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GSC, despite my love for them, definitely had flaws.
Gold and Silver really didn't handle the new types very well.
Let's look at what's available before the E4 for Steel:
>Forretress, an evolution
>Steelix, a trade evolution that requires an item that must be obtained from a Magnemite to get before the E4
>Scizor, see above
>Magnemite, Magneton
>Skarmory, a late-game mon
To GS's credit, none of these are locked to post-game, not exactly great for a mono-run, but not nearly as terrible as Dark.
Umbreon is the only Dark-type Pokémon you can obtain before the E4, in Crystal you can also get Sneasel in Ice Path, but that's late-game.
The new types really weren't handled well in GSC, and Dragon and Ghost being scarce was still a problem, with GSC only introducing one new Pokémon of those types each.
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