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>>40127268Lance is "difficult" because a lot of gen 1 pokemon suck and the balance is poor, plus Lance packs some of the better ones and has strong moves too. Of course you can shut him down with shit like the free Lapras.
Lucian looks good on paper, but you have a lot of strong options for pokemon by the time you reach gen 4. You could probably style on this with most dark types and a flying type for that medicham.