Lapras or Walrein for the Battle Tree in Gen 7?
This is for competitive use (Battle Tree specific). Both of them are my favorite Water/Ice type Pokemon.
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Both are good at similar things really bulky with mediocre attacking stats and A ok movepool
Lapras has the most bulk of the two with 130/80/95 to walreins 110/90/90 arguably I gessBoth are super slow with walreines 65 and Lapras with 60 walreins 95 special attack 80 attack favers special attack but Lapras can do both with 85 in both I suggest these movesets
LaprasAbility: Water AbsorbItem leftoversEVs: 92 HP / 164 Atk / 252 SpAMild Nature- Thunderbolt- Ice Beam- Surf- Drill runThunderbolt to get rid of other water typesIce Beam and Surf/Scald for stab drill run to get rid of Steel type that trys to wall it
walrein set
Walrein @ Normalium ZAbility: Thick FatEVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 148 SpA / 44 SpDModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Stockpile- Ice Beam- Surf- Toxic
of all the sets I ran on walrein Z stockpile is the best eat one hit then Z stockpile heal back up to full because of it and then be plus one on your defenses walrein has to run more bulky set because of it limited movepoolI acknowledge you have prior movesetsBut these are the best ones I can think of but if I had to choose I would probably say walrein
Actually, both are pretty bad. They are extremely slow, and water-ice is a terrible defensive typing because it is weak to 4 types, including Stealth Rock, but only 2 resistances- itself. You could argue that it is a decent offensive typing, but Cloyster is a way better Pokémon at that, as it has access to Shell Smash and a better ability in Skill Link.
Cloyster @ Life Orb/Waterium-Z/Focus SashAbility: Skill LinkNature: Naive/NaughtyEVs: 252 Spe, 252 Atk, 4 SpA-Shell Smash-Icicle Spear-Hydro Pump/Liquidation-Ice Shard/Rock Blast
What is better between the Pokémon you mentioned? I think Lapras would be slightly better in this case. Unlike Walrein, Lapras has access to Freeze Dry, allowing to somewhat check Water types. Its Water Absorb ability compliments this further.
Choice Specs Lapras is best as it allows it to wallbreak.
Lapras @ Choice SpecsAbility: Water AbsorbNature: ModestEVs: 252 SpA, 120 HP, 136 SpD-Freeze Dry-Ice Beam-Hydro Pump-Hidden Power Fire
