Gym attackers, lapras

Another special purpose attacker is lapras.

Since the brutal generation 2 nerf this water / ice type pokemon has lost most of its appeal. With a crap base attack stat the only reason you should attack with lapras is if you already had one maxed out before the nerf.

I don't recommend anyone to build a post generation 2 lapras for the purpose of attacking.

Lapras has one target, and one target only. Dragonite.

For that reason you want ice type attacks no matter the DPS stats for the water attacks available. There are plenty of other pokemon out there better suited for the role of water type attacker, or water type defender for that matter.


Lapras comes with two legacy attacks, but for the purpose of attacking into defending dragonites the preferred attacks have stayed the same.

Primary attack should be Frost Breath and charge attack Blizzard.


Observe that for attacking into a single dragonite, then lapras is no longer the optimal choise. Cloyster with an over 20% higher base attack stat is better despite atrocious stamina. Just don't fail those dodges.

Lapras shines at tearing down poorly built gyms. Dragonites stacked on top of each other, and you just continue through them without even blinking.


I'm not even going to describe which defenders you should avoid. You're using lapras to attack dragonite, nothing else.