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Top 3 Strongest Pokemon in each League

Lord Godwin

The Lord of Darkness
Top 3 Strongest Pokemon in each League Conference


So since people are comparing whole Pokemon Teams in the Anime I wanted to take a different approach and wanted to ask which were the Top 3 Strongest Pokemon in each League conference as it not always co-relates with how far a Trainer went in each Conference.


A pretty good example is the Johto League (Mt. Silver Conference). I do believe it was stated that Ash Charizard was still tired after his fight with Gary's Blastoise while fighting Harrison and that is partially why Charizard lost to Blaziken). The same Blaziken was too tired after his fight with Charizard to take part in Harrison match against Jon in Top 4.


So I do believe the top 3 strongest Pokemon in the Johto conference were (most likely):

1. Ash's Charizard

2. Harrison's Blaziken

3. Gary's Blastoise


What are your thoughs and which Pokemon you would put as top 3 for each Conference, based on feats?
 

Applecorp

Well-Known Member
I won't rank the Kanto League Pokemon because many of them sucked. But from the others I'd say:

Johto - Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise, Harrison's Blaziken
Hoenn - Ash's Pikachu, Morrison's Swampert, Tyson's Meowth
Sinnoh - Ash's Sceptile, Paul's Drapion, Tobias's Darkrai
Unova - Ash's Krookodile, Cameron's Hydreigon, Trip's Serperior
Kalos - Ash's Greninja, Alain's Charizard, Sawyer's Sceptile
Alola - Ash's Incineroar, Guzma's Golisopod, Gladion's Lycanroc
 

PokemonBattleFanatic-

Well-Known Member
Johto League
Ash's Charizard
Harrison's Blaziken
Gary's Blastoise



Hoenn League

Tyson's Metagross
Ash's Swellow
Ash's Glalie


Sinnoh League
Tobias's Latios
Tobias's Darkrai
Ash's Infernape



Unova League

Cameron's Lucario
Ash's Pikachu
Trip's Serperior


Kalos League
Alain's Charizard
Ash's Greninja
Sawyer's Sceptile
 

Lord Godwin

The Lord of Darkness
Johto League
Ash's Charizard
Harrison's Blaziken
Gary's Blastoise



Hoenn League

Tyson's Metagross
Ash's Swellow
Ash's Glalie


Sinnoh League
Tobias's Latios
Tobias's Darkrai
Ash's Infernape



Unova League

Cameron's Lucario
Ash's Pikachu
Trip's Serperior


Kalos League
Alain's Charizard
Ash's Greninja
Sawyer's Sceptile
Johto League
Ash's Charizard
Harrison's Blaziken
Gary's Blastoise



Hoenn League

Tyson's Metagross
Ash's Swellow
Ash's Glalie


Sinnoh League
Tobias's Latios
Tobias's Darkrai
Ash's Infernape



Unova League

Cameron's Lucario
Ash's Pikachu
Trip's Serperior


Kalos League
Alain's Charizard
Ash's Greninja
Sawyer's Sceptile

I won't rank the Kanto League Pokemon because many of them sucked. But from the others I'd say:

Johto - Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise, Harrison's Blaziken
Hoenn - Ash's Pikachu, Morrison's Swampert, Tyson's Meowth
Sinnoh - Ash's Sceptile, Paul's Drapion, Tobias's Darkrai
Unova - Ash's Krookodile, Cameron's Hydreigon, Trip's Serperior
Kalos - Ash's Greninja, Alain's Charizard, Sawyer's Sceptile
Alola - Ash's Incineroar, Guzma's Golisopod, Gladion's Lycanroc

Was Saweyr's Sceptile really stronger than Ash Pikachu?
Also wasn't the Mea Garchomp stronger than the Sceptile?

Also for Alola I guess we cannot count Incineroar since it debuted after the League.
I think for Alola Gladion Silvally is stronger than Lycanroc and Melmetal was stronger than Ash Lycanroc.

So I would say:
1. Gladion's Silvally
2. Ash's Melmetal
3. Guzma's Golisopod
4. Ash Pikachu = Gladion's Zoroark
5. Ash Lycanroc with Gladion's Lycanroc Just behind.

For Hoenn:
1. Tyson's Metagross
2. Ash Pikachu=Tyson's Meowth
3. Katie's Walrein?

Ash Swellow and Grovyle might be Just behind.

For Unova I agree with Ash Krookodile and Serperior. Ash Pikachu, Cameron's Hydreigon and Lucario might Also be around the same level.
 

PokemonBattleFanatic-

Well-Known Member
Tyson's Meowth is very overrated on here,it barely managed to defeat Ash's Pikachu who was previously batting Tyson's Metagross.I was more impressed with his Metagross,Hariyama and Sceptile.

Also how does Pikachu manage to do well against Tyson yet did worse against Morrison and Katie?It's just like when Pikachu managed to tie with a Latios at the Sinnoh League despite doing worse against Paul.
 

Leonhart

Imagineer
Tetsuya's Nyasu might not have been the most impressive Pokemon in terms of battle screen-time, but I would personally consider it as a contender for the Top 3 most powerful Pokemon at the Houen League based on the fact that it was Tetsuya's ace Pokemon, and he won the whole tournament after all.
 

Kuzehiko

That moment I found a lifetime treasure
Johto: Harrison's Blaziken, Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise
Hoenn: Ash's Glalie, Tyson's Metagross, Ash's Pikachu
Sinnoh: Tobias's Darkrai, Ash's Infernape, Tobias's Latios
Unova:Virgil's Eevee, Ash's Pikachu, Cameron's Lucario
Kalos:Alain's MCX, Ash-Greninja, Sawyer's Mega Sceptile
Alola: Ash's Pikachu, Gladion's Zoroark, Ash's Lycanroc
 

Epicocity

Well-Known Member
I feel like people are sleeping too much on Kalos Pikachu here. He outright smoked four Pokemon in the League including soloing Alain's second strongest which was enough to make him call Charizard out early because of what a pure threat he was. He even managed to get a hit on Sceptile despite being exhausted from the Clawitzer and Aegislash battles.
 

Lord Godwin

The Lord of Darkness
I feel like people are sleeping too much on Kalos Pikachu here. He outright smoked four Pokemon in the League including soloing Alain's second strongest which was enough to make him call Charizard out early because of what a pure threat he was. He even managed to get a hit on Sceptile despite being exhausted from the Clawitzer and Aegislash battles.

I am under the impression that Sceptile is listed only for being a Mega and being Sawyers strongest.

M-Sceptile was almost no match for Ash-Greninja and I have a feeling Pikachu has much better feats in Kalos League (like taking down 2 Pseuds, making Alains Base Charizard knee etc.
 

SerenaRulez

Well-Known Member
Johto: Harrison's Blaziken, Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise
Hoenn: Ash's Glalie, Tyson's Metagross, Ash's Pikachu
Sinnoh: Tobias's Darkrai, Ash's Infernape, Tobias's Latios
Unova:Virgil's Eevee, Ash's Pikachu, Cameron's Lucario
Kalos:Alain's MCX, Ash-Greninja, Sawyer's Mega Sceptile
Alola: Ash's Pikachu, Gladion's Zoroark, Ash's Lycanroc

I think this is mostly spot on and I would only replace Pikachu in the Unova League ranking because it seemed like Krookodile was stronger throughout the whole League. :)
 

Red and Blue

Well-Known Member
Kanto: Ash's Charizard, Ash's Kingler, that Bellesprout
Johto: Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise, Harrison's Blaziken
Hoenn:Tyson's Meowth, Tyson's Metagross, Ash"s Glalie
Sinnoh: Paul's Drapion, Ash's Infernape, Tobias' Darkrai
Unova: Cameron's Lucario, Cameron's Hydreigon, Virgil's Eevee
Kalos:Ash's Greninja, Alain's Charizard, Sawyer's Sceptile
Alola: Kukui's Incineroar, Tapu Koko, Ash's Pikachu
 

345ash-greninja

Auto-Memories Doll
Kanto: Battles were treated as utter gag jokes back then, so very difficult to gauge strength for those "battles"

Johto: Harrison's Blaziken, Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise

Honourable mention: Ash's Snorlax

Hoenn: Morrison's Gligar, Ash's Pikachu (vs Tyson)/Tyson's Meowth, Tyson's Metagross

Honourable mentions: Ash's Swellow, Katie's Walrein, Ash's Glalie

Sinnoh: Tobias's Latios, Tobias's Darkrai, Ash's Pikachu (vs Tobias)

Honourable mentions: Ash's Sceptile, Ash's Infernape, Paul's Electivire

Unova: Virgil's team (Virgil was a level above the rest in the Unova League mostly as he beat Cameron 6-3, so Ash & Cameron's Pokemon don't come into consideration here)

*Excluding Virgil/Dino: Cameron's Lucario, Ash's Pikachu (vs Cameron), Stephan Sawk/Trip's Serperior

Kalos: Alain's Mega Charizard X, Ash-Greninja, Ash's Pikachu (vs Alain)

Honourable mentions: Sawyer's Megs Sceptile, Remo's Mega Garchomp (based on the fact that it was shown to pose a threat to Alain's Base Zard)

Alola (including Kukui battle): Pikachu (with 10 MVT), Tapu Koko, Ash's Torracat/Incineroar

Honourable mentions: Kukui's Incineroar, Gladion's Silvally, Ash's Melmetal

It's roughly something like that IMO.
 
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RafaSceptile

Well-Known Member
Kanto: Ash's Charizard, Ash's Kingler, Ash's Bulbasaur
Johto: Harrison's Blaziken, Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise
Hoenn: Tyson's Metagross, Ash's Grovyle, Katie's Walrein
Sinnoh: Tobias' Darkrai, Tobias' Latios, Ash's Pikachu
Unova: Cameron's Lucario, Ash's Pikachu, Ash's Krookodile
Kalos: Alain's Mega-Charizard X, Ash's Greninja, Ash's Pikachu
Alola: Ash's Pikachu, Tapu Koko, Ash's Incineroar

Honorific mentions starting with Sinnoh:

Sinnoh: Ash's Infernape, Paul's Electivire, Paul's Drapion
Unova: Cameron's Hydreigon, Trip's Serperior, Stephan's Sawk
Kalos: Sawyer's Mega-Sceptile, Alain's Bisharp, Remo's Mega-Garchomp
Alola: Kukui's Incineroar, Ash's Lycanroc, Gladion's Silvally
 

PokemonBattleFanatic-

Well-Known Member
Honorable Mentions

Johto League
Ash's Snorlax
Jackson's Meganium
Ash's Bulbasaur


Hoenn League
Tyson's Sceptile
Katie's Walrein
Morrison's Gligar


Sinnoh League
Ash's Haxachu
Paul's Electivire
Paul's Drapion


Unova League
Virgil's Flareon
Ash's Krookodile
Virgil's Eevee
 

Emboar_Rulez

Pokémon Master (Kinda)
Johto League:Harrisons Blaziken,Ashs Charizard,Jacksons Meganium

Hoenn League:Ashs Glalie,Tysons Metagross,Ashs Pikachu

Sinnoh League:Ashs Infernape,Pauls Electivire,Tobias Darkrai

Unova League; Cameron Hydreigon,Ashs Krookodile,Stephans Sawk.

Kalos League: Alains Charizard,Ashs Greninja,Sawyers Sceptile

Alola League:Ashs Pikachu,Ashs Lycanoc,Ashs Incineroar
 

Ash-Pikachu

Well-Known Member
Johto League: Harrison's Blaziken, Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise
Hoenn League: Tyson's Meowth, Ash's Pikachu, Tyson's Metagross
Sinnoh League: Tobias's Latios, Ash's Pikachu, Tobias's Darkrai
*Without Tobias*: Ash's Pikachu, Ash's Infernape, Ash's Sceptile
Unova League: Whatever pokemon Virgil had
Kalos League: Alain's Mega Charizard X, Ash-Greninja, Sawyer's Mega Sceptile
*Honorable Mentions*: Ash's Pikachu, Alain's Metagross, Alain's Tyranitar
 

TheCrazyMaster

Well-Known Member
Let me see here.
Kanto (from what little we saw): Ash's Muk, Kingler and Charizard
Orange Islands: Drake's Dragonite, Ash's Carizard and Ash's Pikachu
Johto: Ash's Charizard, Gary's Blastoise and Harrison's Blaziken.
Hoenn: Tyson's Metagross, Tyson's Meowth and Katie's Walrein
Sinnoh: Tobias's Darkrai, Tobias's Latios and Ash's Sceptile
Unova: Ash's Krookodile, Stephan's Liepard and Trip's Serperior
Kalos: Alain's Charizard, Ash's Greninja and Sawyers Sceptile
Alola (without z-moves): Ash's Blast Torracat, Kukui's Incineroar, Ash's Melmetal
Alola (with z moves): Ash's Pikachu, Tapu Koko and idk maybe Ash's Blast Torracat?
 

nickdt

Well-Known Member
Kanto:
1. Ash's Kingler (Kinda obvious, since its the only one that solo'd)
2. Ash's Muk
3. Ash's Pikachu
Orange Islands:
1. Drake's Dragonite
2. Ash's Charizard
3. Ash's Tauros (Was imo more impressive than Pikachu in that battle, it defeated Drakes Starter and second strongest mon and took Dragonite upon on its horns for massive damage).
Johto:
1. Harrissons Blaziken
2. Gary's Blastoise
3. Ash's Charizard
Hoenn:
1. Ash's Glalie
2. Ash's Grovyle
3. Tyson's Meowth
Sinnoh
1. Tobias Darkrai
2. Ash's Infernape
3. Pauls Electivire
Sinnoh is kinda sketchy in terms of Ash's Pokemon, since he used some mons only in one battle (As such, i can't really count them, while this is also the case with infernape, overall it performed the best taking the whole region into account)
Unova
1. Ash's Pikachu
2. Ash's Krookodile
3. Stephan's Sawk
Kalos
1. Alain's Charizard
2. Ash's Pikachu
3. Ash's Greninja
I don't understand people who put Sawyers Sceptile in the top 3 in favor of Pikachu, especially since Ash vs Alain was the Pikachu slaughterfest.
Alola
1. Ash's Pikachu
2. Dusk Lycanroc
3. Midnight Lycanroc

People, Ash vs Kukui was an exhibition match, it didn't happen during the league. As such, that match cannot count in this thread.
 
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