>>38277865Wouldn't be terrible, though I'd rather see a flat boost to their defense stat to rival Sandstorm's sp.def boost. A pseudo filter would be better than nothing but it could be a lot better. The primary issue with Ice is
>Shitty resistancesIt needs to resist something that isn't itself, yes it's supposed to be a glass cannon but that's no reason for it to resist only itself. Make it resist Ground, it's the most logical choice. If you wanted to go the extra mile you could also make it resist Electric too.
>Water types do everything they do and betterThe main reason people use Ice types in the first place is to hit shit for a x4 weakness, so STAB doesn't really matter. Pair that with Water being the best type in the game and the fact that every Water type and it's mother learns Ice Beam there is absolutely no reason to run an Ice type when you can just use a Pokemon that has good resistances and do the same job & more.
>What I think should happen>Resist Ground>No longer weak to Rock>Ice Beam nerfed to 70BP and loses it's 10% chance to freeze, possibly no longer a TM >New Ice Move introduced that is effectively Ice Beam in every way (Has Ice Beam's current stats). Is a TM but it's availability is limited, think something along the lines of Thunderbolt availability. Some water types can learn it but not every single one. >Hail increases DEF of Ice type Pokemon by 50%>Aurora Veil now gives the user's team immunity to Hail Damage, so you can run shit like Magnezone on a Hail team and not worry about being damaged every turn.I don't think these changes would make Ice fantastic but it'd be something to buff them at least.
