Who are the strongest trainers in the anime? I only want to limit this to trainers who we have seen with at least 6 pokemon. Therefore, someone like Cynthia wouldn't qualify since we have only seen her Garchomp and Glaceon. Agatha, Flint, Loreli/Prima, Bruno, Drake (hoenn elite four), and other members of the elite four wouldn't qualify since we don't know what their full teams look like.
For me, its a tie between Brandon and Alain. Brandon has three Regi's as well as powerful pokemon like Duscloops, Solrock and Ninjask. I would like to see a proper six on six battle of Brandon vs Ash. I could see it being a very tough battle for Ash. However, if Ash were to use his best pokemon from all reigions, i think he may be able to prevail.
Alain has that absurdly overpowered Charizard. It also helps that he has two fully evolved pseudo legendaries and three other fairly strong pokemon. If Ash could find a way to get past that overpowered Charizard, i could see Ash beating him in a six on six battle.
Paul would be third for me. Yes, Ash beat him. But Paul did not use his Torterra, Magmortar, Ursaring etc. If Paul used his best six pokemon, it would take Ash's best overall team (using pokemon from different regions) to beat him.
My overall rankings:
For me, its a tie between Brandon and Alain. Brandon has three Regi's as well as powerful pokemon like Duscloops, Solrock and Ninjask. I would like to see a proper six on six battle of Brandon vs Ash. I could see it being a very tough battle for Ash. However, if Ash were to use his best pokemon from all reigions, i think he may be able to prevail.
Alain has that absurdly overpowered Charizard. It also helps that he has two fully evolved pseudo legendaries and three other fairly strong pokemon. If Ash could find a way to get past that overpowered Charizard, i could see Ash beating him in a six on six battle.
Paul would be third for me. Yes, Ash beat him. But Paul did not use his Torterra, Magmortar, Ursaring etc. If Paul used his best six pokemon, it would take Ash's best overall team (using pokemon from different regions) to beat him.
My overall rankings:
- Brandon
- Alain
- Paul
- Tyson
- Gary
- Drake (Orange islands)
- Sawyer