Clair Should Have Been The Johto League Champion, Not Lance

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Dragon-type trainers are among the most popular characters in Pokemon, and often the most powerful and formidable opponents you’ll face. In fact, two Dragon-type trainers have been Pokemon League champions. Iris, the Unova League champion in Black & White 2, and Lance, the Johto League champion in Gold & Silver, the latter of whom is arguably the most famous Pokemon trainer period. There’s also Hammerlocke Gym Leader Raihan, who is supposedly so strong he could easily take the champion title from Leon in Galar if he wanted to, and two other Elite Four behemoths, Drake and Drasna.

But one Dragon trainer that is often overlooked is Clair, Johto league Gym Leader and cousin to Lance who took an unfortunate backseat to her more accomplished family member. Clair is the eighth and final Gym Leader you’ll face on the way to take on the Elite Four and Lance in Gold & Silver, which would suggest that she isn’t on the same level as Lance. Nothing could be further from the truth, however. Clair could, and should, be the champion of the Johto League, but unfortunately Lance is a liar and a cheater, so hungry for power he would even betray his own kin.

Related: Lance Cheated His Way Into The Elite Four And Tried To Do A Genocide

I exposed Lance previously in this piece about his illegal use of certain moves, but to summarize: Lance cheated his way to the top of the Johto League by using a Dragonite that somehow knows Barrier, an Aerodactyl that knows Rock Slide, and a Dragonair he evolved into Dragonite eight levels early. If all that malfeasance wasn’t bad enough, his Pokemon Adventures counterpart also tried to commit genocide in Vermilion City. The mass murder is besides the point here, however. Lance didn’t earn his champion