So, as you're all well-aware, Kingdra is one of my favorite Pokémon, actually. I love its simple, but cool design, and I love the power it commands. However, due to its few weaknesses, Dragon and Fairy, it can be pretty rough. However, it's not just any Kingdra I'm talking about.
I'm talking about Clair's Kingdra during your Johto quest. Everybody talks about how Whitney's Miltank was such a troubling opponent but I hardly ever see anyone mention how rough Clair's battle can be. Sure, if you pick Totodile, then Feraligatr can easily take on her Dragons with Ice moves, and in the remakes, it can easily just use Ice Fang on them. But let's take a step back for a moment.
Dragon was only weak to Ice and Dragon back then, before Fairy came along. Take way the Ice weakness thanks to the part Water typing and all that's super effective against Kingdra is Dragon moves. Ice would be neutral, but still, it's almost never enough. And your options are severely limited. In the preceding Ice Path, you only have access to Swinub, which can evolve into Piloswine (which can then evolve into Mamoswine if you're doing the remakes and have patience), Delibird, which needs to be taught Ice Beam or Blizzard to be helpful, Jynx, or you have to amass 2100 coins in Goldenrod's Game Corner to get a Dratini, and even then it'll only be Dragonair by the time you face Clair.
For comparison, for Whitney's Miltank, I always come ready with the Onix given to you in Violet City in exchange for a Bellsprout. Thanks to Onix's amazing Defense and its resistance to Rock type attacks, the Miltank can't really harm Onix other than using Attract on it. But Onix is only there to stall, using Screech to destroy Miltank's Defense so that another attacker can come and destroy it quickly. Whitney almost never gives me an issue anymore because of that, but I'm almost never ready for Clair because of this Kingdra.
Have a nice day!~
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