Showdown is back and better than ever! For those that don’t know what our Showdown series is, or need a reminder: Showdown is where we hold a series of polls on our site and ask readers to vote for their top choice until we found our champion.
Showdown: Villainous Teams will work a little differently this time however: rather than a winner from each round moving forward into a finale vote-off, votes from each round will influence the final score one all rounds are complete. This time will have four rounds: Round 1: Leaders, Round 2: Grunts, Round 3: Plans, Round 4: Overall. The final winner will be the team that receives the most OVERALL votes.
You can pick your favourite by voting in the polls on the site. At the end of the voting period, we’ll add up all the votes, publish a results post and get started on the next round!
NOTE I: Teams that appear in more than one Generation are classed as one team. For example: Team Aqua from Generation III is classed as the same as the Team Aqua from Generation VI and will receive combined votes. This also means Generation III Archie and Generation VI Archie will have their vote combined, for example.
NOTE II: Team Rainbow Rocket and Aether Foundation have also been excluded from this series.
Voting periods will run for one week at a time and new rounds will begin on the following dates:
Round I: Leaders — December 2nd
Round II: Grunts & Admin — December 9th
Round III: Plans — December 16th
Round IV: Overall — December 23rd
Winner Announcements — December 30th
Up first in Round I are the leaders of each villainous team. These are responsible for giving guidance to their teams and often the main “bad guy” trainers face in their Pokémon adventures. Every region has had their own unique team excluding Johto, who share Team Rocket with the Kanto region.
Giovanni: Team Rocket Leader
Appears in: RBY, FRLG, HGSS, BW, B2W2, USUM
Giovanni is the Leader of the original villainous team, Team Rocket. Team Rocket has appeared in the largest number of Pokémon games, in many different iterations. Giovanni himself is the only Team Leader to hold a Gym Leader position.
Many of Giovanni’s actions within story events reflect upon his selfish nature. He has abandoned his team on several occasions, despite this they still remain loyal to him.
Giovanni also leads Team Rainbow Rocket in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
Maxie: Team Magma Leader
Appears in: RSE, ORAS, USUM
Maxie leads Team Magma in the Hoenn Region. He wishes to create an ideal world for humanity. Maxie is often calm yet sensitive in game, making his true personality difficult to understand. He pays extreme attention to the tiniest of details, but believes that some sacrifices cannot be avoided if he is to achieve his goals.
Maxie is able to utilise the power of of Mega Evolution and Mega Evolves his Camerupt during battles.
Archie: Team Aqua Leader
Appears in: RSE, ORAS, USUM
Team Aqua is lead by Archie, who dreams of creating a perfect world for Pokémon to live in. Due to his big heart he has earned unending loyalty from subordinates within his team. Despite this, he does not care for the wellbeing of himself or his team if it means he can achieve his ultimate goal.
Archie is a Mega Evolution user and will boost the power of his Sharpedo using it.
Cyrus: Team Galactic Leader
Appears in: DPPt, USUM
Cyrus heads Team Galactic and is perhaps the most twisted of all the Team Leaders. His childhood rejection led him to believe the problems of the world were caused by emotion. Ultimately he dreamed of destroying the universe, so he could create another with himself as its god.
Cyrus is often portrayed with little to no emotion and is happy to exclude himself in the unknown after being defeated by trainers in the Distortion World.
Colress & Ghetsis: Team Plasma Leaders
Colress appears in: B2W2, SM, USUM
Ghetsis appears in: BW, B2W2, USUM
(Note: Ghetsis unpictured)
Ghetsis and Colress are leaders of Team Plasma in Black/White and Black 2/White 2 respectively. Ghetsis at first appears to be a kind-hearted individual merely wanting the best for Pokémon. However, as events progress his true megalomaniac personality becomes apparent. He is willing to stop at nothing in order to achieve his dream of liberating Pokémon from humans.
Colress has less far insidious intentions and joined Team Plasma in order to research the true power of Pokémon, thus unlocking their full potential. He is extremely helpful and polite towards the player and even offers to rebattle them after his defeat within Team Plasma.
Lysandre: Team Flare Leader
Appears in: XY, USUM
Lysandre is the leader of Team Flare in the Kalos region. He sees the beauty within everything, but unfortunately takes his obsession with it too far. He wishes to make the world a perfect place and despite the beauty that they hold is willing to destroy all Pokémon and humans that do not follow Team Flare.
Guzma: Team Skull Leader
Appears in: SM, USUM
Team Skull’s Leader is Guzma. His plans are far less wicked than that of the other Leaders, with him instead merely wanting to bring fear and chaos to the Alola region. His looks gain him a lot of respect from most in the Alola region, but in reality he lacks confidence in himself and wishes to be seen as a confident Pokémon Trainer.
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So, there you have it, all 8 contenders in the Leaders round of this showdown. Get voting for your favourites and be sure to comment below with your thoughts and opinions only who deserves to win!
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Be sure to check back next week for Round II: Grunts and stick around for more content as part of our ongoing Advent event!
Why is Giovanni on second place?
Because people have sh*t taste
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Makes sense
Same reason Charizard was second in the mascot poll
Genwunners coming out of the woodworks.
Because some people like him nothing wrong with liking things?
I was asking those people why they like him moreso than the other leaders?
I can answer that from my view point at least
He has a down to earth and relatable goal of world domination and isn’t too heinous about it. Most of them use their members as pawns (excluding Guzma who treats them more like younger siblings), but looking at games and manga (He isn’t there or as relevant in the Anime tbh) he seems like a good leader.
Also based on the facts I’ve read about him, he’s the only one who’s goal wasn’t completely destroyed as Bulbapedia states that Team Rocket hails from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova (After the original teams were taken out, he took over)
That’s just me, but I won’t judge you if you dislike him
Something that came up in a convo I was having: Mega Latios and Latias are a cool design. And they’re just that. A cool design. It’s literally one design.
I’d have liked them to at least keep their own colours.
They do in a way, their eye colors are the distinctive traits
I know abut the eyes, I meant the Blue and Red.
Oh right that
Looks like they wanted to make their megas like a fusion between the two and had no idea how to make two distinct designs with that same idea in mind
Why is Colress here? BIG SPOILER GHETSIS IS BACK… I’m pretty sure he was still in Charge during B2W2…
Fond memories of any Pokémon announcements? As we saw a teaser of Pikipek in the SuMo announcement, me and my friend spent all the E3 demo chanting ‘give us Trailerbird Daddy Masuda’
We were catfished by Yungoos and then screamed with happiness when they showed Pikipek in all its glory
”Catfished by Gumshoos”?…
Yeah.. Happens more often than you think
*sigh*
https://youtu.be/vKosBJ1Uko0
I was more meaning special events like E3 and directs but this trailer did reveal some bomb ass Pokémon
Actually this is my fondest
https://youtu.be/onBpM9QPyyY
They changed Landorus, Entei & Cresselia’s BST to 60 to make Crabrawler seem OP lmao good times
Who cares, why showcase it being a loser when Crabrawler has the heart of a champion
Hey guys I need some feedback
Do you think similar to Breath of the wild Pokémon USUM has a high battery consumption?
I barely had my 3DS running, mostly closed and idle for maybe 20-30 mins and did an ultra warp or 3 and its showing 1/2 battery bars (really wish it was shown in percentage)
I’m concerned that either my 3DS battery is dying or that USUM is a high cost game
USUM won’t be any higher costing than SuMo because it’s pretty much the same game. I think you might just be worrying too much.
Dude, your 3DS is just old. The battery wares over time.
I guess it’s t for a upgrade
Or not because the 3DS will die in the next 2 years
Nah, 2018 it’s definitely going to be its “last” year
Still worth it
I’d rather buy a new 3ds if mine breaks, than a Switch tbh
I’d rather play Pokémon twentyfold over any game on the Switch yet
I wouldn’t waste your money
-__- I still want to play old games
If you really insist on it, just replace the battery and save like $150:
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/610/~/how-to-remove%2C-reseat%2C-or-replace-the-battery
https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod10336
The system plays normally
Occasionally a failed menu opening (where say I close Sun and it goes to black and doesn’t go to the home menu and I have to hold the power)
And I will replace the battery because I am not abandoning my 3DS now nor ever because I still use it very often and wish to keep using it indefinitely, that’s definitely worth the 20-150$
Buy a new battery, they still produce them since it’s the same battery as for the Switch Pro Controller.
And it still isn’t fully the same after wards, I have had this experience as at full battery mine lasts about 3-6 hours, then at 3 bars lasts at max an hour then it will go screwy and switch between 2 bars, red and blinking red
how long have u had ur 3ds
When did Dream Team come out?
There are two sides of this stick. On one end, USUM and SM are basically pushing the limits of the 3DS, which is sensible for it to ue up battery quicker. On the other end of the stick, your 3DS may be old or you may have run out of storage. On the centre end of the stick, you might be hallucinating.
And it’s probably just its old and needs a battery replacement as since only playing USUM mine actually lasts longer
But before you buy the battery this is URGENT!!!!!!!!!!! Figure at what type of screws your DS uses as I bought a battery and they cane equipt with either an unfinished one or the wrong driver (it had no tip just a flat friggin’ circle at the end) some research what kind you need and go buy it or you’ll need to go and buy one later with no idea what to buy and spend a fortune for it
Nah your 3DS is just nearing its expiration date fam
Is it even possible to get a legitimate gen 7 starter with their HA? I’ve been looking for a Liquid Voice Popplio since SuMo release, but nothing.
No and frankly Liquid Voice is kinda the worst starter HA ever because Sparkling Aria does the same thing as Liquid Voice Hyper Voice
Glad to see Cyrus is winning, he has my vote. Sinnoh will rise again!
As much as I admit he uses my partner Pokémon for his main
He is trumped by Giovanni and Guzma to me
My favorites
Giovanni
Guzma
Cyrus
Archie
Maxie
Ghetsis
Lysander
If Colress was one I considered he’d be below Maxie
Cyrus was kinda meh to me tbh, I kinda wish we got to see more of him, which is something we may get in the remake, because he definitely has potential.
Don’t represent Sinnoh with him please
And become emperor once again! It’s brilliant brilliant brilliant!
I don’t even have Overwatch rn but I really hope they’ll make a Doomfist skin inspired by Infinity War Thanos
They won’t
Great idea! They love getting sued!
*inspired*
And actually what you said destibes the creators of Smite, they make lots of pure reference skin
Listen I know Guzma is the best villain but why don’t you guys like Maxie wtf he’s my nerdy boi
He was dead for me also USUM
Is there a correlation between soft resetting and slow down in the games? I feel like while I’m SRing for Stakataka there’s some lag when I run around.
That’s just how the game is
Anybody on that can help me move around 20 things in a little bit? I can breed you something for your troubles.
20 things, 20 items, 20 pokemon, 20 sages, 20 chaos emeralds, 20 coins, 20 lives, 20 rings, 20 poke, 20 whatchadoodles?!
What are you asking for?!
Well it’s 18 items and 2 eggs, so 20 ‘mon in total.
what would you offer for it, deer?
Anything you want bred (not shiny). It’s only moving stuff, you’ll need 20 junk ‘mon or I can trade you back the ‘mon you trade me after mine are moved.
Awww, no shinies?
That kinda kills it…
You’re asking for almost 40 trades, i think you should offer something rare…
Tell you what, monkey boy…
You find me a shiny i like, and i’ll do it.
https://media.giphy.com/media/O9BPkYr89lK2A/giphy.gif
I’d rather find 4 people to trade 5 each if it’s a problem. I’d like to have thought that with how I help everyone for nothing others might do the same. Apparently not.
https://media.tenor.com/images/4466ad55f46bc4f5d150e748fbd9199a/tenor.gif
While Ghetsis is not there I am out ………….who in the hell this punk to put it as Plasma leader??
He is there, it says Colress and Ghetsis.
THE PICTURE
http://media3.giphy.com/media/K6VhXtbgCXqQU/giphy.gif
Colress shouldn’t be counted if u have majestic y would u need this punk
if colress is counted by that logic n should be too.
Ghetsis is the true master
DEEEEEEENISSS…
DEEEEEEENISSS…
DEEEEEEENISSS…
DEEEEEEENISSS…
I know this, which is why colress shouldn’t be here.
As I said in the previous article, I got Save The Light earlier. I’m really having fun
I have a PS4, but I think I’ll wait until it comes to Switch
My masculinity don’t like it at first but wat can I say this’s ingenious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmpteNvHKY
Watch Re Zero guys…. holy shitt….
One of my favorite …..my only prblm about it is showing love like a dumb idea
Have you Seen Konosuba or Whatever? Apparently a Crossover Happened.
I have the novel for it
LOL what are the chances that I saved and left right before a shiny.
If Colress is Listed N should be too… Because both were UNDER GHETSIS… rant..
Yeah, but N wasn’t really a villain, was he?
yes but he was the Leader of team Plasma in BW just like Colress is in B2W2
Good point
Yes.
He was.
He was the antagonist for 90% of the story
Being a rad dude in the end doesn’t mean he wasn’t the villain
Technically he is. While his intentions may have been pure, he was still a part of an organization that did evil things.
I can now have a full 6 membered team of shiny Barbaracle!
welcome ma buddy ?https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/38fcf8e6be7741c543089d7cbd60daca52a224946df54f436c5813619d3b708f.jpg
@starstorm295:disqus Olaf’s Frozen Adventure is officially being removed from Coco screenings! Victory!!
Why?
It’s so damn bad
Oh, is there no Pixar short? I love Pixar shorts.
Nope. They shoved this mess in there
That’s a shame. The shorts are always one of the things I look forward to most, they settle you in for the film.
They’re truly beautiful gems
My favorites are, Inner Workings, Night and Day, Lava
La Luna is my favorite I think
I really like Boundin. Also Inner Workings was Disney, not Pixar, it was before Moana.
Whatever I can’t remember everyone’s affiliation
Let me just feel some god damn feels you SOB *Points a gun at you*
But it wasn’t made by them which was the point…
*Pulls back the hammer*
It’s ~30 minutes long and delays the movie, so if you go there at ~7:00-ish and expect it to be done by 8:30ish, NOOOOPE! Frozen’s short extends it up to 9:00.
That seems odd. Maybe it should’ve been an extra on the Frozen 2 Blu-Ray.
It should’ve just been an exclusive clip on some sort of Frozen Mania disc, with Frozen, Frozen Fever, that Lego Frozen short thingy, Olaf’s Frozen adventure, and Frozen 2. I mean, it’s pretty clear they’re going to do more shorts like “Elsa’s Frozen Beach Party” “Frozen Festival” or something around those seasonal/event-driven shorts.
It’s 22 minutes long, which is insane to ask people to sit through before a movie that is already 1hr 49 minutes long
I think here they are actually screening it on its’ own, not sure though.
Like screening the short as its own thing?
I think with the first Frozen too, otherwise it’s not worth price of admission. That’s still like 2 hours long.
Thank god
I’m sure it’s an okay short, but I don’t want to see it in front of a movie…
THANK SATAN!!!
IT WAS ABSUDLY LONG
Thank Arceus I waited to see it
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2f65c22970d7f7af1745f4ba739a175a35a40bef0042a8b856c164f077f22401.jpg REAL POWER ?
I just found a shiny Kartana. It’s even Jolly.
This is my first shiny legend. I started to soft reset just a couple of hours ago…So happy!!
Congrats! My one and only non-event shiny legendary is Cresselia :3
Which system had the best launch lineup in its first year? How many systems did you buy in the launch window, and are there any where you regret doing that?
Nintendo Switch by 50,000 light years. I bought BOTW immediately with it, followed by MK8 Deluxe about a few weeks or so later, followed by Splatoon 2 in the summer, and then most recently exactly on release date, Super Mario Odyssey. Currently I have no plans on buying another new game, but here are some stuff I’m hyped for;
– Mario Kart 9 (yeah yeah, 8D came out this year, but I’d really like to see a new MK version also on Switch.)
– Super Smash Bros Switch
– Super Mario Galaxy 3
– Pokémon Sparkling Diamond and Glittering Pearl (my name for the gen 4 remakes)
– Pokémon Switch (Gen 8)
Not bad fan names.
Thanks!
Well I just got destroyed by dewpider in Lana’s trial…. wasn’t expecting that but okay lol on bright side I have Laura’s now so I think I will go catch a water type before I try again. My question is who will it be ?
Either going to be Polliwog, Wishiwashi, Dewpider or Magikarp.
I will go ahead and tell you it won’t be magikarp or dewpider. Have used both before plus I do not want to add another rock weakness to my team. Was planning to use mantine but the rock thing changed my mind lol
Japanese ppl always have hilarious ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyVEP74z1r8
Am I the only one for notices Decidueye’s wings flopping like tendrils
No
It’s stupid that they didn’t make a Primarina or the Gen 6 grass final evo :/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJb_y9xyog
Kinda weird seeing Primarina dance while being held up by her tail.
while is shown in her official conceptual art it’s not weird at all