seems like he should have the Dark type before Steel. The whole thing with the Dark type is like… sneaky and underhanded tactics. Soldier should be Flying/Normal. He's always been a kind of generic all-rounder class. Heck, his name is literally Jane Doe. If anyone deserves the Normal type, it's him. I would consider giving Sniper the Dragon type for the whole 'super effective against itself, resistant to elements' thing to represent Sniper's range and tendency to counter himself. Maybe throw Grass in there to keep him vulnerable to Fire though. Medic should definitely be Poison type. Maybe Poison/Psychic because of his insanity. Scout is definitely Bug/Flying in my eyes. Insert Heavy saying "I squash you like bug!". I might make Demoman Rock/Steel as a Gen 1 callback to Geodude's line using self-destructive explosion moves, and also moves like Rock Throw, Rollout, and Stealth Rocks matching his kit. Engi seems like he should be Steel/Electric for gameplay purposes if nothing else, so types which counter those counter him( and his buildings). Pyro and Heavy are perfect. No notes.
I'd make Sniper Dark type with Dark/Grass and Dark/Poison forms depending on what he has with him. Demo would also have two forms, one Steel/Fire(OG Demo), the other Steel/Fighting(Demo Knight). Also, he should absolutely have Poison Heal as an ability, but changed a little so that he would be the only steel type to be able to be poisoned. For Medic I feel either Poison/Dark or Poison/Psychic would work(Alolan Muk has Power of Alchemy as an ability, and Galarian Slowking is Medic in Pokemon form).
Here's a list of what i think the robot versions of the mercs would be (all the mercs have steel type) Iron Scout (Steel - Normal) Iron Soldier (Steel - Fighting) Iron Pyro (Steel - Fairy) Iron Demo (Steel - Rock) Iron Heavy (Steel - Ground) iron Engie (Steel - Electric) Iron Sniper (Steel - Grass) Iron Medic (Steel - Poison) Iron Spy (Steel - Psychic) Sentry Buster (Steel - Fire) Tank Carrier (Ground - Dragon)
Medic needs dark/ghost/fairy type. I'm not sure which one, but a) he has 9 souls, b)he has contact with the devil, and c) he is fantastical. Medic has done the nigh impossible multiple times; not only grafting 8 extra souls into himself, but also putting a soul into a pumpkin, stealing a man's skeleton (and as far as I remember, he survived) but also has Uber
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I think Medic should be dark type, in Japan the dark type is the evil type, and no one is more evil than our friend the Medic
Edit: Scout should be grass flying, Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt people
Dang right! Do you know what experimenses he has done to mercs and other characters? I mean, enhansing their hearts with mashines, injectet some baboom uteruses insede classic mercs, TOOK AWAY THE SOULS OF OUR MERCS! all this and more without medicale license. I testi My case.
Wait that's perfect- a glass flying type with chlorophyll! When the grass grows, birds fly and the sun shines, he hurts people- fast!
@@veinivepeoksanen855 wait it gets better, when the patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!
@@leif-jt9xq HHAAAH, ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh oh oh.
Psychic type? Because mewtwo is pretty brutal af, and usually psychic applies to Pokémon who are very intelligent, AND medic has outsmarted the devil so there’s some supernatural elements to it.
Imagine being in a Pokebattle and your enemy just releases The Heavy from a Pokeball.
there is probably an sfm animation of that already somewhere on youtube
And the cry you hear is just “Pootis!”
RA-DAT-DA-DA AHAHAHHAHAHAH
Pokemon if it was peak
That's just Conkeldurr
Sniper should definitely be a normal/grass. He is THE bushman and is always shooting from a hidden, faraway spot that could even be a bush/tall grass
@@chilyguy9905 huntsman should be normal grass imo normal Snipers just camp in buildings
Jarate screams poison type to me, so I'm gonna go with Grass/Poison
@@ethanhayes7038 Nah in pokemon terms jarate would be like hype up (fighting) or dragon cheer (dragon) nothing makes jarate like posion
I would argue Dark instead of Grass. While yes he can hide in bushes or trees, he more generally hides in dark and secluded spots just as a whole, something which fits Dark much more than Grass. He would definitely have plenty of grass and poison moves, though.
Edit: While Dark can be evi, some (especially and specifically Umbreon) are more general “likes darkness” pokemon.
Never considered that. It would've been funny yeah
There are 18 pokemon types and 9 mercs, this means that we can distribute all of the types to the 9 mercs and not be missing any. I'd place them as:
Scout: Bug/Water
Soldier: Flying/Fighting
Pyro: Fire/Fairy
Demoman: Rock/Dragon
Heavy: Ground/Ice
Engineer: Electric/Steel
Medic: Dark/Poison
Sniper: Grass/Normal
Spy: Ghost/Psychic
Damn gnats!
Ah yes, because poison is meant as a cure-all for what ales you. By your logic, there should be a mon for every type combo, and yet there isn't.
I guess someone had to be the ice type huh... not that I have a better idea. Maybe heavy could be ice? A big bulky Russian dude who fist fights bears could work maybe
This works out pretty alright. The only thing I’d change is give sniper back the normal, giving heavy the ice. And switch steel and psychic back
It’s funny because pyro being fire/fairy is a double counter to spy’s ghost/steel
@@Andstetay It could work both ways, the ice type is designed to function like a glass cannon while most ice type pokemon are designed to be slow and tanky, this is also why ice is the second worst type competetively. But on second tought i will switch around heavys normal and snipers ice
6:01 Normal Dark, and the argument can be summed up in one of his quotes "the healing isn't as rewarding as the hurting"
ZE HEALING IZ NOT AZ REVARDING AZ ZE HURTING >:)
Psychic dark, because heal pulse, one of the moves that heals other people is psychic type. Also that makes medic the same type as malamar in terms of being an evil genius and that honestly sounds about right
Dark for sure, medic is such a megalomaniac and also he was sent to hell and basically cheated death.
"Oops, zat was not medicine"
- The guy who stole a patient's skeleton.
Dark grass i'd say
5:00 I would have given engineer the electric type obviously because of his buildings but also because of weapons like the short circuit
Engie only got 2 weapons for electric: Short Circuit and the Pomson. He could have electric moves while still being Steel Psychic.
A pokemon can learn electric moves without being electric type
I agree with Engie being electric type. He has more electricity-based weapons and gimmicks than steel-based gimmicks, and his buildings are more electric than steel.
@@zacharyscovel1017
And the Wrangler.
And both of the PDAs.
And the Eureka Effect.
And the Gunslinger.
And the Rescue Ranger.
And all 4 of his buildings.
@@Mjgaming54321 They're made almost entirely out of metal, sure they're electrically powered but they're more immediately "big moving metal thing," which sums up almost every Steel type mon
Sniper should be psychic as he inflicts mental damage to players
Bot Snipers inflict psychic damage to players.
He does attack the brain 🤔
@zacharyscovel1017 any sniper with 3brain cells is enough to inflict brain damage on the entire enemy team
Sniper could be bug type, since many spider pokemon are bug type (for whatever reason) and several of them, like ariados quite literally can have the ability "sniper". Sniper being an Australian as well as him being a class with little mobility and focusing on (long range) ambush fits the spider theme to me. Also remembering that sniper in "meet the sniper" was shown to climb towers to set up sniper's nests.
@@maestro9765bug grass, hes australian and hides in tallgrass
I was thinking Scout would be a flying type. "Yo, I'm flyin'!" Sniper could be Grass-Normal as he spends a lot of time hunting in the wilderness. Spy I thought would be Ghost-Dark as he spends most of his time in the dark.
And he is very sinister and uses underhanded strategies. And I think most spy mains haven’t seen the light of day for at least a month.
Sniper could also be Grass-dark
Because he uses a lot of “underhanded” tactics like throwing piss, or piss darts, a sword that doesn’t hurt much but makes you bleed
Camping and sniping are also seen as “unfair” game tactics too
@@3771m Yeah I agree
5:23 missed opportunity for steel/electric..
Was about to comment this
Yeah That is what I also thought.
Aren't Crits electricity those well massive damages
Yeah, I also thought he should be an electric type
Flying type never crossed your mind for scout?!
I also feel steel works scout may not exclusively use his bat for combat but scunts will be an annoyance with there bat/pan/fish/ham
Medic is DEFINITELY a Normal/Dark type. He looks like a normal doctor but he is one of the more sinister of the mercs, he even has the Second Opinion!
I was thinking phycic instead of normal but definitely agree with dark
I was thinking fairy / dark cuz while he is a doctor he is also a lunatic and fairy dark is just a cool combo
Normal is NOT his type.
Grass works, but he should be dual dark type.
@@zacharyscovel1017 you can’t have duel types which are the same so that wouldn’t work
Another reason why the physic type fits engineer is his ability to know what's happening to his buildings no matter the distance between them and him
physic lol i love it
Well i'm pretty sure that part is backed by his PDA, which is wirelessly connected to his buildings.
I guessed psychic during that section because "teleport" is a psychic type move, and Engineer has an ability where he can teleport his allies.
Fun Fact: Engineer has a faster reaction time than a fly when it comes to his buildings getting destroyed
Medic could acually be Psychic.
He LITERALLY tricked the devil after dying to give him more fifty years of life
I feel Medic could fit the dark type considering hes BATSHIT INSANE
dude literally out-dealed the devil
Medic: DARK/grass
Sniper: Normal/ROCK
Scout: Water/FLYING or Water/ELECTRIC
Soldier: Fighting/Dark
KALOS Soldier: Flying/Dark
(USA jumping into FRA -> Market Gardener Soldier)
Demoman: Fire/Dragon
GALARIAN Demoman: Fire/Steel
(Medieval mode/demoknight variant)
IMO while I definitely understand where they’re coming from and agree with their evidence, there were some missed opportunities.
Lol, the regional mercs. Lomao
Medic's type being psychic dark due to his controlled insanity, especially in the comics, could be more fitting
Plus, the only non-legendary fully evolved Psychic/Dark type is Malamar... and I feel like he fits it perfectly.
Might just be me, but I REALLY think Electric and Poison would fit Scout, both for how toxic and irritated his drinks are, and for said drinks again and his speed
Plus the mad milk “sapping” the strength out of your enemies
I hope heavy is Bulbasaur
heavy give alot of bulbasaur vibe
6:04, I think You should've given Medic the Fairy Type because Fairy Types Have Heal-Pulse And Healing Wish which is the Go-to Healing support Pokémon Moves for a support Pokémon in double battles, as Most Grass type Pokémon moves only heal the user.
Yeah I was hoping he'd give Medic fairy type. That's usually the type I see people give to Medic, and it just makes sense for the reasons you mentioned.
I wanted to make him Fairy/Psychic. But I thought I'd stick to the healing move premises.
Also I love PVZ Heroes so nice pfp
Medic can have as many healing moves as he wants because he's a support class. Typing be dammed.
@@Lonqudor fairy, no. Dark, yes.
Fairy Dark probably a better pick. Y'know, an "Evil Healer" @Lonqudor
Medic should be a Normal/Dark type. He's got the healing moves, and has a type that fits him as character, since Medic is arguably the evilest of the mercs
Medic should definitely be something with electric. The ubercharge is extremely iconic to him.
"They're all fighting type" (video ends)
I'd say Sniper makes sense as a Normal + Dark type. He obviously isn't nefarious or evil like the official Dark type implies, but he's somewhat stealthy and strategizes around punishing other player's mistakes, tries to attack without getting seen akin to a Sucker Punch, and he applies debuffs like a dark type would and then immediately capitalizes on it. Coupled with the Normal type, this would give him a 4X fighting weakness in Pokemon, which translates well to how he typically struggles with close quarters fighters that get the drop on him
4:31 I'd personally have to disagree about Sniper not being a Dark type. Another trait that Dark types tend to have is that they have cheap tactics and dirty fighting moves, such as Sucker Punch and Taunt. I feel like Sniper being relatively sneaky due to being a sniper (they hide in dark places, but I'm overstretching) and his use of Jarate definitely being a dirty tactic, I'd say he'd definitely fit as a Dark type
Edit: I suck at words and spelling
scout ids 100% a fighting type because 1 he loves fighting (ex: him fighting heavy in meet the scout) and 2 its even in the lore scout and his brothers loved fighting and would go to any fight but scout being the youngest didnt get to fight because his brothers had gotten the job done so he started running, literally he realised he could run faster then his brothers and fight before them and finally, his voice lines he keeps saying "who wants some of this?" or "hit the bricks pal you're done"
2:53 Yes we are
2:56 Yes he was
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Sniper is dark type. The type revolves around cheap underhanded moves, and there’s nothing more cheap or underhanded than shooting someone who can’t even see you.
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I think that his quiet loner nature, and his dishonorable fighting tactics, should make sniper dark type.
7:06 ground and fighting are actually tied for most types hit super effectively, being 5. So they are the best offensive type. (Ok well technically rock is the best general offensive type but there isn’t a single physical rock move over 60bp with 100% accuracy so it doesn’t count)
Grass seems a little odd for medic, instinctively I thought poison type would be much more fitting, but my pokemon knowledge is limited and I don't imagine there are too many poison types with healing moves
Nah poison doesn't fit him dark fits him better
scout is flying and medic dark/normal imo
That Scotland joke was very cleverly hidden
what was it about? i didnt get it
To help with heavy ground like he is grounded which means he is the most normal out of them all
Dark type usually associated with being either a trickster or a dirty fighter who punches below the belt.
don't make soldier flying fire.
It makes less sense than you think.
this combination means that he is 4 times weak to stealth rock.
soldier is suppossed to be tough enough to handle his own explosions, no way he would be scared of some rocks.
a better combination would be flying-fighting.
because he is a stereotypical american and loves "freedom".
also demoman would make some sense as a fire-electric type due to his demo-knight loadouts, electric types are often fast.
Hear me out,
Medic COULD be a fairy-dark type
The fairy type is usually releated to healing/life (xernias [the pokemon of life] is a pure fary type) and the dark type because... well, the medic has some unconventional methods towards healing... and hes also insane
Here's my takes - Soldier through Engineer are the same as they are in the video (Sld: Flying/Fighting | P: Fire/Fairy | DM: Fire/Steel | H: Ground/Fighting | E: Psychic/Steel):
Scout - Electric/Dark: Dark, while usually known as the evil type, is also a common home for the punks and thugs and rebels and what-have-you. Electric fits since his two sodas and several soda-based accessories give him energy in one way or another, not to mention the Soda Popper's existence giving him electrified shots (mini-crits).
Medic - Normal/Dark: Medic is an EVIL bastard if you know anything about him, but he covers that devilish nature with the veil of a fairly normal medicine man. This gives him the healing moves along with a good ability to use it with, plus if we really wanted the other heal moves, who's to say we can't just give him some level-up coverage?
Sniper - Normal/Grass: As another commenter puts it, he is the Bushman. Normal also continues to work for him since he really is a normal guy. Sure, he's got a blood-money job, but other than that he's a fairly standard Mundy. Hey, wait, that's his name... Twice. He's literally Mun-Dee Mundy. As in MUNDANE.
Spy - Ghost/Dark: I'm not convinced on giving him the steel type exclusively because he uses knives and whatnot. He can learn steel-type moves without being steel-type. Dark fits him a lot more, since he's always using underhanded tactics to win a fight, making him the third idealogy of the Dark Type. Additionally, this gives him only one weakness, that being Fairy. Guess who's Fairy-Type on the roster? Pyro! Pyro is the only Super-Effective counter to Spy. I rest my case.
2:50 as an American you are completely correct
I would’ve thought medic was going to be Dark grass because of him being insane most of the time.
You had the exact thought I had medic is the perfect fit for the dark type
Wholeheartedly agree with your typings for Soldier, Heavy, Engi, and Demo, but I'm not so sure about the rest.
For Spy, I really don't think Steel is fitting. Steel-type mons are almost all very durable and relatively large, which is the absolute opposite of Spy. I think Ghost/Dark fits better, since Dark is generally associated with underhanded tactics, cruelty, and unfair fighting.
For Sniper, I will actually propose Water... and not just because of Jarate. Several Water-type pokemon are associated with high-power single-shot rifle-like attacks at long range (Clawitzer, Blastoise, Inteleon, and prolly a few others I'm forgetting). Between that, Jarate, and literally being born below the ocean, I think it's the closest fit we've got. I could see Water/Normal too.
For Pyro, while I do like Fire/Fairy, I think Fire/Poison also makes a ton of sense: Pyro is always in a gas mask, something associated with toxic gas in warfare, plus they're the only class with damage over time in their stock weapons, which Poison is very heavily tied to. Just depends on whether you choose the second type off what they see or what everyone else does, either fits
Medic... you really should'nt've let your choice be tied to just the types with the most healing moves. I'd suggest either Fairy or Psychic paired with Dark: Dark is the cruel evil type, and Medic finds ze hurting much more rewarding than ze healing, whilst Psychic is for high intelligence and healing/supporting teammates via moves like Reflect, Light Screen, Heal Pulse, Instruct, and Trick Room. With the interpretation that mons like Grimmsnarl and Tinkaton take, Fairy also suits that cruel nature while seeming good on the surface, plus I just associate it with healing for some reason.
Scout I feel is very clearly a Flying type: he's got high speed, high aerial mobility, he often stays airborne for most of a fight, he's close range, and he's fragile, all of which are associated with Flying. As for a second type... I really don't know. Normal could work well due to his fairly simple on paper but effective fighting style; Fighting could maybe work for his cocky eagerness to fight, though that's more of a Fighting/Dark thing specifically as it's only really seen on Scrafty and Toxicroak afaik; Bug could work for having access to unusual abilities, being great at getting in and out quickly a la First Impression and U-Turn, and high fragility; even Poison could work for being the class with the most bleeds and the fact that his sodas are almost certainly toxic. I could see Flying paired with any of these.
Fun video btw, and I think seeing which actual pokemon the mercs fit with in your mind(regardless of if the types line up with this video's) could be another neat one.
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i think that maybe posion type would workfor Medic, Dark-Elecktrike type would fit Spy (hes agile and use charges to cause disfunction for machines) Dark fit to Sniper as well - hes evasive, strike unseen for afar, like to be alone, like jarate pranks, got good insults, and dark raspy voice with some threatning lines😨😨...
i could see medic as a fairy/dark or dark/grass type, since he is EXTREMELY evil in the mind, and dark pretty much is the evil type. Aside from that, the second type can be whatever healing based type you feel. grass isn't too strange for him so i could see it, i dunno if that makes me weird
My personal opinions on each class:
Scout: Water/Flying. Water because of Lon’s mentioned reasons, but also Flying because of his speed, his Hermes boot icon, and - most importantly - his double jump (which can be extended with many unlocks).
Soldier: Completely agree with Lon here. Maybe normal instead of Fighting, but I still think fighting works better overall.
Pyro: Again, completely agree with Lon. I would honestly love to hear another idea that isn’t Fire/Fairy, since it just fits so perfectly
Demo: A tough one, since he fits… a lot of types. I decided Fire/Steel works well (though more for the stickies than the swords like Lon said).
Heavy: Ground and Fighting works well. I was considering Ice because of where his family lives and all that, but… as someone whose favorite type is Ice, the last thing we need is another attempt at a slow, tanky ice type.
Engineer: Some have mentioned Electric. I agree. Electric/Psychic it is, then.
Medic: Normal/Grass is just… an odd choice. Especially since pokemon learn moves that are outside their typings, and signature moves… exist. I would argue that Poison/Dark fits far better, with Poison being because of the Chemical Warfare that he does (and as an homage to TFC Medic)… overall, poison just fits too well. As for Dark, this is mostly because of his personality - most of Medic’s personality traits line up with common traits ascribed to Dark or Ghost types, and he isn’t dead, which just leaves dark.
Sniper: Dark/Normal works better than pure normal imo. Dark because he hides in the shadows and secluded areas, similarly to Umbreon or Absol, and Normal because of his professionalism and because he is mostly just… normal, as far as personality goes, compared to the other 8.
Spy: Dark/Steel. I was considering replacing steel, but I couldn’t think of a good enough replacement and if I did, there would be only one steel-type merc, which just feels wrong. Dark replaced ghost because, as said with Sniper, shadows are associated with Dark more than Ghost or any other type. Besides, he isn’t dead (No, Jellicent’s existence does not prove that Spy can be a ghost).
honestly i think ghost fits really well with spy because of invisibility AND dead ringer
@@cass137. I didn’t even think of the DR (or YeR by extension), good argument
Actually The Soldier was the first American. They say he crossed the Delaware River in a single rocket jump and hit the Hessian Colonel with such a fat Market Garden crit that the rest just got back on the ship and left.
I think the best way to think about this kind of thing is to imagine the character(s) in question Pokésonified, so to speak, as opposed to looking at the character themselves.
Potential Ability effects for the mercs(in the mindset that these would be exclusive to the respective merc):
Scout: When hit by a water type attack, apply protect but you can't use any attacking moves while the status is active. Cannot activate the turn after the protect status ends and protect and it's equivalents will most likely fail on the same turn(of course based on the BONK atomic punch)
Soldier: Explosive moves deal extra damage, can survive one explosion or self destruct when used(Soldier would definetly put more gunpowder in there to amplify the explosion and also that one glitch with the taunts of the escape plan and equalizer where you can actually survive the taunt if you stand under a bridge on certain maps)
Pyro: All fire type moves also deal fairy type damage(like flying press does for flying and fighting, based on the fact that Pyro views that he does not actually do fire damage, also the Rainblower)
Demoman:If a KO is gotten with an contact move, heal 20% of the hp and get a stat boost in speed, can only activate five times in one battle(based on the eyelander's head collection)
Heavy:yeah i have no clue for heavy, go give suggestions or smth
Engineer 1:If alone in a double battle, can build a sentry gun at the end of the turn that automatically attacks the pokemon with the least hp, except for ally pokemon, of course.(based on the ability of engineer to be able to build sentry guns, of course)
Engineer 2: If a third contact move is landed in a row, a crit is guarranteed on the third hit(yes yes engi has 2 signature abilities, go cry about it. Based on the gunslinger)
Medic:All healing moves heal 50% more and also heal the partner in a double battle(of course due to medic being the healer of the mercs, he would know the ins and outs of healing, therefore being able to amplify it)
Sniper:All bullet moves have a higher chance to crit and higher accuracy(based on headshots and the way skilled snipers can actually truely snipe you from across the map)
Spy:Can survive one fatal blow and only takes 10% of the actual blow, then switches out, the enemy sees that the spy actually died, can only be used once per battle(based on the dead ringer and it's fake death)
scout dark type given his underhanded tactic weapons of projectile balls, "unfair buffs"
and his bleed combos,
and probably flying from the double jump.
I'm fine with scout as water, but I am pissed that medic is not grass/dark
Not giving Engineer Steel/Electric, when many Electric pokemon are focused around metal and robotics (Voltorb, Magnemite, etc), is absolutely criminal.
You could've just made scout an electric/water type bro, I think it's a good fusion between both of his ways of gameplay, but oh well, you lost the chance.
I made the mercenaries as Pokemon a while back, but some of their typings were different. This is an interesting take on how they would be Pokemon. Fun and informative!
For some reason, my first thought at seeing this video in my recommended is that "pyro would obviously be a bug type" before immediately realizing that fire type makes a bit more sense.
The Ground type fits Heavy because it brings to mind slow, beefy high damage mons like Rhydon, Mamoswine, Hippowdon, and Golurk. Which, if you've somehow never played TF2 despite watching this video, is exactly how Heavy plays. For Fighting type, him being the only merc to use hand-to-hand combat for his melee (aside from Pyro's Hot Hand, I guess, but that barely counts as a melee option) also helps push the point across.
2:17 I drastically think to myself before the typing is revealed
"It's just gonna be fire... I have 2,000 hours in this game, there's nothing else that fits this guy right??? water? no.... flying because of airblast????"
and then he said fairy type
"OOOOHHHHHHH OF COOUUURRRSSSEEEEEEEEE"
The minute you said Heavy was a ground type, my mind went to MisterMild’s “diglett???”
I'd've gone with Sniper being a Ghost type too, since sniping's -a good job mate- an inherently surreptitious operation where every trick is required to to successfully click on those heads (to a point): forgoing Unusuals so you don't stand out as much, properly positioning your crosshair so your laser doesn't give you away, even much of his arsenal is geared towards hindering the enemy as much as possible (Jarate dealing mini-crits, Razorback preventing backstabs) in the event there's a direct encounter; sure, it's not exactly as good a fit as it was with Spy, especially since I never played Digimon, but it just feels right. To me, at least.
To that end, I'd also go for a Dark type, but what do I know?
Edit: Scout is a Fairy type. He reminds me of Jigglypuff.
In my opinion, the mercs would be as follows:
- Scout as a grass/flying type with chlorophyll (grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and I hurt people)
- Sniper as a nornal type with the Sniper ability, focusing on moves with high crit rates
- Soldier as flying/fighting with Reckless and focusing on recoil moves
- Pyro as pure fire type with fairy type coverage and Flash Fire
- Engie as an electric steel type with Stakeout to punish switches, soldier and scout
- Spy as a ghost ice type (the spycicle, plus now he dies to pyro) with Illusion
- Demoman as a ground fighting type (punishes engies hard) and some kind of explosive enchancing ability
- Heavy as a pure steel type with regenerator to represent the sandvich
- Medic as a fairy/dark type with either Triage or Prankster (plus night slash because ubersaw crits)
Scout being a bug type is a good pick IMO. Medic being normal/dark sounds good as well, and the often mention normal/grass for sniper makes sense as well
I think the mercenaries' types should be based on in-game balance rather than what type of weapons they use. I'd tweak things as follows:
- I'd keep Heavy, Soldier, Pyro and Engineer because they're perfectly sound, though there's an argument for Engineer being Steel/Electric.
- Sniper would be Ghost/Grass because he's an ambush hitman that hides in plain sight and can check Heavies, however he gets bodied by any hard hitting move, like Soldier's Flying STAB;
- Spy would be Dark/Steel, because he's a counter to Engineer and Sniper, however he gets bodied by both Soldier and Pyro;
- Scout would be Water/Electric because thematically makes sense whilst making his match with Heavy more even;
- Medic would be Grass/Psychic because, apart from Medic's high IQ, it makes great synergy with Heavy and Soldier whilst being an easy target for Sniper and Spy;
- Demoman would be Fire/Rock type. While it's one of the type combos with the worst synergy, it would still be able to check classes like Soldier and Pyro, and Demo himself is quite bulky;
Tf2 mercs if they were minecraft mobs? (Sniper as skeleton for example)
4:30 i'd say sniper is normal/dark since he uses a sniper rifle and picks people off at a distance, and usually dark type pokemon are described as ambush predators
Engineer is clearly an electric type
I could also see normal for solider, since he is kinda the "basic mercenary", whenever they need a stand in to get mowed down by the other classes in the meet the team videos, it is always a solider and he is the most popular class.
(Or steel because of his lead poisoning)
Spy having ice type to reflect the spycicle would have also been pretty good but ghost steel is a neat combo as well
If I could make a case for Sniper, it would make him pure grass. It's mentioned in the comics, Sniper would be in trees throwing pebbles at kids when he was younger. Sniper is the merc who is more in tune with nature, he does live in his camper van.
"oh, scouts coming up, he'll be flying because scout can double jump-"
"i actually couldn't think of anything that fits"
"*What*"
some thoughts as a huge fan of both franchises:
- Ghost also additionaly fits Spy since I feel there's a certain degree of "rustic" and "elegant" in the type's aesthetic sometimes, look at trainers like Shauntal and Fantina, and some Ghost-types rocking designs that would befit an old abandoned manor, a place formaly of high class: Sinistea, Misdreavus, Litwick, Honedge, and Frillish to me all seem to hint at that. Spy is clearly the most refined of all mercs and thus befits those pokémon, I can easily picture Spy doing the sofa taunt in Mann Manor with a few Ghost types - they all match the environment which clearly matches the pokémon type; just mono-Ghost would be a good type for him.
- Poison for Medic is actually fitting if you bring the opposite of a typical well-intended healer - and you don't need the Dark type to hint at Medic's twisted nature. The difference between a life-saving cure-all or a lethal substance can be, literally, microscopically tiny. Poison-types also are already associated with chemical production which befits the medical field, additionaly Poison is also the type with most snakes, of which snakes are a symbol of medicine (the caduceus). Poison would be thematically genius for him imho and not sure abt any others
- I literally can't put this into words but i sorta agree with Ground for Heavy? I was half-expecting the classic Ground/Rock combo or a mention to Rock, he's a very... "bulky" man like those two types tend to be portrayed both in the pokémon themselves and the trainers that use them.
- for Sniper, I feel i'd try to give him Bug type: Australia is known for oversized bugs for one, but going deeper, bugs are some of nature's most clever and dangerous hunters with hundreds of tools at their disposal while oftentimes being able to make do with simple tools as well. a sniper is like a "hunter" stalking it's prey, much like the spider will make a nest for it's prey, or how the bug catchers, also prominent of the bug type, will stalk their target. Bug type is also one of the types closest associated with living in grass (and trees), without being filled with refined, "pretty flowers" like many Grass types are.
- Scout truly is a tricky case. A "cool guy" type would fit him amazingly, his stature and being toyed as a kid because he's the youngest of the mercs would relate him to a Bug Catcher, but his hit-and-run style to me fits Electric or Flying types as brought up often, specially Electric-type pokémon themselves such as Jolteon and Manectric who usually have a very high Speed and over-rely on it to get the job done, not hitting too hard usually and specially having troubled defenses.
For medic you could have counted only moves that can potentially heal pokemon other than the user since that's his main job. That gives 3 psychic moves (heal pulse, healing wish and lunar dance) 3 grass moves (floral healing, jungle healing, leech seed since I believe you can switch out and have someone else benefit) and 3 normal moves (present, wish and revival blessing) with life dew and pollen puff being other moves also capable of healing allies. Alternatively you could have chosen poison for the second type cause his primary fires syringes that are probably full of poison indeed
I love watching long corridor. The best of all TF2 RUclipsrs
Scout being bug could work for two reasons. He has the most DoT weapons out of anyone, and with the Force Of Nature and the Soda Popper, he is capable of zipping around enemy's heads like many a swarming bugs.
Scout should be Water/Flying because of both his base air mobility via double jumps and his air-based unlocks (Atomizer, Winger, Soda Popper, etc), as well as having him be hard countered by the theoretical Steel/Electric Sentries.
Just a small thing for Scout, he should be flying type. Scout is the only class that can double jump, and has a variety of unlocks to assist his horizontal and vertical mobility. Flying type is a fairly quick type, and unlike electric, fits better with lore. Scouts literal icon is a baseball shoe with wings
I like
Sniper as Normal Grass (Hiding in terrain, has a variety of tools but no real theme)
Medic as Dark (Manipulative, in for self gain)
Scout as Bug (Fast in and out, like a fly in your ear)
Everything else I think fits very well.
Pure Dragon for Demo and ground for Heavy are super smart ideas.
Sniper is grass/dark, and heavy is more rock than ground imo. Medic is def a dark physic though, maybe even fairy as some fairy Pokémon are evil.
rock is more soldier than heavy since its a more reckless type than ground, ground is very solid
Now please make a video on what there abilities would be. P.S. woulda loved to see dragon type on Pyro instead of fairy (though it's not confirmed what Pyro is)
Perhaps it is a stretch, but maybe sniper’s ability could be, I dunno… sniper?
@@theodorethewyvern2640 yeah sniper was allready the most straight forward bland class XD I also really hope he does sub-classes just like they're the other forms
@@theodorethewyvern2640 Maybe Heavy could be... heavy metal?
i think the grass type fits sniper pretty good, because of his bushman personality
The Sniper is a normal type until you give him the Anger cosmetic and he evolves into a dark type
Honestly, flying/bug for scout would be great. High mobility, but low defense. As well, plenty of status moves, like the mad milk “draining” your enemies health and giving it to you.
Honestly I’d make Scout Water/Flying which not only takes into consideration his liquids but the guillotine, wrap assassin and his ability to double, triple jump with the atomizer and literally fly with the soda popper. *Which he can use in conjunction with the Atomizer for insane mobility.*
Scout is a Flying type, the man can literally just double jump with no assistance.
Sniper could be like... Ground/Steel? Steel because he's usiquely reliant on his gun, bullets, and knife (other mercs have other tricks), and Ground because he stays mostly rooted in one spot, and is associated with the deserty Australia?
Normal type would make him immune to Spy's attacks, and Spy immune to Sniper, so we'd ideally want to play into their rivalry - Ground would give Sniper an advantage vs Spy, so that's no good.
Water type gets through Steel's defences, so Sniper as Water/Normal could reflect his Jarate/Razorback (pierce Steel defence, ignore Ghost attacks), while neither resists Steel so Spy can still get his attacks in.
Maybe Spy would have a special Backstab ability that makes an attack super-effective if it's not resisted? Probably too strong.
My personal list is:
Scout: Pure Normal (+ flying/electric if u want)
Pyro: Pure Fire
Soldier: Flying / Fighting
Demoman: Fighting / Steel
Heavy: Pure Fighting
Engineer: Pure Steel
Medic: Normal / Fairy
Sniper: Pure Normal
Spy: Dark / Steel
(Based off facts and logic)
Why steel for Spy?
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Spy should be dark grass.
Dark type because he can go invisible. It also reflects his trickster attitude as he inherently plays dirty
Grass type for 2 reasons. He wears a paper mask while disguising which is made from trees. He also smokes tobacco literally all the time.
The dual typing has a 4x weakness to the move u-turn, which is the equivalent of turning around to face a spy trying to backstab you. In addition it is also weak to fire, which is fitting as pyro is his hard counter.
I feel like if Heavy is a Ground type due to lack of movement, then Scout definitely should be an Electric type.
Also, Scout's drinks have actual literal radioactive elements in them, so he's probably around 33% Poison type by now, which is also a nod to his bleed playstyle.
Hey Lon! Big fan of this vid and concept! I was wondering if next you could take a look a what Pokémon types you think the little animals from Pokémon would be. Thanks!
4:12 If whoever's gameplay footage this is didn't catch that shiny Gyarados, they deserve to have the Switch brick.
Here is my idea for Scout: Make him poison type. Remember: Bonk is just basically radiation. If Scout can take that much radiation then he must have resistance to it, like a poison type. Plus he has multiple skills that inflict dot and other support effect like stun and a liquid based mad milk, which is not actually milk. He could also be flying type because of all of his wing theming on bonk and on the class icon, but electric can work too.
Might I propose a good follow up video idea? Giving the Mercs Pokemon teams but with a twist, they can only have Pokemon teams that match the number of weapon slots they have. I feel like this would match how many Pokemon they’d probably use in the heat of battle
I’d say scout is fighting and flying type because he LITERALLY LEARNED TO DOUBLE JUMP AND BE FAST TO BEAT PEOPLE UP BEFORE HIS BROTHERS COULD
Spy: Ghost, steel with alot of psychic moves
Pyro: fire, fairy
Soldier: Flying, fighting
Sniper: grass, ground
Engineer: steel, rock
Medic: dark, fairy
Heavy: ground, fighting
Demo: dragon, poison with a lot of fire type moves
Scout: electric, normal
I actually think Flying-Electric fits with scout. Both are typically the fast/mobile types. Electric types and moves have a lot of stuning attacks like one of scouts signature weapons the sandman. He would get access to volt-switch a hit and run move that perfectly encapsulates scouts personality and playstyle. Flying also fits because of scouts multi-jump (2 or more depending on if he has the soda popper or atomizer equiped) and you have moves like brave bird which is quickly getting into somones face to do lots of damage at the cost of defense. Fly which is creating distance before rushing in to engage.
Spy seems like he should have the Dark type before Steel. The whole thing with the Dark type is like… sneaky and underhanded tactics.
Soldier should be Flying/Normal. He's always been a kind of generic all-rounder class. Heck, his name is literally Jane Doe. If anyone deserves the Normal type, it's him.
I would consider giving Sniper the Dragon type for the whole 'super effective against itself, resistant to elements' thing to represent Sniper's range and tendency to counter himself. Maybe throw Grass in there to keep him vulnerable to Fire though.
Medic should definitely be Poison type. Maybe Poison/Psychic because of his insanity.
Scout is definitely Bug/Flying in my eyes. Insert Heavy saying "I squash you like bug!".
I might make Demoman Rock/Steel as a Gen 1 callback to Geodude's line using self-destructive explosion moves, and also moves like Rock Throw, Rollout, and Stealth Rocks matching his kit.
Engi seems like he should be Steel/Electric for gameplay purposes if nothing else, so types which counter those counter him( and his buildings).
Pyro and Heavy are perfect. No notes.
Part 2 where you give the mercs stats and movepools, even custom moves and battle a mate with only mercs 6v6
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I'd make Sniper Dark type with Dark/Grass and Dark/Poison forms depending on what he has with him.
Demo would also have two forms, one Steel/Fire(OG Demo), the other Steel/Fighting(Demo Knight). Also, he should absolutely have Poison Heal as an ability, but changed a little so that he would be the only steel type to be able to be poisoned.
For Medic I feel either Poison/Dark or Poison/Psychic would work(Alolan Muk has Power of Alchemy as an ability, and Galarian Slowking is Medic in Pokemon form).
Here's a list of what i think the robot versions of the mercs would be (all the mercs have steel type)
Iron Scout (Steel - Normal)
Iron Soldier (Steel - Fighting)
Iron Pyro (Steel - Fairy)
Iron Demo (Steel - Rock)
Iron Heavy (Steel - Ground)
iron Engie (Steel - Electric)
Iron Sniper (Steel - Grass)
Iron Medic (Steel - Poison)
Iron Spy (Steel - Psychic)
Sentry Buster (Steel - Fire)
Tank Carrier (Ground - Dragon)
Medic needs dark/ghost/fairy type. I'm not sure which one, but a) he has 9 souls, b)he has contact with the devil, and c) he is fantastical. Medic has done the nigh impossible multiple times; not only grafting 8 extra souls into himself, but also putting a soul into a pumpkin, stealing a man's skeleton (and as far as I remember, he survived) but also has Uber