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Remember how GameFreak presented Leon as one of the greatest Trainers of all time?
Anime might've gone a bit too far with that, wouldn't ya agree?
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Yeah... I get the reasoning...
But wasn't that supposed to be the tournament full of strongest Trainers in the world?
I get Leon is #1, I fully do...
SpoilerBut to squash Elite Four/Champion-level Mega Evolution specialist, and then the Grand Champion, without even going all out; without Even trying...? That's bullshit. And that comes from a guy who has seen dozens of extra OP Champion+ level characters in fanmade Pokemon games.
At that rate, Ash ain't gonna have the slightest of chances. He's on the same level as the others; heck, he even fought Alain and Diantha and was close to defeating both of them - so it's safe to assume he's very close in overall strength to them.
Without plot armor or other bullshit, Leon's Charizard will have Ash's Pokemon turn into Ash.
I know that I'm "infamous" for having my OCs be incredibly OP in what they do, but... at least they have some other negative traits - mainly mental - that balance things out.
But Leon in the anime... The only, ONLY, not-positive trait he possesses is panting with directions. He might be even more broken than Tobias back in the Sinnoh saga; yet Tobias was justified as he was having Legendary Pokemon at his disposal, and was facing Trainers which the strongest of them were on a level of Gym Leaders. Plus, he even couldn't defeat Cynthia.
Well... Let's see at least if Ash vs Cynthia will live up to its' name and rank of a "dream match"
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Actually, Sol, I did notice something pelicular about Leon's style.
In (almost) all of his matches which aren't 1vs1 or other battles where Leon can use more than one Pokemon, there's a ongoing scheme: Leon's lead Pokemon faints first, then he basically dominates the rest of his team - very often with one, single Pokemon; but he may occasionally use more.
SpoilerWhich makes sense; Dragapult is defeated by (I assume) Hawlucha, then Rillaboom KO's them and all but one of Diantha's Pokemon.
That strategy reminds me of Masquerade from the first season of Bakugan; mainly after heroes defeated the alliance of World's Greatests (highest ranked Bakugan fighters in the world - #10 and from #5 to #2; Masquerade was #1).
He let the opponent easily defeat his first Bakugan, then defeat all three of opponent in rapid succession (usually using his 'ace', Hydranoid).
The difference? We know both the reasons and source of Masquerade's might, but Leon... we don't have any backstory of his, other than he was growing up in Postwick, he was rivaling with Raihan and Sonia, he's a battling prodigy (just because), his overall knowledge outside of battles is limited (according to Opal) and was the youngest Grand Champion of Galar and one of the youngest in the world, becoming one at the age of 10... But why and how did he become such great Trainer? What motivations, other than "making Galar great again", does he have? The facts are so limited, no wonder fans are furious over his domination in the PCS - he's like Tobias, but without Legendaries.
While at first, while I was presenting my Pokemon OC to the masses, there were some critiques of him being way too strong (in fact, he's in lore even stronger than Leon, defeating him one time in 1vs1 match), but at least he has both backstory and motivations to be strong, plus his talent is justified by his lineage. Leon doesn't have any of those - he's just a overly competent Trainer.
Which usually isn't too bad... But in this case, and THESE results, they sure are.
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