Ranking Every Pokémon Rival
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- Pokémon rivals have been a thing since generation 1 of Pokémon, and today I will be ranking them on a tier list to decide who the greatest rivals were.
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OMG this video is so well put together!!! Like you legit deserve wayyy more subs, youre super underrated!! ^^ also hau is my favorite like hes just so pure 😭😭
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Brandon 😵
SO TRUEE
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Yk it’s funny May’s dialogue is more than Brandon’s so technically there’s a reason she has more character. She’s programmed to speak much more lmao
It all makes sense now
@@TheRogueRenegade it’s hilarious but it explains why may got more character. It’s a speed running trick because the may dialogue is like an extra 2 minutes of game time I believe.
This also happens with Lyra and Ethan in Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, Lyra chats way more and her friendship with her Marill is more emphasized
delia name crystal is mother of ash and alina
Johanna name pearl is mother dawn and lucas
adam name red is father of ash and leaf
norman name ruby father of may and max
lucius name diamond father of dawn and lucas
carlone name sappefire mother of may and max
Minami name yellow mother of ritchie and lyra
debrana name lazuli mother of gary & daisy and wife of blue
daren name gold father of jimmy and Kris and brother of delia and uncle ash and leaf
nigel name emerald father of brandon and brother of norman
samy name blue is father gary oak and son of of samuel
garek name silver is father of ritchie and lyra and husband yellow
roy name black father of hilda & hilbert uncle of nate and rosa
grace name orange is mother of serena and wife lysandre
Staci name white mother of hilda & hilbert aunt of nate and rosa
alisa name green who is sister of red and ash aunts
lysandre name brown father of serena and husband of grace
My hot take: Hop is the best character in sword and shield excluding dlcs. In this dry ass story of gen 8, Hop's story that he will always be a Leon's shadow is well-written and emotional
No
I kind of understand him now after constantly having my ass handed to me in tcg.
honestly. and i relate to him so much as a younger sibling with accomplished older siblings! one of the best rivals, imo
Damn right he is
I feel like you just never read Brendan’s dialogue, and just kind of assumed he was just “boy May” since the other alternate gender rivals from the other Gens aren’t that much different from each other.
Gen 3 was the only Gen that actually tried giving different personalities for whatever gender character you didn’t pic that became your rival.
While May does give “girl next door” vibes and is generally pretty friendly around you, Brendan is a bit of a… (I don’t mean this in a “Twitter”-sounding way)… sexist?
And that’s not a bad thing, it’s a character trait he learns and grows from the more you beat him. Most of his dialogue is the same as May’s, just reworded to come off more boyish, but he also makes jabs at you for being a girl and comes off as cocky, like he knows better and has to be the one to show you the ropes.
I guess it can be interpreted as him being more teasing than mean, since he does respect you and congratulate you for becoming Champion by the end, but May didn’t have any of those jabs, so that stands out to me.
Heck, here are a couple of his quotes:
“Moved in next door, right? I didn't know that you're a girl. Dad, Prof. Birch, said that our new next-door neighbor is a Gym Leader's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy.”
“As for me… I'm considering challenging Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg. Unlike you, , your dad looks like he really is tough.”
“Oh, what's the matter? Don't have any confidence in your Pokémon?”
“I went out all over Hoenn and checked out Pokémon. You can thank me for getting the National Mode Pokédex. Yep, you're lucky, !”
(May’s dialogue is more humble and says “Eheheh! It's so cool that even my Pokédex is getting updated! It's because you went out and caught so many Pokémon, !”)
In ORAS this is toned down and he’s much nicer. His dialogue is reworded so he “hoped his new neighbor would be a guy” so it’d be easier to make friends, and now he has a crush on May when he gets flustered asking to take her back to Petalburg after you beat Flannery.
He also has a secret thing for Pokémon Dolls too and gets embarrassed when he’s asked about it at Lilycove too, it’s kind of endearing. In the original games, he’s comes off like he’s rolling in his eyes like, “No, I’m not here to buy *dolls.*”
Sorry for the long comment, just wanted to make my point since I played as May in the Gen 3 games!
idk
i never play as may but i don't think he's sexist
ngl i think ur taking it a tad bit to far
@@kingdoingstuff Yeah that’s why I said I didn’t wanna use the word, especially in the reach-y Twitter way people use it nowadays
I only used it cause I didn’t know what else to call it, he makes some jabs at you specifically cause you’re a girl but grows out of it overtime
@@komarunaegi7460 I just looked through Brendan's quotes and I see where you're getting from in Littleroot and Lavaridge I see how he is kinda judgemental and assuming
Like how he says May doesn't look strong
In oras he's only like that in Littleroot and he's toned down quite a bit to he point where he really likes may
@@kingdoingstuff Yeah exactly. This was only really a thing in RSE but very toned down in ORAS
I find this really funny because (keep in mind that I only played ORAS and at a super young age, so I don’t remember much. I’m just going off of your comment) in the game, he’s “boyish” and dislikes “girly” things, and like wished you were a guy or something. but his manga counterpart, Ruby, is LITERALLY SUCH A GIRLY BOY (his looks, attitude, even dream can be classified girly.. but I don’t wanna say that because that’s gender stereotypes).
Gen 3 Wally and Gen 6 Wally are different characters in my opinon.
In ORAS, after you beat him in Mauville City, he just kinda vanishes. When you take a look at the gym signs from Flannery’s gym onwards, Wally is a certified trainer before you even enter the gym. I see why you dislike Wally but I strongly disagree, at least with Gen 6.
plus the "secret" battle against him in the battle mansion with his competetiv trained team
@@RayTheLukas yes
i honestly would have preferred a non-competitive version of that team in victory road since you have the national dex by that point and most trainers on victory road use natdex pokemon
He even shows up at the end of victory road and the battle can be hard if you are not prepared for it.
There’s a lot more depth to N and his Pokémon than you give him. He’s embodies “you have to be part of the system to fix/break the system” and he doesn’t keep the Pokémon longer than he needs them, not keeping them longer than necessary so they could be free
5:50 Silver has shoved / punched the main character before so Hugh isn't the only one on this list
I wish Nemona at one point actually used her champ team instead of what she build up alongside you going up to champ rank. I wonder what she used to get it done before, even though Geeta is the champ so she could probably use an army of sleeping slakoths to beat her
yes sameee, hopefully in dlc part 2
This is way Pokemon Masters is the greatest spin-off ever, as it gives all the main series characters chances to not have the personality of wet cardboard (looking at you, Kalos)
Pokemon mystery dungeon best spin off, pokemon masters is not even good, is just there for sell girls in costume 💀
Pleb
@@jackxy3583 They're just good in different ways
@@ultima_pilot but overall mistery dungeon absolutely >
@@jackxy3583 bio shut up, there boys great in different ways.
It’s a hot take but I prefer the more friendly rival like Serena and Nemona. Ones who will put me up other then put me down.
Same, Nemona is my fave but I also have a soft spot for Silver because of his cute smile in Masters
@@billcipher8645 Silver eventually grows into a friendly rival. We get the best of both worlds with Silver. He grows from a prick to someone who respects the player and I absolutely love him for it.
I just like good character development. Either start out nice and end up like a jerk or vice versa
I kinda prefer Nemona over Serena. Serena seems more coddling for the sake of it, which does get annoying after a bit, but Nemona is just so excited to fight you as you get stronger that she's hard for me to dislike. Add in the fact that I love super competitive girls when it comes to Pokemon, and I was hooked.
@themasterblaze7563 Saw a video who hated on my man Silver because he's a dick to start which apparently turned the person off for the rest of the game. Even went so far as to say his fans only like him because he's edgy. Which isn't completely wrong, but Silver fans love the fact that he goes from being edgy to really understanding that the way he treats Pokemon is wrong, and strives to be better because of it.
hop was one of my favorite rivals from across the games. I loved his story about him getting over what bede said to him and eventually coming to the conclusion that battling wasn't for him and switching paths to become a pokemon researcher at the end. I might be biased because sw/sh were my first pokemon games that I could fully understand (since I wasn't 3 at the time of playing them) but I just wanted to spread some hop positivity.
Finally someone that doesn't bully him
Same, Hop is just a sweetheart
Hop slander really has to stop. I also understand how it is to have a successful older brother so I relate to Hop even more
I grew up with SwSh, so I'm kinda biased, but dadgummit, if I hear someone say Hau is better than Hop one more time-!
@user-bx6vi3sj3c as someone whose favourite games are SWSH and USUM, comparing them just... doesnt seem right. they're very different characters
About N, except for the final takeover he only ever uses pokemon that you can catch, where you fight him and releases them after. He essentially only catches these Pokemon to test the person he sees as his hero counterpart.
And i will put the thing about tram Plasma like this: They had to use the stones to destroy the stones.
What’s funny is that Trever is one of the only rivals who actually mastered mega evolution which is super cool
Controversial opinion: I freaking love Barry. He is basically an ADHD caffeinated squirrel with too much ambition and a bit of an ego, and I find all that endearing. I like that Barry is friendly to you while still thinking he's obviously superior. I feel like he's a really good combination between a friendly rival and a jerk rival, and I enjoy fighting him and running into him. I think I like him so much more because I played diamond, not platinum, and best I can tell, he's way less annoying, and more entertaining in DP than Platinum. Never played BDSP, so I can't speak for that.
@@giraffegirl1691 ikr i just miss not seeing him bumping into him whenever you reach a gym hes also dum to fight he accepts you are stronger than him gradually thats just character development hes like a best friend eager to catch a legendary pokemon in the beginning taking you with him shows that he appreciates you too
Good list, but respectfully disagree on Hop
I can see why, i still think hes cool
Hop is not that bad. People are overhating. It does not make sense to fault him for losing when literally every Rival loses to you on principle cause you would not be able progress the game, (except with Blue). He got much farther as a trainer than Bianca, May/Brenden, (they literally give up halfway through the game & in OG RSE you never get fight a fully evolved starter from them), the Kalos Rivals, and SM Hau, (not USUM Hau). Also he is the only other Rival, other than N, to canonically have been personally chosen, (Gladion just ran off with Silvally), by and catch a Boxart Legendary Pokemon. Also so what he quit being a active trainer to become a professor assistant? So did Gary in the anime after his first & ONLY loss to Ash,( hey if you are going to judge based upon anime appearances then its only fair). It just becomes a bonus for him especially since it continues the legacy that his great grandfather Professor Laventon started.
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Barry is how I decided to do starters, I can only see Dawn with a Piplup thanks to the anime, but infernape just fits him with how much of a monkey he can be
I will not tolerate Hop slander.
Ok so my s tier rivals are
Hau, hop, Barry, Cheren and nemona
My man
Can't believe we went in chronological order, covered Silver, and then called Hugh the only one to straight up punch someone. Silver can attack you directly once in the OG games and twice in the remakes, and you never had it coming. Not even when you stood there and shamelessly eavesdropped on his dad abandoning him.
I feel like I heard somewhere that Gamefreak stopped doing jerk rivals for like 6 gens because of more space for game data. In the older games, they had less room to get character across, and picked a louder rival personality (jerk) to get the concept across, but once they had more space for... idk... extra text boxes, they felt like they could convey a sense of rivalry without having to make characters antagonistic. Which is a neat idea in theory but in practice it's way easier to make an antagonistic character feel like i have a narrative reason to fight them. Some of the friendly rivals do feel like they're genuinely just trying to help push you to be stronger, but a lot of them feel like pushovers that the game is making youfight just for the sake of repeatedly beating up the same person.
“To c tier he goes only because he knows his place”
Wonder who’s next- **THUD**
Hop is a really gooooooood rival
Barry should be A tier in my opinion. He got humbeled by jupiter and trained to get his revenge. And he has in my opinion very fun tean.
Hop and belle should be A too, they have the best character evolution in the rivals
You honestly deserve so much more views to your content, I’ve been binging for days!
Thank you so much! I’ll do my best to keep uploading more
Same lol
You're just trying to trigger me with all your Wally slander.
*Kicks down the front door with an angry Ursaring next to me* AND I NEVER SAID IT DIDN'T WORK!!!
Something I’ve noticed about the rivals was that, with each passing game, the rivals felt less and less like rivals, and that sucks, because I want to be able to have a genuine rival
Poor Avery.
I think he's kinda cool.
People just hate him for being the Shield guy.
We are wally's Rival... wally doesn't count as rival
May by far is my favorite rival for the fact that Oras sets up this sort of childhood friend bond that truly reminds me of childhood when I played ruby as my first game it feels full circle or complete for may to be my rival. Though scarlet and violet have by far some of the best characters and rivals because the storylines that are tied together are just so beautiful but for me gen 3 is just my childhood and I’d be happy I’d gen 9 was my first game because of how inspiring it was just a truly great adventure.
With Hop I just feel like the rival like at a point I just felt like a dick.
Im a new but big fan of your videos. Hilarious and well put-together, keep up the good work.
Thank you!! I will do my best
Its funny how Hugh has both a quilfish haircut and its ability.
But what about ORAS Walli, that dude became a legend and showed up in the Battle Tree
Now updated with Kieran & Carmine. Carmine is probably A-tier, but Kieran is definitely S-tier
7:23 best line
I feel like you shouldve placed cheren in A/S teir. Early game he knew how to use items to his advantage, and was quite a challenge for me. He also told N to shut up as he talked to fast, which was pretty badass in my opinion, lmao. Completely agree on Wally, though.
Gen 6 Wally is an S tier, i honestly like him so much 2763/10
About N being a hypocrite, I feel like that’s the point at least when it comes to his methods especially since he’s the main antagonist of BW, I like how B2W2’s memory link gives us a scene in chargestone cave that shows how N is aware of how hypocritical it is to use pokemon to achieve the world he seeks and he shows remorse and regret for needing to do that which creates a great contrast to your final confrontation with him at his castle where he claims that he’ll do anything to achieve his goals even if it gets his friends hurt
This detail may seem minor but to me it’s the one thing that pushes him to being my favorite character in pokemon
Barry,Silver,Cheren,N,and Hugh are all S Tier for me!
Now for F Tier:
Hop! He is annoying and just pathetic.
.....Hop's the only other rival to canonically earn a Legendary Pokémon.
@@ceecee6521 N: am i a joke to you
5:52 You said Hugh was the only rival to straight-up punch someone.
"Punch" I agree with, but if you talk to Silver west of Elm's lab in the original GSC, it's heavily implied that he kicks you. (HG/SS changed the sound effect to imply a push instead.)
wally at C is a literal crime
have you ever thought that in reality, you were wally's rival? usually rivals would walk up to you, but wally was there and you are the obstacle in his path to victory road, also his team in the battle maison is pretty broken, potential to be a champion
-Magnezone with air balloon
-Talonflame with gale wings
-Garchomp with rough skin rocky helmet
-Gallade with galladite (of course)
-Azumarill with Huge Power
-Roserade (yeah roserade is just a bouquet of flowers)
Wally is honestly one of my favourite rivals but its still your opinion
The comparison of Lear to the Oncler made me cackle 😂
5:50 quilfish does get intimidate sooo..
Places Wally in C
ORAS: Hold Up
silver and blue are classics good to see them at the top, imo the original stories are the best (and i say that without them even being my first game)
Not going to lie your list is almost the same as how I would put them. For me it felt like Gladion was more Hau's rival than your own in Sun and Moon. With how they interacted with each other it felt your character was the third wheel whenever the two of them were talking with each other.
In a little bit of defense for Wally in the remakes, they do show you his determination that much more, as speedster pointed out. It’s the way that he throws his Poké ball.
At the beginning, he kind of just flings it nervously but near the end, you just see him throw it with the most confidence, sure he knows he won’t win, but nothing is stopping him from at least trying.
Then we get to the post game.
This motherfucker, went, I’m about to tear your throat out by giving an entire 6v6 team with EV, IV natures, relevant items and competitive move set, granted most players wanna see that because who the fuck plays through the battle Mayson but it’s a nice little reward… Plus that music!
your s tiers were all great, but i have a soft spot for trace, kinda cause i relate to him, being picked on and trying to get by, but other than that he needs a fucken upgrade, such as more character development.
The SML clip made me laugh 😂
I think i can agree with pretty much all of this🤝 Blue/gary is the best rival hands down 🤷🏼♂️
Um dude you forgot about arven and penny! You mentioned nemona which they're all from same generation
Arven and Penny aren't rivals
@@MatiNuva1724 their fucking rivals because they're part of the story
@@jhonardpagala2119 They're not. You don't fight Them all the time You meet Them nor do They push You to be stronger alongside Them. They're just Your friends
@@MatiNuva1724 you fight them in the end of their own respective story part where they put they're all
@@jhonardpagala2119 does that make them rivals?
Somehow he forgot akari
Bulbapedia doesn’t consider Akari a Rival and Dawn too
you can NOT talk down on my boy wally like that we all know that hes just secretly holding back his power so you can progress in the story
I want to head pat Wally and that's probably not great considering that in RSE and ORAS he's your rival.
Not a main series rival, but Ronald from Pokemon tcg was great. He's basically just a toxic tcg player. Sure hes a carbon copy of blue's story, but if you're gonna copy something, at least copy something good!
Another cool thing about Ronald is that he's not only tough, but the game actually progresses if he beats you! Losing to Ronald means you'll be dished out of the rare promo card that you wouldve won had you defeated him.
Yeah, you literally crush hopes dreams in the tournament.
My first game was s/m and hau deserve a Much better tier. Ik everyone thinks he s goofy but he have goals not like others. Anyway you doing great. (But you forgot Arven, Lily, And Penny)
My personal favorite is gladion i just like his edgy personality and hes rlly cool in the anime too
Barry is an S tier in my opinion, he was supposed to be the kid you grew up with and competed with in everything. I liked him
I adore silver as someone who is a Pokémon dawn enthusiast
YOU DIDNT HAVE TO DO WALLY LIKE THAT
Brandon just gives off protagonist energy
While May is like that silly side character who happens to like the protag
How many Trevors could you fit inside a Tierno?
BRO THE N PART MADE ME SPAT MY WATER
I have nostalgia for let’s go pikachu since it was my very first Pokémon game so chase isn’t that bad😢
I like May a lot more than other rivals
Actually Wally ends up with extremely powerful team,good IVs and everything,you're REALLY underestimating him!
Also leave my boi Hop alone,I will defend him with my LIFE!
Oh this is a good one, my tier list would be something like:
S - Silver & Blue
A+ - N; Gladion & Hugh
A - Hau; Nemona; Bede; Klara; Marnie & May
B - Serena & Cheren
C - Shauna; Bianca; Wally & Berry
Npc - Tiermo; Calem; Brendan & Trevor
Inferno - Hop; Trace & Avery
The npc category are rivals that just feel like some random ass npc, they feel completly unrealistic in a bad way yk.
Inferno category are rivals id rather eat dog poopoo for a week then see theyre half baked ass again.
The tier list is in order of best to the left and worst to the right, like the vid yk, let me know if ya agree or desagree with my humble opinion
WHY WAS THIS SO ACCURATE THOUGH
Hop be looking like baljeet
Okay the thing about wally though is that we res a lot to him in ORAS. Especially the Last fight. Iirc I want to say the spider lollies around his final fights arena signify death and rebirth. As in the past him is dead and he is reborn and will continue growing.
though I don't think hop is a good rival I think he is at least written well like for 2 of his fights he doesn't use his wooloo showing that he started to get the mindset it's better to get stronger Pokemon
Hugh is basically the John Wick of pokemon.
The best rival is obviously youngster Joey because meme.
I dont like the fact that you don t talk about the character evolution, like belle and hop have one of the best characters evolution in all the mainline games, or like put may A and brendan C even if they do the same things in the games and they are both bad, really belle and hop are just better than may or serena or berry
N tier yes he gets his own tier
S tier Wally i don't care what anyone else thinks i like him
(Honorable mention for Paul he needs to be in games alian too)
A tier blue never got to interact with him outside the battle tree
Volo yes i count him and if it weren't for the betrayal he'd be S tier
Hau just because
B tier May meh
Barry
C tier The rival of let's go (idk his name) all xy rivals
D tier Dawn/Hisui Dawn
F tier Silver (sorry idk much about him haven't been to Jhoto yet)
I absolutely hate the XY rivals. All D. Though Shauna can have a C instead, since she knows her place and actually does help you. Trevor and Tierno literally have no need to exist.
I don't really like Hau. He's a decent character, but a failure as a rival. Hop did everything that Hau did but better. Hau's character development is all off screen. Hop's is actually on screen and you actually get to see it. That's honestly the thing that separates them for me.
Yoo don't disrespect my boy Case like that 😔
I’ll say that Barry is decent in terms of his team’s difficulty
But in terms of his character, bro is just OBNOXIOUS, to the point where I don’t name him something mean because it’s funny, I do it because I genuinely hate his character
First playthrough of Platinum, I named him Fucknut, most recent playthrough I named him Loser
Bro is just the worst in terms of character
But again, his team is decent in terms of difficulty, I always choose Turtwig as my starter so his team always ends up being
Infernape
Roserade
Heracross
Snorlax
Staraptor
Floatzel
Aside from his Staraptor and Floatzel, his team is genuinely threatening, and I say aside from his Staraptor because that thing just spams Double Team and that’s about all it does, at least the Floatzel actually attacks
I feel like In a way they tried to reverse it with wally a bit, so you are effectively his rival
You know it’s funny when he uses every goddamn swear bomb in existence:)
Silver was in the anime just as a cameo for anime Gold
11:02 yeah
Nemona is the one rival who literally grooms you into becoming a champion 😅
I think you forgot about Arven and Penny
They're not rivals. Just friends
I gotta say I have rivals separated into categories:
Cheren and Bianca are best written rivals as they had full character arcs, as well as Hugh, and N was cool
Worst rivals written were: Hau and Hop as they’re pretty static and one note
Most satisfying to beat: Blue/Gary and Silver
Missed opportunity to do more: Bede, Marnie, Avery/Klara and Nemona
Didn’t stand out, is just kinda there: Brendan/May, Wally, Serena/Calum, Shauna, and Barry
Forgettable: Tierno, Trevor
Why does he exist?: Trace
Hop would be significantly better if his ace was a pokemon he rejected while sad... say HIS ACTUAL FIRST POKEMON DUBWOOL?
What a Wally freaking hater. A hater is already annoying but one that just keeps on going and going and going... Dude, let it go. 😅
Hugh is so underrated
Brendan's whole deal is just that he's a bit condescending to you for being a girl (in RSE; ORAS changes that), with the vague implications that he's really insecurity about his masculinity since your last rival battle starts with him talking about how he's *definitely* not in Lilycove City to buy any dolls.
Trevor S tier Pokédex bros
I used to think N was just Wally as an adult
In my opinion the best most greatest rivals are Wally and Kieran
When i played brillant diamond i LOATHED barry (still do) and like playing pearl on my ds made me hate the character more, as he is the most impudent, incompetent, pathetic, and arrogant rival but alas beating him every time in both the og and remake felt amazing
I’d give Brendan and Calem points for Ruby and X. Fabulous and depression go hard.
Brendan is generally a bit more rude to you upfront. He mellows out a bit toward the end though. Still not as much personality as May. Brendan ends up very 90s esque 'boys are cool and girls are drool'.
4:03 Sml clip 😂
I would put May down to C or D because of having bad Pokémon on her team.
POOR WALLY!!!!