>>47824476>base 60 power move just for BoltBeam coverage the last 4 gensquite literally only because of Chomp and Lando, going back only a gen reveals that this wasn't common even on the Special Attackers of ADV because we didn't have the absurdly powerful Ground hybrids that Gen IV/V introduced, and because Swampert was more of a threat in Gen III.
Ice's literal only niche was to counter two pokemon and Fairy reduced it to only one pokemon. Such a good type. Much offense.