What is better in an Emerald Playthrough: Breloom or Walrein?

I know that Breloom might be very outmatched for this, but I want to be sure because I know that Walrein would be very helpful for the Elite 4 (specifically Drake), but I am not at that part yet. I like being prepared for things, but not overthinking them as well

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Breloom evolves earlier and has higher speed and much higher physical attack. It learns bulk up, which is one of the best status moves in the game, as well as stun spore and leech seed. Walrein’s encore is not as useful compared to Breloom’s status moves. Even when you look at only the late game, Breloom is more useful in every boss battle except Phoebe and Drake.source

Since you have a"speedier"playstyle, I would recommendBreloom. Not only does Breloom have a higher speed stat than Walrein, it has a great movepool in Leech Seed, Mach Punch and Stun Spore. Breloom’s Grass and Fighting STAB is good against:

I don’t see why you wouldn’t use both, though..They don’t have any type overlaps, and Ice is good coverage, considering there’s only the Glalie line and the Walrein line that are Ice types. Also, why are you using Breloom or Walrein? There are much better Grass types like Ludicolo, and much better Water types too.