The biggest tournament in the whole Pokemon Masters 8 was filled with excitement, thrill and emotions.
Top 8 trainers from whole over the Pokemon world gathered at on place battling each other aiming for the top.
In this Blog we will look at 2 of the 8 best trainers that were part of this legendary tournament.
So let’s dive into it~
( Participants are not in any particular ranking)
☆ CYNTHIA
The queen of the Sinnoh herself, the legendary Champion of the Sinnoh region Cynthia is one of the best trainers in the world.
Ranked no.2 in the world before the Master 8 tournament Cynthia with her strong and diverse team demolishes everyone in her way.
Calm, graceful, strong, Intelligent or brave no words can describe her presence. She is one of the most respected trainers in the whole world.
She excels both in battling and archeology. She is one of the few persons who can undertsand the Unown language. She travels across the world unfolding myths and legends of the universe.
In the games she is known to be the strongest Champion as well as NPC to ever exist. In the BDSP games she surpasses Red as the strongest NPC with highest level of Pokemon, her Garchomp being at level 88.
And her theme is just the best like her!
Even her ancestor Volo in the Legend Arceus games is strong as she is. Being the best runs in their genetics and ofcourse be in the past, future or present even in other region no one escape her.
Throughout the Anime she demostrated her skills time to time in her battles against
- Sinnoh Elite four ~ Aaron, Lucian and Flint
- Unova Elite four ~ Caitlin,
- Unova Champion Iris
- Ash’s rival Paul
She won them all with her skills and strategies.
She is the only Champion besides Ash and Iris to have the most screen time in the Anime, she assisted Ash and his friends in taking down big threats like~
- Team Galactic in both Sinnoh and their return.
- Team Rocket In unova.
- Assisted in freeing Dialga and Palkia
- Fought alsongside Ash and his friends against the Legendary Forces of Nature.
- Helped taking down Unown and their illusions
- Helped against fighting alternate universe Team Rocket Trio.
She also owns various types of Pokemon like~
- Garchomp ( Mega Evolve)
- Roserade
- Togekiss ( Dynamax)
- Milotic
- Lucario
- Spiritomb
- Gastrodon
- Kommo-o
- Eelektross
- Braviary
- Glaceon
- Porygon-z
During the Masters 8 she battled Iris the Unova Champion in 3V3 in the first match.
The Pokemon used by her were~ Gastrodon, Milotic and Garchomp.
The matchups were~
- Excadrill vs Gastrodon ( Win- Iris )
- Excadrill vs Milotic ( Win- Cynthia)
- Dragonite vs Milotic ( Win- Cynthia)
- Haxuros vs Milotic ( Win- Iris)
- Haxuros vs Mega Garchomp (Win- Cynthia)
The two Queens battled with intensity. Cynthia being a mentor to Iris showed no mercy and battled with everything she got and used Mega Evolution for the first time ever on her Garchomp and won the match.
After defeating Iris she advances to Semi- Finals facing Ash in a 6V6.
Pokemon used by here were~
- Spiritomb
- Roserade
- Gastrodon
- Milotic
- Togekiss ( Dynamax)
- Garchomp
The matchups in battle with Ash were~
- Spiritomb vs Dragonite (Win- Cynthia)
- Roserade vs Gengar
- Spiritomb vs Gengar ( Win- Cynthia)
- Togekiss vs Pikachu
- Gastrodon vs Pikachu (Win- Ash)
- Spiritomb vs Pikachu (Tie)
- Garchomp vs Dracovish
- Roserade vs Dracovish (Win- Ash)
- Milotic vs Dracovish (Win- Cynthia)
- Milotic vs Sirfetch’d (Win- Ash)
- Garchomp vs Sirfetch’d(Win- Cynthia)
- Togekiss(Dynamax) vs Lucario(Mega) (Win- Ash)
- Garchomp vs Lucario (Mega) (Win-Ash)
Eventhough she lost but the Match was intense and from the start to end she was the one in control.
Starting of with Spiritomb the Pokemon no one predicted she caught Ash off guard and her Destiny Bond on Pikachu shows her unpredictability, not only that everyone thought that she was going to use Mega evolution but she is Cynthia after all she instead chose Dynamax on Togekiss to heat things even more.
And a little Cynthia’s backstory was also shown in journeys that how she hatched Gible from an Egg and her journey around the world as a young trainer that was awesome to see.
And prior to her match with Ash she had a brief conversation with Diantha about retiring after the competition but thanks to Ash she came to know that she has much more to master in battles so Cynthia after the match took back her statement about retiring.
If someone could beat Leon it would be either Ash or Cynthia and even Diantha mentioned that she is the one who will end Leon’s win streak.
Eventhough, she lost the tournament every single moment of her battle was filled with excitement and everytime she was on the screen it was worth watching.
☆ DIANTHA
The elegant beauty, the worldwide famous Actress and Champion of Kalos Diantha battles with grace and elegance.
Ranked no.5 before the Masters 8 tournament Diantha stuns everyone with her strategies and battle style.
She excels both in Battling and Acting. She is one of the brightest stars of Pokemon World.
She is not the one who battles with strenght only, Diantha uses various kinds of strategies in the battles to confuse the opponent and take control of the field. Overall we can say she Performs while Battling.
She may not have a major role in the Games but she is known as an World famous beauty who charms everyone with her presence. Her Chamber in the Pokemon league is as beautiful as she is and her theme is like an Angel’s melody.
In the Anime Diantha is shown battling powerful opponents few times like~
- Lance
- Ash
- Magnus
- Leon
- Wikstorm
In each battle she showed her graceful style of battling and unpredictable strategies.
In the Anime she also assisted against Team Flare alongside the Kalos defence line and was a major part of the battle.
Diantha owns the following Pokemon~
- Gardevoir (Mega evolution)
- Goodra
- Hawlucha
- Aurorus
- Tyrantrum
- Gourgeist
In the Masters 8 she battled Lance who is both the Kanto and Johto region Champion in the first match in a 3V3
The Pokemon used by her were~ Aurorus, Gourgeist and Gardevoir(Mega).
The matchup was as follow~
- Dragonite vs Aurorus ( Win-Lance)
- Gyarados vs Gourgeist (Win-Diantha)
- Hydreigon vs Gourgeist (Win-Lance)
- Hydreigon vs Mega Gardevoir(Win-Diantha)
- Dragonite(Dynamax) vs Mega Gardevoir (Win- Diantha)
The battle between the two Champions was worth watching. Both battled with all they got but Diantha sure did had an upper hand in the battle her strategies like Light screen and Reflect to reduce the damage on her Pokemon to Gourgeist using Trick or Treat to add the ghost type to the opponent was just like a competitive Pokemon player.
After defeating Lance in the first round Diantha advanced to the Semi-finals facing Leon in a 6V6.
The Pokemon used by her in the battle were~ Hawlucha, Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Gourgeist, Goodra and Gardevoir (Mega)
The matchups were as below~
- Dragapult vs Hawlucha(Win-Leon)
- Dragapult vs Tyrantrum(Win-Diantha)
- Rillaboom vs Tyrantrum(Win-Leon)
- Rillaboom vs Aurorus(Win-Leon)
- Rillaboom vs Gourgeist(Win-Leon)
- Rillaboom vs Goodra(Win-Leon)
- Rillaboom vs Mega Gardevoir(Win-Diantha)
- Gigantamax Charizard vs Mega Gardevoir(Win-Leon)
Mostly this match was offscreen only the last two matchups were shown and a short summary before that. It was revealed that all of Diantha’s strategies back fired on her.
Her team was swept by Rillaboom and only her ace Gardevoir was able to take down that beast.
Surely this match was rushed but Gigantamax Charizard vs Mega Gardevoir was a descent match only to some extent. In this matchup Diantha battled with everything she was left with.
Gardevoir used thunderbolt which shaken G-max Charizard and reflected Charizard’s Max Wildfire back on him using Psychic and also combining it with Max Airstream this showed Diantha and Gardevoir’s perseverant attitude eventhough this match was completely one sided Dianthia still managed to shine.
The Journeys series made her a more lovable character in the eyes of audience her graceful presence and battlimg style surely captured Audiece’s heart.
★Perosnal opinion (only masters 8)~
♥︎CYNTHIA-
Not gonna lie she is my Favourite Pokemon Champion and even one of my top Anime Characters.
I liked every single moment in the masters 8 when Cynthia was on the screen her presence always capture my heart.
Her little backstory in journey series was great that shows her transformation from a new and young trainer to one of the most powerful trainer to ever exist.I respect her as a great character and trainer.
In my opinion she was the only Character in the masters 8 whose every battle was great not even a single moment of her battle was bad.
She reached top 2 in the world without using any battle gimmick that shows her power as a trainer.
Her battle with two aspiring and young trainers Iris and Ash were great.
It was a relief to know that she isn’t reitiring!
However in my opinion I wished she was the final opponent that Ash faces in the final as out of all the Champions she is the one who has a long history and major impact on Ash and the one with the most screentime except for Ash and Iris.
I wished the following matches~
- Cynthia vs Iris (Round 1) 3V3
- Cynthia vs Diantha (Semi-finals) 6V6
- Cynthia vs Ash (Finals) 6V6
That was my opinion that what should have happened but still Cynthia was great in this Arc.
♥︎DIANTHA~
Many people say that she is the Worst Champion but in my Opinion she is a really good and a strategic trainer. She was easy in the games because of the EXP. SHARE.
The journey made me like Diantha even more her battle with Lance was really good that shows that she is not weak as people say.
Due to being an Actress she really has a busy schedule and less time to train but she still managed to be in Masters 8 and Top 4 in the World.
In my opinion her battle with Leon was really a big mess and one of the most one-sided match in Pokemon’s history I mean she is a Champion level trainer she should have given a fair match with Leon.
Leon maybe the Top trainer but still his match with Lance was a close fight and Diantha defeated Lance so its just weird that she got completely swept away by Rillaboom! That is not even Leon’s Ace.
And Mega Gardevoirs super charged move combining Psychic, Max-Airstream and Max-Wildfire was just destroyed by a single Max-Wildfire??? Seriously that was a complete mess to me .
Only to show Leon strong and hide his team for Finals they did Diantha really bad they could have shown Leon’s other Pokemon like Rhyperior, Haxuros and Aegislash as he owns them in the games and made it a good fight.
Overall I can say Diantha is a great character that just need some time to shine.
★BONUS~
◆In the Masters 8 Arc it was shown that Diantha and Cynthia are very close friends.
◆Both of there Aces Gardevoir and Garchomp are capable of Mega Evolving.
◆ Both finished in Top 4 in the masters 8 tournament.
◆Cynthia loves Ice-Cream whereas Diantha likes Cakes.
◆Both of them had battled an Elite 4 member at some point of time. Cynthia battled Aaron, Lucian and Flint in Sinnoh series and Diantha was shown battling Wikstorm in the opening sequence of the movie Diance and the Cocoon of Destruction and both Cynthia and Diantha emerged victorious in their battles.
◆Both of them watched Ash and Leon’s final battle in the Wyndon stadium together.
So that’s it for Masters 8 trainers: Part 1
Do comment down your favourite moments of Diantha and Cynthia in the Anime during Masters 8.
In the next parts we will cover other Masters 8 trainers.
So stay tuned..
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