>best
I like Leon, I know it's kind of a meme but I love that he's a champion who actually likes showing off and the atmosphere of SwSh's battles really enhanced his. >worst
Wallace, he's barely in the game and his team is so bad, why did they put two water bosses so close to each other? If you can beat Juan you can probably beat Wallace.
>best
Red, and that's no question. Blue is second, with N or Cynthia as a distant third. Steven is solid too. >worst
Alder and Iris are strong contenders, but Diantha is such a non-character who has a shit ass team. Don't hate her, she's just really boring. Haven't played gen 9.
Honestly I think Wallace's team is pretty solid. I've definitely struggled with him a time or two.
>minimum involvement with the story >Monotype >Weak as frick
Wallace, Lance and Iris. Steven just barely saves himself because of having more background
Steven, Lance, and Iris are buffed up by not having actual monotype teams. I'd favor Steven and Iris a little more here since that was more of a deliberate choice than a necessary concession.
They probably didn't wanna do it cause FRLG had just come out but I think it would have been really sick to have Wally as the champion in Emerald, would have brought the game full circle.
>worst
Trace. The only redeeming thing about him is that he takes in Cubone on his team, but he's still a major downgrade from Blue in every other way. >best
Red. But to be honest I almost wish he never appeared again in any game outside of GSC and HGSS, because all other encounters with him were worse and takes away from how special the Mt Silver battle is.
>sees male >assumes trans
that's just how Pokemon has always done Trainer's Pokemon genders. If they're 50/50, they match the gender of their trainer. Making it female would just make it trans since it was male before
For a board that complains about things like Flint not having a full fire type theme, it's actually pretty cool seeing a champion have a monotype and sticking to it
In a vacuum it's alright, but the last third of Hoenn is already chock full of water type trainers and Pokemon, including the gym leader, so it's just lame and repetitive.
Fights stopped being memorable after Cynthia, with the only exception being the most recent, Geeta, because her team makes so little fricking sense. Between gens 5 and 8 I could not tell you a single pokemon on any of their teams except for Leon who of course has the Charizard.
Worst is Trace
Best is actually a competition, I'd say Kukui. Steven, Blue and Cynthia are also good. The Red fight on Mt. Silver is kino as frick, but I don't consider him a champion.
>lance is a dragon specialist because he uses three dragon types >steven is a steel specialist because he uses three steel types >iris is a dragon specialist because she uses three dragon types >alder is NOT a bug specialist despite using three bug types
I hate Bulbapedo so goddamn much.
>lance is a dragon specialist because he uses three dragon types >steven is a steel specialist because he uses three steel types
Both are based on what they themselves said in the games. >iris is a dragon specialist because she uses three dragon types
Pretty much everything about her revolves around Dragon types, but yeah, could easily be Various too. >alder is NOT a bug specialist despite using three bug types
Nothing about him is about Bug types except those three and he ditches two of them in B2W2 anyway. He's a Volcarona specialist.
>lance is a dragon specialist because he uses three dragon types >steven is a steel specialist because he uses three steel types
Both are based on what they themselves said in the games. >iris is a dragon specialist because she uses three dragon types
Pretty much everything about her revolves around Dragon types, but yeah, could easily be Various too. >alder is NOT a bug specialist despite using three bug types
Nothing about him is about Bug types except those three and he ditches two of them in B2W2 anyway. He's a Volcarona specialist.
when it comes to Dragon-types there are "honourary" dragon Pokémon IE Pokémon that have draconic features/resemble dinosaurs but aren't actually Dragon-type. Lance's entire team fits the 'dragon' theme. Alder's entire team does not fit a 'bug' theme. I'm not sure if Steven is actually stated to be a steel specialist either; his theme is 'mineral' since he collects rare stones. So basically steel, rock and ground types.
Ah, yes, "Hard as Rock" Steven Stone, the strongest and most energetic trainer in all of Hoenn. His favorites are the ultimate Steel-types. In Gen 3, there is that and the mention that his favorite move is Steel Wing in the initial encounter in Granite Cave.
Diantha's just the worst. She's completely unmemorable in all her appearances before she shows up as the champion, to the point that by the time most people get to her they probably won't even remember her.
Geeta's underwhelming but it's not that much of an issue because she's not the final boss; she's not even the final boss of the Pokemon League route. Nemona and the AI Professor fulfill that role way better. And even with Geeta, at least the player will know who the frick she is when they fight her.
Best one's Leon, I'm sorry. Gen 8's story sucked but the one thing it did right was getting me pumped up to fight Leon and then actually delivering for his fight.
I like Diantha because she looks like my dead wife Audrey Hepburn. But yes, she's fricking shit and very forgettable.
>supposedly the strongest and most famous trainer in the region >nowhere to be seen during a world-ending threat >no one even mentions her, could've at least said she's away on a trip or something to give her an excuse
It's sad she's such a non-character because I like her design too.
>being a trainer is a side gig to her
Yeah, now that you mention it, she did say that. Too bad it doesn't really show up during the story like Cynthia's interest in archeology and history.
Speaking of Cynthia, I just looked it up and she also doesn't do anything about Team Galactic in DP and only really considers them a threat in Platinum. Makes me wish Diantha got her "Platinum" too, although I'd like an actual new Kalos game more than a remake.
>Worst
Wallace. You can solo him with Sceptile. >Best
Red, Cynthia, or Alder. They have the most diverse teams and are almost challenging. Well, would be if it wasn't pokemon where none of the trainers are a challenge.
Either Wallace or Diantha
Everyone else contributes something to the "story" of the game, however nonexistent said story is. Blue's ur rival, Lance's a vigilante helping you clean up, Steven's kinda there helpin out, Wallace literally appears out of nowhere in the champion room, Cynthia's fricking everywhere, Alder is that kooky mentor type who appears once in a while, Diantha the child star sucks dick and does nothing else, Kukui is the fricking professor, Leon's literally your rival's inspiration and gets hyped tf up, and Geeta at least acts like a businesswoman and has her own hypespic.
Id rather another fricking Alder or Geeta than another Wallace or Diantha.
>best
I like Leon, I know it's kind of a meme but I love that he's a champion who actually likes showing off and the atmosphere of SwSh's battles really enhanced his.
>worst
Wallace, he's barely in the game and his team is so bad, why did they put two water bosses so close to each other? If you can beat Juan you can probably beat Wallace.
>best
Red, and that's no question. Blue is second, with N or Cynthia as a distant third. Steven is solid too.
>worst
Alder and Iris are strong contenders, but Diantha is such a non-character who has a shit ass team. Don't hate her, she's just really boring. Haven't played gen 9.
Honestly I think Wallace's team is pretty solid. I've definitely struggled with him a time or two.
Diantha and Getta are absolutely fricking nobodies are far as I’m concerned
If by nobodies you mean me then yeah they're absolutely fricking me
Trace by far.
>minimum involvement with the story
>Monotype
>Weak as frick
Wallace, Lance and Iris. Steven just barely saves himself because of having more background
Steven, Lance, and Iris are buffed up by not having actual monotype teams. I'd favor Steven and Iris a little more here since that was more of a deliberate choice than a necessary concession.
trace
As much as I like the twist of Emerald having a different champion than RS, the actual Wallace fight is really bad.
They probably didn't wanna do it cause FRLG had just come out but I think it would have been really sick to have Wally as the champion in Emerald, would have brought the game full circle.
But Wally (short for Wallace) was the champion in Emerald anon...
brock
Steven is best, Geeta is worst.
Leon
Lance
>trace
LGPE Blue
Exact same role
>worst
Trace. The only redeeming thing about him is that he takes in Cubone on his team, but he's still a major downgrade from Blue in every other way.
>best
Red. But to be honest I almost wish he never appeared again in any game outside of GSC and HGSS, because all other encounters with him were worse and takes away from how special the Mt Silver battle is.
>Worst
Shiteon
The epitome of everything wrong with the franchise nowadays.
>Best
Anyone but him.
Even Pageeta is better.
Yes
Geeta is so bad they had to fix her shitty team and positioning in the DLC
Wallace is the worst, N is the best
What's wrong with Wallace's team? As far as monotype goes it's pretty solid.
>4/6 members know surf
thats not a bad thing, after all it's a strong move, i just find that really funny
Stole Steven's theme and that is fricking inexcusable
That Milotic is a beast, by Pokemon standards.
It's also trans
Was making it female really too muich to ask?
>sees male
>assumes trans
that's just how Pokemon has always done Trainer's Pokemon genders. If they're 50/50, they match the gender of their trainer. Making it female would just make it trans since it was male before
For a board that complains about things like Flint not having a full fire type theme, it's actually pretty cool seeing a champion have a monotype and sticking to it
In a vacuum it's alright, but the last third of Hoenn is already chock full of water type trainers and Pokemon, including the gym leader, so it's just lame and repetitive.
Wailord and Whiscash are shit replace with Starmie and Swampert for maximum cancer
Geeta is the worst, it's not even fricking close.
best Cynthia
i don't care about the rest
/thread
best Cynthia
worst one of the brownoids on the bottom lol
My favourite is Steven, and Trace has gotta be the worst
Cynthia is easily the best. She will never be topped.
I will be in top of her
>Champions are mostly steel and dragon type
I never noticed that
Fights stopped being memorable after Cynthia, with the only exception being the most recent, Geeta, because her team makes so little fricking sense. Between gens 5 and 8 I could not tell you a single pokemon on any of their teams except for Leon who of course has the Charizard.
>Who's the best?
Cynthia obviously, duh
GF thinks so too
>STOP TAKING HRT AND GET REAL
oh Shaun, if only you followed your own advice
Worst is Trace
Best is actually a competition, I'd say Kukui. Steven, Blue and Cynthia are also good. The Red fight on Mt. Silver is kino as frick, but I don't consider him a champion.
>lance is a dragon specialist because he uses three dragon types
>steven is a steel specialist because he uses three steel types
>iris is a dragon specialist because she uses three dragon types
>alder is NOT a bug specialist despite using three bug types
I hate Bulbapedo so goddamn much.
>lance is a dragon specialist because he uses three dragon types
>steven is a steel specialist because he uses three steel types
Both are based on what they themselves said in the games.
>iris is a dragon specialist because she uses three dragon types
Pretty much everything about her revolves around Dragon types, but yeah, could easily be Various too.
>alder is NOT a bug specialist despite using three bug types
Nothing about him is about Bug types except those three and he ditches two of them in B2W2 anyway. He's a Volcarona specialist.
when it comes to Dragon-types there are "honourary" dragon Pokémon IE Pokémon that have draconic features/resemble dinosaurs but aren't actually Dragon-type. Lance's entire team fits the 'dragon' theme. Alder's entire team does not fit a 'bug' theme. I'm not sure if Steven is actually stated to be a steel specialist either; his theme is 'mineral' since he collects rare stones. So basically steel, rock and ground types.
>I'm not sure if Steven is actually stated to be a steel specialist either
I think it's only mentioned in his Trainer's Eyes/Match Call profile.
Ah, yes, "Hard as Rock" Steven Stone, the strongest and most energetic trainer in all of Hoenn. His favorites are the ultimate Steel-types.
In Gen 3, there is that and the mention that his favorite move is Steel Wing in the initial encounter in Granite Cave.
>Lance
>not Flying type
Alder is the most forgettable
Anyone who doesn't use a varied team is shit
>best
Lance, purely by metric that he's actually doing his job.
>worst
Shared between Wallace and Diantha.
>Best Male
Steven
>Best Female
Cynthia
>Worst Male
Leon
>Worst Female
Geeta.
truth
This but I'd say Diantha is worse than Geeta.
Diantha's just the worst. She's completely unmemorable in all her appearances before she shows up as the champion, to the point that by the time most people get to her they probably won't even remember her.
Geeta's underwhelming but it's not that much of an issue because she's not the final boss; she's not even the final boss of the Pokemon League route. Nemona and the AI Professor fulfill that role way better. And even with Geeta, at least the player will know who the frick she is when they fight her.
Best one's Leon, I'm sorry. Gen 8's story sucked but the one thing it did right was getting me pumped up to fight Leon and then actually delivering for his fight.
I like Diantha because she looks like my dead wife Audrey Hepburn. But yes, she's fricking shit and very forgettable.
>and then actually delivering for his fight.
Fricking lol
Leon is reasonably challenging if you aren’t one of this boards typical “optimize for single player” autists which is like 90% of you
>supposedly the strongest and most famous trainer in the region
>nowhere to be seen during a world-ending threat
>no one even mentions her, could've at least said she's away on a trip or something to give her an excuse
It's sad she's such a non-character because I like her design too.
I want a blowjob from her.
Same, with high impact handholding and unbroken eye contact.
God! i want to feel her soft hands caressing my scrotum.
Shes another Cynthia,being a trainer is a side gig to her
>being a trainer is a side gig to her
Yeah, now that you mention it, she did say that. Too bad it doesn't really show up during the story like Cynthia's interest in archeology and history.
Speaking of Cynthia, I just looked it up and she also doesn't do anything about Team Galactic in DP and only really considers them a threat in Platinum.
Makes me wish Diantha got her "Platinum" too, although I'd like an actual new Kalos game more than a remake.
>Worst
Geeta
>Best
Cynthia
Red literally has the best battle in the entire franchise
All pajeet/pajeeta "chumpions" are the worst
I laughed for a solid minute at "chumpion", frick sake
>best
Red
>worst
Leon
>Worst
Wallace. You can solo him with Sceptile.
>Best
Red, Cynthia, or Alder. They have the most diverse teams and are almost challenging. Well, would be if it wasn't pokemon where none of the trainers are a challenge.
Sceptile can't solo Tentracruel, Gyarados, or Milotic.
>Who's the best?
me
I rank them like this.
>Good
Blue, Cynthia
>Bad
Trace, Geeta
>Boring and forgettable
The rest.
Best: Steven
Worst: Whatever the frick Scarlet and Violet champion is
Steven a best
>steven a best
can he please my dick?
i don't think so.
>can he please my dick?
If you're a child he can
i'm an old ass hairy dude.
>Worst
Geeta and Nemona (i hate the characters in SV).
>Best
Blue and Steven.
Either Wallace or Diantha
Everyone else contributes something to the "story" of the game, however nonexistent said story is. Blue's ur rival, Lance's a vigilante helping you clean up, Steven's kinda there helpin out, Wallace literally appears out of nowhere in the champion room, Cynthia's fricking everywhere, Alder is that kooky mentor type who appears once in a while, Diantha the child star sucks dick and does nothing else, Kukui is the fricking professor, Leon's literally your rival's inspiration and gets hyped tf up, and Geeta at least acts like a businesswoman and has her own hypespic.
Id rather another fricking Alder or Geeta than another Wallace or Diantha.