>>46066869Confirmed for never fucking playing Platinum. To use Bertha's team as an example every member of her team has at least one counter against a type advantage. Some have TWO. Her team has ways to handle flying and water, and if you try to solo her with a single Pokemon you're going to get burned.
In comparison Alliester's team can't deal with shit. Multiple status moves on a single Pokemon, moves that won't cover anything that'd ever be used against a Ghost-type like Rock-Tomb. Look at Cursola's moveset. I'd expect something like that from a regular trainer not an E4 member. And oh sure he can deal with a ghost-type but that's only because ghost is weak to Ghost. There's no counter on his team for a dark-type Pokemon.