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I don't think the issue is necessarily in the typing, but rather that a lot of the pokemon that get it aren't suited for it.
Ice has a lot of strengths and a lot of weaknesses - a glass cannon. It's an archetype that works best with speedy mons, yet GameFreak keeps insisting on making ice types tanky instead, which they struggle with because they only have one fucking resistance.
More weaviles and less abomasnows, please.