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I notice that every Pokemon type has their lengendary except Bug and Poison type. Why? are they too weak or some reason?

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Currently, there are several Poison- and Bug-type legendary and mythical Pokemon. Ultra Beast and Paradox Pokemon do not qualify as legendary.

  • Poison Types:
    • Legendary:
      • Eternatus
      • Silvally (holding Poison Memory)
      • The Loyal Three:
        • Okidogi
        • Monkidori
        • Fezandipiti
    • Mythical:
      • Pecharunt
      • Arceus (holding Toxic Plate)

  • Bug Types:
    • Legendary:
      • Silvally (holding Bug Memory)
    • Mythical:
      • Genesect
      • Arceus (holding Insect Plate)

All the Poison-types were introduced after the question was posted. As for why there's only one legend/mythic Bug-type, and no legend/mythic poison types until gen 8, we can't really know that because it was Gamefreak's decision. Here's my theory for Bug:

Imagine yourself trying to come up with a legendary Pokemon design for a new game. Legendaries are supposed to have a powerful, somewhat mysterious vibe, so chances are, you're going to think of some (ironically) "mythical"- seeming creature, likely a Dragon-like monster... (there are 15 legend/mythic Dragon-types). Now if you make a type for this, you'll make it dragon-something. Even if one were to try to intentionally make a Bug-type legendary, bug is usually the primary type, (because if you make a bug it's primarily a bug, and if you make a non-bug it's not really a bug at all) and legendary dous and trios always share a primary type, so you would have to make a pair of bugs as the most powerful Pokemon in your game, which wouldn't really feel right. This is why I think the only legendaries that can be Bug-type are Arceus and Silvally, which they had to make a Bug-type for because they can be every type.

And for poison, I feel like it just kinda works better for early game Pokemon. Legendary Pokemon are usually tied to grand, elemental concepts (like time, space, life, and creation). Historically, Poison has been viewed in gaming as a "sneaky" or "subversive" attribute rather than a god-like power. Also, over half of all Poison types were introduced in Gen 1, where the type was mostly associated with pollution, waste, and common animals. Because Game Freak heavily associated it with early-game, low-tier Pokémon (like the Grimer, Koffing, and Zubat lines), it took many generations for the type to be culturally associated with legendary power, and they didn't make that many ever again. Eventually they decided that it was time to make a couple poison legends though. The last sentence of my Bug-type explanation goes for this too.


Source 1: experience/personal opinions
Source 2: List of Legendary and Mythical Pokemon- Bulbapedia

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There no bug legendarys because legendary weedle is lame compared to, LORD YVELTAL OF DEATH
The only legendary bug type is Arceus bug. If Pokemon were to make an actual bug type legendary, might be a spider, dragonfly, beetle, some sort of big bug it’ll be based on.
oh yeah i kinda forgot to add the arceus and silvally
Arceus isn’t a legendary and I feel like even if it was it shouldn’t count same with sivally and type null. It just doesn’t have the same effect
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Well, now there are a few more.

Bug

Poison

Arecus can become Bug- and Poison-type, if it's holding the Insect Plate and Toxic Plate respectively. Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Nihilego, Poipole, and Naganadel are sub-legendary. Ultra Beasts are included in this category (check my source).

These are officially Legendary Pokémon in the code, but are sometimes categorised separately in other material.

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That is becuase they just didn't and until B/W there wasn't a fighting type

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Hmm, yeah but anyway I still want they to release bug or poisin legendary Pokemon in the next Pokemon version :)
In Gen 5, there is a Bug legendary.
http://pokemondb.net/pokedex/649
Oh yes you are right then :) I missed it sorry :p, thanks for remind me. Anyway what about Poison legendary(maybe in Generation 6)
Well now there are as there is genesect,and urshifu fighting type and poison is eternatus
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well actually there is both.

genesect is a part bug type

arceus can be any type with the right plate, including bug and poison

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