>>27434404>Cloyster is also slow with an obscene defensive stat, but its movepool and ability give it offensive presence.Yes, and its Ice Typing was a death sentence for years before it got something to help it compensate for it in the form of Shell Smash.
>>27434404>"Bulky Pokemon" doesn't mean "Defensive" Pokemon.Yes it does. Bulky Pokemon doesn't mean "Wall" but a bulky Pokemon has to be defensively viable if it's going to perform the task of being a bulky attacker. A typing that brings nothing to the table defensively is worthless on a bulky Pokemon, at best. At worst, it's damaging because it adds more weaknesses, especially when those weaknesses are to common and viable attacking types.
>A Water/Ice Mega Lapras with, say, Refrigerate, and proper stat distribution would wreck shit.Well of course proper stat distribution would fix it. Proper stat distribution on any Pokemon would "fix it" but the stat distribution isn't Lapras' problem. Its problem is that its Ice typing is anti-bulk. It only serves to make the Pokemon less bulky than it could be, while the offensive bonus it adds amounts to stab Ice attacks. Which, while good, it shouldn't have a typing that primarily benefits it's offense abilities at the cost of defense when it's meant to be bulky. Something more neutral/beneficial defensively while still being good offensively would be a better sub type. Dragon would be ideal and would make way more sense, thematically.
