I needed a rock/fire type pokemon for Vulcan, who is the gym leader of the Magma Badge. All gyms are dual type in my game.
While one may ask where this is different from a Torkoal, the point of this mon was to be more of a physical attacker that happens to be tanky. It's still slow, but fast enough to at least attempt to work outside of a trick room situation with some priority moves and items. Plus with the rock typing we have more coverage for flying.
It may have a 4x weakness to water, which you would think gives the water starter an advantage, but that's why you can run with the solid rock. Or give it a super-effective reducing berry. Vulcan's badge 1 team uses Tirtouga with solid rock, but his final rematch team uses drought.
Thanks to irradiatedsnakes for the template.
by Gameguy39