Nate team will be : - Emboar - Lucario - Arcanine Those first 3 are there because it's the Pokemon that he used in anime publicity that we had when Black 2 and White 2 was out. Then the rest of his team his : - N's Zoroark a gift pokemon of the story - Braviary a static encounter that we can have in Route 4 - Reshiram, N give his Reshiram to the protag in the post-game. We can argue that the protagonist also used : Cinccino and Volcarona a static accounter from the games. And also maybe the legendary Sword of Justice. But I don't think it will fits the protag personnally
Hard disagree on Gen 3, the anime and games are seperate realities, in Pokémon Masters we learn that Brendan is canonically Norman's son and starts with a Treecko
In the episode specials they were releasing like years ago when they had May as the protagonist for the ORAS and I believe a year prior when they were doing episode dedicated to Villains they had Brendon. The only Canon protagonist are Red and Ethan while the others have been represented as either or. Even if you disagree he's not wrong as Masters isn't Canon the the mainline games and shouldn't be taken seriously.
@@drunknbard2807Brendan had a Sceptile in one of those old shorts, too. But then again, he’s got Swampert in the movie. Lot you said, there’s no real canon here
It’s hard to consider masters as canon as it’s not a main series game and does a lot of lore bending to fit the narrative of that game. That being said, I do agree that it makes more sense for Brendan to be Norman’s son and May to be Professor Birch’s daughter. Aesthetically speaking, you can clearly see a visual resemblance between Brendan and Norman, and may and Birch.
For a Hoenn Fan like me, it's plausible to consider the Canon on Pokémon Adventures Manga, where Brendan it's son of Norman and have a Torchic I think.
I think Umbreon is a better fit for Ethan for two reasons, first, match the color of Ethan cap, and night timw was the "new time", (also is an contraposition of Red's Espeon)
Also shows off one of the 2 new typing, and is likely the only dark type one would use since the others are too late in the game (and given Johto's ridiculous difficulty curve lol, picking up a Houndour, Murkrow, and especially Tyranitar or Sneasel via Mt Silver uggh)
You didn't give Ethan an Ampharos when it's universally considered to be a must-have for Johto playthroughs and it was even shown fighting Red's Blastoise in "GOTCHA!" which I'm pretty sure is the one of the few times the series has shown protagonist's canon another team member other than the starter (not counting artwork, trailers, anime/second-level canon etc.)... I think Calem should have Florges instead of Sylveon considering Dexio and Sina on Route 4 and AZ on Route 13 have special dialogues if you have members of Florges evolutionary line in your party.
@@drjayson i would have figured espeon would go, because we are guaranteed that ethan runs into both donphan (from the anime) and sudowudo (from the barrier), while espeon is a guesspeon
Castform is forced onto you, while you are not forced to catch a Kecleon For me, I will be going off the Rival battle locations and picking a Pokemon that can only be found at or near the area. Route 103 - Sceptile / Blaziken (Could also include Swampert, but avoided due to inclusion of final Pokemon in my rule) Route 104 / Rustboro - Slaking (Could be Breloom, avoided due to Type overlap with either Sceptile or Blaziken) Route 110 - Swalot Route 119 - Castform (Could be Tropius or Milotic) Lilycove City - Starmie Post Game - Latias / Latios (First Post Game mission given to you after entering the Hall of Fame for the first time)
Not to nitpick, but lapras is also an optional gift pokemon. I think Mewtwo would better than Lapras as Reds last Pokemon since Red canonically catches the Mewtwo in Cerulean Cave.
I always thought Umbreon would be used by Gold/Ethan, mostly because it rivals with Red's Espeon + it kind of fits his style well and his hat perfectly
I dont think so as Silver has Umbreon, as well as Gary in the anime. Umby was never much of a protagonist mon😅. Ethan had T-tar in some outlets for a dark type
Ethan definitely has: Typhlosion (Most seen and associated starter) Ampharos (Pretty much mandatory for Johto) Umbreon (Gift from Bill) Scizor (Bug catching contest) Red Gyarados/Kingdra (Mandatory encounter vs what he's been seen with in official media) Tyranitar/Togekiss (Pseudo-legendary or the gift egg)
For Nate, my boy Nate who always gets hate. Emboar and Lucario (because of that one anime apperance), Haxorus(shiny because Masters and you can get one in the game), Braviary (he has one in Masters and you can get one at level 25 in W2), Zoroark (gift Zorua), and then Sawbuck(the gift one you get that has a hidden ability). Could have Arcanine, too, but didn't want to overlap mon typings if I could help it.
I legally cannot consider Incineroar canon to the protagonist in gen 7 simply because he fits Professor Kukui and his alter ego far too well for him to have either of the other starters.
I made my own gen 7 team in a comment since I agree with this, as well as Alolan Raichu fitting Hau more I gave him Primarina, totem araquanid, solgaleo or Lunala, tapu Koko, silvally, and necrozma I gave the reasons in my comment
5:09 "gift pokemon" it's event-exclusive in black/white and the picture shows an in-game event which is only doable in the postgame because it requires event shiny legendary beasts (and national pokedex)... the only other way to get zorua in black/white requires event celebi so it's also locked to the postgame. zorua is a gift pokemon in black 2/white 2 but these games have different protagonists Edit: Zen Mode Darmantian is also technically locked to the postgame as it requires Rage Candy Bar to awaken, and you receive the first one from professor juniper after defeating ghetsis (Royal Unova only starts gifting them in the postgame as well)... Volcarona is also locked to the postgame (I'm not even gonna count the Larvesta gift Pokemon considering how weak it is and how late it evolves) SO you've left Hilbert with only two Pokémon to go through the entire Unova region... -.-
Given how you used Pokémon Masters as a basis for some of these, Rosa would technically be the protagonist of B2W2 instead of Nate. This actually gives us some stuff to go off of for her team. Serperior (the only starter Rosa has been shown using in... basically all of the spin-off media) Delibird (from one of her holiday variants) Meloetta (her Neo Champion variant) And then we can fill out some other ones from gifts and static encounters. Zoroark (gift) Reshiram (since Hilbert has Zekrom) Either Shiny Garchomp or Shiny Dragonite (a gift egg from Benga)
I dunno about Nate, but Rosa's team would probably be: Serperior (Because of Pokémon Masters EX & the trailer for BW2) Ampharos Cinccino (static encounter) Mandibuzz (static encounter) N's Zoroark Azumarill
Nate is an interesting one. -His starter can be either Samurot or Emboar just like Hilbert as both have had media depicting incarnations of him using them but Emboar would the choose here as thats what the game specific trailers go with. -Those same trailers give him both a Lucario and an Arcanine but lets go with just the Lucario -He canonically will always receive the gift Zorua so Zoroark is a must From here we get many options as we have the gift Deerling for Sawsbuck, the static Volcarona, the static Braviary/Manibuzz on Route 4 that appears on Mondays with the Bravairy being support via Nate having a sync pair with one in Masters, all the Swords of Justice are static Pokemon that will suddenly appear before the player in specific routes that are almost guaranteed you'll visit, Masters also has a sync pair with Shiny Haxorus in reference to the static one in the Nature Preserve. This also without trying to tap in to his manga counterpart, covering the idea of using the Battle Subway partner teams, or the sear number of post game events that happen to also include the potential of getting N's dragon and a Shiny pseudo from Benga. If I'm narrowing it down I'd probably go with: -Sawsbuck -Braviary -Finally ,Either Shiny Haxorus or Terrakion
Id change the team for gen 7 As i dont think it fits seeing as inceneroar is more of kikuis pokemon and alolan raichu is more of haus pokemon First, since kikui has inceneroar, and hau chooses the starter weak to yours, id say ellio qould have decidueye, however he is commonly associated with primarina, so either or Next, i think hed definitely take a totem pokemon from samson oak So throw on totem araquanid However, for better type coverage, if you choose he has primarina instead of decidueye, hw can have an alolan exeggutor, specifically the one he protects lillie from on exeggutor island (since you can't get totom pokemon in the normal sun and moon I'll throw this on the sun and moon team) Zygarde, considering the whole zygarde quest, however to my knowledge this is only in sm and not ultra sm, so ill give the static encounter solgaleo/lunala that you catch to travel through ultra space for ultra sm Silvally, becuase gladion gives you one after becoming champion After becoming champion as well, once you visit tapu kokos shrine, he tests your power, if you dont catch him he respawns there after defending your title, so safe to say ellio has tapu koko And lastly, due to the post game of sun and moon having you work with looker to catch ultra beasts, im giving him the first ultra beast you catch, pheromosa for moon, and buzzwwole for sun, however this is only in the post game of sun and moon, not ultra So ultimately, i decided to aplit his teams between sm and ultra sm SM 1 Primarina 2 Alolan Exeggutor 3 Zygarde 4 Silvally 5 Pheromosa/Buzzswole 6 Tapu Koko Ultra SM 1 Decidueye 2 Totem Araquanid 3 Solgoleo/Lunala 4 Silvally 5 Tapu Koko 6 Necrozma Bro has 4 legends, definitely op, but i think this team fits him canonically
Not sure why you wanted to skip Nate, of all the trainers, he is the LEAST likly to have a legendary (an argument could be made for one of the deer), he only fights Kyrem after all. Also, I don't remember getting gifted one of the monekys, so thats out. Volcarona and Zoroa are guaranteed on this team even more than the previous game. Everyone who played this game also caught either a Magnezone or a Lucario, Mag is easier to get and better for gym 2 though. Finally, lets give him a different starter, and I think Serp fits better. Sooo Serp Magnezone Volcarona Zoroark Colbion? (Fits Nates character the best, stopping evil humans and what not) At a loss for the 6th slot, one of the.... forgot the name of the "crust crabs" that block the way.
While we have good ol' Red showing off that Pikachu, Gloria and Juliana are like: "No, screw this. It's two legendaries and I want anyone to come and say some shit."
You didnt make a team for thw lets go games, since they use different protags so heres mine First off, since red canonically has pikachu, one thats not evolved either, making me believe its a partner pikachu, ill give them partner eevee Next is the porygon you get from the silph co staff after running off team rocket Next is the dojo, and im going with hitmonchan for type coverage with its ice fire and thunder punch Next is another set encounter snorlax, just like red Then one of the two fossils These are really interchangable but i think omastar fits better And lastly mewtwo, considering the whole scene with green making mewtwo canon in my eyes So the lets go protagonists canon team would be 1 Partner eevee 2 Porygon 3 Hitmonchan 4 Snorlax 5 Omastar 6 Mewtwo 3 pure normal types i know, but honestly it fits for the lets gi protag Lamest type for the lamest remake Jkjk I didnt mean to offend fans of the normal type- While im here tho i might as well make a team for rei and akari from legends arceus First is the starter, which of course i dint have anything to go off of here, but since decidueye was not used in this video while typhlosion and samurott were, im giving it to hisuian decidueye Next is a tough one, youre forced to capture bidoof, starly, and shinx at the beginning, im gonna go with shinx for this one Dialga and palkia, again for obvious reasons, they are required captures Arceus, also for very obvious reasons And for the last pokemon, im choosing spiritomb due to the keystone quest Legends arceus canon team: 1 Hisuian decidueye 2 Luxray 3 Dialga 4 Palkia 5 Arceus 6 Spiritomb Considering they are the only trainer to have canonically completed the pokedex in their game to my knowledge, this one was tough, but yknow, a couple were obvious, like god and his two children lmao
Sooo... to me it's quite obvious it's an Umbreon in Ethan's team. Also, pretty sure the last spot goes to Hitmontop or Scizor, mostly Hitmontop. The first you get a Tyrogue, the second you catch during the bug contest. The two new types, dark and steel, get represented by umbreon and scizor this way. There's also an argument for the E Speed dragonite, but I believe that's a Crystal pokemon.
Nate, I actually did his Canon Team when I played through Unova a third time-basing it off the Cinematic Black/White2 Video. 1) Emboar, as indicated in the video against Elise, this would be his starter. 2) Lucario. For the Colress encounter as well as the chase in Opelucid. 3) Arcanine. For the fight along the Fridgate alongside Cheren and Rival Hugh. 4) Braviary. A static encounter that the Trainer could catch along his travels. 5) Shiny Haxorus in the Preserve. 6) Vanilluxe for the Pixeli reference
Maybe it's in the manga but Gold/Ethan is often seen having a Sunflora for some reason, it's also kinda "fan cannon" for him to have Ampharos. Some of Ruby/Brendan's team would have been Swampert, Aggron and, Shiftry as seen from his anime appearances it's also kinda cannon for him to have (as seen in the manga) a Mightyena and a Gardevoir, then there's Latios of course. Some of Diamond/Lucas team would be Torterra and Magmortar. I was going to mention Nate's team but @mimiquoi7380 already did the best answer to that 8:28 LOVE that you randomly added this classic epic song
Pokémon Protagonists Canon Teams Red (If he picked one starter): Charizard/Venusaur Pikachu Snorlax Lapras Hitmonlee (Red has a Hitmonlee in origins were he battled Giovanni) Aerodactyl (Red’s manga counterpart has one) Hornable mention: Espeon Leaf/Green: Venusaur/Blastoise Victreebel/Seadra (Leaf’s manga counterpart technically has a horsea I think) Ninetales Clefable Gengar Kangaskhan Ethan/Gold: Typhlosion Togetic Ampharos (Ampharos is commonly used in jotho playthroughts and Gold has an Ampharos in that GOTHCA video) Umbreon Sudowoodo Gyarados Kris: Feralligatr Xatu Arcanine Wigglytuff Donphan Dragonite Hornable mention: Misdreavus Lyra: Meganium Azumarill Girafarig Shuckle Magcargo (One of the eggs that were given to you in violet city) Fearow (in Route 36 there was a spearow that you need to take to someone’s friend on route 31 but ou technically keep the spearow) Brendan: Sceptile Gradevoir (It’s on many horn teams and Brendan’s manga counterpart has one) Swellow Ludicolo Castform Rhydon (Brendan has a Rhyperior in that giritina movie) May: Blaziken Breloom (One of the rival teams) Beautifly (Anime) Aggron (Her manga counterpart has one and May has an Aggron in Evolutions) Wailord (In masters she has a Waimer and in the manga she has a Wailord Altaria (May has an Altaria in Evolutions and the ORAS animated trailer) Lucas: Torterra Staraptor (Very common in Sinnoh teams) Luxray (Same with Staraptor) Gliscor (He has Gliscor in his BDSP rematch teams somewhere) Magmortar (That Giritina Movie) Lucario (Same with Luxray) Dawn: Empoleon Rapidash (Her manga counterpart has one) Lopunny (She has the line both the manga and anime) Pacharisu (Same with Lopunny) Leafeon Togekiss Hilbert: Samurott Simisear Krookadile (Rental Pokémon from the battle subway) Sawk (Same with Krookadile) Archeops Zekrom (Unlike legends from previous games which are optional, your forced to catch it) Hilda: Emboar Simisage Beartic (Rental Pokémon from the battle subway) Scrafty (Same with Beartic) Carracosta Reshiram (Forced to catch) Nate: Emboar Lucario (B2W2 trailer) Arcanine (Same with Lucario) Braviary (Masters) Sawsbuck Jellicent (Mandatory encounter) Rosa: Serperior Zoraroark Delibird (Masters) Mandibuzz (Mandatory Encounter) Amoongus (Rosa’s manga counterpart has one) Crustle (Mandatory Encounter) Calem: Chesnaught Charizard Tyrantrum Lucario Lapras Xerneas Serena: Delphox Blastoise Auroras Sylveon (Anime) Meowstic Yveltal Elio: Inciniroar Toucannon Lycnenroc Tsereena Alolan Ninetales Alolan Raichu Selene: Deciduaeye Vikavolt (Her manga counterpart has one) Umbreon (Masters) Toxapex (Same with Vikavolt) Alolan Muk (Same with Toxapex) Naganadel Chase: Pikachu Charizard Lapras Persian Hitmonlee Omastar Elaine: Eevee Blastoise Venusaur Arcanine Hitmonchan Kabutops Victor: Rilaboom Sirfetch (His manga counterpart has one) Conkeldurr (Same with Sirfetch) Toxtricity Orbeetle (It’s because it’s an early route mon and no other main character that you battle doesn’t have one) Mr Rime (Same with Conkeldurr) Gloria: Cinderace Barrascuda Falinks Toxtricity Galarian Stunfisk Enternetes Basically her manga team but I swap one of them Rei/Akari: They Technically had all the Pokémon in the Pokédex from PLA because the goal in the game is to catch them all Florian: Skeliderge Clodsire Arboliva Lokix Perserkerr (Gift) Lucario (Official Artwork) Juliana: Meowscerada Pikachu (Biri Music video) Gengar (Same with Pikachu) Dachshund (Same with Gengar) Palafin (Manga) Armorouge (Same with Palafin) Gengar
@@Filiscool47 these are cool! I recon Red and Green/ Leafs team would just be their let’s go teams, especially seeing as chase and elain are considered
Great video! Something that wasn’t covered in the video or people’s comments is the Pokémon the Emerald protagonist has in the opening cutscene, being Torchic, Manetric and Flygon. For May’s team I suggest: Blaziken Manetric Flygon Kecleon (roadblock encounter) Metagross (gift from Steven) Latias (ORAS)
You know I always made a head cannon joke in my head that every Pokémon protagonist most probably had a psuedo legendary and legendary on their team since psuedo legendaries AND legendaries have appeared in every game just like their starter pokemons so it would make since if they had at least one on their team ALSO I am betting that most of the Pokémon protagonist caught pokemons that WERE FROM THERE REGION and no other Pokémon from a past generation so yeah
Nice video! I think May's team probably includes an Aggron, as no other major trainers use it as an ace and the female protagonist in Hoenn is frequently shown with one. I might also add Wailord or Relicanth as references to the Regi quest and the heavy importance of water areas in general
man, if you're counting the anime versions starts in generation 3 then Red would have the team of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Dragonite, Mew and Mewtwo because in the anime we see him capturing them
Actually.. they have official teams in the Manga (Pokemon Special) for example Black (or Hilbert) has in the end of the manga Braviary, Musharna, Emboar, Galvantula, Carracosta and Reshiram
Here are a few of my takes for anyone that cares - Yeah, I think it makes sense to mention Red’s Mt.Silver team as his canon final team, but I think it would be fair to assume that his Let’s go team was his canon team when we ventured through the Kanto region. - the above logic translates to Green/Leaf. Her let’s go team makes sense (I know she isn’t in this video) - like many others have said, umbreon fits Gold a lot more than espeon (potential counterpart to Red’s espeon) - It makes more sense for Brendan to be Norman’s son and May to be Birch’s daughter purely based on physical resemblance. - for the Kalos Starter pairing I see Serena using Blastoise over Venusaur. I always thought it made sense to pair the Kalos starter with the Kanto starter that’s super effective against Serna/ Calum’s starter. the pairings being; Chestnaught and Charizard, Delphox and Blastoise, Greninja and Venusaur
This was a really good video! Probably would make two changes. I’d swap Gloria’s Cinderace for Inteleon. Yes Cinderace is the one that can G-Max but Gloria has a line in Masters where she says Inteleon is the starter she traveled with. She also says she got Cinderace from an egg Hop gave her. Which means her Cinderace was probably bred from Hop’s. As for Juliana I’d change Ogerpon for Terapagos. I love Ogerpon but Terapagos is probably the most important Pokemon of Paldea where Juliana is from. I mean it created a battle gimmick and is found at the literal heart of Paldea.
An enjoyable video. As you said Pokemon teams are ultimately up to each player. Pokemon Red is one of my favorite games. I always considered a default team for Red based on events in the game. This team would be Charizard, Jolteon, Snorlax, Hitmonchan, Lapras, and Aerodactyl. These are Pokemon that Red would almost definitely come across in terms of the story in his Kanto adventure.
That moment when you have the manga which are strictly game based and yet you only use one promotional art piece, masters and anime. Thought this vid would be more interesting.
@@sephire25 yeah funny enough, this was mostly supposed to be about the video games and not the other stuff- if you payed attention to the topic of the video. The other media was used as a supplement to fill in the cracks. It doesn’t make sense to say “the manga is the canon” when it is quite literally based off the games, after they’re released.
Red: Charizard (because Blue would DEFINITELY get Blastoise) Pikachu (duh) Lapras (gift Pokémon) Snorlax (because Pokéflute) Hitmonchan (from the dojo) Flareon/Vaporeon/Jolteon (can be any, since he already has all three types) Ethan: Typhlosion (neither he nor Silver would pick Chikorita) Togetic (from the egg) Ampharos (popular choice, plus Jasmine has one) Sudowoodo (the one that blocks the road) Shiny Gyarados (Lake of Rage) Unown (Ruins of Alph) May: Blaziken (because anime) Gardevoir (Wally has one, so why not you?) Tentacruel (very common, and you need to Surf) Cradily (desert fossil, and you need a grass type against all the water Pokémon) Castform (Weather Institute) Latias/Latios (because ORAS) Dawn: Torterra (Barry having a Chimchar just makes too much sense) Bibarel (HM slave) Luxray (because you have good taste) Togekiss (egg from Cynthia) Rapidash (because you need a counter for Team Galactic's Bronzors, and there are no other fire types) Drifblim (Valley Windworks) Hilbert: Samurott (Cheren with Serperior and Bianca with Emboar makes most sense) Simisear (Dreamyard) Archeops (Relic Castle, no Carracosta since you already have a water type) Zoroark (gift Pokémon) Amoonguss (fake Pokéballs on route 6) Reshiram (counter N's ideals with the truth) Serena: Greninja (one of the most popular Pokémon) Charizard (because Gamefreak has a bias) Snorlax (because Pokéflute) Lapras (gift Pokémon, yes I'm aware half of this team is Red's, X and Y is weird like that) Lucario (from Korrina) Tyrantrum (fossil from the scientist, more likely than Aurorus) Elio: Decidueye (because Incineroar fits Kukui so well!) Alolan Raticate (caught at the first trial) Lycanroc (because version differences) Aerodactyl (gift Pokémon) Salazzle (you needed a fire type, also you caught a male Salandit first and got really cosfused) Lunala (you're not going to bench Nebby!) Gloria: Inteleon (Hop with Cinderace works well) Dubwool (because you fell in love with Wooloo) Toxtricity (from the daycare) Ninetales (caught in Motostoke gym) Zacian (because plot, and the shield fits Hop better when he learns he's never going to beat you) Urshifu (DLC) Either character from Scarlet and Violet, they both look generic as hell: Meowscarada (feels like the canon choice) Armarouge (because it is awesome) Palafin (for the Zero to Hero plot twist) Gholdengo (Gimmighoul is literally everywhere!) Koraidon (because the orange pants look better on everyone) Ogerpon (DLC)
Red’s team is based on yellow, so I think him having all 3 starters is ok However if it’s only 1 starter, you could go with either Charizard (because of Origins) or Venusaur (because of the manga)
Hilbert's Zekrom is canon and counters N's vision of truth with Reshiram. N thinks pokémon and humans needs to be separated in order to coexist for the benefit of pokémon and that's his truth, but Hilbert proves it wrong by showing that pokémon and humans can live together (an ideal world).
6:13 wait if Calem is using Chesnaught then wouldn’t Serena have froakie, because she’s the protagonist in this scenario. If Calem is the rival then he’d have the stronger starter.
For Ethan, Ampharos and Tyranitar could also be considered due to the clip in the battle between him and Red on Mt. Silver in the Pokémon Special Music Video Acacia by Bump of Chicken. The clip is I believe around 1:15 to 1:19 of the said video. 🙂 But, I think, your list for him is already good enough as it points out all the good points of Johto as well. Maybe Umbreon for Espeon.
3:04 actually for May I have a few nitpicks, she's partnered up with BOTH Blaziken and Swampert this is shown in the ORAS trailer and Pokémon Masters EX that aside she's also confirmed not to be the same as the anime, she's Birch's daughter meaning she has Wailmer (also from the official games and Pokémon Masters EX) and most likely the other members the game gives your rival
Here are the team matchups. Everyone hits everyone at neutral damage at the very least, so this will be a ranking of how many they hit for neutral damage as opposed to super effective damage. The higher the number, the lower they rank. Julieta: 104 PLA Protag: 143 Serena: 146 Dawn: 172 Elio: 186 Gloria: 183 Hilbert: 214 May: 252 Red: 298 Ethan: 309 All I have to say on this is: Power creep is real.
nate/Rosa's team... that is kinda a hard challenge ok, here is the team i think: Samurott: Celebrity bias. Hillbert chooses Samurott as his starter so i can see Nate/Rosa seeing Samurott as their starter. Lucario: Floroma Ranch Rare pokemon. it would be CRIME to not use a lucario. Magnezone: Roxie is a good roadblock and a merciless trainer. due to lucario still being Riolu at this point, Hilbert decides to train in Virbank complex, where he/She captures a Magnemite. next trainer that can push main character is Elisa, as its stated that Elisa is a HUGE roadblock. so Nate/Rosa goes to Desert Resort, and seeks a ground type. while on the road, they catch Braviary. but the real goal was to seek a ground type... like Sandile and thus, Krokorok. N's Zorua. gifted from Team Plazma Knights acting leader, Rood. while there are more pokemon they can use, with balance of good defence, great offence and tricky support, they can go until grand chasm, where they beat Ghetsis BARELY. then they complete their team with the pseudo-legendary pokemon: Metagross. Pokemons that used until the battle against Ghetsis, or pokemons that are captured AFTER the league are: Swords of Justice who wanted the protag to catch them to stop Ghetsis, Shiny Haxorus, Shiny Gible(due to it being B2) Volcarona and Skill Link Chinchino from the very first hidden grotto.
I love how unique you mad ethese teams, taking the anime and player's experience into account. However, wouldn't Calem's/Serena's last team member be Xerneas or Yveltal? Like in BW, you are required to catch it. As for Nate/Rosa, the team I could see him/her using is: - Emboar - Lucario - Arcanine - Zoroark - Sawsbuck - Keldeo
This is true! I kinda forgot you had to catch them as well. Plus, I couldn’t find anything to determine whether X or Y would be considered the canon story-
This idea always fascinates me. I do a protagonist team every time a new game comes out. The only problem is that S/V kinda killed my enjoyment of Pokémon for a while, I hope Legends Z-A will bring back my enthusiasm to make character teams. Ps: You might wanna prepare a version without the legendaries, it's a free video idea and is gonna save you from a lot of potential negative comments. 👍🏻
I always love seeing people's opinions on what the "canon" protagonist's team is! But for me personally, i see a lot of people refer to the anime when deciding these teams. Although i do understand why, especially if you may need to stretch things, i personally see the pokémon games and the pokémon anime as two separate pokémon worlds Even though there is evidence that the games and anime are connected (with pokémon yellow, LGEP, and the ash and pikachu poster in the mimikyu trial room), i think they're way too far inbetween to say the games and anime are the same. There's just way too many differences in how other characters act and what teams they would use to say they are the same (for example, Dawn in the anime has a piplup. But besides the anime, iirc, there are no other instances of her having a piplup) I'd argue Pokémon Master is a FAR better way of interpreting "canon" teams for any character since Masters is exclusively based of the games (besides Ash, Jesse, and James making cameos and being playable to celebrate their end in the anime) Edit: it's like how people treat the Pokémon Special manga differently compared to other Pokémon media. Again, the manga is way too different to treat them the same as the games or anime
Brendan in the animé is seen with a Swampert, a Shiftry, an Aggron, and a Rhyperior (or Rhydon since we're in gen 3). His Shiftry is in a Repeat Ball, and Aggron in a Luxury Ball (the kind of ball you can get only once in RSE without trades btw)
I personally would have given Red an Espeon because of the type overlap Lapras has with Blastoise, but I completely understand your reasoning, giving him the Lapras. I personally would have given Ethan an Umbreon to contrast more with Red's Espeon.
Pokemon Masters is probably a good way to do this but personally Ive always looked at the Adventures manga for this kind of thing. Red having a Venusaur, Poliwrath, Pikachu, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Gyarados and an Eevee just seems right
3:54 I never used any of these Pokemon in my original Pearl playthrough. I've never even used a Staraptor before in any Pokemon game, including fan ones.
@drjayson Pearl was my first game ever, and my team was Infernape, Roserade, Gyarados, Golem, Noctowl, and Crobat, but I had a Dragonite in the post-game. When I played Platinum for the first time a year ago, I had Infernape, Rampardos, Snorlax, Drifloom, Gastrodon, and Weavile.
I actually had a Pokemon battle with red a long time ago in Pokemon HeartGold and sun in ultra Sun those are some good times and great memories watch some good old-fashioned memories of Pokemon and all the players that you played against in the characters you played as and red is one of my favorite Pokemon characters including Ash and like all the others 😉👍
What would the Canon Teams for Wes & Michael look like? For Wes, I could see this team: Espeon Umbreon Plusle (Gift from Duking) Feraligatr (Wes' Counterpart in a separate Manga, Leo in the Manga owns Feraligatr) or Skarmory (Which would be Snagged from Gonzap in game) Meganium (Which Wes owns in the Manga) Ludicolo (Manga Wes also has a Ludicolo) However, you do get a choice in Johto Starters while in Phenac between Bluno's Croconaw, Roso's Quilava & Verde's Bayleef; all of which are Shadow Pokémon. Ludicolo is the only non-Shadow Pokémon in Colosseum and unobtainable without clearing the story; so if Wes used both his Eeveelutions, Plusle, Skarmory & Feraligatr/ Typhlosion/ Meganium, would his last Pokémon be Sudowoodo snagged from Miror B. or one of the Johto Legendary Beasts snagged from Dakim, Venus & Ein respectively? Yes, an imposter uses a Shadow Togetic to attack people, but, that Shadow Togetic is the *last* *Shadow* *Pokémon* *you* *snag.* So, I want to know Wes' Pre-Nascour Team. Then Michael from Gale Of Darkness, what do you suppose his team would canonically be? For Colosseum, I used: Espeon Umbreon Typhlosion Quagsire Ampharos Flygon While in Gale Of Darkness, my final team was: Jolteon Houndoom Mightyena Xatu Sandslash Dewgong I was also using Sharpedo & Shiftry for a short while. I also considered using Spearow, but, quickly dropped the idea.
If we're matching the player experience, in Pokemon white, were gonna ditch the monkey as soon as we beat the first gim and take the early bird and a Zebstrika that is ditched later by zekrom's entrance
Ironically I’m making a Dawn play through in platinum but it’s a mix of the anime and the original games, so Clefable, Typlosion, Empoleon, Togekiss, Aimbipom, Mamoswine
For Nate's team Id go with embor(switch with serperior if you are playing as Rosa as in the BW2 Trailers shes shown using this in a gym battle with cheren while he uses emboar against Elise) then lucario and arcanine since he uses those in the trailer as well, then id say one of the sacred swords as they are all encounters that you dont expect but they show up on the main path and I think 2/3 are even unavoidable so any of the 3 or even possibly keldeo(But this one is a stretch) are valid options but id go with cobalion, Zoroark from the gift in driftveil city and id finish it with the static cinccino from the hidden grotto tutorial
Nate team will be :
- Emboar
- Lucario
- Arcanine
Those first 3 are there because it's the Pokemon that he used in anime publicity that we had when Black 2 and White 2 was out.
Then the rest of his team his :
- N's Zoroark a gift pokemon of the story
- Braviary a static encounter that we can have in Route 4
- Reshiram, N give his Reshiram to the protag in the post-game.
We can argue that the protagonist also used :
Cinccino and Volcarona a static accounter from the games.
And also maybe the legendary Sword of Justice.
But I don't think it will fits the protag personnally
He has Braviary as his partner in Masters so that checks out!
Excellent job!! This all makes great sense
And a shiny Haxorus
👍
Nate used lucario in pokémon generation so
Hard disagree on Gen 3, the anime and games are seperate realities, in Pokémon Masters we learn that Brendan is canonically Norman's son and starts with a Treecko
In the episode specials they were releasing like years ago when they had May as the protagonist for the ORAS and I believe a year prior when they were doing episode dedicated to Villains they had Brendon. The only Canon protagonist are Red and Ethan while the others have been represented as either or.
Even if you disagree he's not wrong as Masters isn't Canon the the mainline games and shouldn't be taken seriously.
@@drunknbard2807Brendan had a Sceptile in one of those old shorts, too. But then again, he’s got Swampert in the movie. Lot you said, there’s no real canon here
It’s hard to consider masters as canon as it’s not a main series game and does a lot of lore bending to fit the narrative of that game. That being said, I do agree that it makes more sense for Brendan to be Norman’s son and May to be Professor Birch’s daughter. Aesthetically speaking, you can clearly see a visual resemblance between Brendan and Norman, and may and Birch.
For a Hoenn Fan like me, it's plausible to consider the Canon on Pokémon Adventures Manga, where Brendan it's son of Norman and have a Torchic I think.
@@marciobrunoloiolagomes3631 yeah no, there's a very specofic distinction in canon between the manga, animé and games, totally different realities
I think Umbreon is a better fit for Ethan for two reasons, first, match the color of Ethan cap, and night timw was the "new time", (also is an contraposition of Red's Espeon)
Ahhh I really like this idea as well!
Was thinking the same thing
Absolutely.
Espeon gives Red some type diversity, and since Gold defeats him, we can assume Umbreon was there to counter the psychic type.
Also shows off one of the 2 new typing, and is likely the only dark type one would use since the others are too late in the game (and given Johto's ridiculous difficulty curve lol, picking up a Houndour, Murkrow, and especially Tyranitar or Sneasel via Mt Silver uggh)
Yeah I agree for the same reasons
For Gold I always pictured he evolved his Eevee into Umbreon as a counter and counterpart to Reds Espeon
Yep
You didn't give Ethan an Ampharos when it's universally considered to be a must-have for Johto playthroughs and it was even shown fighting Red's Blastoise in "GOTCHA!" which I'm pretty sure is the one of the few times the series has shown protagonist's canon another team member other than the starter (not counting artwork, trailers, anime/second-level canon etc.)...
I think Calem should have Florges instead of Sylveon considering Dexio and Sina on Route 4 and AZ on Route 13 have special dialogues if you have members of Florges evolutionary line in your party.
This. It's the "fourth" starter for me
Genuinely embarrassed that I forgot Ampharos somehow! It probably makes most sense to switch him with Donphan or Sudowoodo, then
Funnily enough, you can ONLY obtain Mareep in Gold and HeartGold
Edit: ups turns out you cannot obtain it only on Crystal
I’ve never used it
@@drjayson i would have figured espeon would go, because we are guaranteed that ethan runs into both donphan (from the anime) and sudowudo (from the barrier), while espeon is a guesspeon
Gen 3 protagonist canonically gets a Castform (Weather Institute) and Kecleon (the “obstacle along the way” for Gen 3)
Ewww lmao
Na, they stay in the box
Castform is forced onto you, while you are not forced to catch a Kecleon
For me, I will be going off the Rival battle locations and picking a Pokemon that can only be found at or near the area.
Route 103 - Sceptile / Blaziken (Could also include Swampert, but avoided due to inclusion of final Pokemon in my rule)
Route 104 / Rustboro - Slaking (Could be Breloom, avoided due to Type overlap with either Sceptile or Blaziken)
Route 110 - Swalot
Route 119 - Castform (Could be Tropius or Milotic)
Lilycove City - Starmie
Post Game - Latias / Latios (First Post Game mission given to you after entering the Hall of Fame for the first time)
Not to nitpick, but lapras is also an optional gift pokemon.
I think Mewtwo would better than Lapras as Reds last Pokemon since Red canonically catches the Mewtwo in Cerulean Cave.
I'd honestly just look at their manga teams for each protag
Some of the manga teams are busted play-through teams.
@@ChengHorn9
Are they? Cz usually the protags don't have legendaries as permanent team members, and more like a 7th member for the climax
@@chrisf.9595 I said some. Red's and Black's teams are good in game, but others like Gold and Yellow are terrible.
@@ChengHorn9
Didn't read BW arc so I wouldn't know
@@chrisf.9595 it was emboar, braviary, musharna, galvantula, carracosta, and reshiram
Bro gave Hilbert too many fire types lmaoo
I agree.
Gen 5 protags have issues of having more than one fire types. Nate in BW2's cinematic trailer showes him habing Emboar and Arcanine.
Gold not having ampharos is a wild take
It really isn't, I get it. It's a fan favorite, but it's not a static encounter or a gift Pokémon. The logic he used was understandable.
I always thought Umbreon would be used by Gold/Ethan, mostly because it rivals with Red's Espeon + it kind of fits his style well and his hat perfectly
I dont think so as Silver has Umbreon, as well as Gary in the anime. Umby was never much of a protagonist mon😅. Ethan had T-tar in some outlets for a dark type
Ethan definitely has:
Typhlosion (Most seen and associated starter)
Ampharos (Pretty much mandatory for Johto)
Umbreon (Gift from Bill)
Scizor (Bug catching contest)
Red Gyarados/Kingdra (Mandatory encounter vs what he's been seen with in official media)
Tyranitar/Togekiss (Pseudo-legendary or the gift egg)
In crystal, heartgold and soulsilver, he is gifted a Dratini, and I believe he evolved it into a Dragonite and used it on his team
For Nate, my boy Nate who always gets hate.
Emboar and Lucario (because of that one anime apperance), Haxorus(shiny because Masters and you can get one in the game), Braviary (he has one in Masters and you can get one at level 25 in W2), Zoroark (gift Zorua), and then Sawbuck(the gift one you get that has a hidden ability).
Could have Arcanine, too, but didn't want to overlap mon typings if I could help it.
I legally cannot consider Incineroar canon to the protagonist in gen 7 simply because he fits Professor Kukui and his alter ego far too well for him to have either of the other starters.
He can just have his personal incineroar
I made my own gen 7 team in a comment since I agree with this, as well as Alolan Raichu fitting Hau more
I gave him Primarina, totem araquanid, solgaleo or Lunala, tapu Koko, silvally, and necrozma
I gave the reasons in my comment
Now go back to your roots, and draw all of these Pokémon (bonus points if they’re with their trainer)
I want to do more drawing in my long form videos so this isn’t a terrible idea
@@drjayson W
5:09 "gift pokemon" it's event-exclusive in black/white and the picture shows an in-game event which is only doable in the postgame because it requires event shiny legendary beasts (and national pokedex)... the only other way to get zorua in black/white requires event celebi so it's also locked to the postgame. zorua is a gift pokemon in black 2/white 2 but these games have different protagonists
Edit: Zen Mode Darmantian is also technically locked to the postgame as it requires Rage Candy Bar to awaken, and you receive the first one from professor juniper after defeating ghetsis (Royal Unova only starts gifting them in the postgame as well)... Volcarona is also locked to the postgame (I'm not even gonna count the Larvesta gift Pokemon considering how weak it is and how late it evolves) SO you've left Hilbert with only two Pokémon to go through the entire Unova region... -.-
He can do it
My man got skills
Given how you used Pokémon Masters as a basis for some of these, Rosa would technically be the protagonist of B2W2 instead of Nate. This actually gives us some stuff to go off of for her team.
Serperior (the only starter Rosa has been shown using in... basically all of the spin-off media)
Delibird (from one of her holiday variants)
Meloetta (her Neo Champion variant)
And then we can fill out some other ones from gifts and static encounters.
Zoroark (gift)
Reshiram (since Hilbert has Zekrom)
Either Shiny Garchomp or Shiny Dragonite (a gift egg from Benga)
That elio's team, both the art and the team itself is just cheff's kiss, i had to pause the video just to stare at it for a little moment
It’s genuinely such a nice looking team (and art!) I want to play through USUM with these fellas!
I dunno about Nate, but Rosa's team would probably be:
Serperior (Because of Pokémon Masters EX & the trailer for BW2)
Ampharos
Cinccino (static encounter)
Mandibuzz (static encounter)
N's Zoroark
Azumarill
Wait, theres Mareep in BW2? 😂 wait... Mandibuzz static encounter, did we play the same game?
Nate is an interesting one.
-His starter can be either Samurot or Emboar just like Hilbert as both have had media depicting incarnations of him using them but Emboar would the choose here as thats what the game specific trailers go with.
-Those same trailers give him both a Lucario and an Arcanine but lets go with just the Lucario
-He canonically will always receive the gift Zorua so Zoroark is a must
From here we get many options as we have the gift Deerling for Sawsbuck, the static Volcarona, the static Braviary/Manibuzz on Route 4 that appears on Mondays with the Bravairy being support via Nate having a sync pair with one in Masters, all the Swords of Justice are static Pokemon that will suddenly appear before the player in specific routes that are almost guaranteed you'll visit, Masters also has a sync pair with Shiny Haxorus in reference to the static one in the Nature Preserve. This also without trying to tap in to his manga counterpart, covering the idea of using the Battle Subway partner teams, or the sear number of post game events that happen to also include the potential of getting N's dragon and a Shiny pseudo from Benga. If I'm narrowing it down I'd probably go with:
-Sawsbuck
-Braviary
-Finally ,Either Shiny Haxorus or Terrakion
"Trust me bro"
- his source for any of these teams
Id change the team for gen 7
As i dont think it fits seeing as inceneroar is more of kikuis pokemon and alolan raichu is more of haus pokemon
First, since kikui has inceneroar, and hau chooses the starter weak to yours, id say ellio qould have decidueye, however he is commonly associated with primarina, so either or
Next, i think hed definitely take a totem pokemon from samson oak
So throw on totem araquanid
However, for better type coverage, if you choose he has primarina instead of decidueye, hw can have an alolan exeggutor, specifically the one he protects lillie from on exeggutor island (since you can't get totom pokemon in the normal sun and moon I'll throw this on the sun and moon team)
Zygarde, considering the whole zygarde quest, however to my knowledge this is only in sm and not ultra sm, so ill give the static encounter solgaleo/lunala that you catch to travel through ultra space for ultra sm
Silvally, becuase gladion gives you one after becoming champion
After becoming champion as well, once you visit tapu kokos shrine, he tests your power, if you dont catch him he respawns there after defending your title, so safe to say ellio has tapu koko
And lastly, due to the post game of sun and moon having you work with looker to catch ultra beasts, im giving him the first ultra beast you catch, pheromosa for moon, and buzzwwole for sun, however this is only in the post game of sun and moon, not ultra
So ultimately, i decided to aplit his teams between sm and ultra sm
SM
1 Primarina
2 Alolan Exeggutor
3 Zygarde
4 Silvally
5 Pheromosa/Buzzswole
6 Tapu Koko
Ultra SM
1 Decidueye
2 Totem Araquanid
3 Solgoleo/Lunala
4 Silvally
5 Tapu Koko
6 Necrozma
Bro has 4 legends, definitely op, but i think this team fits him canonically
1:25 rip green/blue/leaf
7:32 I love Alola so much and this team is simply amazing
I want to do a run of USUM with this team!!!
Same with Sun! Not ultra
Not sure why you wanted to skip Nate, of all the trainers, he is the LEAST likly to have a legendary (an argument could be made for one of the deer), he only fights Kyrem after all. Also, I don't remember getting gifted one of the monekys, so thats out. Volcarona and Zoroa are guaranteed on this team even more than the previous game. Everyone who played this game also caught either a Magnezone or a Lucario, Mag is easier to get and better for gym 2 though. Finally, lets give him a different starter, and I think Serp fits better. Sooo
Serp
Magnezone
Volcarona
Zoroark
Colbion? (Fits Nates character the best, stopping evil humans and what not)
At a loss for the 6th slot, one of the.... forgot the name of the "crust crabs" that block the way.
While we have good ol' Red showing off that Pikachu, Gloria and Juliana are like: "No, screw this. It's two legendaries and I want anyone to come and say some shit."
You didnt make a team for thw lets go games, since they use different protags so heres mine
First off, since red canonically has pikachu, one thats not evolved either, making me believe its a partner pikachu, ill give them partner eevee
Next is the porygon you get from the silph co staff after running off team rocket
Next is the dojo, and im going with hitmonchan for type coverage with its ice fire and thunder punch
Next is another set encounter snorlax, just like red
Then one of the two fossils
These are really interchangable but i think omastar fits better
And lastly mewtwo, considering the whole scene with green making mewtwo canon in my eyes
So the lets go protagonists canon team would be
1 Partner eevee
2 Porygon
3 Hitmonchan
4 Snorlax
5 Omastar
6 Mewtwo
3 pure normal types i know, but honestly it fits for the lets gi protag
Lamest type for the lamest remake
Jkjk
I didnt mean to offend fans of the normal type-
While im here tho i might as well make a team for rei and akari from legends arceus
First is the starter, which of course i dint have anything to go off of here, but since decidueye was not used in this video while typhlosion and samurott were, im giving it to hisuian decidueye
Next is a tough one, youre forced to capture bidoof, starly, and shinx at the beginning, im gonna go with shinx for this one
Dialga and palkia, again for obvious reasons, they are required captures
Arceus, also for very obvious reasons
And for the last pokemon, im choosing spiritomb due to the keystone quest
Legends arceus canon team:
1 Hisuian decidueye
2 Luxray
3 Dialga
4 Palkia
5 Arceus
6 Spiritomb
Considering they are the only trainer to have canonically completed the pokedex in their game to my knowledge, this one was tough, but yknow, a couple were obvious, like god and his two children lmao
This gave my brain a jolt.....gonna slowly do shorts on protagonist, rivals etc dream teams.....(my version 😅) that seems fun.
So glad you share the sentiment! Topics like this just activate my neurons idk
Cool video! No comments here as I haven't played the games, but this was a fun watch :)
That’s so kind of you! I appreciate you watching and supporting regardless 😁❤️
oh lord i was watching the video while my switch was running legends arceus and when the shiny sound effect popped i almost fell from the chair 😩
OOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
This is so funny, I’m so sorry 😭😭🤣
Sooo... to me it's quite obvious it's an Umbreon in Ethan's team. Also, pretty sure the last spot goes to Hitmontop or Scizor, mostly Hitmontop. The first you get a Tyrogue, the second you catch during the bug contest. The two new types, dark and steel, get represented by umbreon and scizor this way.
There's also an argument for the E Speed dragonite, but I believe that's a Crystal pokemon.
Elio actually makes sense not having a incineroar because kukui has it as mister royale.
Glad someone finished this video idea
I remember someone only getting up to sinnoh 😢
I couldn’t find ANYONE online that did every generation, so I decided to do it myself
You should make a second part to this video with the other characters like green, brendan etcetera
Nate, I actually did his Canon Team when I played through Unova a third time-basing it off the Cinematic Black/White2 Video.
1) Emboar, as indicated in the video against Elise, this would be his starter.
2) Lucario. For the Colress encounter as well as the chase in Opelucid.
3) Arcanine. For the fight along the Fridgate alongside Cheren and Rival Hugh.
4) Braviary. A static encounter that the Trainer could catch along his travels.
5) Shiny Haxorus in the Preserve.
6) Vanilluxe for the Pixeli reference
Congratulations on the 100k+ views. This is your most successful video yet.
Maybe it's in the manga but Gold/Ethan is often seen having a Sunflora for some reason, it's also kinda "fan cannon" for him to have Ampharos.
Some of Ruby/Brendan's team would have been Swampert, Aggron and, Shiftry as seen from his anime appearances it's also kinda cannon for him to have (as seen in the manga) a Mightyena and a Gardevoir, then there's Latios of course.
Some of Diamond/Lucas team would be Torterra and Magmortar.
I was going to mention Nate's team but @mimiquoi7380 already did the best answer to that
8:28 LOVE that you randomly added this classic epic song
Pokémon Protagonists Canon Teams
Red (If he picked one starter):
Charizard/Venusaur
Pikachu
Snorlax
Lapras
Hitmonlee (Red has a Hitmonlee in origins were he battled Giovanni)
Aerodactyl (Red’s manga counterpart has one)
Hornable mention: Espeon
Leaf/Green:
Venusaur/Blastoise
Victreebel/Seadra (Leaf’s manga counterpart technically has a horsea I think)
Ninetales
Clefable
Gengar
Kangaskhan
Ethan/Gold:
Typhlosion
Togetic
Ampharos (Ampharos is commonly used in jotho playthroughts and Gold has an Ampharos in that GOTHCA video)
Umbreon
Sudowoodo
Gyarados
Kris:
Feralligatr
Xatu
Arcanine
Wigglytuff
Donphan
Dragonite
Hornable mention: Misdreavus
Lyra:
Meganium
Azumarill
Girafarig
Shuckle
Magcargo (One of the eggs that were given to you in violet city)
Fearow (in Route 36 there was a spearow that you need to take to someone’s friend on route 31 but ou technically keep the spearow)
Brendan:
Sceptile
Gradevoir (It’s on many horn teams and Brendan’s manga counterpart has one)
Swellow
Ludicolo
Castform
Rhydon (Brendan has a Rhyperior in that giritina movie)
May:
Blaziken
Breloom (One of the rival teams)
Beautifly (Anime)
Aggron (Her manga counterpart has one and May has an Aggron in Evolutions)
Wailord (In masters she has a Waimer and in the manga she has a Wailord
Altaria (May has an Altaria in Evolutions and the ORAS animated trailer)
Lucas:
Torterra
Staraptor (Very common in Sinnoh teams)
Luxray (Same with Staraptor)
Gliscor (He has Gliscor in his BDSP rematch teams somewhere)
Magmortar (That Giritina Movie)
Lucario (Same with Luxray)
Dawn:
Empoleon
Rapidash (Her manga counterpart has one)
Lopunny (She has the line both the manga and anime)
Pacharisu (Same with Lopunny)
Leafeon
Togekiss
Hilbert:
Samurott
Simisear
Krookadile (Rental Pokémon from the battle subway)
Sawk (Same with Krookadile)
Archeops
Zekrom (Unlike legends from previous games which are optional, your forced to catch it)
Hilda:
Emboar
Simisage
Beartic (Rental Pokémon from the battle subway)
Scrafty (Same with Beartic)
Carracosta
Reshiram (Forced to catch)
Nate:
Emboar
Lucario (B2W2 trailer)
Arcanine (Same with Lucario)
Braviary (Masters)
Sawsbuck
Jellicent (Mandatory encounter)
Rosa:
Serperior
Zoraroark
Delibird (Masters)
Mandibuzz (Mandatory Encounter)
Amoongus (Rosa’s manga counterpart has one)
Crustle (Mandatory Encounter)
Calem:
Chesnaught
Charizard
Tyrantrum
Lucario
Lapras
Xerneas
Serena:
Delphox
Blastoise
Auroras
Sylveon (Anime)
Meowstic
Yveltal
Elio:
Inciniroar
Toucannon
Lycnenroc
Tsereena
Alolan Ninetales
Alolan Raichu
Selene:
Deciduaeye
Vikavolt (Her manga counterpart has one)
Umbreon (Masters)
Toxapex (Same with Vikavolt)
Alolan Muk (Same with Toxapex)
Naganadel
Chase:
Pikachu
Charizard
Lapras
Persian
Hitmonlee
Omastar
Elaine:
Eevee
Blastoise
Venusaur
Arcanine
Hitmonchan
Kabutops
Victor:
Rilaboom
Sirfetch (His manga counterpart has one)
Conkeldurr (Same with Sirfetch)
Toxtricity
Orbeetle (It’s because it’s an early route mon and no other main character that you battle doesn’t have one)
Mr Rime (Same with Conkeldurr)
Gloria:
Cinderace
Barrascuda
Falinks
Toxtricity
Galarian Stunfisk
Enternetes
Basically her manga team but I swap one of them
Rei/Akari:
They Technically had all the Pokémon in the Pokédex from PLA because the goal in the game is to catch them all
Florian:
Skeliderge
Clodsire
Arboliva
Lokix
Perserkerr (Gift)
Lucario (Official Artwork)
Juliana:
Meowscerada
Pikachu (Biri Music video)
Gengar (Same with Pikachu)
Dachshund (Same with Gengar)
Palafin (Manga)
Armorouge (Same with Palafin)
Gengar
@@Filiscool47 these are cool! I recon Red and Green/ Leafs team would just be their let’s go teams, especially seeing as chase and elain are considered
If you ask me then Nate's team will be Emboar, Lucario, Zoroark, Braviary, Haxorus, Beartic and finally Zekrom so let know how was it
I’d swap out Ethan’s Espeon for Umbreon, just to show off that new Dark Typing
Great video! Something that wasn’t covered in the video or people’s comments is the Pokémon the Emerald protagonist has in the opening cutscene, being Torchic, Manetric and Flygon. For May’s team I suggest:
Blaziken
Manetric
Flygon
Kecleon (roadblock encounter)
Metagross (gift from Steven)
Latias (ORAS)
Nate's team: 6 ENTIRE STUNFISKS
You know I always made a head cannon joke in my head that every Pokémon protagonist most probably had a psuedo legendary and legendary on their team since psuedo legendaries AND legendaries have appeared in every game just like their starter pokemons so it would make since if they had at least one on their team ALSO I am betting that most of the Pokémon protagonist caught pokemons that WERE FROM THERE REGION and no other Pokémon from a past generation so yeah
Nice video! I think May's team probably includes an Aggron, as no other major trainers use it as an ace and the female protagonist in Hoenn is frequently shown with one. I might also add Wailord or Relicanth as references to the Regi quest and the heavy importance of water areas in general
Nice video... i love that kind of content... i hope more videos like that... maybe girls and rivals...
Thank you so much! Already been writing up similar follow-up videos 😁
super entertaining upload, thank you so much for the video!! Please keep it up :3
Thank YOU so much for supporting 😁❤️
man, if you're counting the anime versions starts in generation 3 then Red would have the team of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Dragonite, Mew and Mewtwo because in the anime we see him capturing them
Pokémon adventures and the respective teams each character uses in the manga, have forever been etched into my mind as the canon team
nice vid i hope you make more vids like this one 😃
Thank you :) It’s the plan at the moment 😁
Red had a bunch of Canon team over the year with Pokémon Origin, Pokémon US battle team, and the Pokémon Red Manga team
Pokémon Masters EX exists
2:21 I accidentally caught his cannon team 💀
I didn’t even knew Ash fought Gold
I do
He fought Gold in that giratina and shaymin movie i guess
imao for red Espeon should take the final spot. His Eevee/Espeon had a huge role in the manga
7:17 the sudden hostility in his voice LMAO “neiTHER” 😂😭
honestly, it makes a lot of sense for May to have a Milotic since the main gimmick for RSE is the contests, and Milotic is like the face of contests
Dawn getting that boring and generic ass team is so fitting. Hate it tho fr
Actually.. they have official teams in the Manga (Pokemon Special) for example Black (or Hilbert) has in the end of the manga Braviary, Musharna, Emboar, Galvantula, Carracosta and Reshiram
This is the games though (Else Red should have Poliwrath as a main).
Here are a few of my takes for anyone that cares
- Yeah, I think it makes sense to mention Red’s Mt.Silver team as his canon final team, but I think it would be fair to assume that his Let’s go team was his canon team when we ventured through the Kanto region.
- the above logic translates to Green/Leaf. Her let’s go team makes sense (I know she isn’t in this video)
- like many others have said, umbreon fits Gold a lot more than espeon (potential counterpart to Red’s espeon)
- It makes more sense for Brendan to be Norman’s son and May to be Birch’s daughter purely based on physical resemblance.
- for the Kalos Starter pairing I see Serena using Blastoise over Venusaur. I always thought it made sense to pair the Kalos starter with the Kanto starter that’s super effective against Serna/ Calum’s starter. the pairings being; Chestnaught and Charizard, Delphox and Blastoise, Greninja and Venusaur
No hilbert/black gets emboar. He stars in black
Holy hell the Swablu with those big honking eyebrows is adorbssssss
AW thank you so much ^^🩷
This was a really good video! Probably would make two changes. I’d swap Gloria’s Cinderace for Inteleon. Yes Cinderace is the one that can G-Max but Gloria has a line in Masters where she says Inteleon is the starter she traveled with. She also says she got Cinderace from an egg Hop gave her. Which means her Cinderace was probably bred from Hop’s. As for Juliana I’d change Ogerpon for Terapagos. I love Ogerpon but Terapagos is probably the most important Pokemon of Paldea where Juliana is from. I mean it created a battle gimmick and is found at the literal heart of Paldea.
The next question would be: Which protag would win in a merry go around tournament.
for gen 7 i always think Elio is the protag of normal Sun & Moon while Selene is the protag of Ultra version
Did you not see reds team in the hall of fame in pokemon origins?
@@trapez77 AH SHOOT dude this is such a good idea for a reference- disappointed that I failed to mention it
8:36 bro wanted to give his spotlight to his sword 8:49 he also wanted to
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Red:
Charizard
Nidoking
Lapras
Pikachu
Pidgeot
Dragonite
Gold:
Typhlosion
Heracross
Ursaring
Ampharos
Noctowl
Tyranitar
May:
Blazekin
Crawdaunt
Aggron
Metagross
Swellow
Salamance
Lucas:
Infernape
Floatzel
Roserade
Luxray
Staraptor
Garchomp
Nate:
Emboar
Zorark
Beatric
Galvantula
Unfezant
Haxorus
Serena:
Delphox
Clawtzir
Trevenant
Pangoro
Talonflame
Noivern
Elio:
Incineroar
Golisopod
Lycanroc (dusk)
Silvally
Toucannon
Kommo-o
Victor:
Cinderace
Arctovish
Grimmsnarl
Toxitricity
Corviknight
Dragapult
Florian:
Skeledirge
Drednaw
Kingambit
Ceruledge
Kilowattrel
Baxcalibur
Bro the d-riding for Fire Types is astounding
@@mythos6308 not only fire types, regional birds and pseudo legendaries too 😅
An enjoyable video. As you said Pokemon teams are ultimately up to each player. Pokemon Red is one of my favorite games. I always considered a default team for Red based on events in the game. This team would be Charizard, Jolteon, Snorlax, Hitmonchan, Lapras, and Aerodactyl. These are Pokemon that Red would almost definitely come across in terms of the story in his Kanto adventure.
That moment when you have the manga which are strictly game based and yet you only use one promotional art piece, masters and anime. Thought this vid would be more interesting.
@@sephire25 yeah funny enough, this was mostly supposed to be about the video games and not the other stuff- if you payed attention to the topic of the video.
The other media was used as a supplement to fill in the cracks. It doesn’t make sense to say “the manga is the canon” when it is quite literally based off the games, after they’re released.
Every time I play the „canon” run I just use manga counterpart’s party 🙌🏻
Red:
Charizard (because Blue would DEFINITELY get Blastoise)
Pikachu (duh)
Lapras (gift Pokémon)
Snorlax (because Pokéflute)
Hitmonchan (from the dojo)
Flareon/Vaporeon/Jolteon (can be any, since he already has all three types)
Ethan:
Typhlosion (neither he nor Silver would pick Chikorita)
Togetic (from the egg)
Ampharos (popular choice, plus Jasmine has one)
Sudowoodo (the one that blocks the road)
Shiny Gyarados (Lake of Rage)
Unown (Ruins of Alph)
May:
Blaziken (because anime)
Gardevoir (Wally has one, so why not you?)
Tentacruel (very common, and you need to Surf)
Cradily (desert fossil, and you need a grass type against all the water Pokémon)
Castform (Weather Institute)
Latias/Latios (because ORAS)
Dawn:
Torterra (Barry having a Chimchar just makes too much sense)
Bibarel (HM slave)
Luxray (because you have good taste)
Togekiss (egg from Cynthia)
Rapidash (because you need a counter for Team Galactic's Bronzors, and there are no other fire types)
Drifblim (Valley Windworks)
Hilbert:
Samurott (Cheren with Serperior and Bianca with Emboar makes most sense)
Simisear (Dreamyard)
Archeops (Relic Castle, no Carracosta since you already have a water type)
Zoroark (gift Pokémon)
Amoonguss (fake Pokéballs on route 6)
Reshiram (counter N's ideals with the truth)
Serena:
Greninja (one of the most popular Pokémon)
Charizard (because Gamefreak has a bias)
Snorlax (because Pokéflute)
Lapras (gift Pokémon, yes I'm aware half of this team is Red's, X and Y is weird like that)
Lucario (from Korrina)
Tyrantrum (fossil from the scientist, more likely than Aurorus)
Elio:
Decidueye (because Incineroar fits Kukui so well!)
Alolan Raticate (caught at the first trial)
Lycanroc (because version differences)
Aerodactyl (gift Pokémon)
Salazzle (you needed a fire type, also you caught a male Salandit first and got really cosfused)
Lunala (you're not going to bench Nebby!)
Gloria:
Inteleon (Hop with Cinderace works well)
Dubwool (because you fell in love with Wooloo)
Toxtricity (from the daycare)
Ninetales (caught in Motostoke gym)
Zacian (because plot, and the shield fits Hop better when he learns he's never going to beat you)
Urshifu (DLC)
Either character from Scarlet and Violet, they both look generic as hell:
Meowscarada (feels like the canon choice)
Armarouge (because it is awesome)
Palafin (for the Zero to Hero plot twist)
Gholdengo (Gimmighoul is literally everywhere!)
Koraidon (because the orange pants look better on everyone)
Ogerpon (DLC)
Red’s team is based on yellow, so I think him having all 3 starters is ok
However if it’s only 1 starter, you could go with either Charizard (because of Origins) or Venusaur (because of the manga)
I don't think you can get zoroark as gift on bw anymore
@@Yagami2355 you can with the DNS trick
@@RayoMcQueen95990DNS trick? Please tell me more
Hilbert's Zekrom is canon and counters N's vision of truth with Reshiram. N thinks pokémon and humans needs to be separated in order to coexist for the benefit of pokémon and that's his truth, but Hilbert proves it wrong by showing that pokémon and humans can live together (an ideal world).
Staraptor just had the raw energy and that's cool to have.
- *Red team:* Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Snorlax and Lapras
- *Ethan team:* Typhlosion, Umbreon, Politoed, Donphan, Ampharos and Tyranitar
- *May team:* Swampert, Breloom, Beautifly, Altaria, Aggron and Latias
- *Dawn team:* Piplup, Pachirisu, Lopunny, Glaceon, Typhlosion and Togekiss
- *Hilbert team:* Samurott, Musharna, Archeops, Volcarona, Zoroark and Zekrom
- *Nate team:* Emboar, Braviary, Lucario, Arcanine, Zoroark and Haxorus✨
- *Serena team:* Delphox, Sylveon, Meowstic, Vivillon, Aurorus and M-Absol
- *Elio team:* Primarina, Twilight Lycanroc, Alolan Raichu, Tsareena, Toucannon and Espeon
- *Gloria Team:* Inteleon, Eldegoss, Sirfetch'd, Toxtricity, Hatterene and Zacian
- *Juliana team:* Meowscarada, Armarouge, Palafin, Farigiraf, Koraidon and Ogerpon
// If it were up to me, Gloria would have all three Galar starters xD
6:13 wait if Calem is using Chesnaught then wouldn’t Serena have froakie, because she’s the protagonist in this scenario. If Calem is the rival then he’d have the stronger starter.
WHOOPS- you’re correct! I got lost in the sauce 😁🤣 thank you for pointing that out
Calem should have Chesnaught if he’s the protagonist, Greninja if he’s the Rival
I think Calem should have greninja has protaginist
Nooo Calem should be with Greninja, most of his promotional artwork are with Froakie. Plus we've Shauna with Chesnaught in Masters.
@@drjayson Plus Greninja is by far the most popular Gen 6 starter.
Red: Pikachu Venusuar Charizard Blastoise Snorlax Lapris
Ethan: Typhlosion Togetic Sudowoodo Gyrados Umbreon Hitmontop
Brendan: Sceptile Castform Keckleon Wobbafet Armaldo Rayquaza
Lucas: Torterra Rotom Drifblim Togekiss Glaceon Lucario
Hilbert: Emboar Simisage Carracosta Larvesta>Volcorona (postgame) Darmanitan (HA) Reshiram
Nate: Samarott Zoroark (N) Cincino Volcorona Sawsbuck Crustle
Callum: Chesnaught Charizard Snorlax Lucario Lapris Xernias
Elio Decidueye Vikavolt Aerodactyl Pinsir Naganadel Necrozma
LG protag (same as Red)
Victor: Rillaboom Toxtricity Stunfisk Arctozolt Fallinks Eternatus/Zacian
Rei: Decidueye Staraptor Luxray Bibaral Rapidash Ninetales (alola)
Florian: Skelidurge Klawf Bombirdier Orthworm Iron Treads Tatsugiri (Miraidon)
9:10 oh so now you finally acknowledge the existence of the pokemon manga?
1:05 Gen 5 fans are worse now
For Ethan, Ampharos and Tyranitar could also be considered due to the clip in the battle between him and Red on Mt. Silver in the Pokémon Special Music Video Acacia by Bump of Chicken. The clip is I believe around 1:15 to 1:19 of the said video. 🙂
But, I think, your list for him is already good enough as it points out all the good points of Johto as well. Maybe Umbreon for Espeon.
3:04 actually for May I have a few nitpicks, she's partnered up with BOTH Blaziken and Swampert
this is shown in the ORAS trailer and Pokémon Masters EX
that aside she's also confirmed not to be the same as the anime, she's Birch's daughter meaning she has Wailmer (also from the official games and Pokémon Masters EX) and most likely the other members the game gives your rival
Should’ve been primarina because you picked fire types so often but fun video
Here are the team matchups. Everyone hits everyone at neutral damage at the very least, so this will be a ranking of how many they hit for neutral damage as opposed to super effective damage. The higher the number, the lower they rank.
Julieta: 104
PLA Protag: 143
Serena: 146
Dawn: 172
Elio: 186
Gloria: 183
Hilbert: 214
May: 252
Red: 298
Ethan: 309
All I have to say on this is: Power creep is real.
This is really interesting! Power creep IS real 😁
Interesting and in my Opinion, All Trainer's Starters & some Pokemon in Games are perfect fit for them like...
Red: Charizard & Pikachu
Leaf: Venusaur & Eevee
Gary: Blastoise
Ethan: Typhlosion
Lyra: Meganium & Marill
Silver: Feraligtar & Weavle
Brendan: Swampert > Mega-Swampet & Latios
May: Blaziken > Mega-Blaziken, Beautifly & Latias
Wally: Gallade > Mega-Gallade & Sceptile > Mega-Sceptile
Lucas: Torterra & Magmortar
Barry: Infernape
Dawn: Empoleon & Lopunny & Pachirisu
Hilbert: Emboar & Reshiram
Hilda: Serperior
Bianca: Serperior
Cheren: Samurott
Nate: Emboar & Lucario
Rosa: Serperior & Emolga
Hugh: Samurott & Flygon
Calem: Greninja, Charizard > Mega-Charizard X, Tyrantrum & Xerneas
Serena: Delphox, Sylveon & Aurorus
Shauna: Chesnaught
Elio: Incineroar & Dusk Lycanroc
Selene: Primarina
Hau: Decidueye
Victor: Inteleon & Zacian
Gloria: Cinderace & Zamazenta
Hop: Dubwool & Rillaboom
Florian: Skeledirge & Great Tusk
Juliana: Meowscarada & Iron Treads
And Nemona: Quaquaval
Rei in Legends literally gets the creation trio and Arceus how could You skip him
For Rei, he technically needs EVERY Pokemon in Hisui to catch Arceus, so he reaaally could have anything.
@@drjayson true but getting Arceus was special It's the final quest of the game. Also the only trainer with that many legendaries
nate/Rosa's team... that is kinda a hard challenge
ok, here is the team i think:
Samurott: Celebrity bias. Hillbert chooses Samurott as his starter so i can see Nate/Rosa seeing Samurott as their starter.
Lucario: Floroma Ranch Rare pokemon. it would be CRIME to not use a lucario.
Magnezone: Roxie is a good roadblock and a merciless trainer. due to lucario still being Riolu at this point, Hilbert decides to train in Virbank complex, where he/She captures a Magnemite.
next trainer that can push main character is Elisa, as its stated that Elisa is a HUGE roadblock. so Nate/Rosa goes to Desert Resort, and seeks a ground type. while on the road, they catch Braviary. but the real goal was to seek a ground type... like Sandile and thus, Krokorok.
N's Zorua. gifted from Team Plazma Knights acting leader, Rood.
while there are more pokemon they can use, with balance of good defence, great offence and tricky support, they can go until grand chasm, where they beat Ghetsis BARELY. then they complete their team with the pseudo-legendary pokemon: Metagross.
Pokemons that used until the battle against Ghetsis, or pokemons that are captured AFTER the league are: Swords of Justice who wanted the protag to catch them to stop Ghetsis, Shiny Haxorus, Shiny Gible(due to it being B2) Volcarona and Skill Link Chinchino from the very first hidden grotto.
I love how unique you mad ethese teams, taking the anime and player's experience into account. However, wouldn't Calem's/Serena's last team member be Xerneas or Yveltal? Like in BW, you are required to catch it. As for Nate/Rosa, the team I could see him/her using is:
- Emboar
- Lucario
- Arcanine
- Zoroark
- Sawsbuck
- Keldeo
This is true! I kinda forgot you had to catch them as well. Plus, I couldn’t find anything to determine whether X or Y would be considered the canon story-
This idea always fascinates me.
I do a protagonist team every time a new game comes out.
The only problem is that S/V kinda killed my enjoyment of Pokémon for a while, I hope Legends Z-A will bring back my enthusiasm to make character teams.
Ps: You might wanna prepare a version without the legendaries, it's a free video idea and is gonna save you from a lot of potential negative comments. 👍🏻
I think Gold would have a Dragonite. You're gifted one in Dragon's den and even tho it's not mandatory it's still a good pick
I always love seeing people's opinions on what the "canon" protagonist's team is! But for me personally, i see a lot of people refer to the anime when deciding these teams. Although i do understand why, especially if you may need to stretch things, i personally see the pokémon games and the pokémon anime as two separate pokémon worlds
Even though there is evidence that the games and anime are connected (with pokémon yellow, LGEP, and the ash and pikachu poster in the mimikyu trial room), i think they're way too far inbetween to say the games and anime are the same. There's just way too many differences in how other characters act and what teams they would use to say they are the same (for example, Dawn in the anime has a piplup. But besides the anime, iirc, there are no other instances of her having a piplup)
I'd argue Pokémon Master is a FAR better way of interpreting "canon" teams for any character since Masters is exclusively based of the games (besides Ash, Jesse, and James making cameos and being playable to celebrate their end in the anime)
Edit: it's like how people treat the Pokémon Special manga differently compared to other Pokémon media. Again, the manga is way too different to treat them the same as the games or anime
Brendan in the animé is seen with a Swampert, a Shiftry, an Aggron, and a Rhyperior (or Rhydon since we're in gen 3).
His Shiftry is in a Repeat Ball, and Aggron in a Luxury Ball (the kind of ball you can get only once in RSE without trades btw)
I personally would have given Red an Espeon because of the type overlap Lapras has with Blastoise, but I completely understand your reasoning, giving him the Lapras. I personally would have given Ethan an Umbreon to contrast more with Red's Espeon.
Lapras and Blastoise look powerful together, Umbreon doesnt seem to have a deep connection that Lapras has
@@mattparke4370 Please explain more
Pokemon Masters is probably a good way to do this but personally Ive always looked at the Adventures manga for this kind of thing. Red having a Venusaur, Poliwrath, Pikachu, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Gyarados and an Eevee just seems right
3:54 I never used any of these Pokemon in my original Pearl playthrough. I've never even used a Staraptor before in any Pokemon game, including fan ones.
Genuinely curious: what was your first sinnoh team?
@drjayson Pearl was my first game ever, and my team was Infernape, Roserade, Gyarados, Golem, Noctowl, and Crobat, but I had a Dragonite in the post-game. When I played Platinum for the first time a year ago, I had Infernape, Rampardos, Snorlax, Drifloom, Gastrodon, and Weavile.
I actually had a Pokemon battle with red a long time ago in Pokemon HeartGold and sun in ultra Sun those are some good times and great memories watch some good old-fashioned memories of Pokemon and all the players that you played against in the characters you played as and red is one of my favorite Pokemon characters including Ash and like all the others 😉👍
What would the Canon Teams for Wes & Michael look like?
For Wes, I could see this team:
Espeon
Umbreon
Plusle (Gift from Duking)
Feraligatr (Wes' Counterpart in a separate Manga, Leo in the Manga owns Feraligatr) or Skarmory (Which would be Snagged from Gonzap in game)
Meganium (Which Wes owns in the Manga)
Ludicolo (Manga Wes also has a Ludicolo)
However, you do get a choice in Johto Starters while in Phenac between Bluno's Croconaw, Roso's Quilava & Verde's Bayleef; all of which are Shadow Pokémon. Ludicolo is the only non-Shadow Pokémon in Colosseum and unobtainable without clearing the story; so if Wes used both his Eeveelutions, Plusle, Skarmory & Feraligatr/ Typhlosion/ Meganium, would his last Pokémon be Sudowoodo snagged from Miror B. or one of the Johto Legendary Beasts snagged from Dakim, Venus & Ein respectively? Yes, an imposter uses a Shadow Togetic to attack people, but, that Shadow Togetic is the *last* *Shadow* *Pokémon* *you* *snag.* So, I want to know Wes' Pre-Nascour Team.
Then Michael from Gale Of Darkness, what do you suppose his team would canonically be?
For Colosseum, I used:
Espeon
Umbreon
Typhlosion
Quagsire
Ampharos
Flygon
While in Gale Of Darkness, my final team was:
Jolteon
Houndoom
Mightyena
Xatu
Sandslash
Dewgong
I was also using Sharpedo & Shiftry for a short while. I also considered using Spearow, but, quickly dropped the idea.
I was gonna say that May having a pseudo legendary and an actual legendary is a bit overkill, she will need them after that Beautifly and Slaking.
If we're matching the player experience, in Pokemon white, were gonna ditch the monkey as soon as we beat the first gim and take the early bird and a Zebstrika that is ditched later by zekrom's entrance
5:02
>mention personal preferences
>show Scrafty and Chandelure
EXCELLENT taste 🤌👌
It’s excellent to meet another fellow with such refined taste 😎🤌
For vids such as these i feel like you need seperate teams for each version to not royally piss people off
Ironically I’m making a Dawn play through in platinum but it’s a mix of the anime and the original games, so Clefable, Typlosion, Empoleon, Togekiss, Aimbipom, Mamoswine
For Nate's team Id go with embor(switch with serperior if you are playing as Rosa as in the BW2 Trailers shes shown using this in a gym battle with cheren while he uses emboar against Elise) then lucario and arcanine since he uses those in the trailer as well, then id say one of the sacred swords as they are all encounters that you dont expect but they show up on the main path and I think 2/3 are even unavoidable so any of the 3 or even possibly keldeo(But this one is a stretch) are valid options but id go with cobalion, Zoroark from the gift in driftveil city and id finish it with the static cinccino from the hidden grotto tutorial