Resistance to poison (Toxic Spikes / Toxic) is bad? Only problem here is, Water-types only were affected by Electric. Because it has Steel in it's typing, it now has:
-Fighting
-Ground
..to deal with. Fire is now neutral, no more advantage there. However, it has better resistances as I.S. stated. Best thing about it now is that it now gains 4x resistance to Ice.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/empoleon
-Fighting
-Ground
..to deal with. Fire is now neutral, no more advantage there. However, it has better resistances as I.S. stated. Best thing about it now is that it now gains 4x resistance to Ice.
Quote:Empoleon is a very unique Pokémon that is consistently underestimated. As a defensive Pokémon, it has a lot of potential; Empoleon definitely has the defensive stats to exploit its 12 resistances, often walling entire move sets of Pokémon such as Kingdra. Offensively, it is a force to be reckoned with and unlike the majority of late game sweepers does not fear priority attacks from Scizor or Mamoswine at all. Overall, Empoleon is surprisingly versatile and an asset to almost any team.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/empoleon