>>43223149Well, let's look at the competition:
>Blue/LGPE RivalYour rival, who you've curbstomped multiple times at this point in your journey, whose full team you already know about and have prepared for
>LanceE4 member from last generation, anyone who played the previous games shouldn't have too much trouble with him - he does help out against Team Rocket though, so at least he participates in the story. He's technically not the final battle since we have a whole other region to explore
>RedIf we want to count Red as a champion or a "champion-tier fight", he's the first champion that gives Cynthia some competition simply because battling a previous protagonist atop a mountain is mind-blowing as a kid, and still holds up for many people now
>StevenHelps against the games' evil teams, and his team is solid too. Theme is pretty good as well
>WallaceOnly a Champion so Emerald could have another difference besides Fug being on the boxart - easily the worst Champion
>CynthiaChallenging, well-balanced team, great battle theme, helps with Galactic stuff at points during the story
and she's coomerbait>AlderHas barely any story relevance before jobbing to N, his fight is basically optional and relatively easy, and his theme sucks
>IrisDoes nothing throughout the game, and is only Champion so BW2 could say the Pokemon League had changed - because the E4 were pretty much the same. Also the second Champion to fixate on Dragon types
>DianthaGood battle theme, but I genuinely asked myself "Who are you again" when I found out she was the Champion
>KukuiGenuinely unexpected, solid team, good story presence, but
Battle at the Summit isn't great>HauOh look, it's your rival again. *yawn*
>LeonShoved in your face throughout the entire game, somehow just the right amount of annoying for me to like him and simultaneously feel satisfied beating his "unbeatable" Charizard. Team is well-balanced, battle theme is a little uninspired
