HiroKazuma said:
Overall, his Kanto team would OWN all his other pokemon.
PHAIL!!!
Seriously, at least give a good explanation as to what his Kantou team has going for it. Sure, Lizardon may be one of his strongest Pokemon, and Fushigidane and Zenigame are good for being unevolved and have learned Solar Beam and Hydro Pump. However, Butterfree can barely do s*** (especially since the anime constantly refuses to showcase the Pokemon's psychic abilities), and Oosubame obviously owns Pigeot, being Satoshi's only flyer (besides Lizardon) to actually train and do something worth a damn (not to mention being, I estimate, Satoshi's third most prominent battler as of right now, after Pikachu and Jukain... getting a hit in on Deoxys Speed Form should not be overlooked, neither). Heigani compensates for its lack of evolution about as well as Fushigidane and Zenigame do (though he should still learn a new attack already). While Jukain's only recently evolved, he's quickly proven to be one of Satoshi's most powerful Pokemon (all things considered, he trained and battled a lot as a Kimori and Juptor) and could feasibly rival Lizardon in strength and skill (though, if they both fought eachother directly, there is that type disadvantage... but that didn't stop Jukain before). Also, Jukain knows Solar Beam, so that takes away Fushigidane's thunder.
Donfan hasn't seen much action, but from what we've seen of the guy thus far, he's certainly a force to be reckoned with. Aipom might be holding his team down, but certainly not as bad as Butterfree would've (and again, we haven't seen much of the guy in action. Hell, Focus Punch might make it worthwhile). Finally, there's Pikachu. In Kantou, what did this guy have? A helluva lot less than he does today. In Houen, Iron Tail was added to his staling movepool. As if that weren't enough, he learned the powerful Volt Tackle when Battle Frontier rolled around. In Kantou, Pikachu barely used Thunder, even in the leagues from what I recall (despite the fact that it clearly knew the attack, as evidenced by Dark City). For that matter, Thundershock was its staple attack in those times, rather than Thunderbolt (which Thundershock would slowly phase out to over time... hell, I'm watching Jouto episodes, it's still using Thundershock). And given a just plain overall lack of experience, present Pikachu would kick past Pikachu's a** quite handily. Also, if you really wanna get technical, Lizardon was disobedient in Kantou, causing it to barely be used, so that'd be a huge blow to the Kantou team.
