Why does it seem like the games favor the wild or opposing Pokemon?

Final Edit: I’m sorry for the hostility I put forth in this topic. I’ve deleted it, for the course not having any more reason for it. I’ve discovered the issue that it was centric mostly in Ruby and my problems happened rarely in the later games. For those of you who offered help, I thank you greatly for it. I apologize for my rude behavior and hope that I can be forgiven.

For the others who reacted to my hostility, I’m sorry for pushing your buttons. Thank you all for your help.

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I will write up some of the moves and abilities here that you may be having problems with,

Confuse Ray - Ghost type - It will affect normal typesHypnosis - Psychic type - It will affect Dark typesLeech Seed - Grass type - It will Not affect other grass typesMean Look - Normal type - It will affect Ghost typesPoison Gas - Poison type - It will Not affect steel types or poison typesPoison Powder - Poison Type - It will Not affect Steel or poison typesRoar - Normal Type - It will affect Ghost typesSkill Swap - psychic type - It will affect Dark typeSwagger - normal type - it Will affect ghost typesThunder Wave - Electric type - it will not affect ground or electric typesWill-O-Wisp - Fire Type - it will not affect Fire typesToxic - Poison Type - it will not affect steel or Poison types

If Im missing anything feel free to comment and I can edit.

As to your Ground types being affected by electric moves Im not sure. But again the above status moves may be some of the problems you’re having.

Ok,I did some research and I found something.

Certain moves are effective to a type they are normally unefective.For example.Sand-Attackis theonlyGround-type move that can hit Flying-type Pokémon under normal circumstances, since most status moves are exempt from type matchups.Hypnosisiseffective to dark types.They will both hit since they are not damage dealing moves,they arestatusmoves

Now,as for Toxic on steel and Thunder Wave on ground,it’s not normal for that to happen.And as Babothegreat said,the opponent may have Synchronise.

Are you sure they are using the attacks you mentioned? Because they might be using the ability synchronize or static on you.

Excusing your relative rudeness, you should also be aware that some trainer Pokemone have items, which could ensure your moves are useless. As for the wild Pokemon, there are a few with abilities which defy typing, such as rampardos, who has mold breaker which means he can use any type of move on any Pokemon. ( example: rampardos can use ground against flying, and normal against ghost.)