Lapras vs Vaporeon

[crazygoalie13]

So I need to know which to take for my team. Vaporeon has better Sp. Attatck, but Lapras gets the STAB bonus for Ice type attacks, which Vaporeon doesn't.

 

[jjnerdful]

If I remember right, Vaporeon is a better special sponge whereas Lapras is better defensive wall (if you can call it that) overall. So it depends which type of sponge you need more.

 

[MareBear]

Personally, I'd go with Lapras. I've never had a Vaporeon before but I had a Lapras on my team for HG and honestly, she saved my team a couple times. She was tough enough to take hits and powerful enough to dish them out too. If your looking for a Pokemon with good Defensive stats and equal Attack and Sp. Attack stats, I'd say Lapras. If you want a Pokemon that's faster, with a better Sp. Attack but not as much on the Defensive side, go with Vaporeon.

 

[FerretFox41]

I'd go for Vaporeon. It's a great Pokemon, awesome attack sponge, and has pretty high Special Attack too, to boot. With a 130 HP/60 Def/95 SpDef defensive spread, it can withstand most attacks, and can easily retaliate with an attack off of its 110 base SpAtk.

 

[.Gamer]

Lapras has a better movepool and (arguably) better typing due to a dual STAB. Lapras gets Thunderbolt/Psychic/Ice Beam/Surf which basically hits everything. Lapras also has a better physical attack.

 

[Rapidash]

Personally I would go with Lapras. But that may be personal preference. Always found them more reliable

 

[RivalGator]

I would go with Lapras. It's saved my team many more times than a Vaporeon. And I believe that it looks better too.

 

[Itstoppedatumbreon]

lapras got the better move pool and can learn a couple of 1HKO moves if you feelin lucky ina tricky battle
but water absorb is such a gd ability.
Lapras FTW!!!!

 

[Gardenia101]

I would go with Lapras. It's saved my team many more times than a Vaporeon. And I believe that it looks better too.

Looks don't exactly matter in this kind of thing. Vaporeon's ability rocks, it's moves rock, and it is a great Pokemon to have on your team.

 

[Kylie-chan]

Looks don't exactly matter in this kind of thing. Vaporeon's ability rocks, it's moves rock, and it is a great Pokemon to have on your team.

Lapras has a 50% chance to have Water Absorb too. Shell Armor is a great ability too, though. ^_^

Honestly, just go with whichever you like better. Personally I would go with Lapras because Ice attacks are incredibly useful in this game, especially against Claire and Lance, and moreover its special movepool is way better than Vaporeon.

 

[bwburke94]

Vaporeon... of course, Walrein is good too if you can get one.

 

[Perriechu]

Simple Vaporeon for Competitive
Lapras for In-Game,

 

[Weavile05]

I say Lapras because it gets STAB on it's Ice attacks.

 

[Alamos]

Lapras has a much better movepool such as *Thunder,Thunderbolt*, Perish Song, Dragon Dance etc.


So i would go with Lapras

 

[TheNewRocketMovement]

Perish Song is incredibly valuable in-game in my opinion, when I was against Lance I'd already used about 20 revives yet I'd managed to wear him down to his last Dragonite, so I sent out my Gengar who used Perish Song, then I just spent 3 turns reviving my Pokemon while Lance OHKO'ed them.

Granted, I didn't win fairly, but I won, so I'd choose Lapras, it's a very handy Pokemon anyway, but I always find Perish Song very useful for tough battles like that.