Champions. The final obstacle between you and the Hall of Fame. Awesome, tough Trainers with tough teams. Pick and choose your faves. Mine would have to be Cynthia. My first Champion person, and I would have never guessed it would be her. She was fairly active in the plot of Platinum (she even goes into the Distortion World with you!), and is one of THE MOST HARDEST BOSSES IN Pokémon. No joke. Many will agree. Cynthia's theme is amazing; shall I go on? I like the fact that Cynthia returns to Sun/Moon through the Battle Tree, and I really hope to see her when Sinnoh remakes eventually come out.
Technically N is the champion in BW since he defeated Alder before you. So I'm going to say N. The guy was technically the 3rd rival in BW. Also his theme song is amazing.
I've always liked Cynthia. She felt like the champion I connected the most with, plus she was in my favorite generation. I like her team, and the idea that in her off time she's big into studying myths and stuff. she doesn't just sit at the league all day.
I know I've said the plenty of times on LV, but I absolutely adore Steven. Not only is he helpful during your adventure, but he is the most relatable Pokémon character I've ever seen. A science nerd who could be argued to play flute (why does he have the Eon Flute?) with every day a bad hair day... that's pretty much me! Second place goes to his best friend, Wallace. Now, I reccomend you add Wallace to the poll before you face my sister's fury when she finds this thread.
i liked cynthia, she's so friccin hot, and she appears throughout the games. does N really count as a champion, it was only temporary!
WHERE IS MY SON Beside that point, I really like Steven. He's just so nice to you, he's often outside the league, and he encourages you to take on the league. He's just a very good character. Also he's a dork. He nerds out over rocks. What a sweet and pure boy.
Well... I forgot about Wallace too then... sorry Wolfey, and I really thought I had them all this time! I should really check this time!
I really enjoyed Steven's character and character design! Plus the fact he's enthused about rocks and minerals a bit like me just kinda drew me to him haha! He's super helpful throughout the story and in the xyz anime he's really badass! Him teaming up with Diantha was awesome! Wish Wallace had shown up too though.
As much as I like N, I didn't find him too difficult as a Champion. Red from Heartgold was harder. Though I suppose he's harder than some other Champions too... So I'll say Cynthia. She is at the perfect challenging level. I have trouble beating her, but not to the point of continuous loss. I hate Lance, he's too difficult for me... And Cynthia is even in Black and White, and is still a very challenging trainer. Good for leveling up some Pokémon and strengthening them too.
@SkittleBox @WolfeyStar Steven is such a cute dork. I love how he obsesses over stones and is so incredibly helpful. The times he appeared in other gens made my heart beat a little faster. Besides he is the strongest trainer Pokémon Emerald, which was the first game I bought myself. I accidently challenged him with an underleveled team and got my ass kicked from here to Japan. I got schooled big time. I have to say that the old Wallace was better, but the new Wallace is way more in character. Gen three was so amazing.
I'm voting for Cynthia. I love Steven as well, but Cynthia was the first champion I actually had trouble against and read into their story. So, for the simple reason of interesting me before every other champion, I vote for her.