>>32878500>>32879222There was actually a really good article that explains why Ice types tend to be late game Pokemon, and why they're typically designed the way they are. Don't have the link, though.
>>32879283They really aren't. Ice is resisted by a wide range of types, and the only reason they seem good is because they're godly as a coverage type. Having an Ice move is really good, being an Ice type is awful.
>>32879285>it's been bad since it's inceptionActually, Ice was one of the best types in Gen I (which is why Pokemon such as Lapras, Articuno and Jynx were so common). The only types that resisted it were Ice and Water, making it by far one of the best attacking types in the game (with only Psychic being better). Blizzard having insanely high accuracy and freezing being a death sentence were the icing on the cake.
Gen I was the only generation where Ice types actually worked as an offense oriented typing, and they were heavily nerfed in Gen II.
>>32881297Freeze is strictly a better sleep, it's fine as it is now.
