Fixing Kalos' Elite 4 

👋Hey everyone Im typing this from a convention hall so I'll keep it brief! Thanks for watching da vid and feel free to comment any of your own team reworks for the kalos elite 4! Have a good day!

The elite 4 not having Megas will never make sense to me this gen underutilized megas

I like your new interpretation of Diantha’s team. Diantha’s original theme is based having the highest stat of every Kalos Mon introduced that Gen. Hawlucha: Speed, Gourgeist: Defense, Goodra: Special Defense, Aurourus: HP, Tyrantrum: Attack, and Mega Gardevoir: Special Attack. Additionally, they’re all loosely based on movie genres too. Hawlucha: Action, Gourgeist: Horror, Tyrantrum: Kaiju, Aurourus: Classic, Goodra: Kids, M-Gardevoir: Princess

One thing I love about Gen 6 is that it continues the “Pick any Elite 4 Member” Battle Option that Gen 5 started. All Elite 4 members are supposed to be near equals so it feels weird when the first 4 Gens made it where there was a definitive weakest and strongest Elite 4 member. Strong and Weak should be subjective based on the trainer not by levels.

Honestly I just wish mega altaria existed in XY, it fits drasna vibe so much, it's a cute and calm but still capable

It honestly annoys me that they didn't make any Gen 6 Megas because that means giving all of the E4 megas means not being able to give them new mons as their aces. They're stuck with old megas for their aces.

Mega Blastoise on Siebold's team like in that mini series is Mega Based!

Can't forget drasna. She's G to the I to the L to the F

Lumoise Trainer Zac, or Zactoshi should see this. He made a new team video on Gen 6 a few years ago. Funnily enough, he had a Pangoro in Diantha's team as her bodyguard.

Kinda wish Siebold had kept Clawitzer, one thing I really liked about the Kalos E4 is that at least they use two new Pokémon each, which is a lot given how fee new Pokémon there were in gen 6... Adding a mega on top of two new ones would make them a lot better I'd say, but Clawitzer specifically also fits him too well with him being a fancy french chef, y'know, lobster...

Big improvements across the board. Diantha's team certainly had some unexpected choices, but they're more diverse as a result. And I love that she has a shiny on her team - giving her a shiny would definitely add to the memorable factor. And bless you for including Roserade. I always appreciate team improvements for my favourite Champion - some can potentially give Cynthia a run for her money. Seriously, I really want Diantha to return with a formidable team for fans to remember and potentially fear her by. Enough of the Cynthia pandering.

personally i think mega ampharos fits drasna a little bit better than garchomp. i’d have clemont’s mega be mega manectric instead so she could have ampharos

Maybe if Pokémon anime Diantha went with this team instead, Leon's Rillaboom probably wouldn't have swept. She might even have won in the Masters 8 of Pokémon Journey.

13:05 i didn't know that earthquake changed to a rock tipe move in gen 6😂😂

Me, not having played this games: Yes I agree in everything

I do feel a bit bad for Diantha. Her original team has some nice offensive coverage, and the BST totals are nice. And her levels are actually pretty high compared to the levels of other champions... She just fell victim to Gamefreak's questionable choices and the Exp. Share mechanics. I do love her team, though. The fact that other than Gardevoir, they made sure that all of her Pokémon were original to Kalos. (Also Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Gourgeist, and Goodra are all pretty high on my favorite Pokémon list) I don't really like when people hate on her because her character is really cool, even if she is underutilized. I just hope that whenever X & Y remakes happen, they don't do a 1 for 1 recreation. I want more lore, more interactions with Diantha... Maybe going deeper into Team Flare to make them feel like an actual team instead of just a concept (like seriously, why do we fight so many unnamed Admin NPCs when there are 6 named characters that have unique designs and we barely see them... Make it make sense) I would love to see more conflict in terms of Team Flare's ideals and Diantha's response to them. P.S.- The fact that Diancie is an ORAS Mega is disappointing because I feel like Mega Diancie fits Diantha's vibe even more than Mega Gardevoir. And having an essentially 700 BST ace could have made Diantha one of the most memorable champions.

I aways saw Drasna as the one dragon trainer that doesn't have a semi-legendary and that was her gimmick.

Diantha do be showing with her Shiny Gigalith. Not gonna judge tho, it's a great Shiny.

I love wikstroms team, all so meanacing and i can imagine his klefki jist chilling by his belt as a secret weapon 😅

I think dual screens would be better on lead klefki tbh….make those bulky steel types even more threatening

I heard that Dianth'as team was terrible but nothing prepared me for that Aurorus dear Arceus... The small roasts when introducing the characters add a lot of personality to the videos, the mix of humor and information is top notch (also I learned to build better teams! :D thanks!) i don't remember where i read it, but iirc Diantha's team represents different movie genres: action, historical, horror, I think children movies for Goodra? It felt all over the place ngl, I like your new team better

I hope you eventually do all of the mainline Pokémon games. Your versions of what could have been made me appreciate them even more. Thank you, Rory. I wish your channel grows soon. 🍀

The only change I'd give to Diantha's team is swapping out Gorebyss with a Shiny Milotic. With the ability, Marvel Scales. Holding a Lum Berry. With Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Safeguard, and Recover. And have her Roserade be shiny so that half of the team are like that to show-off.

he cooked again 🔥

Oh boy. I have to travel for a bit tomorrow morning. I definitely know what I'm listening to! Always glad to see you uploading :)

While I've made lists of how I would build the Elite 4 of Kalos, they were not as detailed as this one. Great job!

Hi Rory, I just discovered your channel and have binged this entire series just cause I've found it pretty interesting. I"m all for "fixing" this kind of stuff, I love the Drayano hacks where he does similar work, and I'm just interested as to how you made the graphics that you use for your video, for example, the one at 7:43 showing Siebold's team. I'd like to do something like this on my own time and I haven't been able to find anything that looks nearly as clean as those ones you're using. Thx in advance!

Not sure i'm too fond of clawitzer getting axed for Siebold because all of the other reworked elite 4 have 2 native kalos mons on there team and it fits the whole chef vibe of his team nicley. Also shame Mega Diancie wasen't an option on the table for Diantha in XY as i'm a big fan of NPC's using legendaries when thematically fitting.

Was it right after X and Y that Torkoal got drought? If so, that is a cruel slap in the face to Malva's team comp

Loved the teams. Great work

I personally think your Seibold team is a weaker overall, especially without Starmie. You have to keep in mind 2/3rd of the players will have either a chesnaught or a Mega-Venusaur on their team and the team you created is terrible at dealing with those, since your scariest options are physical which will get tanked by both of them. Psychic Starmie was a nice way to break those starters open, it probably wasn't OHKOing them but is the best water type option to hit venusaur through thick fat as well as being excellent against chesnaught. I feel like the addition of Politoad feels a bit wasted here, since non of the Pokémon are actually taking advantage of the rain. It suits the french chef theme well but that's about it. Sure the water type buff is nice, but DDGyarados, Barbaracle and Blastoise do not need it to be threatening and Lanturn feels like deadweight. I think the Gyarados, Starmie core worked the best here and I also like Clawitzer, both because it fits the theme of a chef and also because it's the only team it can be included in. Barbanacle is the one that need to go, it's much too weak as an ace, and doesn't synergies well in a mono water. It would be much better suited in the rock gym. I actually like Politoad in the team but you gotta put a Pokémon that really takes advantage of the rain. If this was ORAS mega-pert would be a no brainer, but since we are limited to the XY Dex I feel like either Kingdra, Ludico, seismitoad or Tentacruel would complement the rain better with rain dish and Swift swin shenanigans and help cover the type matchups without being as passive as lanturn is. Rest/Hydration Vaporeon or Lapras could also be nice here but I feel like the team would be too weak to electrik with them.

First video i’ve seen of you looking forward to more quality content.

It’s crazy how the Pokémon anime had to give these elite 4 the mega evolution Pokemon they deserve

I'd have had Seibold change the Gyarados for the Clawitzer. Yes, Gyarados is amazing, but every big water leader uses it. This allows him to shine without needing such a big powerful pokemon.

If only mega altaria was in xy then the megas would be the same as the anime choices in their megas

Heya! You've been making some amazing content, I've been really enjoying going through all the videos you've made when I've had the time to look at them, and I can't wait to see more! Kinda amusing how Diantha's team has worse ivs than every elite four member before her, and from what I remembered from the gym leaders video, even some of the gym leaders have better ivs than Diantha's team. Wonder why they did that lol As someone who grew up with XY as one of my first Pokemon games, its interesting seeing hard mode teams being made for the gym leaders and elite four of the game. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read this, have a great rest of your day!

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Chandelure is almost a forgotten mon man! also massive congrats on 10K bro!

27:02) THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOOOOOAT! But why Earthquake instead of Earth Power since Special Attack is better for Hydreigon? Is Drasna stupid?

Wasnt expecting this today but a welcomed surprise nonetheless ❤

can’t wait to watch later!!!

Seibold: Politoed should try being bulky, and have moves such as perish song, protect, encore, hypnosis. Ideal set would be hydro pump/scald, encore, protect, and hypnosis. This would offer a defensive, and punish those who tried using a set up move at the start of the battle, and locking them into it, and then getting pelted by hydro pump/scald for big damage. With hypnosis to try inflicting status conditions to maintain the leas Malva: pyroar (I hate this mon, but like sinnoh, trying to find ideal fire types is impossible) should be utilized as a secondary bulky Mon, but also dealing damage at the same time. Basically a crappy version of what torkoal is already doing. I propose the moveset of snarl, noble roar, will-o-wisp, and incinerate. With this moveset it will allow it to burn and cripple physical offensive threats, snarl being a dark type move giving much needed diversity to the team, while also lowering special offensive mons, and noble roar hitting both offensive and special offensive threats and making them weaker. Incinerate being there will give pyroar a stab option while also burning through the players held berries as well. Torkoal would be a better open lead with white smoke ability allowing malva to always be able to start the battle on equal grounds (meaning no intimidating). With a moveset of flamethrower, solar beam, amnesia, and sunny day. While holding the heat rock. This would allow malva to start a battle with a bulky Mon, who is gonna get the sun up, and then potentially blast away at the opponents with high powered flamethrowers, and 1 turn solar beams, or opting to be even bulkier with amnesia for longevity. Chandelier: only change would be giving it a life orb instead for even stronger hits. Talonflame: only change would be changing sword dance for tailwind instead, offering the rest of the team more speed, since talonflame is gonna get ko'ed with a single pebble Houndoom: nasty plot, dark pulse, flamethrower, and sludge bomb. Malva ideal order would be torkoal, talonflame, pyroar, chandelure and then her ace mega houndoom Winkstrum: klefki is designed to be a wall and hazard set, so it should be running moves like protect, spikes, toxic, etc and not offensive. So instead let's give it spikes, toxic, protect, and flash cannon. This set makes it so klefki can fire off priority toxic and spikes. While protecting to stall, and flash cannon bc AI is stupid, and so klefki can also fire an attack off as well. Escavalier: sword dance, mega Horn, iron head, and drill run. Skarmory: roost, stealth rock, drill peck, and whirlwind work well. Stealth rock over rock slide is so that way we can rack up even more entry hazards to the players, forcing them to stay in, unless they want to keep taking excessive damage. Whirlwind over steel wing is that were wanting something that will help force switches and skarmory is bulky enough to do just that. Aegislash: sword dance, king's shield, sacred sword and shadow sneaky. Shadow sneak for priority and picking off weaker Pokemon, which with all the hazards and eagislash damage potential makes it an insanely good option over shadow ball. Also replace the red card with leftovers for recovery over time, and gives it even more longevity since it's priority killing, and kings shielding Ideal team would go klefki, then escavalier, then skarmory then Aegislash, and then mega scizor Drasna: kingdra surf over waterfall Noivern: boomburst over focus blast. You already have steel coverage in the form of flamethrower Garchomp: sword dance, earthquake, dragon claw, and poison jab.

Here we go!

For Dianthea I'd probably give her a team of Furfrou (La Reine Trim), Steelix, Pangoro, Florges, Goodra, Mega Gardevoir. I dunno I feel like Florges is an obvious choice to have her as a team because of the whole Fairy type being new in X and Y, I feel like she should have had like at least 2 of them and it's also a Kalos Pokemon. Furfrou is a very odd choice but it's more odd to have a Pokemon with a mechanic of grooming and not have any important trainer have it ? It's also a mark of wealth as the game is closely related to wealth and royalty and Furfrou looks like it would fit very well on the theme. It could also be used as a derfensive pokemon due to its ability Fur Coat. Steelix is a reference to Venus from Pokemon Colosseum. And I wanted Dianthea to have a Pokemon or two that is completely opposed to her "aesthetic" rather than giving her a Roserade since Cynthia had one, I would have went for Gyarados but again same reason than Roserade, plus too many champions use it (Blue, Lance, Wallace).

Great vid as always! I like it when you give your opinion more on why the original is so bad, you pointing out how dumb some of the moves are and why is always entertaining. Hope the feedback is okay 👍

All should have mega options. 5 Pokémon. A balanced set that cover for each Pokémon as well as switching out when needed and kalos could be in a better state If we return there after Z

Bruhhh the iv’s of the champion’s pokemon are wild! Why would they ever do that 🤣

I think you could improve rival teams through the story (Blue/Gary, Silver, Wally and Brendan/May), Evil boss teams and their admins too since they are interesting (Aqua, magma and rocket for example). Keep the great content anyway you're doing very good

i have a question: would you perchance make videos where you review the teams of viewers in the comment section?

This version of Kalos needs to become a rom hack! If so I would love to play it

The Elite 4's individual battle themes in Pokemon Masters EX slaps tho

I remember my play through of X and Y and I can only hope that AZ game that’s coming out will be better. I picked Fennekin as my starter and Bulbasaur as my 2nd. Thst alone pretty much sealed the game since I never had to switch out unless I wanted to. Delphox took out half the gyms. My Team going to the Elite 4 was Delphox, Venasaur, Lucario, Raichu, Swanna and Snorlax. The only Elite that gave me a DECENT fight ( and I say that lightly) was Siebold and that’s because he had Earthquake on Gyarados. Other than that I used Swanna for Malva, Delphox for Wikstrom, and Lucario for Drasna. I disnt half to but I one shot Diantha with Mega Lucario 🤦

I bet shiny Gigalith is a reference to Carbink or more specifically Diancie. Which for some reason didn't get mega evolution until Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Now THAT is a Champion's team!

I think a mega Aggron would have fit Wikstrom better than Mega Scizor. It's more of a Kaiju monster theme, but the extra armor plates do kind of make it look like a knight as well. With his bulk, and moves like Heavy Slam and Earthquake he'd be a pretty tough wall to overcome. Could be extra annoying and add some others like Screech to lower defense and some extra coverage like Superpower or Head Smash. You could even turn him into a speed sweeper using Rock polish.

This was incredible especially Diantha's team. Love the new one for her. I'm surprised you didn't go all out with the champion with her pokemon having great IV'S across the board, all ev trained too like Cynthia in bdsp.😊😊😊😊😊

My main issue is one the game doesn’t capitalize on: The use of Hidden Abilities on NPCs. During the MAIN story, how many NPCs have Pokémon with their Hidden Abilities?

Siebold: agree with every choice. Malva: Give Torkoal Sunny Day and a Quick Claw. Houndoom give Solar Beam instead of Sludge Bomb. Wikstrom: Make Klefki a set-up lead (not sweeping) with T-Wave, Light Screen, Reflect and Foul Play holding Light Clay. Drasna: Dragalge lead with T-Spikes, Sludge Wave, Dragon Tail and Surf. Noivern with Draco Meteor, U-Turn, Flamethrower and Focus Blast holding a Sash. Diantha: Really difficult because her style isn't well defined other than she likes disrupting/set up. 1st team is Venusaur, Azumarill, Gardevoir, Magnezone, Chandelure, and Goodra. This gives her a Fire, Water, Grass, Dragon, Fairy, Steel team and has a mon from every generation (her original gimmick being one of every colour and specialising in a stat (i.e. two gimmicks for the team). 2nd team is Kalos RPG based as they are based on roles that she may play. Clawitzer (archer), Trevenant (druid), Florges (cleric), Aegislash (knight), Goodra (Mystic), and Gardevoir (Mage). 3rd team used mons with regal titles in their names, though it is a weaker team imo. Slowking, Nidoqueen, Rhyperior, Kingdra, Tyrantrum, Gardevoir.

The only slight criticism is that Hidden Abilities are EXTREMELY rare in the main game on NPC teams. Not only that they're typically post-game (OR/AS superboss Wally, rematch Sidney and both N's Spring and Summer teams in B2/W2). I can only think of like one case where an NPC trainer before the post-game (not counting DLC's in later gens) uses Hidden Ability mons. That being an Ace Trainer duo in Vast Poni Canyon with a Aloan Ninetales that has Snow Warning in the Ultra games, their Aloan Slandslash might have Slush Rush. So while I like the idea of giving NPC trainers Hidden Ability mons, it doesn't feel in-line with content before the post-game. Plus considering that you can't get something like Gale Wings Talonflame until the post-game, that's a problem. Most of the really good Hidden Abilities are post-game content, sure you can get a few before then (ended up with a Toxic Boost Zangoose in my X rotation), but something as strong as Gale Wings Talonflame is just too much. However outside of that (and the unobtainable shiny) this is pretty good.

Tbh Gale wings on Talonflame is kinda useless, for an in-game playthrough your pokemon almost always have shit IVs+ are most likely not EV trained whatsoever + you said youre making it so that it has 31 IVs across the board + Talonflame is already blazing fast with 125 Base speed, that Talonflame is almost guanateed to move first without priority anyways . Gale wings is only good in competetive because everything in competetive is super optimized + most hold choice scarf or use priority moves which is why Gale Wings is good there . For in-game tho, unless youre usong your own talonflame or ( for some reason ) went out of your way to EV train your pokemon youre most likely getting outsped by Talonflame regardless , and at least Flame Body can potentially cripple a physical attacker Also i personally feel like dual screens support with light clay is WAAAY more valuable on Klefki than Spikes and calm mind, Klefki doesnt have that much firepower and even after a calm mind its nowhere fast enough to even get that much mielage out of it , and Wikstroms entire team is weak to fire so the player is probably not doing that much switching around in the first place for the chip damage ( again entry hazards are only good in competetive because those matches usually last really long so a lot of switching out is happening ), so dual screens are more useful to give Wikstroms mon a bit more bulk ( especislly the 4× weak Escavalier and scizor )

36:20 Wasn’t expecting a random toon reference or even something toontown related lol

I never forget diantha. Cause I just love her theme music my favorite of any game.

15:33 actually a lot of people don’t know this but the yellow ball in his hand was a hint to the ice elite 4 member in gen 3 hinting to oras coming up as Pokémon love putting in small hints in there games

I will think Pangoro is a reference to martial arts movies and stories about bad/though guys having a redemption arc as a whole just to make it fit with Diantha being an actress, as I find it a really neat addition to her team (either thar or comparé it to Kung Fu Panda)

Can't help but think all those hazards is Diantha 'setting the stage' which feels right for an actress

Well I can think of a use for Trick-or-Treat. That Gorgeist has a Priority move that unless it is attacking a normal type is now Garunteed to hit for at least 2x damage

Overall, these team are quite great, especially with Seabolds team. Pangoro's non dark type Parting Shot was a surprise I hadn't expected to see

25:16 Actually, NPCs are programmed to switch out if a Pokémon with Natural Cure is asleep. This happened in Chuggaaconroy's Pokémon Emerald playthrough during his battle with Winona.

This video was almost flawless or perfect, in my personal opinion. I think all of Diantha's team should have been one level higher in numerical order. Gigalith at lv 71. Gorebyss at lv 72. Pangoro at lv 73. Goodra at lv 74. And finally Mega Gardevoir at lv 75. Keeping Shadow Ball in to counter pesky ghost types or strong/bulky psychic types. *Cough* Alakazam! *Cough* Slowbro! *Cough* Exeggutor! *Coughing intensifies* I think I got a Froakie stuck in my throat. 😅

You did a good job rory

Very good updates to to elite 4 and the champion, would've liked to see T spikes Draco Eject pack Dragalge tho

Using Rotom forms to counterpick the player's starter is actually a really neat idea, although understandably Rotom doesn't really have much to do with Diantha

Are you planning on making a romhack emulator of every mainline games with these teams implemented? If not, I hope someone does it. And gives you & other's credits.

I kinda wish you kept the theme Diantha's team originally had of using one Pokemon that gives one type of EV each, and included more Kalos original Pokemon instead of making it half kinda random Pokemon from other regions, but I do think at least Roserade fits her, so I can't complain too much, and either way, she definitely did need alternate Pokemon to her Hawlucha and fossils because it always feels weird to see someone use the aces of other trainers.

38:46 Isn't Parting Shot a dark type move?

I honestly feel like, Torkoal with drought would of done more justice here. Since you have a set up in sunny day already up with Pyroar why not save Torkoal to be used later in the fight for Mega Houndoom to come out after with its solar power boosted stats to run rampant on a much longer sun duration

I like the idea of making Siebold a rain team but I think Clawitzer should be a part of the team, it's a Kalos Pokémon so I think it should be a part of the Siebold's team. I made a version to replace either Lanturn or Gyrados. Clawitzer's new moveset is Dark Pulse, Water Pulse, Dragon Pulse, and Sludge Bomb (Grass Coverage) and they'll hold either a Wacan Berry or a Rindo Berry.

Pokémon NEEDS to add hard mode for every game moving forward. Just wild that they didn’t keep it….

Hearing you say Diantha is underleveled is interesting, since her Gardevoir is actually the highest-leveled Pokémon of any Champion's team.

Much better teams especially Dianthia. Fits her much better

If you ever do galar gym leaders team fixing Dracozolt/Dracovish with the sand rush ability would be perfect for raihans team and character.

Overall, really great video and changes! I agree with most of them and think your ideas (and the viewers') are overall really well made! There isn't really much I disagree with regarding the Elite Four, but I would personally make some changes to Diantha since you mentioned it. I saw a theory at one point that Diantha's team is supposed to represent different movie genres: Hawlucha (Action/Superhero), Tyrantrum and Aurorus (Science Fiction), Gourgeist (Horror), Goodra (Fantasy), and Gardevoir (Romance, since it resembles a bride). I made a team that both reflects that theme and is actually, good lol. Just my opinion though:) (Apologies for the long text) Lead: FURFROU (represents Diantha herself, the actress) Ability: Fur Coat Item: Leftovers Moves: Return, Cotton Guard, U-Turn, Thunder Wave GENGAR (Horror) Ability: Levitate Item: Black Sludge Moves: Hex, Confuse Ray, Sludge Wave, Dazzling Gleam MAGNEZONE (Science Fiction) Ability: Analytic or Sturdy Item: Air Balloon Moves: Rain Dance, Mirror Coat, Gyro Ball, Thunder PANGORO (Fighting/Martial Arts) Ability: Iron Fist Item: Life Orb Moves: Drain Punch, Parting Shot, Thunder Punch, Thunder Punch GOODRA (Fantasy) Ability: Gooey Item: Assault Vest Moves: Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Body Slam, Sludge Bomb Ace: MEGA GARDEVOIR (Romance) Ability: Pixelate Item: Gardevoirite Moves: Hyper Voice, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Calm Mind

39:23 I didn't knew Parting Shot existed in XY and it was a Normal type move back then, maybe I really associated the move with Inceroar on point of thinking they came out in the same game

That talonflame is N I C E

Drasna I feel should be allowed assault vest for her Dragalge. All it has is bulk. Also where is scald for Kingdra? Such a better choice then waterfall as you’re not running rain swift swim plus it doesn’t have to be mixed attacker if Ev’s are evolved. I finally would personally love to see some choice items, but as a competitive player I understand holding back a bit for players who still want to have fun, awesome edits overall.

I'm gonna be honest... Diantha's team was really disapponting, in comparison to the elite four. It kinda just felt... Random? Like, Gigalith I will admit was something i didnt think about, and i actually like your reasoning and justification, but the other three new mons just kinda felt completely tacked on and not really congruent with Diantha or eachother, beyond the most surface level observations, if even that. Like, the shift to making her a hazard stack trainer was kinda bizzare and out of nowhere, and doing it with Roserade also just kinda seemed weird, since Diantha has literally no connection to flowers at all outside of being superficially "pretty", which... Kinda goes against the one note she has in the game of caring about things beyond their beauty. Like, I *Love* Roserade, used to be my absolute favorite pokemon and still solidly #2, but... It does not fit here. Replacing Hawlucha with Pangoro is also just kinda a weird choice? Hawlucha was better both thematically and just as a pokemon in general, and also giving the champion that is pretty well tied to the fairy type a pokemon thats x4 weak to fairy just feels... wrong? It honestly feels like you just wanted to give Diantha a switch move, since you randomly made her a hazard stack trainer, making her extra vulnerable to the AI's phobia of switching, and worked backwards from there to justify it. (Which gets worse when you bring up the Rotoms, who both have way more thematic justification (the rotoms are possessing "old and dirty" appliances and giving them new life, despite their age) *and* get Volt switch...) I haven't read Sylver's Comment/team suggestion at this point, so I'm sure that Gorbyss makes more sense on their team. Primarily *because* it feels so copy-pasted from a different team; it doesn't really vibe with any of the rest of the team, neither the old "bulky and powerful" theme, nor the new "stacking hazards" team idea. It sticks out like a sore thumb, and its thematic justification is honestly weaker then Roserade's. Again, I'm sure on Sylver's team, this one fit in perfectly; it feels like a pokemon crafted around the themes of a whole team instead of just a trainer. But when taken out of the team it was crafted for... It just kinda falls over, because it wasn't *meant* to stand on its own. I don't mean to be too negative, I genuinely adore the ways you've changed the other elite four, they all feel fitting and thematically appropriate; but that just kinda makes Diantha's team look even worse by comparison, because the other four teams were well-crafted with a solid idea in mind that stayed true to original intentions while improving on the mistakes of the designers, meanwhile the champion's team feels like a complete mish-mash of random ideas that only ever made it to the first draft. (It also doesn't help that you *specifically called attention to it* by calling out Gorgeist for being a flat addition to her basegame team, when two of your own additions were on the exact same level as Gorgeist, and then Pangoro is *right there,* next to it.) Again, genuinely, the elite four? Great! Amazing! Every single one is downright as good as they could be! Literally I would only make one singular change to any of them and thats it! (Giving Noivern Boomburst, btw) But you said it yourself; you didn't really have an idea for the champion, and it *shows.* It's pretty clear you felt like you *had* to do Diantha, rather then having a plan for her, outside of the Shiny Gigalith. (Which I will compliment once again, as that actually feels appropriate and congruent with both Diantha and her team.)

The one thing I can say is I’d prefer Solar Beam on the Houndoom set to take advantage of Sun more. Edit: I’d also give Garchomp Iron Head over Flamethrower to do the job of facing Ice and Fairy types when possible.

If siebold gets a sixth pokemon, add a seismotoad for some earthquake spam under the rain, think that the team isnt enough solid against Electrics. PS: I got the Idea that Goodra should gain the ability Serene Grace,it has soo many strong attack with 10 - 30% secondary attacks and for me is resembling a lucky dragon. It surely would improve its AV set. Btw that new champion team is sick, never thought seeing a threatening shell smash gorebyss, its fits so good here. I think instead of Gigalith, a Rocara with screens and light clay would be better (and a possibility for the AI to straight switch out after setting up) to support that sweep or the slow Pangoro even more.

I hope they will return in Legends Z-A with the appropriate Megas.

I really think Goodra fits a lot with Drasna's vibe and design

Good guy small RU-vidr giving a shoutout to LordEmvee :D very likable

Definitely agree with the elite four, Diantha on the other hand wasn't my cup of tea. I appreciate what you were going for though. This would be my take on her team Which would Showcase The new heavy hitters of Kalos & be thematic with her being a movie Star & potential Roles in films she starred in. Meowstic Male(An adoreable pet fitting for a Diva) To set up dual screens with Prankster & holding Light Clay. Gourgeist A nod to the horror genre and a trick room Setter for the slower teammates. Pangoro A powerful dark and fighting to round out the team Aegislash A nod to her having potentially starred in action and adventure films and a champion taking advantage of a Pokemon with a unique gimmick Tyrantrum A Pokemon that's a T-Rex, need I say more? Also could be a nice nod to her potentially starring in the Pokemon worlds equivalent of Jurassic Park, plus Tyrantrum would make a terrifying Dragon Dance sweeper with rock head and head smash. Mega Diance Overpowered? Absolutely, thematic with diantha as a trainer/Character as well as checking all the boxes of what a champion level Pokemon should be in terms of rarity, power, and fully taking advantage of the at the time new Mega Evolution gimmick? 💯%

When i first played gen 6, i wonder traded and got a lvl1 bagon with hydro pump, i was able to sweep the entire game in 2 days with that bagon

Things I would change with your new Drasna Team is switching out Mega Garchomp for Mega Altaria as she has one in Journeys, and also for Diantha replacing Calm Mind for Shadow Ball and maybe Moonblast for Hyper Voice to deal with substitute on Gardevoir.

Personally, I think malva could open with a mega charizard y. Since it gets the ability drought, it could become the opener a good sun team needs.

30:08 the only problem I have is mega Garchomp instead of mega altaria since she had one in the anime. Plus dragon/fairy is cool

If the elite 4 has any types that include weather types, Gf should get the hint that it starting mon should be a weather starter.

No earth power on Hydreigon?

Diantha updated champion team: M. Gadevoir Hawlucha Aurourus Greninja (shiny protean) Aegislash Goodra

Personally i don’t mind Diantha’s team she already has, to me i would’ve change the team members but i would level them up and give some members better moves

love how my least fave character is the only E4 member not awaiting your arrival at 0:15