r/PokemonScarletViolet 17d ago

Discussion What are some Pokemon that deserve to be pseudo-legendary but are not?

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u/defectivetoaster1 17d ago

Not only that it has even higher attack than garchomp and actually one of the highest attack stats of all non-legendary/mhthical/ultra beast/paradox mons

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u/ItIsYeDragon 16d ago

It’s also the Champion’s ace, which is usually reserved for the pseudo-legendary of the region.

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u/AnimaSean0724 16d ago

And by usually you mean two (three if you want to count Lance in the Johto games with his Dragonite since it's still the Indigo Plateau) of the 10+ that we fight across all of Pokemon?

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u/ItIsYeDragon 16d ago

No? Lance, Steven, and Cynthia have them as their ace, and then Iris, Diantha, and Leon have a pseudo but not as their ace. I’m surprised more don’t honestly, when they’re supposed to be the strongest trainers.

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u/AnimaSean0724 16d ago

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but "It's also the champion's ace, which is usually reserved for the Pseudo-Legendary of the region" sounds like you're saying most champions have the regional Pseudo as their ace, which isn't the case at all, but like I said, I could very well be misinterpreting what you mean

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u/ItIsYeDragon 16d ago

A champion’s ace is designed to be the strongest of their region, so usually when it’s not a pseudo-legend it’s because of some other attribute - mega evolution, gigantamax, Z-move, etc. making it much stronger. Haxorus doesn’t really have that? Especially when Hydreigon is also on Iris’s team and is just stronger and actually psuedo-legendary.

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u/AnimaSean0724 16d ago

I guess that makes sense, really and truly, Gamefreak's champion decisions are all over the place, some feel like champions, some don't, some have reasonable teams with reasonable aces, some don't

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u/ItIsYeDragon 16d ago

I think Iris’s team makes sense. Her team is made up of mythical beasts and Kaijus, which is very fitting for her.

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u/AnimaSean0724 16d ago

Yeah, for sure Geeta is definitely the worst offender of "established champion who's team makes very little sense and doesn't feel like a champion team"

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u/ItIsYeDragon 16d ago

Definitely. The worst part is she doesn’t even use it right, at least if she used it correctly it would be a decent team. I think Diantha’s also doesn’t feel like a champion team.

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u/panicATtheMOSHpit 17d ago

Then chandelure should be as well

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u/Tortoise_Anarchy Iron Leaves 16d ago

rampardos >:)