>>30861409Sorry, I didn't mean to disagree with your overall statement about ice types post gen.1, I iust wanted to point out that Lapras isn't a bad pokemon, despite the passage of time.
Lapras made top 4 at Worlds in 2014 in seniors and I believe top 8 in masters (can't check while nuggetbridge is down) and the first big VGC 2016 event was won by Jon Hu, using it to counter Trick-Room strategies and Palkia. Later on, it still hard-countered Kyogre without Thunder, but it did lose traction later on, especially after Xernias+Groudon rose to power.
There are earlier records of Lapras (pre-worlds 2014 was also crawling with Lapras after Alex Ooglaza established the Politoad+Ludicolo rain core) as well. It's a niché pokemon, but it always had a place.
