>>30722224I had the same experience as you. Usually I just use the fire Z-move if I'm not 100% sure I can OHKO (which is often), because let's face it, if you get hit you die.
I don't think I've ever used a glass cannon quite this frail, except maybe Heliolisk. It's fun to use, though, and occasionally poisoning a Steel type is fun.
It's not as bad as the owl, which just feels like dead weight to my party towards the end of the game. It gets 2HKO'd by so much and doesn't pack enough punch to hit anything hard enough. Even Gastrodon didn't get OHKO'd by Leaf Blade, and I have to keep both Leaf Blade and Energy Ball around just so that I can hit the right type of defense.