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I actually think the type combo is quite clever. It gets rid of a number of weaknesses Ice has, except for fighting.

FIRE! BURN IT!

First of all, Ice and steel should never be thought of as a buff for Ice but rather as a terrible nerf for Steel, since Steel is the only type among the two that should ever be considered from a defensive standpoint. You do NOT want to consider Ice from the defensive view, since we all know it sucks in that regard.

Next up, let's look at the typing itself, be it from any standpoint. It is in every way a terrible typing that is worse even than Steel/Rock! It has a huge weakness to fighting and fire, does nothing to alleviate the ground weakness of Steel and in fact takes away the Steel type'S resistance to Rock and Steel itself, while adding absolutely no significant defensive bonus (hurr, it resists ice even more now, what a great trade-off, hurr). I fail to see even one way in which ice and steel can be considered a good defensive typing, even in PU. Hell, pure Steel is infinitely better.

Now, I say nothing against the offensive merit of the combination. Ice STAB is always fantastic, and Steel is also good enough now to hit Rock and Fairy types, as well as enemy Ice types. But, and here you must follow me, Alolan Sandslash is NOT primarily an offensive Pokemon. It is stated to be even slower than regular Sandslash, does not enjoy Sand Rush to even entertain the idea of being an offensive sweeper, and is in every way looking like another addition to the long list of sucky defensive ice types that GF likes to make.

Wormadam, I forgive you. You may also be a terrible mockery and a useless, badly-designed gimmick, and you may also insult the Steel family by not even being a Steel type in all your forms, but at least you have a good typing for your role as a defensive mon in your realm. Alolan Sandslash is hereby decreed to be the worst steel type in the history of steel types, and I shall persecute it until it dies of brittling and rust from the salt of its own frozen tears!

(Disclaimer: this is my opinion only. Therefore it is law.)

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well, trump shouldn't be a pokemon but GF did it.

but really, does anyone really have faith in GF anymore?

That's a detective pokemon, that also has a CEO or politician theme. If they were aiming for the latter, then making it a weasel was a very clever move.

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