Journeys is kind of at the top by default. Wish the writers were better at showing it to us.
Journeys > Kalos > Alola > Sinnoh = Hoenn > Unova = Johto
I agree to most of this, and yeah, but default one could argue that Journeys should end up being the best, but I don't perceive it as such. Sinnoh should be higher-up then Alola, or an '=' at least. Naganadel isn't a permanent team-member, nor could I see it do much against Gliscor considering its moveset is horrible against Ground/Flying (aside from Dragon Pulse). Melmetal's supposed strength was hamfisted and evenso, it only has one win that wasn't comedic, get around Double IronBash and your fine. Incineroar has barely any feats comparable to Infernape's wreckage of the latter Sinnoh gyms and would likely lose the 1v1-matchup. Lycanroc is the go-to-doggo in my eyes of Alola and I rate it higher then Incineroar, but I don't see it winning against
Torterra (which is a powerhouse when the story isn't deadset on glorifying Infernape (vs. Volkner/Paul)(see Grotle vs. Palmer, Torterra vs. Bertha the story still dictated that Ash couldn't win, but the performance still shows that Torterra isn't as weak as people just looking up a w/l-claim it to be)) - Buizel could also be a solid match against Lycanroc, or at least chip at its health to let Torterra finish it off. And then you have Staraptor absolutely destroying Rowlet.
Unova > Johto. I'm a Johto fan, but what would that team do against Pignite, Krookodile and Leavanny throw in Boldore and the only thing Johto can hope is that
Heracross can do something.
Note that I only consider the teams as they were in the series they finished their original runs. So Donphan and Quilava are still a pisspoor Phanpy and stronger then usual Cyndaquil and Noctowl still had a semi-useless moveset compared to its DP-return moveset.
Wdym? Peopls that actually enjoy the good things about Journeys were hyped for that. JN is winning the poll for a reason
Journeys is the most recent show. There's probably quite a few that didn't watch OS/AG/DP or even BW when they first aired..
I mean Ash beat Drake first try and he was considered the champion of the Orange Islands in the animé. Ash came ridiculously close to beating Tyson and he went on to win the Hoenn League, Ash was the only guy who defeated Tobias' Darkrai in the entirety of Sinnoh (in this case, whichever opponent Tobias' needed to beat in order to progress to the league victory).
Yes, Ash beat 'champion' Iris. But Iris was never
portrayed as very effective (aside with her Drilbur-streak and Excadrill) and was always
seen as intraining at best. With regards to Ash's victory over Gladion, at least Gladion was
shown as an impressive battler for the entirety of his stay on the show. I can only assume people don't rate the Iris-battle as highly is because the writers hamfisted Iris into her gamecounterpart with very little actual progress
shown and a lot of it being
phoned in by Drayden. Also, Ash's Journey Dragons have received VERY little development and the Dracovish win came off as badly as Gible beating Conway's Shuckle/Dusknoir.
I mean, it's kinda sad that it was Melmetal doing the most damage to Silvally during that battle, because Melmetal was just as hamfisted onto Ash's team as Iris' 'champion'-status. Just as much as how gimmicky Meltan's win over Shaba was as Dracovish's win over Iris' Dragonite.
