Has the savior of ice type finally come?

>>27475667
>Scizor used Bullet Punch

>>27475695
>specific move in a specific pokemon makes the pokemon bad
KILL
YOURSELF
SMOGON
FAGGOT

>>27475667
The Savior of Ice and the destroyer of Dragons
All bow before Alolan Ninetales

>>27475667
>no good coverage
>tons of weaknesses
>shit ability
>stuck with Ninetales' average BST

same problem as every other Ice-type ever

>>27475667
How it evolves?

>>27475667
Not really.
It does have potential, though.

Ice/Fairy is a terrific offensive dual STAB and defensively, while subpar, is not completely useless thanks to its interesting set of resistances.

It might be a decently fast special sweeper, something that can really take advantage of that dual STAB, rather than another defensive ice types (looking at you, Sandslash).

>>27475726
>Aron used Metal Claw!

>>27475695
>ice ninetales has dazzling as a hidden ability and it can learn fire moves by breeding

scizor btfo

>>27475772
>no good coverage
Ice and Fairy is a fantastic dual STAB, only resisted by Steel. Use HP Fire if you're really scared of Ferrothorn and Scizor.

>tons of weaknesses
Steel, Fire, Rock and Poison.
4 is the standard number of weaknesses and it's offset by its equal number of resistances (the 4x steel weakness is offset by the dragon immunity).

>shit ability
It might get a Hidden Ability so who knows.

>stuck with Ninetales' average BST
Yet it's very well-distributed for a special attacker, especially if its gets a SpA boost/swap.

>>27475667
Immune:
>Dragon

Resist:
>Ice
>Bug
>Dark

Weakness:
>Fire
>Rock
>Poison
>Steel 4x

2x STAB on: Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ground, Dark, Fighting

1/2x STAB on: Fire, Steel

It doesn't seem that impressive to me. Really, I can't think of that many flying poison types (Crobat?) which fairy-types were concerned about before, which are now far better. And for an ice-type, it certainly doesn't cover the weaknesses common for the type.

Heck, Ice/Water gives you generally better anti-ice coverage.

Snowslash seems like a much more interesting candidate: a bunch of resistances, a very nice ice-type STAB for attacks, in exchange for just getting weaknesses that Steel already had.

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>>27475695
lol

Vulpix and Ninetales have been favorites of mine since I was a kid. Love this news.

And that's me eating a big slice of humble pie because I always hated fan-made "variations." But I think these official ones are better designed than any retarded fan-made ones and the fact that the typing and abilities are different somehow makes it better in my eyes.

>>27477566
It because they're literally Delta Species, and those were always fun.
>That Electric/Metal Charizard
Bueno.

>>27475890
So, Ninetales gets Dazzling to fuck up the meta just like it got Drought during the weather wars.

I like it.

>>27478616
But then it won't get Snow Warning bro. Obama isn't a good enough weather setter.