>>38579969> Great- Silver - Definitely improved in HGSS where his development as a character in the Post-Game is welcome.
- Pearl - Good characterisation and decent development, has a nice sweet spot between asshole and friend.
- Cheren - Same as Pearl although also feels like they want to battle more so than most.
- Bianca - Extremely good characterisation and only notable flaw is that her team doesn't develop to reflect her character that well.
> Good- Blue - Not much personality as a rival, definitely better in later games as a character though.
- Tierno - Could use more characterisation but overall just an enjoyable character, would've been good to see his role in the story be more developed.
> Ok- Wally - Would've like to fight more, feels like they don't know what do with him though.
> Bad- May/Brendan - Underwhelming in RSE and annoying in ORAS, never hit a good middle point and felt like a formality rather than an actual character.
- Hugh - Felt like an uneasy mix of Cheren & Bianca and was lacking in both's advantages as a result, also his team was pretty unoriginal if I'm being honest.
- Serena - Underwhelming characterisation as a result of XY's terrible plot pacing, should've had more to do and made her character quirks be more defined instead of one off.
- Trevor - Very boring, should've been more aggressive as a character basically an inferior Cheren in every way.
- Gladion - Basically discount Silver, doesn't go through nearly as good of a character growth and just feels like they wanted to do much more with him but didn't.
> Terrible- Serena/Calem - Unnecessary and felt like they were only added because they had to.
- Hau - Fucking awful character, boring and annoying simultaneously, felt like a waste of time and should've been dropped entirely from USUM in favour of more time with better characters, there is no fixing this fuckwit.
> N/A- Trace - Not paying for LGPE
