Which move is better for Latios; Ice Beam or Thunderbolt?

LatiosNature: Gentle (+Sp. Defense -Defense)Ability: LevitateItem: LatiositeMoveset-Ice Beam or ThunderboltCalm MindLuster PurgeDragon Pulse

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Icebeam all day! covers up weaknesses against dragon and bug types icky* and I’ll admit while freezing your opponent isn’t as likelyas paralysis it is more useful and with Icebeam you could replace dragon pulse with thunderbolt, not only is thunderbolt more powerful it also knocks those dual flying types out of the air as well aswater types for a little added bonus.

I’d suggest both! You already have a fairly strong STAB attack in Luster Purge, so replace Dragon Pulse with Ice Beam! Ice Beam covers Dragon types anyway, so use that to cover Dragonsandother types! Thunderbolt is useful also to get the famous BoltBeam combo, so use that in your first slot.Moveset:Latios @ LatiositeAbility: LevitateGentle Nature- Thunderbolt- Calm Mind- Luster Purge- Ice Beam

Usually, I think a lot more movesets will have Thunderbolt over Ice Beam. However, I think Ice Beam will be better for your Latios for two main reasons:

1)Ice Beam can counter one of Latios' weakness, Dragon, whereas Thunderbolt does not have any2)I know you already have Dragon Pulse for Dragon coverage, but that’s strictly for Dragon types. Ice can cover 4 types oppose to Electric which can only cover 2. For one of Electric’s coverage, Flying, Ice-type works well against - so even if the Pokemon is dual-typed to another type resisting Ice, at least it will deal normal damage. For the water coverage of Electric, it’s really just Walrien’s evolution line, Cloyster, Lapras, and Dewgong to worry about, so that’s 4 out of the entire Ice population. Saying again, you have Ice to counter Grass, Ground, Flying, and Dragon to increase the population of Pokemon you can counter.

Hope I helped! :)