>>42247286Ice is not supposed to be a bulky type, but these additions will allow at least some mons to find some niche as fairly bulky mons, just think of fading off against a hailed in avalug, scary stuff for all but the strongest of physical attackers. Perhaps the best move to buff specifically the bulky slow mons is to give them a good set up move, perhaps something like “Frost Coating” or “Cryo Armor”, a setup move which increases both defences alongside attack or sp att while lowering speed, perhaps a variant for both buffs or just one for physical moves. This would keep bulky mons slow while giving them extra toughness against the scary special attackers which threaten the new bulky ice type’s lower general sp defence. Besides Normal is not a useful resistance outside of obstagoon and as for the flying one, well maybe if all this weren’t enough a flying resistance could be nice especially after my proposal for nerfing stealth rock but I don’t find it justified enough, and again ice is meant to be frail, only under specific conditions should it be allowed bulk even close to that allocated for steel types or dragon types
