>>52161912Depends on the continuity.
>MastersRaihan explains that he, Leon, Sonia and Nessa all competed in the tournament when they were younger and Leon beat them and defeated the champion
>Adventures Sonia was better than Leon and he could never beat her. However she was under a lot of pressure because she’s the granddaughter of a famous professor who was close with Chairman Rose so she everybody thought she was getting by through nepotism instead of her own skills. She cracked to the pressure, lost to Opal and decided to just quit and study. She never saw Leon until the event of the SWSH manga started
>Anime It’s obvious that Leon surpassed her but they were still good friends. He basically never lost a battle and felt like he peaked and couldn’t get stronger anymore until the darkest day stuff happened.
