Pokémon Indigo Disk Has The Strongest Trainer Ever, Even Beating Cynthia

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An unassuming character featured in 's DLC is officially the strongest trainer ever to appear in the series. is the second part of 's expansion,. Following, it has players visiting Blueberry Academy as an exchange student, where they'll battle a variety of trainers from all around the world. There's also a wide variety of new Pokémon to catch in , along with new regions to explore and new mysteries to uncover.

Previously, the title of strongest trainer in the series belonged to Cynthia, an archeologist and Pokémon League Champion who appears in,, and. With a well-trained and varied team, Cynthia makes for an excellent endgame challenge in her original appearances, and she's even stronger in the remakes and. Her reign has gone unchallenged for several generations, but one character has finally given her a run for her money.

As calculated by @CentroLeaks on X (formerly Twitter), 's Kieran is the strongest trainer ever to appear in the series by average Pokémon level. It's not a huge margin: Kieran's average team level comes in at 85.83, barely edging out Cynthia's average of 85.5 in. In the context of, Kieran is the protagonist's classmate at Blueberry Academy. He serves as their rival during the DLC, repeatedly battling them throughout the course of the plot. In his final appearance, his team has an average level of 85.83, the highest any NPC Pokémon trainer's team has reached in the entirety of the series.

It's easier to understand just what makes Kieran's team the strongest by juxtaposing it directly with Cynthia's. The two teams are compared side-by-side in the table below.

Kieran's Team (Indigo Disk)

Cynthia's Team (BDSP)

Politoed (level 85)

Spiritomb (level 84)

Dragonite (level 85)

Porygon-Z (level 85)

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