The whole "Dragon + Ice = redundant" argument doesn't work because Dragon doesn't hit Ground, Grass and Flying (very common types) for SE damage like Ice does, plus Ice Beam is a lot more reliable than Draco Meteor and Outrage.
By this definition, Fire and Bug are redundant attacking types as well but Volcarona does just fine even though it lacks a way to safely deal with opposing Fire types (lol HP ground, and Hurricane is unreliable if the opponent has Ninetales).
The Ice typing gives Kyurem a big advantage over most dragons and that's the ice neutrality, something no other OU dragon has.
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