Offensive Cloyster?

Frost Breath and Blizzard will melt Dragonites very easily. I never drop below 50%. Just need to dodge 1 or 2 Dragon Pulses or Claws.

Excellent moveset and IV, Dragonkiller, yeah totally worth it man.

Shellder buddy?? oh my goodness, just walk near a river, they are everywhere! I maxxed similar Cloyster even with Ice Shard, just for fun :) And to surprise people in Gym. For the few minutes the Gym stands... Anyway, go for it, too!

I'm in the same boat with my only Shellder...Problem is Cloyster and Dewgong seem better for prestiging so keeping their CP low seems like a better idea...It just has too few hitpoints to take out a lot of Dragonites assuming you have a stronger ice moves attacker (Lapras) so powering it up to Lvl 30 will still only get you 84 hitpoints (sorta like Jolteon, but weaker on attack and HPs).

It looks like we are in the same boat, Focke. I have two Cloysters that I consider powering up. One is 96% IV and lvl 20 like yours, the other one is lvl 27 and boasts good IVs in attack/stamina while having low defense IV.

As Cloyster is already a defensive monster due to his insane defense base stats, I have considered the possibility that he might be worth powering up to help my Lapras take down those pesky Dragonites that pile up in my neighbourhood gyms.

I will give the latter one a test this afternoon and see if he holds up as well as I think he might do. It would be great to see some calculations that documents whether or not his pristine defensive stats makes up for his low HP.

I have :)

I have just the same situation and I still don't know if I should power up, I have same full powered Lapras and is diffccult to dodge with IS and my unpowered Cloyster have Frost Breath.