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Worth investing in for Tempest/General Great league

So I was sifting through my Lapras’s and I found this little gem. A little disappointed in the attack stat. I have another Lapras with blizzard but don’t know if investing rare candy/walking would be viable for Tempest or even General Great league. Any feedback is appreciated

Asked by Deco745 years ago
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It's legacy Ice beam, so i'd say yeah, WG is the better fast move for the cup

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I'm assuming you're comparing WG to FB and not IS, right? I would think that ice shard would be better (though legacy), given that it deals SE damage to both ground and flying (while water gun just hits ground for SE) and tears both Tropius and Altaria to pieces. Not sure if frost breath performs as well though, since I seem to remember its DPT/EPT being pretty mediocre in PvP.

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Water Gun isn't without its merits (better against mirror matchups for example), but I'd have to give the edge to Ice Shard.

Agree that Frost Breath isn't great. Lapras really needs at least one of its legacy Ice moves, either Ice Shard, or Ice Beam.

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I would TM for FB. I just wasn’t sure if it was worth walking/rare candy on lapras when I already have one with blizzard. Plus his attack stat is so bad

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Lapras is a PvP workhorse in the great league, and performs very well in the Tempest Cup. My only suggestion is to unlock Surf as it's second charge move, as it puts out good damage for having such a low energy cost.

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For general use WG is better, for the tempest cup FB is the better choice imo. Ice hit for 2xSE damage 2 of the biggest cup threats - Tropius and Altaria, both resist WG and in both cases FB turns a losing matchup to a winning one. FB will also perform better against Abomasnow. WG will win a mirror match and will destroy Charizard, it will also perform better against Skarmory and lanturn.

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Don't worry about the 9 attack stat. See where it powers up to. It's possible that the lower attack will allow it to be powered up another half level, giving it better defense and stamina than a perfect one half level lower.

Agree completely that Lapras is best with Ice Shard or Ice Beam. I have one of each, but not one with both (which would be awesome in GL, and really good in UL too, to face Latios and Giratina.) Tempted to take the Ice Beam one that used to be my go to against flying dragons, Frost Breath/Ice Beam, TM it to Water Gun, buy Surf, and power it to just under 2500 for UL. Wish I could TM it to Ice Shard, to play to its strength, but that's legacy.

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Don't worry about the low attack IV. Specially for the lower CP league the ideal stat distribution among experts is actually 0 ATK and 14 or 15 DEF and HP, so your lapras is great for PVP. Ice Beam i think is the most desirable move too, even more than ice shard so good for you!

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