Ranking Every Pokemon Champion Weakest to Strongest
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Pokemon Champions. They are the final boss on every new Pokemon Journey. Over the years, we have faced off against some pretty awesome champions and some that are….uhh yeah. But at the end of the day, we still have to acknowledge that they were strong enough to get where they are. However, we must also acknowledge that some are going to be stronger than others. That’s why today I am going to be giving you all my rankings of the champions from weakest to strongest. There will be plenty of different factors, but I think the biggest one will end up being diversity in their teams. Doesn’t matter how high leveled a team is, if they’re all weak to the same few types, it’s relatively easy to pull a sweep off on them. Also note for the Gen 7 games I will be placing Kukui and Hau on the list. While technically you are the first champion of the Alola region you still have a final battle to win to get that title, so I think they’re applicable on this list. Anyways, with the intro out of the way there’s nothing else to do but get started.
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"Just because a Pokémon isn't a Dragon-type doesn't mean it isn't a dragon."
-Lance, Pokémon Masters.
Yup that's true and that's why gyarados is one of my favourite dragons
My favourite dragon is Carbink
My favourite Dragon is bidoof.
@@chibiamepostle11thapostleo87 I mean ratata is so much better though
Seriously, you're forgetting Snom! Best dragon.
Strongest or not Cynthia was my favorite battle. My torterra surviving with 1 hp after an earthquake against her garachomp and finishing it off with an earthquake of its own.
Her Garchomp killed me _at least_ 7 times
Burnt Pizza Bobby Newman your hard
Epic 😤
Nice.
Burnt Pizza Bobby Newman Can you just shut up
lets all be grateful that garchomp didnt have dragon dance
It can't learn one.
Why
Sword dance is horrible enough
Her milotic was the only challenge for me, I had my own garchomp to one shot hers luckily, but her milotic stalled me every time
Laughs in choice scarf weavile
This feels more like "who has the best diversity" more than who's the strongest. Putting a trainer who only has 3 moves on his team over anyone else is kind of odd
Exactly
I’m also bothered by the fact he didn’t considered them in their strongest teams and battles because I consider that Steven Oras rematch team is way better than Leon, Trace and Diantha
I agree but having the diversity means that you have more coverage against other Pokémon types so you’re team will be stronger. He did say diversity to much though
santiago Castellanos I didn’t think Stevens team was that hard. I wiped his entire team with my Torkoal that was ranked second in the beauty competition
On top of that levels do matter even though they weren’t a factor for rankings. It was so easy to be overleveled in xy, let’s go, and sm. It made those champions look like a total joke when you had a level 60 partner eevee with perfect ivs. You’d have to grind levels if you wanted to beat champions like Lance and Alder, and ESPECIALLY Cynthia. Your team is usually about level 50 when you get there, and all of Cynthia’s team is +60. Alder will absolutely shred you if don’t grind Audino in black and white.
Let's be honest, Steven and Cynthia will be the coolest trainers in game ever
If u say trainers and not coolest champion then dude where is red in your comment dude?
@@yashveeryadav6502 Do you know the word "opinions" dude?
@@shoooooooooooooooooo yep I understand okkkkkkkkkkkk
Yea
And red in my opinion
We all knew Cynthia would be on top, but i think there needed to be an honorable mention for Red on Mt. Silver
Red isnt consider a champion since you can only fight him in mt silver and not in pokemon league, quite stupid if you ask me since he's the real champion of kanto and johto.
@@bluetowel-reko he isn’t the Johto champ. Gold is and then he becomes the Kanto champ too
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Red abandoned his title and Lance decided to assume that title
Red abandoned his title. He would be #1 no question. He's got the most op team level wise in the entire franchise.
Me: Diantha is easily the weakest
Mystic: Sike!
Some Moldy Cheese Wafers In the anime, she was admittedly really good...
She is easy but thats because of pokemon x being easy in a harder game such as gen 4 would be very hard
That was so dumb. Diantha's mixed team actually makes her weaker.
Diantha was really good in the anime but in the games she was a piece of cake & it’s because once you reach the champion your pretty much in the same levels of her mons.
@@albabimam1114 There are no good rock types available at that point, that arent weak to ice (one of his dragonites has blizzard), ampharos gets bodied by dragonite, and gyrados will be fried by his thunder dragonite.
This man just put Trace and Diantha above Steven, Iris and Alder. Mystic has officially gone mad from the quarantine.
Bro he even putted Tracy higher than leon THE unbeatable champion 😂
ok I can get putting diantha above alder and probably irs but steven?eh...
He always had some "questionable but acceptable" quotes along the way. But this video is total bias.
Jayden C hell no. Adler actually put up a fight while I steamrolled Diantha.
Yeah,I feel offended as a person who played pokemon ruby with no cheats and getting super oofed,specially in Phoebe even tho she's not the champion and just the second of the elite four she was the hardest of all the elite four members i've battled xd
I won’t lie, Professor Kukui was no joke. He beat the living hell out of my team the first time I faced him...
Same. I had to rely on my Gengar using Destiny Bond to beat the Snorlax
I got carried by my mewtwo
I demolished his team with my Decidueye and Golduck, somehow none of my pokemon fainted.
@@zaki8245 i mean like i blew past the elite 4 tho
Same, it was the hardest battle in Sun for me other than the one at training school
Imagine if Cynthia's togekiss had serene grace and spammed air slash
It would be scary that togekiss is now a fairy type 🌚 l
Sinnoh remakes inbound
@@HZTenh17g
“Sinnoh remakes inbound.... “
**Remembers Cynthia’s team**
“S-sinnoh remakes inbound....”
Mine does
If only there was an armored Chasmosaurus that could resist both Fairy and Flying types. And also has a tough shield for a neck frill!
Me: *Sees Trace high on the list*
Me:(confused) This man doesn't even have 4th moves on his pokemon
Lol
Gary higher than him is more a joke than Trace.
@@groudonvert7286 Gary was never a champion
The half of this list is so wrong lol
@@kevingb6778 Gary is pretty much blue n blue was the champion
Iris was a very, very stressful fight for me when I was younger. No champ has ever put up as much of a fight as her except for the time I fought Lance with a heavily underleveled and unprepared team.
Lance was definitely tough for me considering the stupid level jump in HG/SS
Yeah for me too, not even Cynthia was that hard for me, but Iris made me reset probably more than 10 times, i was still a kid tho, now i can beat Cynthia easily since i know how strategy in pokemon works.
I used her team on Showdown and it was crazy fun. Gamefreak just knew what to put together man
Diantha and Trace above Steven and Iris?? And Trace above Leon?? That’s mad.
Right? Smh
Oh yeah Trace above Leon too, I believe above Kukui as well, actually wild
Well I think that the point was to show that while some champions are strong overall, others are far stronger in the sense that they have true diversity and can counter the player more easily.
That One Pikachu Girl iris is easy you can solo her with a level 65 cobbalion
@Sub2randumb333 do you think that everyone used a Cobalion at level 65 during their play through in B2 and W2 and did you even defeated her in challenge mode
Wow, the friendly rival with only 3 moves on each pokemon is apparently stronger than a professor
Now that’s bull🤬.
Not to mention no abilities and crappy move pools.
Who is alola's strongest trainer
@@kannan07 I think Hau
@@connerwinde9852 no man,mask royal is alola's strongest trainer
I Love Iris as a Champion. She is just too adorable, and her Team is really really good. Also her music hits hard.
Yeah she took me a few attempts
Yes, her theme...
For me was so weak even with the team at 53-54,For me is not a champion,in the anime is kinda a kid.
@@stevenstone7101 Lance theme>>>>Iris theme
@@lencee7061 lmao is kinda a kid? Like almost every character in pokémon is a kid. And Iris personality differs from the games and the anime. She’s amazing as a champion. The Anime didn’t really do her justice until the recent episodes now.
Answer to all of the champs:
Blue: No one clear answer, but a well balanced team works.
Lance: Lapras
Steven: The legal team of Manectric, Machamp and Swampert.
Wallace: The legal team of Manectric, Skarmory and Sceptile.
Cynthia: Good luck.
Alder: The legal team of Gigalith and Conkeldurr, attorneys at law.
Iris: Samurott, with Terrakion in the back.
Diantha: Aegislash (like a hot knife through butter...)
Kukui: Have a Steel type take out most of the team, then have your fire type take out the magnet, and let whatever you starter counter is do its job.)
Hau: he’s not that hard... just do whatever you did throughout the play through.
Trace: a light breeze
Leon: Coalossal with stealth rock + something to take out the dragons. (I suggest a fairy.)
Good luck 😭💀
not even close to that I beat Cynthia with three pokemon Leon was only less of a challenge because I was way better at Pokemon
by the way they were Empoleon and Luxray not that overleveled only level 65 they were the only non HM slaves on my team and my Giratina didn't even need to battle
@Jacob Perry yea his dragonite's have thunder, lapras is ok but not enough on its own
DeltaRapper 3D wwwooooowww, rent you amazing! 🙄
you can beat both Iris and Diantha with just Lucario. i tried
Nobody:
Me as a seven year old:
Let's chose the game that has the most difficult champion to be my first Pokémon game
Me as a nine year old:
Platinum
Same, diamond was my first pokemon game and it took me a year to beat her
Hehe, I'm playing pearl now and I am not looking forward to cynthia
😂
Coming back here after BDSP. Cynthia DID NOT disappoint!
Hell yeah. She’s tough as nails
Her second rematch is horrible
Yeah she has a Spiritomb then Roserade Milotic Togekiss Lucario and Garchomp
@@aruce9 her third rematch is even worsee
i swept with my own garchomp dragon dancing and still died to her rough skin at the end. it took a while and a lot of potions.
I'm sorry but dianthas team on paper is strong but in practice it was such an easy elite four challenge I don't even remember it well. She was the weakest trainer I have ever faces hands down.
The LR Project In my opinion, Trace was weaker.
The 6 magicarp dudes beg to differ.
Have you ever played X and Y with the experience share off? Dianthas team is much, much harder when you play the game that way.
Sure, a champion is easy when the game overlevels you to hell and back, the entirety of X and Y are easy. her team is legitimately pretty darn good, and half of her pokemon (Mega Gardevoir, Goodra, Hawlucha) are actually highly noteworthy threats.
She's not the best champion by any means, but she's a far cry from the weakest as well.
Alexander Moore but the thing with Pokémon X and Y, when you turn off the EXP share the game is not fair at all, I feel that the games are basically unplayable without the EXP share
Alexander Moore i turned it off, I was still level 35~ when i got to korrina, thats really overlevelled. And with exp share, I had a fully evolved starter at her
I'm guessing this list is based on how strong they are on paper? Because in practice, this list would be different.
Yeah, no way on earth is diantha stronger than lance
@@frantschou2369 there is no way FUCKING TRACE is stronger than Iris
@@frantschou2369 At least her team is good, it's just by the time you'd face her, your team would probably be over leveled.
Logan Johnson
Pretty sure Diantha’s team outlevels Cynthia too. Levels don’t indicate how difficult a battle is
Logan Johnson
M8 the entire Johto region in general is weaker. If Lance was Level 66 like Cynthia he would easily outlevel you by like 16+ levels
To the people that might say that Cynthia was pretty easy, let me ask you. Did you play the game with the function that lets you know what Pokémon is coming out next and let’s you swap your Pokémon right away? Because having that advantage turned off is what made Cynthia the Queen that she rightfully is. Not knowing what Pokémon is coming next is what makes the games much more exciting 🤘🏼
I didn't even know that option was a thing
isnt that on by default
Lmao are u guys trolling don’t tell me you’ve never used set mode instead of switch mode cmon
@@jayprados1089 never. I didn't know what it did, so I just let it be on default
I used set mode for BDSP Cynthia I'm pretty sure, and I'm not sure if it's just because the game is easier but even with my doodoo garbage PU team and a Piplup she wasn't crazy difficult
Challenge mode Iris gave me way more trouble
Me: Lance, Blue, Leon and Cynthia are gonna be at the top all of them were kinda hard
Mystic: Lance is the weakest cuz flying types
Me: Oh boy
Lance and blue? Strong?................................... lolwut
yea lance has big weakness because of his flying types, rock and and ice hit hard af
@@yashovardhansingh4115 every single flying type on that team hits hard af. Gyarados can handle rock and Charizard can handle ice Dragonite can handle electric he isn't the weakest
Believe it or not, I swept him with a corsola in crystal
Lance sucks. I love him, but his team is absolutely terrible.
Diantha's team looks strong on paper but with the EXP share, powerful Mega evolutions and Kalos having an absolutely massive variety of powerful pokemon to choose from she never seems to pose a real threat
Cynthia and Iris were tough as hell
I was lucky to grind my pokemons to lvl 60 before fighting iris
Steven, emerald battle, not ruby and sapphire, emerald team
Iris was fine. Vs Kukui I had to strategize big time, cause my mons were underleveled. Took me 5-7 tries.
@@emiliotanadi7358 Steven is not the champion in emerald.
@@vishalnagaraj5343 i beat kukui with the event ash greninja lol
Trace & Diantha were not challenging AT ALL! I Never lost any of my Pokémon against them.
Cynthia is definitely the strongest champion period!
Trace higher than Iris and Kukui is actually stupid this vid felt so rushed
He's ranking the Champions based on team variety, not difficulty. Difficulty in Pokémon is subjective anyway because people have called Cynthia easy.
Because any game after BW are easy AF. That has nothing to do with how good their teams are.
Esteban Maysonet So when calculating team variety maybe the moves should be in the equation? Regardless of any factors a champions team with 3 moves on each Pokémon should be considered as worse than most other champions
but you dint put a period tho
Cynthia's obviously number one. Also, I'm surprised you ranked Diantha and Trace that high.
Lol no
All the way up to kukui I had no difficult with the champions except Iris
All you need for diantha is a lucario
@Skurk Well said,as much as i liked BW and alder as a character he is pretty weak as a champion
@Skurk Seeing as you seem to like cynthia, what was your first region?
Hmm, I’m kind of surprised you ranked Steven so low. I remember him giving me lots of trouble when I fought him.
I lost the first time i fought him in oras
I remembered the dude spammed Giga impact all the time really defeated me a lot.
Stealth rock is a menace
I didn't have much trouble against him, never fought him as champion though, but I might consider it.
Sometiem
Lance might come out as weakest but he is the true gangsta Champ.
Remember him mercilessly hyper beaming that fool?
@ItsTaft he is the most insane champion outside of battle there is
Everyone gangsta until Red and Blue beat the elite four.
Ikr and fairy types weren't a thing back then. He should be way higher
Don't forget the Full Restore!
@@sd_sworddeity Lance is in a relationship with full restore
Lance
The champion with Three INAPPROPRIATELY LEVELED DRAGONITES and master of full restore
It really sucked that if you had an ice move he was so easy..I am really happy they revamped his team
Yeah .. he ranked him the weakest ... like how ??
@@frantschou2369 Cause one is able to sweep through his GSC Team with a freaking Quagsire with Ice Punch and Ancientpower.
Yeah idk why Mystic only said two illegitimate
And his dragonite and areodactyl have moves they can't even learn.
Steven is more Earth-elemental than specifically Steel. He has all three Earth types (Rock, Ground, Steel).
Wouldn’t Grass be the fourth Earth type? Because Grass/plants grows out of the Ground.
When u realize he ranked diantha high cause he loves gardevior
I haven’t played the games but it seems to be stupid easy and boring
santiago Castellanos it is Imo the easiest champion if you have a lucario you’re going to steamroll through diantha
I mean on paper....
Bois we got a simp
Mathew Vandahoef or aegislash
No way in hell Trace is the third strongest champion
I agree, he might have deserved that spot if he actually used all four move slots on his pokemon
Slimeonian 456 Definitely not! He’s definitely the easiest champion!
More like equal to youngster joey. A disgrace of a "champion"
@@Nightwing_. Youngster Joey is a formidable opponent. He has a top tier Rattata
@@madhavramakrishnan7135 his 5 rattatas and 1 raticate can defeat trace change my mind.
My favorites are Iris, Cynthia, then Steven. Also my 3 favorite generations.
They are also the 3 hardest champion this whole video is bullshit
@@Hugm4lsecondaccount yeah having the let’s go rival higher then iris and Steven is a joke
@@tragiic333 yeah this video is incredbly lacy made
If Iris wasn't put in the anime i could agree with you,but in the anime is so cringy.
@@lencee7061 We are talking about the games tho, you're just that stupid to be complaining about the anime counterparts :/
I quite literally lost against lance multiple times especially with my starter meganium ( no ice punch feraligator )...and given the availability of dragon types in that era, I think that you should reconsider his position.
Cause you had a bad team?
you just had a bad team. Meganium can't touch anything, ice types finish lance, especially like Lapras as they also carry water moves
How to beat lance 101. Go to goldenrod department store. Buy the tm for Blizzard. Teach it to your water type pokemon. Bingo you have destroyed his team!
@@tylerdixon2173 It's all fun and games until he whips out his dragonite with thunder ...
Please don't blame meganium i play pokemon gold2 times silver crystal and hg4 times ss but i never get lost by lance if you are truly know what can meganium do then you will be able win
Did anyone realize that he said poison tail for Leon’s haxoru.
*Iris’
Boltmanectric it’s neither Lance nor Iris’, it’s Leon’s Haxorus.
Jonah Esco oops, I meant Leon’s.
Jonah Esco oh shit correction-ception
Johnathan Jean-Louis I was just about to say it lmao
God, Leon was legitimately TERRIFYING in my Nuzlocke. Easily the most memorable pokemon battle I've ever had, and Ijust barely scraped by with a single survival. Wicker the Chandelure almost died TWICE and had to solo four of his pokemon, and it was t e r r i f y i n g
Wait till he shows up in the battle tower.
I'm gonna borrow a switch from my cousins and play SwSh.
Yeah, the only reason I won my initial fight with him was because I had Eternatus to deal with his Charizard.
Leon kicked my ass twice lol, I thought he'd be lvl 60 at most and then he pull up up lvl 62-65 mons on my lvl 53-55 team
The fact that Trace made it into the top 3 is hilarious... The real top 5 is Cynthia, Kukui, Steven, Blue, and Leon.
Joe McGregor True That!
I’m shocked at how many people seem to think Blue is all that strong. I always thought he was pretty easy myself. His Alakazam is a huge threat, and do is Blastoise if he has it. But the others are all pretty easy to KO imo. They just weren’t all that great pre-Gen IV. Gyarados could potentially be a threat in Gen 1 alone if you can’t handle Hyper Beam, but that issue was resolved in Gen 3.
I mean. He’s far from the weakest, but I always put him in the Bottom 5 myself
@@DigitalxGamer Gyarados is the only Pokémon with Alakazam and the starter that can be a threat. All the others are a complete joke.
I agree lol seriously even hau looks more challenging than Tracy lol
@@groudonvert7286 I don't even think Gyarados is that great a threat due to its easily-exploitable weakness. The only reason it's a potential problem in Gen 1 is because Hyper Beam doesn't need to recharge if you KO the opponent. But in Gen 3, that issue is fixed, so even if it knocks someone out, all you have to do is send out anyone with a halfway decent Electric attack to finish it xD
Cynthia, Iris and Alder have the most challenging teams imo.
Not alder but Cynthia and iris I agree
@@Gamefileplays Iris Rematch in the Challenge mode = Satan in pokemon trainer fomr
@@zekapaugordinho.6577 ik
The only real threat on Alder's team is Volcarona. The beastly bug will murder you if you're not careful, and we should be thankful it can't get anymore than four moves.
Steven was the toughest for me solely for that metagross
Some of these champions would of been much more difficult if they were in different games, like Leon and Diantha.
THIS
MysticUmbreon: Diantha isn't the weakest champion.
Me, an intellectual: However...I disagree!
Its because your ass over leveled lmao.
Cynthia was easy after her garchomp was down.
Hah that spot goes to trace
Diantha is pretty good actually
You need to try no exp share challenge and you see that's more harder and i challenge you for beating it for 3 days
I am very happy you give Diantha credit where credit is due. She is a very strong champion. It just so happens she just isn't high enough leveled in such an easy game to be noticed as such considering how much experience the player gets and can be over leveled without really trying.
Kukui is also quite amazing. He surprised me with how versatile he was and gave me a run for my money.
Trace...I can't say the guy deserves so much credit though. I mean Red, Blue, and Green/Leaf all have much more impressive teams in my mind in that game. At least have 1 pokemon with full movesets.
Alder is in my opinion a lot more powerful than he seems, but in comparison to Ghetsis and N....no he is easier. But anyone that gives alot of attention to bug types in elite 4 or champion has my respect.
Cynthia. She truly has the meanest team for the unprepared and Platinum is arguably stronger with that Togekiss of nightmares. I fear that thing more than the Gastrodon anyday. And I still struggle with her awesome rematch to this day. She is ALWAYS ready for you.
*Pokemon Trainer Red crying alone at the top of Mt. Silver*
Ikr
Diantha's is like Steven, mostly carried by her team's ace. I would have put her lower than Iris for sure. 4 of her Pokemon are weak to ice, that's worse than Unova's Dragon master
Trace's Team is diverse, but I honestly don't see why that puts him so high on the list. I haven't played his games, but his team doesn't feel that threatening to me.
Lance I actually agree on. Main reason he's hard is how bad his games are at allowing you to grind. His Pokemon are all pretty good individually, but as a team it's just so braindead to counter them.
Also, If it wasn't for Reshiram/Zekrom N's team would probably be worse than Alder's.
Trace isnt that strong. As someone who played LGE, and had a team weaker than his and still beat him- shows that he is majorly held down by lack of held items and abilities.
He'd be stronger if he was in a mainline game- but if we are talking in the vacumn of the Let's Go Games- he aint difficult at all because well...none of that game is difficult
I agree. As for Blue, I'd have put him way lower, perhaps even at the bottom of the list.
His team's movesets are horrendous. Whirlwind on Pidgeot? Barrage on Exeggutor with only 3 moves? No STAB moves on Rhydon? Ember and Roar on Arcanine? I could go on.
I also had to laugh at "Pidgeot is probably the best Flying type based on the options". Er, no. Dodrio is considered to be the best Normal/Flying type in Gen 1. "Rhydon of course packing quite the punch". Seriously? Fury Attack is weak, and Horn Drill doesn't even work if you are faster than Rhydon, which is a very slow Pokemon!
Blue is overrated. The only Pokemon he has that is any threat at all is his Alakazam, and that is only because Psychic types and the special stat were broken in Gen 1. There is NO WAY he should be that high on the list.
@@betabee1221 I also heard that Evee and Pikachu are broken in these games, so I really don't understand his placement. Trace's team feels about decent for a rival to challenge you at Victory Road
He made good points about what holds Alder, Lance or Steven down, but is so generous with Trace and Diantha.
Also, none of Trace's pokemon have four moves.
if he consider using some PWT team, Alder might be abit better
I’m really surprised diantha made it that high. A lucario wipes her team. I don’t remember all 4 moves mine had but it for sure had aura sphere, shadow claw, dragon pulse and something else. He alone destroyed her entire team with ease
Also the fact you're given one for free doesn't really help that
Kitsune Koinu exactly. All the more reason I’m surprised she’s that high. They hand it to you and it’s all you need for her.
Lucario is an extremely versatile Pokémon. That logic applies to practically every champion
SNM: Nightmare Hollow that still doesn’t mean diantha should be this high. They handed you that Pokémon mostly for mega evolution purposes. If I remember correctly no other game hands a Pokémon as versatile and powerful as a lucario for basically free
Tay Versatile I’m aware of that I said not all games give you that.
Steven Stone: is below Leon and Diantha
Me: See that’s where you’re wrong.
In the lore terms, I think Lance, Cynthia, Steven, Red, and Leon are the strongest.
Leon and Steven are both the same
I mean leon is strongest than steven since his team is monotype and leon has wayy more coverage can't say the same for diantha tho lol
@@westuchesu1709 Stevens team isn’t monotype
Diantha is a lot stronger than Steven, because her team doesn’t really overlap, and Goodra is an absolute disgustingly powerful Pokémon
Let’s all be fr when you face these trainers in the games, none of their strategies matter against a level 100 Pokémon
Honestly....the elite four in X and Y were harder than Diantha
That's true. She was the easiest member😂
I guess it depends on your team I had a team with a super effective move except for psycic,rock,ghost and fairy all on her team so I had trouble
The only trainers i had trouble with were: a random wobbuffet in reflection cave (not a trainer, but annoying af), and grant (I had a pokemon 4x weak to rock, and a normal type)
I didn’t have any type advantages so drasna beat me about 5 times (the sodding noibat)
I just nuzlocked pokemon y and her mega Gardevoir made 3 crits in a row and swiped my team but then I killed it with my last pokemon
Playing bdsp I can confirm Cynthia kicks ass 10x harder…my 3 friends got their asses handed to them by Cynthia 4-5 times each
Me: Obviously Diantha is the weakest champion
Mystic: Lance is the weakest due to lack of dragon types
Me: I'm outta here!!
Ok but I beat Lance with a sing Typhlosian and it was level 59
LANCE STILL GAVE ME HELL
Lance gave me trouble in both Gen I AND Gen II, but he was more of a challenge when he was in the Elite Four than as Champion. (They should have given him a Kingdra in Gold & Silver. That REALLY would have hurt!)
@@ghewso1633 how did you get to that level? I’m in Kanto and my Typhlosian is level 56
I was doing well with Lance until his Dragonite's Outrage wrecked mine. I did *not* expect that.
I honestly wish Pokémon would add a hard mode that increases the intelligence of the AI and changes some of the Pokémon’s move pools to be more effective for the team. Would be really interesting.
well the AI is already at is highest I believe, you can only make AI so good
Didn't they do that with Black/White or was that Black/White 2? I could've sworn they had a challenge mode after beating the game.
Radlup DL not really, I’m pretty sure they can think of something better than “use recover on full hp” or even if a Pokémon has earthquake and can OHKO my Cinderace they decide it’s best to hit me with flamethrower 😂. They def can add a little more difficulty to the game.
enCRYPTion I gotta see if they do, because that would just fully solidify B/W as my favorite.
Also trust me guys, in the end I know this game is marketed for children, but it would be really cool for them to add a mode like that for Vets like us.
I know that there is an entire playthrough to consider... But my sinnoh team is based on trying to counter Cynthia 😂 She's THAT tough to beat. Her full restores are a annoying af too.
Considering you had an entire team based on beating her and needed to spam an item that fully heals you and removes status conditions, compared to needing at most 3 for the others, yes she is much harder than the others.
Yeah I am usually a cautious guy so I don't keep frail pokemon on my team, but for her I kept a Weavile on my team.
She is the second hardest champion of all time and definitely deserves that spot but sense he is technically a champion red easily would clap like HOLY is he over powered took my 18 trys no cap
That’s literally how I made my team on my first platinum play through
@@soto7654 indeed, it’s difficult having to beat her in bdsp, it took me three times to defeat her in my play through and it’s hard to beat her in the rematches
I feel like these kinda lists are hard to make. Trainers like Iris who use smart strategies like having items and strong pokemon would rank higher, but power creep makes trainers like Leon and Diantha better by default just because of Megas, Dynamax and a change in how these battles are handled. If it was based on how difficult they were in-game, Iris was much harder to beat than Diantha(M-Lucario being handed to you).
Sterling iris was such an easy champion and I’ve never liked her like dragon trainer my ass, half her team isn’t even dragon wtf 😭😂
@@domenicavallone28 Your personal opinion of the character doesn't dictate how difficult a trainer is. Her team is more put together and strategically sound than most others, making her stronger, ESPECIALLY if you are caught off guard. Also, Iris's team is HALF dragon types, the others reptilian. And there really isn't a dragon trainer because lance, not counting duplicates and same evolution line, has only 1 Dragon type on his team. Not really a dragon master when you only train one type of dragon. So your judgment of a good pokemon trainer is flawed.
Sterling ehh idk I never had a problem with her team, I beat rather easily tbh 😂
@@domenicavallone28 Oh but lance the "dragon master" is?
@@notscorchingsands9718 I don't care what anyone says, Lance is a Flying type trainer. All 6 of his Pokemon are Flying type. He's also wearing a cape like a superhero. Guess what a lot of superheros can do? That's right - FLY! My theory is that Game Freak changed their minds at some point during development and called him a "Dragon Master" to make him sound like more of a scary and threatening character to the kids playing the game. "Flying Master" just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
While this is a fine list, I think the order is wildly inconsistent at times. While teams are a big part of what makes a Champion strong, the context behind facing them should be more prioritized. For example, on paper, Diantha seems to have a more diverse and well rounded team than Lance, but you fight Lance after you fight Clair whose highest leveled Pokémon is likely higher than yours at level 41 with no reliable way to grind due to no trainers on Victory Road. That alone makes Lance more formidable. Also, even if some Champions have more diverse teams, that diversity means nothing when they don’t take advantage of it. Trace may be more well rounded than Lance or Steven, but all his mons only have 3 moves. Even if Lance uses 3 of the same mon, those mons are Dragonites, a very strong and hard to take down Pokémon to begin with. Someone like Leon may also have a diverse team, but the moves used for coverage are normally quite weak mixed with highly questionable AI decisions that makes him less daunting as a Champion than those lower on the list.
Wow i got goosebumps cuz i wrote a comment saying basically exactly what you just said, heck i even used "on the paper" myself hahaha.
But yeah his argument for lance was that all of his pokemon are flying. Well there aren't really any good ice moves at that time, rock types would just completely get wrecked by him, and his dragonites all can tank an electric attack.
There is just no way that diantha is stronger than lance.
100% Lance is worse than Diantha. You can prepare for his team because you know all his typings. Diantha has a way more well versed team that actually decent diversity on it. She's not the strongest by any means but Lance is definitely not that hard if you have a Feraligatr, Jynx, or Lapras. Or Ampharos if you want Gyarados gone. All these Pokemon I mentioned, are super popular Pokemon that a lot of people will use when facing Lance. Unless you were me as a little kid and tried to cheese it with a Typhlosion lol.
@@MysticUmbreon What I meant is that on paper Lance is easier, but the actual fight is much more difficult. The fact that you basically only have the Victory Road to grind low level 40s Pokemon while Diantha not only is in a relatively easier game but also has the EXP share making this fight even easier is the primary reason. Though, another reason why I feel Lance is more difficult is because you never know which of his Dragonites he is actually using unless it's his ace. Gyarados or most water types are a good choice with a strong Ice move until his Thunder Dragonite outspeeds and one shots it.
lance's 2 weaker dragonites also come with coverage being thunder and blizzard so water types with ice moves can be taken care of. and the strongest one has fire blast which can take care of ice types. also keep in mind that ice beam is very hard to obtain before post game and the ice types aren't very fast and some are even frail which can be taken care of by aerodactyl, charizard or fire blast/outrage dragonite. I had a Mamoswine in Soul Silver and he still took a lot more effort to beat than diantha. and I chose greninja as my starter in XY.
@@MysticUmbreon I have used Feraligatr on almost every playthrough of HGSS and Lance was never easy. The one time where lance wasn't that hard, was when i had feraligatr with ice fang and a mamoswine, after i grinded for like 4 hours total ...
Watching Cynthia obliterating your team for the first time is so damn entertaining. 😂
My jaw dropped and stayed dropped the entire match. It was awe inspiring.
The next video will be :
"Ranking every pokemon trainer in the games weakest to strongest"
Youngester Joey is on the top
@@igorlopes8463 Well duh.. He has his top-tier RATTATA
Please, I keep ignoring Youngster Joey's call for a rematch....
karthus X21A it’s okay to be scared of a god
Abe G the only acceptable response
I've always found hgss Lance to be the 2nd hardest. Even when having an ice type. Primarily cause i don't grind on wild pokemon and always end up underleveled. Thought there's an easy work around. Just make sure the red Gyarados reaches lvl 46 to get dragon dance and you can sweep
Nah just get a Glaceon bro. It gets agility and instantly out speeds the whole team.
Ice beam = easy OhKo.
He talks about the games like he never played them.
No one is gonna get a certain Pokemon for a certain fight
@@spencer6953 Plenty of people do.
Yeah, It took several tries to defeat the Indigo League in Heartgold. I was about ten, maybe twelve, so I didn’t exactly have a diverse moveset for my Pokémon. Ultimately, I swapped my Golem for my Tyranitar ( he was still a Larvitar, so I had to do more leveling up) because I discovered that his Pokémon knew Ice moves and Golem was weak to said moves. It was tough, but I worked hard for that Champion title.
Cynthia was hands down the best champ. You felt the struggle battling her....
Yeah she and Blue/Gary are easily the most challenging.
Not really
@@DreckbobBratpfanne blue is not that hard of you beat alakazam it is free everything else on his team is a pushover
@@Hugm4lsecondaccount depends on your team in Yellow
@@DreckbobBratpfanne why are you playing yellow play firered leafgreen they are way better
Lance might be typically and level-wise the weakest, but to me he still embodies the idea of a Champion. He actually got around and did stuff and you knew immediately who he was and what he was.
Meanwhile, Diantha barely exists and does nothing to help solve the plot of XY at all. Alder tries and FAILS, but Diantha doesn't even try, she's busy being a movie star or something.
Cynthia is the best, objectively. She has the strongest team, factoring coverage and IVs, and she actually does stuff.
diantha isn't the only one do people even mention iris doing anything as a champion?she is probably the msot forgotten. in terms of having a good team (which is very important) Diantha would beat Lance
@@Jdudec367 I did point out that I agreed Lance had the weakest team.
@@ElladanKenet Cynthia barely did anything to the storyline, all she did was give u a togepi egg that you won't likely use, give an hm for cut that is useless after infiltrating the galactic building in eterna city, give the secretpotion to you just for some stupid psyducks that block the road (which she could've done it herself, then show at Mt. Coronet helplessly and doing nothing, what did she do? ALMOST NOTHING, then you battle her, period
@@rioveros5583 Yeah, and Diantha did even less, and wasn't even a challenge either. Diantha also doesn't help you defeat the Evil Team either. For a so-called Champion and solver of problems, Cynthia has Diantha beat solidly, even as little as it is.
@@ElladanKenet I agree, they both barely did anything
The Championship has been closed due to volcorona virus
And alder is China
@@1ksubscriberswithnovideosc484 yeah
skipable 😂
STOP. NOW.
I think the irony of this whole listing is that for me especially when you notice the transition from Steven being champion to Wallace becoming the champion in Emerald makes all the sense in the world. his team was literally tailor made to destroy Stevens steel/rock type pokemon team.
Remember guys, Cynthia was so damn tough that they had to nerf her in Platinum
I feel like she got buffed instead, taking out Gastrodon for Togekiss reduces the weakness to grass on her team (Milotic).
Dont worry they buffed her again in black and white
@@odin1303 The levels are lower, her Togekiss has hustle (not serene grace) for some reason, and it adds weaknesses to electric and rock. Plus, her gastrodon had sludge bomb specifically for the grass type coverage...
@@Stringbean670 Lol can't cover grass when you have 3 speed
@Skurk IMO, it would be a buff if her togekiss had serene grace... but it has hustle (which, since all her togekiss's moves are special, it literally does nothing). The levels were also lowered because, at that point in the game, you were probably low 50s on all your pokemon.
Answer me this pls. So you played this abomination of a game called let's go and you thought trace is harder than lance?
😂😂😂😂
Let’s Go can’t be that much of an abomination it’s one of this top selling switch games
@@jovan7939 good sales doesn't mean anything. It was just a moneygrab to get GO players into console and another gen 1 remake. It had some good features but the difficulty was ridiculous and I dont know why they removed the abilities.
DDisconnected because there were no abilities in gen 1 and you are calling a game an abomination sales really do matter
@@jovan7939 it had some good features but no difficulty at all, not original story, no sevii islands, worst rival, are some quite visible flaws. And about the sales, it's another gen1 game and the first on the Switch so not a big surprise that it sold well.
Cynthia’s Togekiss is now a fairy type and I know damn well they she going to slay in the Gen 4 remakes
that's assuming they give her the platinum team
In DP it was a gastrodon instead so it's possible they'll keep her original team since there was nothing flawed with her original team
Little did you know she’s not using her platinum team but still op asf
She's easy to beat
@@hellish_eden3047 For you
@@trajectory6606 Her rematch team like?
The fact that they nerfed Cynthia in Platinum is depressing but still Queen after all these years
They buffed her again in black and white
TF you mean, they Nerf her, She Got Even stronger after the 1st fight
Ye she got stronger that Togekiss is a monster
@@eternalburn9613 i would agree if it had serene grace. But unfortunately it doesn't, and i because of that i'd say its a nerf rather than a buff
@@aweirdo259 I think its because luxray fainted aganist miolitic.
“They’re the final boss in each game” ahem red, ahem steven, ahem cynthia
Funny enough is that all of them made it to the hall of fame and are stupid hard games to beat especially Red for me because that stupid Snorkax won’t stop spamming Rest and amnesia (Cynthia is possibly harder to beat but I haven’t played Black, White and their remakes but she seems threatening
@@Randmiers i beat her with a underleveled team... In White 2.
Ahem, entirety of the world tournament
I was once cocky and thought I could take on Steven with a lv 100 gardevoir and a lv 72 Infernape and 4 lower level Pokémon with Lucky eggs and the exp share on so that my lower level Pokémons could gain some experience. I lost in the most embarassing way possible to that Metagross
red is optional so he's just an extra boss the credits play before you fight red
Although alot of people makes fun of Alder, I still remembered having a hard time with his volcarona if it managed to set up enough quiver dance
I remember battling her in black and white and oooo boi she wrecked me cynthia does not play around
Onepiece King diamond and pearl pr black 2 and white 2 in the world championship
Once again: I'm gonna predict the list (praying that this time I get some right)
(weakest to strongest) Wallace,
Diantha, Trace, Hau, Leon, Alder, Blue, Lance, Steven, Kukui, Iris, Red, Cynthia
Edit: 2/13, but I'm not really disappointed, because Mystic didn't really take into account how easy or hard it is to level up in these games.
Red isn't a champion
He also doesn't take into account the pokemon available in each region. That has huge influence on how prepared you can be for the champion battle. Which explains why Diantha looks good on paper, but also everyone goes through her with ease.
@@omard5395 That's why you can't really say. Only way is to take the same team to every champion battle.
@@notscorchingsands9718 If Red isn't a champion, then how come Blue says that he lost his title as champion to Red in HGSS and said that he and Red are champions of Kanto in SM and USUM?
@@Loner098 I don't know poor writing. You don't battle red as a champion ok.
Cynthia's garchomp after using dragon dance 2 times : So anyway, I started chomping.
I still don't know what's slaps harder: Cynthia's theme or her Garchomp
GARCHOMP
Its to hard use good ice pokemons?
@@ediakin4993 garchomp is faster than the ice Pokemons in this game so it will basically flamethrower and rock slide or brick break them
Lance having 3 freaking dragonites with different moves
Mystic : yeah he is the weakest one
There's a thing called ice
Click icefang
I one shot all of them with a LAPRAS
Throw an ice cube at them and they'll perish.
Ice beam is a pain to get and you only really get coverage if you choose totodile and then ice is weak to fire blast
Trace was strong? I took him down easily.
Yeah literally okod and 2hkod all of his pokemon
Patch theBear facts
@@willcrawford4487 same
@@the_death_court6461 I could say the same for every champion lol
That Guy Same here; as well as Diantha.
I think its not good to judge a Champ just by his type-diversity... when you consider that ice and dragon types were pretty rare in gold/silver Heartgold/SoulSilver, you can have a pretty hard time against him...
Me sees video title: has sinnoh plantium Vietnam flashbacks
Cynthia = STRONGEST Champion
Steven = COOLEST Champion
Leon = the most ADORABLE Champion he's a PRECIOUS BEAN!
Leon most adorable?Iris is way more adorable than leon
@@frozenvoltz6739 ehhhh game Iris and Generations Iris yes.
ANIME Irish? nah
@@TheRibottoStudios Iris was ruined by the anime version. Way too annoying and I was missing Misty
@@getsueinaito Misty had the same attitude as iris
@@frozenvoltz6739 Misty had more time to calm down compared to her first encounter and blaming ash for the burnt bike. Switching from Misty and Brock to a annoying brat like Iris and (brock rip off) Cilan didn't really help much either.
Cynthia is still the only trainer that’s make me sweat no nuzlock
**sees video title**
**skips to strongest**
**sees that it's Cynthia**
**groans**
Called it!!
"Over the years we have come across some pretty awesome champions"
Shows leon lol
He doesn’t even dress properly
He’s good as a champion, just not too hard
@@penggao7034 boi that charizard rekt my Arrowskewda.
Leon is way cooler than most of the other champions
Lion is VERY strong considering dragapult gmax charizard and haxorus
And now Cynthia is even harder. I'm not even talking about her rematch team.
12:05 *sad professor sycamore noises*
He said _one_ of the only, not the only...
What is your method of ranking these? I one shot Diantha and Steven gave me a run for my money. I think you’re wrong with this one.
It's team based, not how the flawed AI functions.
team based not exactly how easy they are to beat so basicaly saying who would probably beat one another
Personally, I don’t rly think trace should be that high. I think trace should have been under leon. Same with kukui. Leon was actually pretty powerful especially because he can gigantamax.
Okay diantha is a joke. She was an absolute walk in the park
I used flare blitz and 1 shot her entire team in my first play through. The weakest champ imo
I only used one pokemon at low health and its easier done than said.
The poor lady’s delicate but Trace is easier to beat. His team doesn’t even have full movesets!
I had a hard time. IT TOOK ME 5 TRYS TO BEAT DIANTHA!!
@@jaredtheastralartist2510 damn son what Pokémon were you using? She’s a breeze
Cynthia was and will always be my favorite battle of all time. Also I was really happy and excited to see Leon stronger than I expected. His dragapult had me hard
Prob bc my pokemon i caught but i easily beat leon but cynthia OH GOD i have nightmares not as many as when i fought red tho
Iris,Steven, and Leon should be higher, especially Steven
Leon is the simplest for me
*charizard growls on the distance*
Leon was the easiest champion for me and Trace is the strongest (because SwSh and LGPE are the only Pokémon games I have!)
@@lasinux666 really? I really struggled with Leon...
@@lasinux666 Lets go is literally a joke, how?
Iris and her hydregeon evaporated my team
I just wish there would be a champion in a future pokemon game with a team that finally puts Cynthia's team to shame.
Oh my region has a champion with a full team of arkoos(Jk)
Diantha is clearly the weakest champion
Before i beat wallice in emerald, there was 1 battle where i nearly beat him with shedinja
Steven should be way higher.
I see the list like this: It isn’t really based on difficulty, but more of if the team is stronger. So Diantha has a better team but is an easier fight, while Steven has a worse team but a harder fight
Personally though I didn’t have a difficult time with Steven
He has two hard Teammembers, the Rest is pretty easy.
I got slapped by lance more than most of these champions
I would put Iris a bit higher, if you didn't have a fast dragon type or ice mon you would get sweeped by haxorus
What about red? He’s still a champion and if you make the excuse that when you fight him, he’s not the current champion, he is still the final boss for gsc hgss easily destroying Lance.
You could at least give him an honorable mention
ikr he easily solos the list
@@Muleboy14 nope he doesnt...
His Team is shit.
he turned down his champion honor so it really wouldn't qualify for him
He has a solid team but there's just better ones
Rank every rival from weakest to strongest
Strongest
Barry will fine anyone that thinks he isn't the strongest rival with his Lv.85 starter
most powerful:
hop (he has a fucking legendary)
blue
hugh
gladion
bede
silver
marnie
wally (rse/oras)
hau
cheren
wally(dpp)
bianca
brendan/may
serena/calum
chase
shauna
the rest of the kalos rivals
weakest:
@@divinemunhu3476 bede is definitely not the best rival he has no variety he has either psychic or fairy types
I'd say Blue is the strongest.
I felt betrayed when you placed Diantha higher than Steven, Lance and Iris. I understand that you ranked them through their pokemon but if you ranked them through difficultness I hope you put those three higher and put Diantha lower.
You know, Cynthia has an amazing soundtrack as well. To bad I don't get to hear it often because I keep hearing BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!
Lance was way STRONGER than Diantha. I’m currently playing SoulSilver and I’m struggling so hard with Lance.
When I faced Diantha, I CRUSHED her. so... ye...
Edit: So, here’s where I’m coming from and most of us can agree. When you faced Lance (if you had any Johto game) you probably lost or had to spam Hyper Potions/Full Restores or even had to use Lugia/Ho-Oh. Diantha on the other hand was a joke. Her most challenging Pokémon was Mega Gardevoir which was honestly easy to defeat. That’s all I meant. On a one on one Diantha would crush Lance though. Although, Steven would DESTROY Diantha.
Literally use a Golduck against Lance. Ice Beam, Surf, Thunderbolt, and Psychic.
0:41 Listen to the explanation here.
Knight Of Magnolia I have a Quagsire with Blizzard and a NeverMeltIce. So it’s not bad coverage.
Knight Of Magnolia but thanks
Amber Knight yeah, true but Lance only has 3 dragons which are overpowered meaning they can still take on Diantha.
You can't say Diantha is stronger than Iris or Steven bro
Maybe in champion battle but I a battle without healing I believe I can come in the top 5
To be fair, Mr. Steven Stone is a decent champion because of that Cradily that is hard to beat. And he is my favorite champion.
Am I gonna watch a 20 minute video even though I know Cynthia will be number 1?
Yeah of course I am
At the very least you’ll want to see which champion will be #2
Diantha is so easy to beat. I even didn't use the exp share and still beat her. How is she not the lowest?
Exactly
@David Omoregbe I dont care
@David Omoregbe well thank god you didn't start with Diamond and Pearl 😂 that game is hard on every level.
@@cultleaderofmonke4758 Brutally honest,
But her team is well built, better built than lance's at the very least
@@blehh010 I started with diamond and pearl lol
Iris and Cynthia will always be my favorite champions, their Pokémon’s power scare me immensely.
Diantha's team is so weak in the champion fight
Yeah she should be way lower. Iris, Steven and even Alder were harder
@@blehh010 Yeah he wasn't really consistent here. He just looked at the naked team and ranked the champions by the team, while not talking about how hard the champ actually was in the game. Diantha has a versatile team, but lance was MUCH harder to beat.
Exactly