What If EVERY TYPE had a Status Condition? 

So, normal poison actually does 1/8 each turn, that is why in some scenarios it is better to use normal poison rather than badly or toxic poison because it takes 3 turns for badly to do the same amount of total damage as normal then it does more

"Petrified would be too strong" Frozen quietly leaves the room hoping not to be noticed

I always assumed sleep was the normal type status, due to it being connected to a bunch of normal type Pokemon like Snorlax, Slacking, and jigglypuff. As well as moves like Sleep talk and Yawn. The sleep status icon even shares the same gray color as the normal type. Although the null effect is pretty cool.

Interesting list. On the Ghost type, i particularly think that Cursed should be the type signature status. It's already in the game and resonate well with type.

I think Piercing/Bleeding for Steel could be changed to something like "Rusting". It fits the "E for Everyone" nature of Pokemon and can still reasonably do the same thing as Bleeding/Poison, taking damage every turn as the Pokemon begins to rust.

For Rock, I'd go with "Broken" - since when you get hit with a rock your bones would get broken. it causes your physical Attack and Defense stats to get dropped by 25% each.

I actually love this. For grass, maybe like "pollen" or "allergies" where the Pokémon are like sick and their evasiveness dips 25%, basically making moves more accurate.

I'd argue dark has its perfect status condition Taunt It fits perfectly for the 'sneaky' and 'evil' type to Gaud the opponent into a blind rage

Minor correction; burn no longer halves Attack. From Gen 8 onwards, it halves the Base Power of physical moves. This change makes the status ailment more detrimental to have because the damage dealt by Foul Play and hurting oneself in Confusion is no longer reduced.

Interestingly, a good number of these status conditions are already a thing in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, like Blindness, Petrified or Terrified (which works for your Spooked). Might be good to check out for inspiration for new status effects.

For Water types, Flooded is great but I also thought of Thirsty. Rather than soaking the target in water, the user absorbs moisture to weaken it. Being thirsty (or dehydrated) causes you to use up energy resources much faster than if you felt normal. Therefore, Thirsty causes all recovery items and recovery moves to heal half the HP/PP they usually do. Another option is make Thirsty like Spite and Pressure: every time you use a recovery item or move, it depletes two items/PP from your resources.

I really love these ideas! Some changes I would make would be changing “Spooked” to “Haunt” which would reduce all stats by 1 stage and would last 3 turns or until the user/victim were KO’d/swapped out. I think having grass be the disruption type for switching is cool but forced switches aren’t just disruptive, they *feel* uninteractive. I don’t feel that steel should have damage over time since that isn’t usually how the type acts in Pokémon, it’s usually way more defensive. I think Pierce is definitely the name to stick with and instead of a DoT it instead acts as a psuedo critical hit by ignoring all stat changes made by the opponent (just without the damage boost if a crit)

i can see Petrified being more like a Rock-Type's variation of Frozen, but instead of Fire moves instantly removing it, it'd be Fighting moves

I thought “Curse” was the unique status for ghost. Dealing 1/4 of the target’s hp at the end of every turn, which also can stack with other damaging statuses like poison or burn. Although I would find the Spooked status condition interesting to use I would like to see more moves have the chance to inflict curse personally.

For rock, I was thinking you could do Concussed, since getting hit hard with a rock would probably give you a concussion. Basing the effects off of the symptoms of an actual concussion is easy, but there’s so many things it could do that you’d just have to pick some. A few idea I had were: chance to hit yourself each turn, reflecting the confusion, lowered accuracy, reflecting the loss of coordination, a higher chance to be put to sleep by sleep-causing moves, reflecting the constant fatigue, or disallow you from using your last used move for the duration of the debuff, reflecting the sometimes severe memory loss of a concussion. You could go with any of these, or a combination, but this makes the most sense to me

I might have an idea for Petrified. Keep the immobilization, but it reduces the damage the afflicted takes from attacks as rocks can take some hits. However, the afflicted also takes double damage from critical hits as rocks can break from the one good strike which would also break them out of the state.

There’s actually a ghost type status effect in Pokémon Shuffle called Spookify. The only effect is multiplying the damage they take from ghost moves by 50% for three turns.

For the infest status we could still have infestation as a move, it just changes to a status setter like willow wisp or confuse ray

For rock, “Unbalanced” could be a status that prevents the opponent from using its item and perhaps unable to raise stats as it would be crippled from being hit by a rock

For grass, I would go with something like "allergy", in reference to urtication from nettles or respiratory allergies from pollen. It would come in two forms, "Itching" and "Sneezing". Both would last up to three turns. Itching has a 50% chance of triggering on the affected Pokémon, causing them to waste a turn scratching themselves and lowering their defense by one stage, due to bruises from scrathing. Sneezing does something similar, with a 50% chance of wasting a turn on a huge sneeze, which breaks their composure and lowers their special defense by one stage

For rock's petrified, you could make them unable to move for a set number of turns but have it increase their defense. That way, it's a status condition that allows you to set up or forces your opponent to switch out, but doesn't allow you to just get a free kill

I feel like Frostbite and Drowsy would've been good to mention since they technically were status conditions associated with different types, but different versions of existing ones

These status conditions are so interesting and well thought out. I would absolutely LOVE to see a rom made featuring these status conditions. That'd be either the easiest or the hardest game depending on what you have access to early game, and how you plan out your party

a shedinja with i move that nullifies would be absolutly BROKEN

Slight correction for burn: it doesn't cut the Attack stat in half, but rather it halves the power of all physical moves. Might not seem that big a distinction, but this interaction is why Foul Play deals the same damage regardless of it the target is burned or not, as well as a few other niche interactions

I think an interesting way to make 'Bleeding' distinct from the two types of Poisons would be for it to deal a higher amount of damage (3/16ths), but only when the affected Pokémon performs a move rather than at the end of each turn.

You answered a personal question I always had but was too lazy to do the research, I’m now a big fan of your channel.

11:29 Null would break Shedinja with the Wonder guard

The Petrify status was a thing in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games and worked pretty much exactly like you put it. It would prevent the one with the status from moving or attacking until they got hit. In those games, it was inflicted by an item, but in the main series, this would force you to have to switch as otherwise the opponent would just get free setup turns

One thing you forgot is that confusion damage bases off the users attack stats, that's why things moves like swagger have a risk reward system where they might hit you for twice the damage, or hit themselves twice the damage instead

I just discovered your channel and I love your video ideas! This one was very great and creative. Keep up the good work.

Also when frozen, fighting type moves become super effective on the victim 1:52

There are some neat ideas, but these statuses will make strong types like Water and Fairy even stronger and more unbalanced

Very neat ideas!! It’s fun to theorize about potential interactions. For Rock, I was thinking of ‘Calcified’, and in a manner similar to Perish Song. Calcified comes in 3 stages, if the third stage is reached, the Pokemon is instantly KOd. However, each stage increases the target’s defense, thus making for rather crazy plays

1:11 - You had me at the one GOAT of the Pokémon anime.

5:16 why this dragonite so angy

One thing with non volatile status effects is that they’re stackable with each other and on top of other non-volatile status effects. Blind might be objectively better to have than confusion, but i imagine It’d be like hell to have both of them at the same time; and maybe some more (infatuation etc) You’d never be able to move, esp if you’re trapped by a move.

Love this concept, your ideas were great! For water I think "drenched" is a good name too

Love the Kirby cameo! Also great list, Null is my fave mostly because its application in times that either your Pokemon can’t hit for more than not very effective/you would be hit for supereffective!

These kinds of status conditions remind me of the game “Cassette Beasts”, in which the type of effect a move causes is largely based on the type of the move and the type of the defending Beast. For example, if a Fire-type move hits a Plant-type opponent in that game, rather than dealing double damage, it will usually be guaranteed to inflict a Burned status effect. However, if a Plant-type move hits a Fire-type opponent, rather than doing half damage, it will instead buff the opponent by creating smoke, which increases the opponent’s evasion to 1.5x its normal value. Battles are usually 2v2s as well, so there’s a lot of neat interactions in that game that make it a viable option to attack your teammate with a damaging move to buff them with a helpful status effect. For example, if a Water-type move hits a Plant-type Beast, the Plant-type Beast will receive the Healing Leaf status effect, which heals them for 10% of their HP each turn. If a Water-type move hits an Electric-type Beast, the Electric-type Beast will receive the Multitarget buff, which turns their single-target moves into moves that target all opponents. I think it’s a really fun way to approach type matchups and status effects and it opens the door for some interesting strategies!

10:30 Frozen be like: *Completely immobilizes the inflicted pokemon, and doesn't have a turn limit*

For the ghost type I had other idea in mind, the effect of "Haunted". This status effect is similar to taunt, as the user can only use status moves, and if those rise your stats, the opponent gets those buffs intead. If the pokemon does not have status moves, it will act as if it was confused. This only lasts for 2 turns tho, as for example, using more than 2 times dragon dance, swords dance, calm mind would be too much.

These ideas would make a VERY interesting romhack. I really like the grass/ground/flying status ideas especially.

What a fun idea! I think null would be superb for typeless, since it is a type (even if hidden now). Sleep feels so good for normal, but Mute would also be nifty for canceling sound based moves. So many possibilities to explore in this concept!!!

For bleeding, you should make it so it only procs whenever the pokemon afflicted with it attacks, going under the idea that you’re further opening the wound. Maybe make it so it does a bit more damage to balance it out.

Well, that’s a spark of inspiration! I am in the process of learning game design, and am now in a game development team. I’d be more than honored to have statuses of the elements in my game! Thanks for making this video. I’m thrilled to see what I can do for the future!

Awesome video, loved the theories on it. I'm not sure what gen changed it, but burn now halves the power of physical moves by 50% instead of halving the attack stat

An idea for the Fighting type status is something like "CHALLENGED", which forces the enemy into using attacking moves while also preventing them from switching out because only cowards back down from a challenge. I think this appeals more to a sense of honor and ego rather than magically forcing the enemy into doing something, which fits the Fighting type well. The second Steel type status condition could be called "WOUNDED" to sound a bit less gruesome than "BLEEDING", or it could be removed and instead "PIERCING" could be the status that cuts 50% defense as you are literally piercing through the enemy's defense.

8:07 honestly, I think “soaked” sounds like a better word than “flooded”. When I hear flooded, I think of an area effect, like the ground or a building, not an opponent.

5:07 dragon is one of those good "neutral" types. in fact in gen 5 it was so good offensively that gamefreak had to nerf it by introducing fairies.

As for Bug type, we could add a status related to itching or tingling, since most bug bites and stings cause that For the effect, it could still lower the Sp. Atk by 50%, since if you think about it, special moves would need a bit more of concentration, and the itch/tingling would bother the concentration. Works even better thinking about that the Psychic type is the most related to focus and attention, and Bug beats Psychic, so they'd be theorically the most affected by it... it makes sense to me!

fun vid idea man! Worth mentioning is your rooted status is technically a thing in the games with the move "ingrain" a self healing move that stops the USER from swiching, but it would be cool to see moves that do it to the opponent

6:47 - If you know their pokedex descript, you DO get spooked

very cool ideas! null and the ground and fyling status conditions are the most interesting to me. every ghost move having a 10% chance of roaring you away seems absolutely broken though^^

My list: Normal: Dazed - The Pokémon will have it’s special attack stat cut half. - 25% chance to move last. - Goes away upon switch - Pokémon will Inner Focus or Intelligent Ability is immune. Fighting: Injured - 80% Speed and Attack (50% for Steel Types) - Goes away upon health is atleast 1/2 max HP - Wonder Guard Pokémon are immune. Flying: Suffocated - Suffocation Count start at 3 and decreases every turn, pokemon dies at 0 - Count ends when status ends - 50% chance to go away every turn (25% when flooded) - Flying and Grass types are immune. Rock: Broken - 80% Attack and Defense (50% for Ice Types) - Goes away after 3 turns or at Full HP - Steel Types and Sturdy, Wonder Guard Pokémon are immune. Steel: Bleeding - User has a 50%/30%/15%/5% chance to lose 10%/15%/20%/30% max HP (Max 15% for Rock, Poison, Bug types) - Ghost, Grass and Steel Pokémon are immune. Fire: Same Water: Flooded - 50% chance to move last - 50% evasiveness - Reduces chance to thaw out Suffocation (Mentioned before) - Water, Electric and Grass Type are immune. - Electric type moves that targets a flooded Pokémon have 1.5x Power. Electric: Same + extra: Electrocuted - Loses 10% max HP every turn - Attacker becomes Electrocuted if hit by contact move - Electric-type moves that targets the user and used by the user both have 1.5x power - Electric, Ground and Ghost Pokémon are immune. (To be continued)

Dude, I guessed the correct type would be last. Feeling proud of myself right now. Great video as well

I loved these effects, if this had been added earlier it would have added complexity and variety to the games, gameplay and competition but for the rock I think it would be something like stealth rock, a damage calculated by the effectiveness of the rock type on the pokemon, something like ''fragments'', it would be annoying for certain pokemons and for others it would be very lethal

It would've been cool if you mentioned the Obscured status effect when talking about Blindness. While it only exists in Legends Arceus, it's effectively the same as what you described

"you probably associate burn with fire" Hell nah, we in this house associate it with toxapex and scald

The idea of a bug-type status ailment makes me think of parasites, and now I'm imagining a bug-type equivalent of Future Sight that makes larvae burst out of the target Alien-style. …welp, I'm not sleeping tonight.

Rock type status condition: Entrapped. The opposing pokemon is stuck between large rocks, an entrapped pokemon cannot switch even with pivot moves and cannot use priority moves. Flying and levitating pokemon additionally become grounded. The entrapped condition is cured rapidly, only after 1-2 turns, or upon using a fighting type move, using their immense strength to free themselves instantly.

This reminds me a lot of a recent game called Cassette Beasts - in that game, not only did most types have unique status effects, but said status effects were applied via type interactions rather than moves themselves. It’s a really unique and fun type system that adds a layer of strategy to things.

I feel like blindness should give your opponent a 2/3 chance to hit nothing rather than a 1/3 chance, that way it’s not objectively worse than confusion

I personally associated the "sleep" status with the normal typing. 1. It's the typing with the most moves that can put opponents to sleep (Lovely Kiss, Relic Song, Sing, Yawn, and technically Secret Power) 2. A lot of pokemon associated with sleep/laziness are normal types (Snorlax, Komala, Slaking, Jigglypuff, etc) But the "Null" status is also interesting, tho I'd probably change it to where it nullfies the targets ability, which can either make or break a pokemon depending on how good/bad their ability is.

For Rock I would say something like a permanent Salt Cure effect would be the most logical. Though if it is too generic what about treating it as an "entry hazard status condition" where if a Pokemon is inflicted with let's say "Stoned" it will always receive damage upon entering the field as if it would land on Stealth Rocks.

For Rock, the best status would be "stunned" since most rock moves are basically stones being hurled at you or an attack using blunt force (head smash, rollout). Stunned would be similar to sleep but it could be healed by switching out. I think "landed" is also a good option for Rock-Type moves (basically smack down). Since a lot of Pokémon with rock type moves have ground coverage. It could force some Rock Resistant Pokemon (Skarmory, Rotom-Wash) to land and take a hit

I think a good one for Rock would be "Buried". You become immune to most moves except things like Dig and Dive, which do double damage. Also the only move you can use for three turns is Struggle as you fight to free yourself, so you hurt yourself to make up for being immune to other moves.

This is so good!

Quick note: theres a reason why frozen is the rarest status condition Its the most broken status condition. Id say a "frostbite" condition could work instead of straight up frozen. An in between of burn and paralysis. All offensive stats are reduced by 25% (Attack, sp Attack, and speed) to make it work like Paralysis, but not as debilitating, there's a 25% chance the affected pokemon will move last (or -1 Priority) in Hail (or snow) there is a 25% chance that Frostbite will upgrade to Freeze (only triggers on hit). Frostbitten and frozen pokemon has a 50% chance to lose the status condition when hit with fire move. Now, since the stat condition allows the pokemon to move, this status affects Guts and Facade. Like poison and burn, it now has a "Self harm" item known as the Frost orb.

A portion of what you mentioned is probably something implemented in Casette Beasts with its pretty cool type interactions that temporarily change other players' types.

Hey this was better than I expected :D

I love it. You need an outro screen though too

These are really good! I like how opposing types mirror each other's effects. For rock I'd go with "bruised," because that's what happens when you get hit by a rock. Speed and defense cut, healing moves only heal half as much as normal.

Love these suggestions! Especially what you did with Normal type. Only things I might have changed are 'soaked' for Water status and maybe 'squashed' or 'stuck' for Rock status.

This is a really fun thought experiment, and I like the ideas you came up with, as well as many of the ideas here in the comments! I myself wanted to mention that I find it a funny coincidence that you came to the conclusion of Null for the Normal type, because there is a high-end Pokémon-like game (NOT a fan game, but an original game that uses identical mechanics) that has the effect Nullified. The game is called TemTem, and in it, Nullified removes type resistances and weaknesses of the TemTem affected, but it doesn't stop them from taking advantage of enemy weaknesses, which I always found weird because it makes it a status effect that's largely beneficial to be afflicted with the way that it is. Your suggested Null effect definitely feels more like something that's meant to inconvenience the mon affected, so I actually like yours better XD

10:54 Could be called "Buried" instead. Buried in rubble, can't move until the enemy breaks you out by hitting you.

I actually thought about "fear" status condition but being the counterpart of burn by halving special attack instead of attack. It would be a way to counter special attackers as they don't suffer as much with just a burn like physical attacker do

I was always curious to hear how a potential Water type status effect would work. Interesting. Side note, I'd love for more RPGs to have water magic like Final Fantasy does.

0:05 For me sleep was the first status ailment to come to mind.

This is how i try to think of pokemon. Ty for making this.

Such a fascinating analysis on status conditions, as well as being creative with some new ones based on effects in other RPGs. Keep up the great content!

I love the names you came up with for some of these statues!! Especially Shaken, Flustered, and Null. Those are my favorites. It would be pretty cool to see null in a competitive scene tho

This concept reminds me *a lot* of Various Daylife, in which every damage type is associated with a status effect. ie: water inflicts Soak, slashing inflicts Enrage, Bludgeoning inflicts Daze, and so on. Except in that game statuses actually interact with one another by disabling some statuses from landing and increasing the chance of others so you can chain them into a combo.

I think I'd swap the crit changes for Shaken/Flustered. If you're shaken, you're off balance and it's easier to get in and land a devastating blow. While you're flustered, you're off your game and can't quite hit the same way you usually would. They also fit the type identities of ground and flying a little bit more that way. Ground is much more aligned with hitting hard in bursts of power, while flying definitely has a lot more support and utility.

This was an extremely interesting concept video and I really like the thought and logic you put into each status. RU-vid's recommendations are hitting

I feel like the blindness status condition is better suited towards ghost because of the whole mystery quality it would give them and can also be a fun way to prank someone, and the dark type can have a grudge status condition where the opposing Pokémon takes half the damage they deal

Great video!

Maybe you have some neat ideas! Unfortunately I'll never know because 1:06 caused me to instantly lose several senses and my will to live

I think another fun idea is to make it where certain move types will cure statuses similar to fire attacks curing frozen. Ground moves could stabilize a pokemon to cure paralysis, fighting moves could break through petrified, fire could burn away rooted, water could wash away burns, and grass could dry up flooded, so on and so forth. It probably shouldn't work that way with every status and would require more balancing for fire type moves, but I think that it gives a nice layer of tactical depth to type coverage moves.

Honestly Null sounds like a really cool status condition. Another one that could work, maybe for sound based moves as an honorary type, could be deafness. This condition would be similar to when a pokemon ignores you due to having not enough badges. It has a chance to do nothing at all, a random attack, or use the attack you actually want it to use. Not the sleep effect though, that wouldnt make sense. Speaking of sleep, which typing matches that condition??? I was thinking Grass at first but then you came up with Rooted (which i love! But may be too OP in competitive). I feel like Sleep should break when hit like how you did the Petrify Lite. And instead have Petrify be more like Frozen/Sleep. And change Frozen to Legends Arceus style Frostbite. Lol this post is a lot longer than i thought it would be. TLDR; love the video and the concept!

In my fangame, Blindness is linked with the new Light type, and BTW Flash becomes a status inflicting move. While blind, your accuracy is reduced by 30% and it's unavoidable even with keen eye. The effect lasts differently depending on type and hour/setting. For a Light type in daylight it will last 2 turns, 1 with a sandstorm, for a Dark type at night or in a cave it would last five turns. I also added the Mania status linked to the new Eldritch type. Mania basically gives disobedience to the Pokemon, with a chance of missing and a chance of attacking itself. I also edited statuses from PLA : Frostbite (which does the same thing as your infestation) and Drowsy (which makes it likely to miss a turn) now are ingame and both has 10% chance to turn into Frozen and Sleep. Most moves having 10% chance to freeze now has 30% chance to Frostbite. Yawn gives 100% chance Drowsiness, not its own effect anymore. Notice that Frosbite and Drowsy (and Blind and Mania) are non-volatile statuses, meaning they don't go away with switching, and they stack with volatile statuses like Confusion... Or my new volatile status, Berzerk. It's not linked to a specific type, though it does fit Fighting ; Berzerk makes you gain 2 ATK per turn and forces you to attack, like taunt with no switching, and reaching the end of the third turn you get confused like Swagger. It is overpowered, but the only way to be able to inflict it is with a one-per-battle trainer ability that requires a lvl.-100 battle strategy skill (so it's only available if you always play ruthless, avoid switching and don't inflict statuses. It's more of a bonus skill than a status).

Idea for dragon: I was thinking "instincts", where it makes the one who has gotten the instincts, lowers their accuracy by 3 stages, but slightly increases attack by 1 stage

4:28 I don’t think infatuation is better than paralysis or confusion. In fact, I think it’s moderately worse. The main reason I think this is because paralysis lingers upon switch out, where infatuation doesn’t. While it is true that confusion is also removed on switch out, infatuation is the only one that requires that your opponent stay in, meaning that it is difficult to have a support oriented Pokemon who uses infatuation rather than paralysis or confusion, as infatuation prevents the support Pokemon from switching out if they want to reap the benefits of the status.

I love the idea of Nulled, but one major problem with it is that if Shedinja ever got a hold of it, it might become broken. Then again, it is the Normal status, so maybe the moves that would inflict it just wouldn't work on it.

Here's something you missed. Paralysis via static can't effect ground type pokemon, since electric type moves can't effect ground types. Aswell, you can't poison steel types. So then since Dragon moves don't effect Fairy types, fairies shouldn't get struck with "fear", In addition, Petrified shouldn't effect flying types, and null shouldn't effect ghost types.

10:25 erm, frozen and sleep do that

Hello! Thank you for taking your time to think out and made this; I appreciate the editing and humor. Your taking inspiration from other RPGs is an interesting direction that I had not previously considered. I do greatly enjoy this kind of discussion, but I would remind you that the Dark type primarily covers rogueish behavior and trick moves (it is called the Evil type in the original Japanese) and may thus be better suited for an effect like your Fluster for flying than something involving literal shadow. Accordingly, I would elect the Blinded effect for Rock type, as you originally did. Also, Normal usually connotates animalism or sound, though it does sometimes denote neutrality. Flying could "pluck" or "blow" away shield effects like Reflect. Furthermore, I would suggest against having all moves of the type in question potentially giving the effect. The types that do this have it worked into their type identity, while the others obviously do not. Also, some effects like Rooted and Spooked are sometimes undesirable. (Also, they might contradict other things like Mega Gengar's Shadow Tag.) Rather, it would work well to introduce several moves that only give the effect (akin to Will-o-Wisp) and others which deal damage but, unlike most damaging moves in that type, have a small chance of triggering the effect (like Ice Beam). A last idea: it would add an interesting layer to these by having a type resist each, or perhaps some of them: as Steel is immune to Poisoning, so Psychic would be immune to Blindness. Other types would get self-immunity, like Electric has for Paralysis; Spooked and Fear, for example. Here is a chain I thought up for this, where the type before the hyphen is immune to the effect of the type after and non-listed types are immune to their own effects, using my suggestions: Psychic-Rock-Fire-Grass-Flying-Ground-Ghost-Fairy-Dragon-Steel-Poison-Bug-Normal-Psychic (Loops) I believe all of those make some degree of sense. I would explain why if not for fear of this getting too long. In that vein, thank you for reading!

Love how chill your videos are 👌

Nice and interesting video👍

Here are my pitches: (Unchanged) Poison - Poisoned Electric - Paralyzed Fire - Burned Ice - Frozen (Changed/New) Psychic - Now causes Sleep rather than Confusion. Fairy - Infatuated, as suggested. Fighting - Reckless, as suggested, except instead of recoil damage, when it becomes Reckless in maximizes its Attack and Speed and minimizes all its other stats. Further attempts to alter its stats by either side, or with items, fail while it's in a Reckless state. Dark - Blind, as suggested, except Blind just minimizes the Blind Pokémon's accuracy. Think of Blind as where Flash and Sand Attack are trying to get the other side. Ground - Shaken, as suggested, except each instance of Shaken lowers all stats by 1 stage. Ghost - Frightened. Think about what happens against a Gen 1 ghost without the Silph Scope. It would work mechanically the same as Paralyzed + Roar. The first time it's frightened, its speed drops and it has a chance to be too scared to act. In a wild encounter, if the Frightened Pokémon gets Frightened again, it runs away scared. In a trainer battle, if it gets Frightened again it gets switched out. Dragon - Awed. The Awed Pokémon behaves as though it has Truant and can only move every other turn. The turns it can't move it stands still in Awe instead of doing anything else. Steel - Riveted. Exactly what you suggested for Rooted. Grass - Snared. Works exactly the same as Wrap + Sweet Scent, inflicting damage, preventing switching, and reducing Evasion. Flying - Now causes Confusion as the surface-bound Pokémon flails around wildly trying to hit it and occasionally hitting itself. Water - Drenched. Halves speed as suggested, then like Odor Sleuth against ghosts, it makes a Drenched Ground- or other-type Pokémon open/vulnerable to Electric and Grass attacks. Rock - Stunned. Mechanically identical to Asleep, a Stunned Pokémon takes 2-5 turns to recover its ability to use moves. Unlike Asleep, it does not persist outside battle. Bug - Swarmed. 1) The Swarmed Pokémon loses 1/16 its max HP each turn. 2) Also gives all Bug-type attacks against the Swarmed Pokémon the Air Cutter/Fury Cutter effect of cumulative damage. Normal - Normalized - Same thing you suggested for Null, removes all type advantages and disadvantages. I just like Normalized better. You could also add the effect of Haze in that it removes ALL stat changes and sets both of them back to... Normal.