Fixing Pokémon Champion Teams

For the record, I messed up with Wallace’s team. Dragonair isn’t in the Hoenn regional Pokédex. Also something about Melony’s Galarian Darmanitan where I say it doesn’t have the Zen Mode ability but actually does. My bad 😅

Hoenn is all about duality, especially between the sea and the land, so Wallace and Steven both being champions makes a lot of sense, as Steven uses land themed typings (steel, rock, ground) and Wallace uses the ocean themed type (water). they are opposites, like archie and maxie, except steven does not attempt to expand the landmass to add more rocc to his collection

Fun fact about Cynthia, Garchomp is obviously her ace, but Spiritomb and Lucario are the other two Pokémon that have been on every single one of her team compositions

Honestly Cynthia’s team doesn’t need change😅 and even if Milotic already is in other champion’s team this pokemon fits Cynthia perfectly, it’s beautiful and powerful and Roserade is just really cool Sinnoh grass type pretty pokemon that also fits her.

Nemona isnt using her actual "champion team" when facing the player. From both the intro and Paldean Winds, we know she has a Combat Breed Tauros, so I think that HAS to be on her team. Paldean Winds also gave her a Killowattrel

I feel like most of these changes were a bit unnecessary. Maybe even forced. Like for example, Claydol for Steven is totally fine. Clay is a common component of sedimentary rocks. And as we all know, man loves all kinds of rock. Starmie is an interesting thought, though. Oh, and Cynthia's team doesn't need changes, it's perfectly fine as it is. Especially not with Gengar, it's extremely overused. Also, changing Nemona's team was unnecessary. We were told she never used her real team against us. The one she used was just put together during our adventure. Perhaps in the second DLC, we will see her real team. Overall. Cool ideas, but I'd rather stick with what we got. Except for Geeta, what they did with her was truly an art of how to not make a champion team.

My boy Wallace is the ONLY type specialist champion that ACTUALLY uses only Pokémon of said type. (Then again, Steven’s team has a THEME rather than a set TYPE so he could also apply for this, but then pretty much everyone would so.) also I love Wallace

Lance: Espeon? I have to put a hard 'disagree' for that one. Lance is a Dragon Tamer and nothing about Espeon says 'Dragon'. Sure, he's honorable and values friendship, literally so does every Champion. Use Tyranitar instead of Aerodactyl if you want a good counter for Ice Types because Lance using an Espeon just feels like it goes against his whole theme. Wallace: While I can see what you're going for, this makes Wallace's team even more of a cakewalk. Roselia is not a good Pokemon and really needed Roserade to become actually decent. Dragonair is also not good without being a Dragonite. Crawdaunt is okay, but it really doesn't offer much. If it were up to me, I'd swap Whiscash for Swampert (because it's a more powerful Water/Ground Type) and Wailord for Starmie. Cynthia: Look, I'm all for changing up the team, but Azumarill and Gengar? Azumarill is very slow and even with Huge Power, without a Belly Drum setup, it wouldn't be getting anywhere. Plus, not being a Fairy Type in Gen 4 hinders its coverage. Any good Water or Grass Type would wall it like Gastrodon or Tangrowth. And yes, Azumarill does get Ice Punch, but then you're relying on its very slow speed instead of priority Aqua Jet. Milotic on the other hand at least can be useful instantly and has decent enough speed and bulk to remain on the field for an extended period of time, plus having recovery. But if Milotic doesn't work, then Gastrodon is also fine. It's a very good Pokemon also fulfilling the same tank role as Milotic. Unlike Azumarill and Milotic, Gastrodon is a Sinnoh Pokemon so it works even better. Gengar overlaps with Spiritomb in terms of type and Poison isn't don't anything since it's only super effective on Grass here. It feels very redundant especially since Lucario and Togekiss are very powerful special attackers anyways. Roserade should just stay since otherwise the team has no coverage against Water Types. Diantha: The reason you want Accelgor is pretty much the same reason why Hawlucha is on her team. It's also a show-off movie star Pokemon. Hawlucha should just stay. Leon: Not that I hate this new team, but I'd throw a curveball and give Leon his anime team. Dragapult, Mr. Rime, all three starters and Charizard. It feels in-character for Leon, as the Galar Champion superstar athlete to have all three starters that represent his region and all the trainers from Galar. Nemona: You said at the start of her section that you want her team to give you a tough battle and decided to give her Lokix and Oricorio, two Pokemon with pretty bad BSTs and are overall not good Pokemon for a Champion-level fight. I think Goodra should stay because at least one Pseudo-Legendary is the standard fare for a Champion. Gholdengo is a good choice. Arboliva is not a good Pokemon, having terrible typing and being incredibly slow. It's not the worst, but we can do better. Instead of Lokix, let her lead with Kilowattrel. It's pretty common for rivals to have the regional bird and Kilowattrel at least has the speed to strike first, either attacking hard with Thunderbolt or setting up Tailwind. Then add Cyclizar. It's Shed Tail combo actually gives it purpose, allowing Nemona to set up into another Pokemon. Nemona would use it to travel around Paldea alike to you using Koraidon/Miraidon. So the team would be Kilowattrel/Goodra/Cyclizar/Gholdengo/Pawmot/Starter. This team would be either very speedy or powerful, making it a much tougher battle. All the others I agree with more or less. I don't know about N. I think his original team is completely fine, but he has no practical theme, so this new team can't really be said for better or for worse. I think my favorite is Alder's new team, pretty much a perfect rework.

Fun video, the ideas you had for Wallace was very unique. Though I do have some disagreements with your Leon changes. I wouldn't remove the Sword and Shield pokemon from the Sword and Shield Champion. Also, Melony's Darmanitan does have Zen mode. Perhaps giving him a Toxtricity, because he is someone who likes to play up to the crowd, and would also give him some new type coverage.

I like your takes on Diantha's new team with Accelgor, Vaporeon, and Aegislash, but I think Hawlucha fits Diantha's career since it's a wrestler who loves to show off in front of crowds and make a spectacle. Gourgeist looks like a ghostly maiden which kinda fits Diantha. And Tyrantrum fits into the fairy tale theme of Diantha as you said.

Calling Wallace an Egotistical punk killed me😭😭help

For me I’d fix Lance this way: Rather than giving him an Espeon for Aerodactyl, I’d swap out the second Dragonite for Lapras and there’s a few reasons why: 1. Aerodactyl is his one member not weak to rock of his original team and adds the rock stab diversity so removing it seems like a net negative 2. Espeon is already used by Red in Gold and Silver, and while he does use Lapras after, it’d be a weird bit of overlap for a Pokémon that’s not even a dragon and shouldn’t really be on the team in the first place 3. Lapras is based on a Plesiosaur-a large ancient aquatic dinosaur which is dragon adjacent enough to be let on the team on just theming alone 4. No one in the main game uses Lapras on a team, so such a memorable Gen 1 Pokémon getting used on his team would be nice 5. It’s movepool is insane: Ice Beam, Blizzard, Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Perish Song, etc are all amazing moves. Not many Pokémon get a movepool this good so it’d be nice for Lance to put it to good use. 6. Lapras 1/4x resists Ice and can’t be frozen, which considering his ace Pokémon is Dragonite provides a good switch of Lance can reasonably guess he’ll take an ice type attack. 7. The original weakness of Lance’s original team were Ice, Rock, Dragon, and Water and Lapras does well at least offensively or defensively, if not both ways, against all of them. 8. Lapras one of the kindest Pokémon and helps establish Lance’s heroic character

every Champion rematch should have a couple Pokémon that has a type that matches the Elite Four. idk why they've ONLY did it with Alder, I feel like every should have at least one battle like that

"Cynthia's team doesn't really have a theme." I suppose her theme could simply be "rare Pokemon", with Roserade being the odd one out. Lucario and Togekiss are gift egg-only, Garchomp is just rare like pseudo-legendaries tend to be, Milotic is hard to find and changes its location every day and Spiritomb requires a lot of steps to summon it. The team you gave her is great too, however, even if it breaks the theme a bit.

Straightforward concept. Fantastic video!

I would love to see this style of video for the Rivals, as some characters have really weird Pokemon choices that don't fit their character or personalities. However some Pokemon (like Blue's Pidgeot) I think fit his Rival fight teams, but not his Champion team. So if you did Blue/Hau I think redesigning their final fight before the Champion fight would be more interesting than just redoing the champion battle again. Great video overall, even if I disagree with some Pokemon replacements I overall really love the teams you chose and wish those were actually the champion teams we could fight.

This was really well thought out! Good job KDog!

I appreciate what was done for Diantha and Geeta - they deserve so much better. Cynthia's feels like a dumbed-down version, which I don't mind since I'm so sick of her popping up everywhere compared to every other Champion, so she could do with a dumbing down.

Fully agree with the Starmie addition for Steven. Great reasoning and feels appropriate and fitting. Nice job

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