>>29549166>what?I'm joking about people's opinions on champions. While Diantha is not a powerhouse, people tend to forget that most of previous champions can be swept by one or two Pokemon because of their teams' glaring type weaknesses.
Lance is completely annihilated by Starmie or Lanturn. Almost any water Pokemon can deal huge damage to him as well.
Steven has huge problems against ground types (its only line of defence is Cradily) and both Swampert and Blaziken counter half of his team.
Wallace has only 2 Pokemon not destroyed by electric attacks (similar with grass attacks). Hell, Wallace can't handle enemy's water types as well (bar Ludicolo).
Alder simply can't counter fire types when Bouffalant is dead. He also has problems against some Rock Pokemon.
Iris is slightly better than Lance because she isn't annihilated by ice weakness alone. You also need fighting type.
tl;dr: Diantha is not strong but at least has varied team that encourages using different Pokemon. Only Blue and Cynthia do this besides her.
>>29549419Not everyone uses Krookodile.
Also, Krookodile is slower than Hawlucha and weak to Flying Press, Blizzard, Muddy Water, Seed Bomb and Moonblast.
And lastly, bringing up Moxie is generally unfair. You can sweep Red in Johto by spamming X items on ground type.
