Why is Eternatus Poison- and not Dark- type?

It’s evil, which is the Japanese name for thedarktype. It brings thedarkestday. Dark is weak to the secondary types of both Zacian and Zamazenta, the heroes who defeat it. And it hasliterally nothing to do with poisonas far as I know. Is there a reason for it’s typing?

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It may also be inspired by Ananta Shesha, the king of Nagas in Hindu mythology who is usually portrayed as agiant, coiled serpentwith a thousand headscapable of spewing venom and fire,though some depictions simplify his appearance down to five heads. Shesha bears the deity Vishnu on its coils, similar to how Eternamax Eternatus’s core is mounted atop its coiled body.

It’s likely based off a serpent that can spit poison. Although I agree, Dark probably would’ve fit it better.

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It may also be inspired by Ananta Shesha, the king of Nagas in Hindu mythology who is usually portrayed as a giant, coiledserpentwith a thousand heads capable of spewingvenomand fire…

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Additionally, it leeches energy to take for itself, and while that’s shaky logic, it sounds like something a Poison type would do. It came to earth from a meteorite, so it could have absorbed something from that meteorite, who knows. That’s pretty weak, but so is most logic in relation to Game Freak.

Maybe Game Freak just wanted a Poison type legendary.

Hope I helped!

Note: This is my own opinion

Poison type needed a legendary of its type.If we think in a different way, poison effects are also evil. Dark already has legendary Pokemon of it’s type but not poison. Poison is the last to receive a legendary Pokemon of it’s type (if you count Genesect as a legendary or else 2nd last).

If you come to type match-ups, both crowned Pokémon are immune to 1 or both of it’s STABs (but Zamazenta still resists dragon type).

Also dragon types are supposedly fearsome creatures who cause a lot of damage so I think that makes sense too.