Sad fact is, GF hates the Ice type. This Gen has made it rather clear.
- Ice is now the rarest of all the types, if you include MegaEvos and exclude non-type-changing Formes, with only 35 Pokemon. Fairy and Ghost are at 36, and Dragon is at 41. When
these guys get released, it'll be two more on top of that for Fairy and Ghost.
- The type chart. Nuff said.
- No buff to Hail, and the terrain moves released all outclass Hail in benefit to their respective types, just like all the other weathers do as well. So they know how to make these effects good and simply haven't bothered to do anything with Hail.
- Only 2 abilities benefit from Hail, the least of all weathers: both are defensively oriented, with one of them usually being banned anyway. Sand got 2 new ones last gen, Hail got zero. And before they introduced better Hail abilities, they introduced a Grass terrain ability that is miles better than any Hail ability for its respective type...
- 6 Gens in, and freezing opponents is still impossible, making Ice's only useful type trait STILL entirely pointless.
- Vanilluxe
At least Aurorus has great design... poor Avalugg *sigh*.