Swinub is a very useful little guy.
I've always maintained that if you want to be able to deal with any type in the game, then you can do that with only 6 types of your own:
1. Ice - the only type strong against Dragon
2. Ground - the only type strong against Electric
3. Fighting - the only type strong against Normal
also, each of these types are strong against 4 or more types, meaning you cover a lot of ground with just this "big three".
4. you should have a Dark, Ghost, or Bug type to deal with Psychic and Ghost types. Dark is obviously the best choice here, but I like the other types more, so I tend to go with them.
5. Either just grass, or a water and an electric type. Lots of people think they have to include a water and an electric, but if you have the "big three" then grass is all you need to cover the types electric and water do.
6. Similar thing as above, where you can use one flying, or a fire and a psychic type. So that Pidgeot you caught is more useful, type-wise, than your Alakazam or Charizard.
So as you can see, just 6 solo-type Pokemon can cover all the bases. But since dual-type Pokemon are a thing, you can get extra coverage, or pick up Fire with your Fighting type and Psychic with your Grass type, this freeing the flying slot for a Pokemon you just like.
[edit: as of Gen 6, this is no longer accurate. You now also need a Poison or Steel type to deal with Fairies.]
ANYWAY
Swinub is Ground-Ice, so he gets two out of my "big three" right there. That's some good shit. You can run something redundant like Machamp and Hitmonlee, and be cool.
Overall: 7/10
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