Sadly , Cloyster ' s super high Defense is made all but useless by his low HP . If you calculate HP Defense as a measure of how much damage a Pokmon can take , Cloyster isn ' t even in the top 25 . But hilariously , Dewgong is . That being said , Cloyster does have the same typing as Lapras which it ' s really hard to find a counter for , and some really good defensive movesets Ice Shard Icy Wind makes for really hard dodging , and Ice Shard Hydro Pump might surprise people who are used to countering Ice with Arcanine . Its stats also put it in the top 25 Pokmon . All in all , I ' d estimate it ' s about comparable to Slowbro or Venusaur . Falling just outside the top 10 defenders . <| sep |> Snapshots 1 . This Post , could not autoarchive click to resubmit it ! , , run 1 could not autoarchive click to resubmit it ! I am a bot . rSnapshillBot messagecompose ? torSnapshillBot