So, how do the Champions teams fare in the competitive scene? Which Champion has the best team?
I don't know much about competitive pokemon but I've heard that Garchomp is actually pretty good, so I was wondering how good are other pokemon used by champions and if there was a reason the decided to give them those pokemon, specially from Cynthia and onwards when they stopped following a certain theme.
Gary is literally undefeatable
>>27816228
Probably Cynthia. Her team, more specifically the Platinum one, has the less dead weight than anyone else, and Garchomp, Lucario, Milotic, and Togekiss are all legitimate threats.
It still wouldn't be GOOD, competitively, but she could probably make it to like, 1300 on showdown with it.
>>27817957
She'd probably be even better now, with Togekiss getting Fairy typing.
>>27816228
cynthia
best type coverage
most amount of viable pokemon especially in the DP metagame
>gary
good variety but mediocre mons like execute, pidgeot, and rhydon.
>lance
better hope he doesnt run into ice beam or thunderbolt
>steven
not much variety
weak fossil mons
>wallace
bunch of shit water and ice types
>alder
meh variety
no real threats
>iris
decent variety
several high tier threats but also several devastating weak points
>diantha
good variety
only real threat is gardevoir M but otherwise a bunch of weakmons