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Silver.
>starts out as a shadow-tier edgelord constantly in denial about being at fault for his losses
>treats his pokemon like shit cause his dad treated him like shit
>wonders why his stupid pokemon won't win battles for him
>through battling with you and seeing your fighting spirit standing up to Team Rocket and fearlessly conquering the league, he realizes that maybe his way isn't the best after all
>last time you fight him before the E4 he has a golbat
>that fight serves as his breaking point and he finally accepts that he should treat his Pokemon better, love and respect them
>then you fight him at Mt Moon and his Golbat evolved into Crobat (a friendship evolution)