Water / Ice or just Water ?

[Houndoomsday2]

Which do you think is better to have on your team? A water ice type like Dewgong, or a pure water like Suicune?

 

[Comis Patronus]

A pure water type is better. Ice/water types aren't that strong compared since they have more weaknesses and not as much resistence as water types.

 

[Fallen Guardian]

Pure water is just fine by itself. Adding Ice to it's type only increases it's weakness and only has a .25 increase on Ice moves.

Better to stick with pure water on this one.

 

[Levski]

Yes a pure water type is better. Ice only adds to it's weaknesses.

 

[zeppelin]

pure water >ice/water just adds another weaknes.

 

[FireHead Hank]

I agree. Pure water is better. But it also depends on the Pokemon; a Lapras is way better than a Luvdisc.

 

[Strawberry.]

Well, I use an all water team in Emerald, but I usually give at least three of my water POKéMON, Ice Beam. Use pure water, but stick on "Ice Beam" to cover all of those overused Dragon POKéMON.

 

[Jerichi]

I acctuly prefer some water/ice Pokemon over some pure waters, but from the type standpoint, you are better off with pure.

But Pokemon like Lapras and Walrien can fare very well, even with added weakness.

 

[The Benmeister]

Water/Ice is vunerable to quite a lot of moves, whereas Water types are only weak to two types. Still, that's not to say all Water/Ice are automatically bad (I wouldn't call Lapras and the like bad anyway), I just prefer Water types, although not the generic Pokedex filler ones.

 

[bloodghoul]

Water is the best. But Ice is always helpful

 

[Caius]

It really depends, but I rarely use Water/Ice.

 

[Blazichu]

I think pure water type pokemon are better

 

[Theneedleman]

I prefer water pokemon because they don't have the Rock/Fighting weaknesses and fire does normal damage against them. Also, water pokemon learn Ice attacks so why have the extra weaknesses without much benefit...I do like Dewgonog though /_\

 

[~Flareon~]

I prefer pure water type Pokemon is better.

 

[xPokerusx]

Pure water is better.Almost all pwaters can learn ice moves.

 

[Magma Grunt Alex]

I have to go with both. It does not matter to me at all whether my Pokemon is a water, or a water/ice.

 

[milowner]

Pure Water is almost always the better choice. The only real drawbacks are it doesn't gain a type power boost and you have to use something like TMs or Move Tutors to get Ice moves.

Water/Ice has a drawback when it doesn't get as much of a type boost power up with either type then a pure type. Not to mention it has cheap weaknesses to Rock and Fighting.

 

[xPokerusx]

Pure water is better.Almost all water types can learn ice moves.

 

[The Organizer]

Water is fine on its on, because it can learn ice moves, adding a ice type to a water just gives more weakenesses IMO...

 

[Ben Kenobi]

Water because the Ice trait gives it more weaknesses. They can dish out more damage with their Water-type attacks and normally have a high Sp. Atk stat which can make their Ice-type attacks stronger at the same time.