Who is the Best Pokémon Trainer? 

Update September 2022: anime is rigged smh

James is the best as he evolved a magikarp by kicking it.

'losing to Ash is automatic forfeit' SAVAGE

I know the secret to Tobias’s team: Darkari, Latios, 4 Bidoofs

Ash is holding an everstone , that’s why he’s still 10

Tobias is that one guy you fight online who just spams legendaries

Yeah but in the anime you can shout "dodge it" to have your pokemon avoid an enemy attack. So obviously it's the trainer with the quickest verbal reflexes.

The “I like shorts! There fun and easy to wear!” Kid easily. He’s in every region, every game and has every bug

Ash who taught his snorlax 6 moves: HEY, HEY, HEY

James is the best trainer. He asks his Pokemon if they want to come a long with him. He took a beating from a tyranitar to save his pokemon even if it meant never seeing them again He even says please when calling an attack. James is objectively the best trainer in every pokemon universe

But ash has a snorlax with 6 moves

Now that I think about it Tobias: "Go Darkrai" Cynthia: "Garchomp use brick break" supereffective. Tobias: "Go Latios" Cynthia: " Use Dragon claw" k.o thats two down

"Who's the strongest trainer (in the anime)" 5 mins later: "Alder wasnt even the Champion on BW2.."

Youngster Joey. Hands down, the best of them all

The best trainer is Youngster Joey, because he has the top Percentage of Rattata

What a coincidence that all the possible candidates for strongest trainer are all from Sinnoh

Based on evidence than Cynthia, but I’d still put my money on Steven, that Metagross man, that Metagross.

Bet you that Tobias team was Darkrai, Latios, Magikarp, Magikarp, Magikarp and Magikarp

Actually in the Anime it is implied there are more than 8 gyms. You just have to beat 8 to enter the league.

Leon: I’m the strongest champion in the world. Cynthia: *Hold my garchomp*

James is the best trainer because he made a magikarp and a primeape evolve just by kicking them

In conclusion: Sinnoh has the best trainers In the anime :\

I had a random thought... Imagine everyone saying stuff like "im so tough" then Bonnie beats everyone with Dedenne..

What if Tobias just decided he doesn't want to be the champion and just gave up, being ... You know ... Too OP

Alex: Best trainer in the anime is Cynthia Comments section: Younster Joey and or James

Auraguardian: "hint its not ash ketchem" Me: "i know you're going to pick cynthia" Auraguardian: "its cynthia"

Rusty is the best duh, he owns perfect bidoof

9:11 Yes I’m sure Tobias had Gen 5 Legends IN GEN 4

Right off the bat, I unfortunately have a huge problem with one of the first points: I absolutely HATE this "Gym Leaders are weak because they lose to so many trainers" logic. Gym Leaders are employed by the Pokemon League to test trainers in controlled conditions, and to provide different milestones for those trainers to pass. Gym Leaders appearing in the games in rematches and World Tournaments etc with much stronger teams is evidence that their "Gym Leader" team is not their strongest party, it's the standardised party they use for the purpose of determining a trainer's skill at that point in their journey. Any Gym Leader is automatically a high-tier trainer by virtue of qualifying to work in that position in the Pokemon League.

We all know cynthia was gonna be the strongest...she is a real badass

But.. my pick for the strongest trainer would be.... Fisherman with 6 Magikarps Who can splash in Arceus' blood.

This is a really good video that summarizes and clarifies a lot of information. My only criticism is that is sometimes takes into account info from the games that have no real bearing on the anime like Alder not being the Unova champion. That info is irrelevant and does him a disservice because in the anime canon, Alder still is champion and no one has beaten him. Like by that logic, Iris is in the running becase she's champion in BW2 but in the anime canon she's nowhere near that strong. The same logic applies to Lance, there is nothing so suggest someone in Kanto is stronger, we have no confirmation that there is a Kanto champion stronger than him. I also think you might have under estimated Steven's strength. But regardless of these minor criticisms, I still entirely agree with your overall conclusions. This is a a really well put together video and I think it really answers the questions so thoroughly that no one else has even bothered to make another video to answer this questions. Fantastic job!

A.J. The Sandshrew trainer should be in there from the first season of Pokemon. He trained his ground type to be immune to water attacks. Imagine what else he could do.

Or tobias didnt gave a fuck about being a champion and went to capture Arceus

"Spoiler, it's not Ash..." Well fuck, that didn't age well.

"Spoiler alert, it's not Ash..." It is now Ash.

Sinnoh just produces the best trainers huh?

The best Pokemon trainer is Youngster Joey

Man coming back to this video after ash became world champ feels different

Brendan Because he saved the world twice in a day

Tobias isn't better because he caught legendary Pokemon. Cynthia is better because she is still the champion whilst using only pseudo-legendary Pokemon/ Regular pokemon.

The hardest trainer is obviously Whitney and miltank no doubt

Tobias could have turned down the spot as champion cause he didn't want to deal with the responsibilities of champion

AurA GuArdiAn: Losing to Ash is bAsicAlly An AutomAtic forfeit. Me: CrAcking Up

The hardest trainer is obviously Bug Catcher Joey, no doubt.

Is Rattata Joey in the anime? Because that guy is legendary.

Me: Looks at the thumbnail My response: I don’t think that fisherman with 6 Magikarp will win

8:55 *Rolls eyes* "Because you love her...

You forgot whitney and her miltank

Cynthia, best trainer. i totally agree, she has the trickiest setup even in the games + she looks like a badass. i would even give her some a higher score just because she's from sinnoh. and in mj opinion that is and was the best generation egion.

I love Cynthia, ma fav champ of all time

Considering that in the new anime Leon was declared world champion...

The best pokemon trainer is the fisherman . He has a freaking magikarp. He can defeat anyone

u forgot to mention that tobias caught them with a pokeball

I think Tobias is the best trainer because we don't know that he actually challenged elite four and champion and if he even lost to Cynthia why is he not the sinnoh forth elite four member..

"Losing to ash is automatic forfeit" Cynthia: Wait no-

Bro, Youngster Joey is the best Pokemon Trainer no cap.

Youngster Joey is the BEST he just needs Lv.3 Rattata

Tobias was to busy listening to the music instead of consentraiting

I would believe it if Tobias had Arceus

I'd love to see Cynthia wipe Tobias's smug smile and kick his arse

Spoiler alert it's not ash THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HEAR! *clicks like button*

So Ash Team Against Tobias Heracross (Good) Gible (Good) Swellow (Not Good) Pikachu (Good) Sceptile (Very Good) Torkoal (Nah) If Ash Could Use Infernape Sceptile Snorlax (Cuz It Has 6 Move) Heracross Pikachu Staraptor

With Tobias, there’s also the possibility that he hasn’t challenged Cynthia or the Elite Four by the time she visited Unova, and there’s no rule saying how long a new champion has to face the current champion, as we saw Flint in a flashback win the Sinnoh league when his Infernape was still a Monferno.

Isn’t it at all possible that Tobias simply has no interest in becoming champion and simply didn’t compete/battle for it?

I love you!!!! Omg! That is so awesome that you agree that Cynthia is the best! I've always loved her! She's an amazing trainer and hella funny as well with her random desires for Casteliacones!! XD

The music in the background is bringing back so many memories and I’m tearing up

Alder said”great job as al” you cut it when he was saying”great job as always

My team Lvl 1 magikarp Lvl 7 rattata Lvl 100 magikarp Lvl 5 bulbasuar Lvl 99 arceus Lvl 13 bellsprout

Tobias's pokémon is ofc darkrai and Latios... the other ones are.... lv 5 Snivy's i mean who else would it be

Conclusion: sinnoh is absolutely op

People now a days, people would say that Leon is the best trainer in the anime because he is the champion of the world coronation series ( or Pokémon world championships ) but he was fighting lance in the finals, so either lance is better than Cynthia, or, trainers like Cynthia likely didn’t participate, let alone heard of the world coronation series. Although when journeys is over, it would likely be ash who is the best in the anime

The best trainer is obviously pikachu, and her pokemon Ash

Ash: I'm gonna catch em all Also ash: *dosen't recapture old pokemon he has released*

Leon:I am going to ruin this man's whole opinion

7:30 ROFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLLL , you made my day!

I thought the best trainer was gonna be snorlax

Notice how all the possible characters are from Sinnoh

8:37 You’re trying to f***ing kill me

I think Drake also has the shame of his team losing to Ash having 2 unevolved Starter Pokemon. Also, I wanna quickly talk about Alain: Yes, Alain did lose to Siebold of the Elite 4, you can somewhat blame his inexperience. In the following episode, he stalemated Steven Stone’s Mega Metagross before Lysandre intervened, beat Malva after having fought 9 other Mégas back to back, and beat Ash in their every battle on top of making his way to the 6th position of the Masters 8, where Steven is 3rd.

But does Cynthia have a pokemon with 6 moves like Ash?

Cynthia is best gir-- TRAINER.

I 100% agree I've had experience with that sinnoh champ and she's HARD a actual challenge

So to be clear, Steven stepped down because he couldn't be their enough to receive challenges (kind of like red). Its never exactly stated but its heavily implied you need to be there a certain # of days a year to accept challenges. With no interesting challenges Steven got bored. He is probably the second strongest after red given his main pokemon is a psudo wall.

99.9% Of the World: Love Cynthia Me, the 00.1%: Love Steven.

0:42 false i didnt beat red cus i suck

It would be cool to fight Tobias in Sword and Shield. Itd be interesting to find out what his full team is. In my head cannon he has a legendary from each region, including ones the writers haven't thought of yet.

Eventually, can you do a pokemon origins version? I reeeeaaaly like to see it!

YOUNGSTER JOEY!!!!!1

Ash tought his snorlax 6 moves so u r wrong

I was thinking Tobias was the best but you did do a great argument and it makes sense for Cynthia to be better.

An update of this video could be really Cool

To be fair; Tobias could have rejected the title so he wouldn't be tied down to the Sinnoh region save for special occasions.

Tobias-That moment when you realize you're to OP to catch 'em all

You become the champion You complete the Pokedex You won the world tournament Bladibladibla No one has admire me so much.... Thank you

If this video was made today, Leon would most likely be on this list since he’s the highest rank in the World Coronation Series in the Pokemon anime. Also Iris is now currently the Unova champion however she lost to Ash. Also I feel like Ash would deserve more credit since he’s the Alola champion and was close to beating Diantha’s Mega Gardevoir with Ash Greninja.

Recently, Alan defeated Malva of the elite 4. :)

I agree with cynthia, she was a Challenge compared to the other games!

I love the intro

This video is old, i know, but I believe it's more so about the fact that Cynthia is more recognizable as the Sinnoh chamption, as she's in the games and all, but overall I would believe that Tobias is better, but he just either refused to become the champion or he was forgotten during the Black & White anime, so when they wanted to bring back the Sinnoh champion, the logical option was Cynthia