Every time I forget how great Cloyster's clamp is, I use it and am reminded of how awesome it is to shut down Snorlax and get a free switch on whatever switches in. It's basically RBY's equivalent to U-turn in this sense, and is especially nasty if most of the opponent's team is paralyzed. Cloyster is certainly more than just an inferior Lapras because of this (and also because it tanks Lax a lot better). Also, on the "Wrap team" (vic/cloy/dragonite/lax/tauros/zam for me, which is hardly my creation but instead is unabashedly stolen), I find that Victreebel is usually more gimmicky than an actual team player. I guess it counters Tobybros nicely (if they don't run Psychic, at least), and makes a nice surprise as a lead against the odd Egg lead, and (most importantly) can annoy para'd Chanseys and Zams trying to block sleep by Wrapping them to death, but I think Exeggutor might be legitimately better in most cases despite not fitting the team's theme. It offers much more anti-Gengar support (and defensive stability in general), thereby giving the ghoul another reason to consider offing itself with Explosion.
are wrapping moves lasting more than they should now btw, or is just that I get damn lucky because most of the times I hit 4-5 times