>>32548862>>32548901Let's take Avalugg and Cryogonal as examples then.
It goes without saying that one is meant to be a physical wall and the other a special wall. It must be further said that one is meant to be powerful, and the other fast. And finally, one of the complaints earlier ITT was a lack of recovery moves, but both Cryo and Aval have Recover.
>Weak to Bullet PunchYes, but Avalugg can tank Bullet Punch. Let's say we're dealing with Scizor. It absolutely can take that hit. But as far as dishing something out, it can only do Earthquake, and because of the Bug typing, nothing significant happens. When it comes to Metagross and Excadrill, it will barely live perhaps, but it will live, and Earthquake will do a good parting shot. And then you have a Pokemon like Scrafty and its High Jump Kick. Use Avalanche.
Those are the worst case scenarios. It's not defenseless in all of them, though you are correct that they aren't stellar. But you should be switching thes Pokemon out when they get faced with their type nemeses like you would any other Defensive pokemon. Do you let Ferrothorn go toe to toe with Blaziken? You shouldn't. it's the same thing.