NovaBrunswick
Canada Connoisseur
Most people in the Pokémon world play fair and square, but of course, there will always be some who play dirty. Who do you think are the biggest cheaters in the games? These are my thoughts:
- Lance - He has three Dragonites who are five levels below what they should've evolved at, and in the original R/B/Y games, one of them has Barrier, which Dragonite cannot learn legally in any way. His Aerodactyl also has Rock Slide, which it could not learn in Gen 2.
- Ghetsis - A similar situation to Lance. His Hydreigon is ten levels below what it should evolve at, and it also has all sorts of nasty moves to throw you off, including Flamethrower and Surf (!) It seems Dragon-type users are more likely to cheat since they are often seen as "unstoppable" in the games, at least before Gen 6 introduced the Fairy type. If Black/White ever get remade in the future, Ghetsis's Hydreigon will probably get a new move to deal with Fairies, possibly something Poison-type.
- Lenora - Retaliate is just too powerful for just the second Gym Leader. It seems Normal-type Gym Leaders are some of the hardest to beat (I'm looking at you as well, Whitney...)
- Elesa - Although not really a cheater, her tactics do seem cheater-ish, what with her two Emolgas constantly using Volt Switch so you can't hit them, and Ground-types will amount to null against them. Luckily B2/W2 made her a little easier by replacing her second Emolga with Flaaffy.
- Battle facility/Subway opponents - They always seem to have all the luck while you get none. Some of them even use Legendaries, which just seems a bit overkill (as most people don't use Legendaries in-game). Whenever they use a move that isn't too accurate (e.g. Focus Blast), it nearly always seems to never miss, which is immensely frustrating and often causes "ragequits" amongst the community. These people are the reason I don't do competitive battling.