he doesn't have counter man, counter came from mov... oh yeah if you count move tutors, geez, but almost all pokes learns counter
yeah, it came from corsola, and blastoise was always under attack by electric or grass attacks that made coating on toise popular
then you'd pull a minty rest and keep going =], and after that, rest and miltalk heals and u keep going =]
whole reason blastoise failed even after breeding came out was coz suicune rocked up: it learns mirrorcoat naturali, and was stronger in blastoise in all stats, same type, plus it could roar, which was a huge thing back then
=S blastoise could spin and protect but it was really useless without abilities and decent held items, and spikes weren't that common either
and NOWW suicune gets pressure while blastoise gets torrent, and suicune gets calm mind while blastoise gets
like
curse
lawl
i like the chubby thing, but i just find an easier time using cune, less effort