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When I played Gen 3/6 I thought that ice was super effective against water.
Was that changed? Or was that always the case that ice is not very effective against water?

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Ice type attack is not very effective against Water. And its the same since generation 1.
Although there is an exception, Freeze-Dry is an Ice type move super effective against Water types. Freeze-Dry was introduced in Generation 6.
This makes Swampert, Palkia, and similar Pokemon take 4x damage instead of neutral damage.

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The only Ice move that gets super-effective against Water is Freeze-Dry, which has that explicitly spelled out in its effect as its defining characteristic.

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I don't think this answer adds information that isn't already in the old answer.