5th Elite Four Battle vs Champion Cynthia [Pokemon Diamond]

[@ruirodrigues9677]

Why dont play in set mode

[@brandonlane606]

Yeah switch mode is way too easy. Yhe default should be set.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Switch mode is perfectly fine. Plus it allows you to change a pokemon without having to waste a turn

[@brandonlane606]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc yeah that's what I mean it makes the game way easier. I mean the AI doesn't get the option to switch so it's a huge advantage for you. To each their own I just prefer set because you're forced to strategise more. Like competitive battles are always set mode.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@brandonlane606 i dont play competitive

[@AmalGum001]

Well I'm guessing you have no clue as to when the creator started playing. If they're a new player, then you should expect them to play on switch and should be impressed that they beat Cynthia, especially considering she's possibly the most difficult champion. If they're an experienced player just looking to play for fun, there's nothing wrong with playing on switch. It's not like they're playing to prove something like you would in competitive. Why make it harder on yourself when you're just there for fun?

[@quinndaniels1928]

12 year old me: *Saving before the fight to memorize the AI patterns and just resetting after every loss* “Cynthia, I’ve come to bargain!”

[@Riso2496]

Roll for charisma

[@percyperriwrinkle]

I’m glad I got this joke. I stan with marvel fans 🤣

[@winterrain6781]

@@Riso2496 Uhhh.. I got a 1...

[@eddieshen6817]

I understood that reference

[@theprocrastinator6813]

In pokemon black vs Cynthia. "ive come to bargain once more!"

[@_SodaZ]

"You Are Challeneged By Sinnoh Champion Cynthia!" Current Objective: *Survive*

[@comicsansstudio7449]

A Halo Reach reference in the comment section of a Pokémon video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZKQlmiDp7uVjLc

[@zekeiwa5837]

Oh yeah... That slightly harder fight... So challenging

[@nothingsuspicioushere.6379]

@@zekeiwa5837 Ok gaming Lord. Go easy on him.

[@jayseasonevanoff]

Like Gumball said, you don't win, you survive.

[@sunnykhan920]

You only survive red. Others are win

[@infnew5343]

How tf did my brainless nine year old self beat this game

[@chickencooler5585]

you sure you still are not braindead?

[@makeandeatgummyleeches5975]

I understand jokes very well you just HAD to do it to em’!

[@infnew5343]

Yeah I’m still braindead, but I’m better at Pokémon

[@ganondorf180]

Because pokemon games are basically brainless...

[@EchoAbenstern]

Because your starter was probably 10-15 levels higher than everything else and you just bulldozed your way through the battle.

[@ymanuelehernadez8558]

Using phsycic on a phsycic type despite have dark pulse Spiritomb: *m y g o a l s are b e y o n d y o u r u n d e r s t a n d I n g s*

[@arnoldchand4144]

i was like wtf is its weakness?!?!?!

[@marcelovieira519]

Reason: Diamond's AI is stupid. If I'm wrong, then I don't know what the fuck is the reason

[@igmhezlm-cl6hj]

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[@memedealer2018]

@@arnoldchand4144 doesn't have one in that gen

[@Coratlan]

It was to give the player a chance

[@swagg0618]

Never knew she had a theme because all i could hear were my pokemon on low health

[@johnnyboy2165]

Don't be a fool. Both play at the same time

[@inticalik]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nathin157]

yare yare daze

[@solidgamer6160]

@Johnny Boy ‘Twas a joke

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Johnny Boy L

[@kentaro923]

Not to flex, but I beat Cynthia in 236 tries 😎

[@heavensdoorofficial4977]

ッLiuah I still haven't to this day

[@jonathantorres9897]

ッRitzy I started playing when Platinum came out, my save file is still before her battle...

[@cloudybean3665]

ッRitzy What moves does her Roserade have?

[@garburias]

I beat her in 2nd try lol This is my team (Platinum) -Electrivire -Staraptor -Kingdra -Leafeon -Arcanine -Gallade

[@zelguis]

Well I finally started Platinum like 2 weeks ago and beat her at first try

[@DucMeLana]

the only champion that we all have to actually respect. The first female champion of the Pokemon League - Cynthia is just simply iconic

[@TheSeriousAnalysist]

Still the best Champion ever created and hardest to beat (with Red from the 1gen of course)

[@onthaticeburgess109]

The Calord no

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Lol Lol no

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Indomar Salazar stfu

[@Botaccount31]

@Indomar Salazar Doubt that. Lance is easy as fuck

[@justalonelyraltspassinthro1951]

I think they reprogrammed the AI in platinum, because cynthia's spiritomb wasn't this stupid when i fought her.

[@araldorevolee1415]

X2

[@SardonischerDean]

Lol nice username

[@lightninggaming016]

Right lol it was actually smart and kicking butt lol

[@adogtm8532]

just a lonely ralts passin through the AI was probably trying to predict a switch-in to something that would resist dark and/or bug, like a fighting or poison type

[@quickiesilver9307]

Hahahahah ikr

[@sirsaggle6513]

13:05 Luxray: “I can’t believe it, I’m in the hall of fame!

[@invertedcrayon]

shoutout to mike wazowski

[@wanggoudan6328]

XD

[@nopeq7993]

There I am Gary THERE I AM !

[@GeorgeOnABush]

LOL XD

[@josiahlutchman4913]

Luxaray was probs in everyone's hall if fame. Also staraptor

[@lucabelloni438]

0:02 *piano music starts* Me: mom come pick me up

[@Arsenal8999]

*PTSD flashbacks of Cynthia's level 66 garchomp*

[@Lion-236]

Let’s be honest Cynthia is the definition of “why do I hear boss music?”

[@selassieaspen9940]

Naw I hear that would villains more like Sephiroth or Heroes like Sonic and Kirby.

[@Dogmeat5010]

For me blue is harder.

[@MGRRSenatorArmstrong]

Nope, you’re just bad if you think she is hard.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

iris: are you sure???

[@ImTheVC]

@@Dogmeat5010 Heretic

[@RobotHunter1234]

*guy sends out alakazam against spiritomb* bruh *spiritomb uses psychic against alakazam multiple times instead of silver wind or dark pulse* BRUH

[@DenisLiasis]

He is using some randomiser to win. There's no way Cynthia would play like that.

[@marouaaaax2202]

HAHAHAA

[@ray0064]

Denis Thomas the AI was pretty stupid in Diamond and pearl if this was platinum, spiritomb would’ve shot off a shadow ball/dark pulse on the first turn

[@DenisLiasis]

@@ray0064 im pretty sure the ai in my games was at da Vinci level.

[@fifaworldcup1994]

@@DenisLiasis That's literally the dumbest excuse I've ever seen. A randomizer can't modify AI patterns.

[@fifaworldcup1994]

Why did you use a Psychic type against a Ghost-Dark type with Electric moves is beyond me.

[@eeeeeww1]

Same thing I was thinking

[@azula5646]

Big brain plays

[@maxpax0990]

This is beyond science

[@vcffan21]

New meta

[@jghays2273]

Because dark is immune to psychic moves so it wouldn’t do anything to begin with? Spiritomb has doesn’t have a type disadvantage lol

[@ebaristomartinez38]

3:06 Staraptor's cry fits with the music

[@justlikeskip69]

Ebaristo Martinez i was just about to comment the same thing 😂

[@stillgod2250]

It always does for some reason

[@ichigokurosaki8401]

Because starapror knows it’s going to die

[@EnigmaRevived]

Staraptor: NOOOOOOOOOO

[@onthaticeburgess109]

EnigmaRevived 😂

[@morganlf]

For those who don’t know. Cynthia’s Pokémon’s had maxed iv’s and a competitive level team, besides her Garchomp is the highest level Pokémon of all Pokémon’s League in all games. The true final battle of Pokémon that was so impactful. I love her

[@itsprod.472]

Looking back on it, yeah makes sense I hope we get another champion of this level again

[@ChChronicles]

I don't know if this counts since it's technically post game but Alder had a full lvl 75 team in bw so she's not the *strongest* strongest champion

[@haryrajendra102]

*BRUH....*

[@Htiy]

Carlos Duran Orozco yea but that’s because N was the original champion... Ghetsis was still hard tho ngl

[@moonfusion9964]

Actually, Diantha had higher level Pokémon than Cynthia's Garchomp, FYI.

[@netnet_in_a_sweater9351]

When I first got to her and saw her spiritomb, I started praying. It took me my family's entire vacation to beat. I screamed a lot

[@Rohgamu]

Lol

[@anthonyt425]

Nostalgia. 😊

[@NolmanZ]

+ This double type was litterally unbeatle before fairy type was invented

[@hydr4qwe]

She wears all black because she’s constantly attending her opponent’s funeral .

[@mrboerger1620]

That is AWESOME dear God how'd you come up with that

[@o_0yt]

Nah man I’ve seen it a lot, it’s funny but it’s not original anymore

[@aidpolice7781]

Stolen comment from the theme video

[@TedMerc]

Nice stolen comment.

[@arthurmorgan9116]

That cynthia used giga impact is pretty dumb

[@Aflay1]

The health bars go down so slowly. That’s how you know they are THICC

[@luanbergsonbr0293]

Pokemon Diamond muito bom vídeos KZbin gamer?

[@pablorojas4398]

💀💀💀

[@OnJahvi]

I love the piano as you talk to her. Sounds like you about to go against an extremely intelligent foe and then the fast pace music plays and you realize you're fighting Gods reincarnation

[@dancingwithdingbats]

Omg. That was probably the best description of her battle music setup ever! And yes, that piano music set a deceptively civilized tone. And then I was immediately obliterated afterwards. 😂 #CynthiaGaveMePTSD

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Agent Ridley L

[@onthaticeburgess109]

xavier_z11 stfu

[@mewtwofanmc]

@@onthaticeburgess109 stfu

[@felixambassa5649]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 excellent interpretation

[@crescentmoondriver4343]

No one has ever hurt my pride as much as Cynthia's Milotic did. She clapped my Luxray and Torterra, I was so confident too.

[@XZagatoX]

Yep. Way scarier than Garchomp IMO, same deal with her Roserade

[@SpiritedFalcon]

Your luxray must've been underleveled or something cuz mine beat both spiritomb and Milotic.

[@enec0]

SAME, i have a trauma from milotic

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@enec0 It's actually a weak Pokemon

[@milesandrews6711]

How did you lose your luxray to a milotic Luxray will always 2 shot milotic unless you're playing badly or really underleveled

[@FunkyPhil265]

The team made up of some of the rarest non-legendary Pokémon in gen 4 Garchomp- gibble was only found in one completely out of view cave. Milotic- Feebas was ridiculous to find in gen 4 because only two random squares of water in a lake could get him. Lucario- you get one riolu for doing a side quest across the map from the elite four. Spiritomb- obviously the most difficult because you had to... have FRIENDS! and then steal their flag like 100 times in a minigame. Really cool team to say the least

[@mattt5023]

then there goes gastrodon..

[@Real_Igor044]

@@mattt5023 and Roserade too...

[@taritzreyes1384]

Gastrodon Might Be Good For You

[@a.arrondel6379]

Rpserade evolves from a stone so it is somewhat rare?

[@seriencheckz6157]

getting spiritomb is kinda impossible

[@ecner1179]

5th elite four? Seems legit

[@GDsasan]

funny

[@just_a_commenter474]

R/whoosh

[@wyvrix5421]

r/ihavereddit

[@loskrem]

Just_A_Commenter r/foundthemobileuser

[@purplepikmin1563]

@@wyvrix5421 you've become the thing you swore to destroy

[@Baolan_GS]

I remembered playing Diamond when I was in middle school and I didn't know much about Pokemons cause I didn't do much googling about them so when I saw spiritomb I was like "wtf is that pokemon??? and why no moves are super effective against it" I was super panic it was fun as hell, good time

[@juju12589]

Well at least he's now weak to _Fairy_

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Killer Bruh Third bomb Bites The Meme L

[@arthur_here2741]

@@juju12589 I thought Ghost was super effective on Fairy. Did they change it for Sword & Shield?

[@lokekennee8850]

Blasoom, Reborn It never was, they’re neutral towards each other. Fairy is super effective against Dark type pokemon and resists its moves as well.

[@BigNation1]

Never seen a Spiritiomb struggle this hard against an Alakazam

[@apricotta_08]

Ikr

[@darknessplague]

Watching alakazam struggling to take down spiritomb with shock wave felt like a waste of my 4 mins in life.

[@d00p58]

“I accept your challenge” 4 seconds later... “You are challenged by Champion Cynthia” WHOS THE REAL CHALLENGER HERE???!!!

[@Ruben_Kenny]

😂😂

[@Htiy]

TheAnimalSoda shit never thought abt it that way

[@Joel-xr8xc]

🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭

[@ernestgasp]

Why are you challenja?

[@eonshade6297]

Cynthia: Wanna battle? You will be instantly destroyed by this action, continue?

[@stevenstone9139]

Bring on goth girl

[@MKultraInstinct]

Y u bully mi

[@pokemontraineralex7477]

Giratina palkia and dialga I transformd from daimond and pearl: we are about to end this girl whole career

[@chrisd8912]

Using Alakazam against Spiritomb is pretty boneheaded even with the poor AI

[@chelseaking1735]

Chris D Poor Ai is an understatement. Garchomp uses giga impact on empoleon instead of earthquake smh

[@frisk7951]

It almost payed off in the end anyway tbh

[@alyssadavenport629]

I wanna know why people think this battle is difficult, and then I wanna see Cynthia with her pokemon set up like someone from Showdown.

[@eonshade6297]

@@chelseaking1735 i know right imo its bs like come on smh big time

[@chelseaking1735]

crnylous Spiritomb can finish the Alakazam with silver wind and decided to use not very effective psychic instead 😭😭

[@Phantanatomy]

In terms of atmosphere and intensity this is probably my favorite battle in the entire series. It truly feels like you’re giving everything you’ve got against one of the best trainers in the world. and the amazing piano before you fight her helps set the mood even more.

[@luanbergsonbr0293]

Pokemon Diamond muito bom vídeos KZbin gamer?

[@Frankya92]

Agreed. It really felt like your life depended on the outcome of this battle. There hasn’t really been another champion quite like her from what I’ve seen

[@superbuu122]

Ha, original Champion Red and his theme is all Time the best.

[@lesterism]

​@@superbuu122not even close to Cynthia

[@Sun-ud9wu]

"Cynthia sent out garchonp" "You cannot from run trainerbattles"

[@SpiritedFalcon]

I don't need to run from her when I have my 3DD+ Haxourus

[@Sun-ud9wu]

@@SpiritedFalcon Cynthia:its was super efective

[@marshadowhero5807]

Stolen comment

[@Elstunna_]

Garchomp wasn’t even that difficult 😂

[@TheKoopa4561]

Jesus was the AI really this bad in Diamond and Pearl? Lol Spiritomb using psychic on alazkazam, garchomp using giga impact on empoleon even though it has earthquake AND brick break

[@reactorge150]

In platinum it's a whole lot better edit: HOLY SHIT 140 LIKES, THAT'S A LOT MAAN

[@neduegeh5859]

The games bad AI is how I even managed to beat her. That, and I kept getting lucky with crits.

[@primosdesegundograu1204]

You have no idea, I once was fighting Lucian and the dumb fuck ordered his Alakazam to use Energy Ball and Focus Blast, on a row, against my CROBAT!

[@daniinkidar5910]

We all got rekt by that AI tho :(

[@Baolan_GS]

Nobody would be able to beat Cynthia if the devs decided to give her a brain

[@guerrerodude]

Alakazam used recover. Spiritomb: “That’s adorable!”

[@samoanjoseph1457]

In all fairness, that Alakazam lasted a LOT longer than it should have, got Cynthia to use a Full Restore, AND had a chance to Recover. So... maybe it really was psychic...

[@wintermelonplays5836]

Supabilly: *sends a Psychic Type Pokémon Cynthia's Spiritomb: *uses Psychic

[@kevinkuczo5615]

The music when you’re talking to her before the battle is the best music in Pokémon hands down

[@joshuaclamohoy2764]

There are choices we make in life but choosing to fight with a Psychic vs Ghost-Dark type pokemon was a CHOICE.

[@theprophecy4786]

This man or woman is brave for using a alakazam against a ghost type Pokemon Good training.

[@garburias]

+the Prophecy Man, according to his username

[@onthaticeburgess109]

the Prophecy stfu

[@theone1609]

I'm pretty sure that everyone did that

[@mewtwofanmc]

@@onthaticeburgess109 stfu

[@Cookie-ys6xd]

@@onthaticeburgess109 You stfu

[@jadebayoba7073]

7:48 here begins the real theme

[@karthikgururajan1131]

Cynthias theme is never complete with the low hp tune

[@camilovasquez1776]

Your not a champion if u don’t span full restore 😂😂😂

[@miluwu5265]

?

[@litlitten8751]

Milogon It's a joke from Matty Burrito in Pokemon Golder

[@miluwu5265]

I know but this is from Lance, not Cynthia

[@litlitten8751]

Milogon oh

[@ahuman2544]

Isn't it "you can't be champion of the Pokemon league without knowing how to spam full restores"

[@timmytimmymit5607]

One of the most legendary battles in the history of the Pokémon franchise, it still holds to its glory to this day!

[@DogeRider985]

garchomp low health only need one hit and won... Cynthia: *hold my full restore*

[@terryanderson5635]

WHAAAT???!!! OOOOH COME OOOON!

[@maxryder6958]

If ash was a videogame character he'd be Billy 😂😂

[@evanbg7]

He really would

[@T0mat0_S0up]

Max Ryder Umm.... no

[@eonshade6297]

lmaio

[@pablonabonar2166]

No, he's way too smart than ash

[@Uzialx]

Red is ash

[@memedose4631]

Cynthia sends out garchomp Me be like: Why do I hear coffin dance?

[@PhantomRedKnight]

Nice when I first beat Cynthia I challenged the league using only Torterra and Staraptor. The final battle between Staraptor and Garchomp was so intense they each had one HP left. The fate of the battle depended on the accuracy of Staraptor's fly and he won. I'll never forget that battle my Nintendo DS was so close to dying that time too.

[@user-xr7fi4lo6g]

Umm... dude? How could you know if Garchomp had 1 HP left? Jk. Nice job on defeating the Champ

[@PhantomRedKnight]

Garchomp was hanging on by a thread it looked like she had no HP left yet was still standing. My Staraptor on the other hand had 4 HP left and while Garchomp was recovering from Giga Impact I had Staraptor use Fly to win the battle. It was so intense if Fly had missed, Cynthia would've won and I would've lost.

[@user-xr7fi4lo6g]

That’s amazing

[@giancarlonajarro8688]

You got to wish keeping quick attack😂😂😂😂

[@elijahhodges1575]

It can.

[@griffintubridy8443]

The sweat on your brow, the intensity of it all, just so captivating. Nothing like it and just the feeling of when they missed a key ability was so huge

[@captaine1469]

When I was 9,I beaten Cynthia in like 9-10 battles. The memories of screaming and crying to my mom that I couldn't beat her was so painful. But when I actually beat her,I screamed "YES!MOM I FINALLY BEATEN CYNTHIA!!". My mom recorded that moment and the video is still intact. Cynthia sure was hard,but the nostalgia of it is lovely to look back.

[@megaagentj2248]

This is the best champion fight because it feels like you’re fighting *the champion* not just a gym leader with higher levels, someone like you who you could have played in a previous game, with a varied team that can and does steamroll players

[@AmauriTaveras]

Someone in public: Is listening to Cynthia's theme Me who took 800 times to beat it : *𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬*

[@nasty9403]

Remember back when I was 7, fighting Cynthia for the first time, beat her when I was 9 😂 these games are forever immortalized in my mind, absolutely legendary.

[@Vendetta162X]

The visuals combined with the music make the transition into the battle unbeatable.

[@BlindUnknown]

God the entire sequence is so epic. No other Champion has Cynthia’s presence. She definitely brought it.

[@mikelevel9]

Red

[@SameerKhan-nf3no]

....

[@DeplorableLegend]

Cynthia, the only champion in Pokemon history that actually deserved the title. Her and Red were the only battles that actually challenged me as a kid. Pokemon is so easy nowadays you can beat it blindfolded

[@Frankya92]

Don’t forget Lance from crystal. He was a beast too

[@mewtationnation3554]

Real talk, this has to be the toughest battle of any Pokémon game. Her team is insanely well balanced with its typing, specialities, and movesets. It really inspired me to build more strategic teams afterwards and made the games that much more fun.

[@JackEFC1878]

Lucario: Uses Earthquake Toxicroak: I’m about to end this man’s whole career

[@bclarke4614]

Ah yes the Pokémon version of “Be prepared”

[@Shootingie]

The music in this is absolutely incredible. Both the piano intro and the actual fight. Truly fitting music for such an amazing champion fight

[@WinterStones]

i forgot how slow the battles on this game were

[@TonyNumber9]

I remember beating her with my level 98 Staraptor and level 54 Torterra, my team was so under level cause I didn't want grind exp from wild Pokemon lol

[@onthaticeburgess109]

Little Witch wild Pokémon suck

[@seancarroll5803]

Little Witch just use the vs seeker on the best trainers

[@luanbergsonbr0293]

Pokemon Diamond muito bom?

[@TonyNumber9]

@@seancarroll5803 didn't know that thing on Pokemon Pearl, at the time at least

[@thanos5435]

Cynthia: sends out Spiritomb SupaBilly: A Ghost/Dark type! Then I’ll use, A PSYCHIC TYPE!

[@raventhegreat8165]

Dark typing: Nah I’m good

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

2021: You're free trial of being unbeatable is over. Say hello to my dazzling pink friends

[@Espeon804]

Cynthia was so hard, they nerfed her in Platinum. *And she was STILL hard.*

[@marcellomoraess]

the first time I played the diamond I lost it all the time, at Platinum I won very fast

[@osumazimeowisfromme6241]

They actually just "nerfed" her in Platinum because there is a 2nd fight against her and the pokemon are at lvl70+. And i think togekiss is much better as a water/ground pokemon who is 4× weak to grass. As a first time playthrough i would say Cynthia is harder on platinum. The big weakness of her in platinum is her Lucario not knowing earthquake, but it's fine since you could use a flyingtype against it and you wouldnt care. At platinum she knows a rock move instead what hits very effective on flyingtypes. It always depends on the situation. I guess it made the solo-starter-pokemonrun easier with empoleon what i guess A LOT of people did as a child. But playing it with not overleveled pokemon is more of a big thread. Since the AI was better in platinum (see the spiritomb using 3 psychics on a psychicpokemon in diamond) she never got a nerf.

[@mrshadrack8554]

@@osumazimeowisfromme6241 water grounds only weakness is grass. It’s a good typing. Garchomp has a four times weakness to ice and still survives.

[@collinreece3855]

Cynthia is so easy for me

[@mrshadrack8554]

@@collinreece3855 how over leveled are your Pokémon?

[@dabby1180]

When Garchomp gets sent out: Were in endgame now.

[@nxtlvlzeph]

i don’t remember the AI being this bad. lol!

[@litlitten8751]

zeph_y2k she is better in plantinum

[@DenisLiasis]

He is using some kind of randomiser, there is no way Cynthia would play that bad. Every damn play i saw, they are using randomisers to make the game much easier.

[@sylvalue]

Denis Thomas The AI in Pokemon goes through their moves and sees what works. If they notice something is extremely strong, they will start to spam it (unless you hit low HP.) It was just extremely lucky that Spiritomb didnt use dark pulse earlier.

[@SycoticForeverNeverAF]

Denis Thomas yeah no. The AI just like the rest of this game was shit.

[@AmberAmour]

Sycotic Forever Kinda wished we had a challenged mode.

[@thatclekidgaming1501]

Ah, such good memories. I remember my first team. Infernape, Starraptor, Palkia, Garchomp, Bastiodon, and Hippowdon

[@jacobw1780]

7:30 you send out toxicroak without thinking, and the next thing you kmow, lucario is part steel type *_BUT YOUR TOCIXROAK KNOWS REVENGE. XD_*

[@UEmiya235]

Galaxy Brain movement

[@altf4undo01]

revenge is the ultimate “no u” move

[@klutchnor2806]

It’s always really fun to come back here and see this fight knowing 7 year old me some how managed to sweep pretty much the whole game with my empoleon, i also used my master ball on a murkrow for some reason, simpler times lmao

[@thirdplanet4471]

When you spam revives to beat Cynthia

[@heavensdoorofficial4977]

My first game for portable was diamond! Amazing nostalgia listening to the music in his game again! Although my first pokemon game in general was XD Gale of Darkness to this day Evee will always be my favorite

[@kaisermaniac965]

"Cynthia Sends Spiritomb" ¡¡¡gO aLAkAzaM!!!

[@graysonthiessen8194]

the fact this is a 13 minute video shows why she is still my favorite champion to this day, ever since childhood she's been my idol and her team has been my goals, finally just got myself all perfect stats on all 6 and i don't lose very many battles

[@TheRealSkaterr]

The animation and sound for dark pulse used to be so good.. also, I miss how the health bar used to slowly go down for larger enemies

[@thepikarivera7706]

If Garchomp used earthquake the whole Sinnoh region would be in chaos.

[@JamieDionne]

Cynthia: *has Spiritomb as her first Pokémon being a ghost dark type.* Billy sending out Alakazam first: “Yeah, this is big brain time.”

[@TheBrokenTelevision-R]

“CYNTHIA is about to send out GARCHOMP. Will you switch Pokemon?” Player: fear 100

[@zomzomtheungodlycapitalist]

3:06 STARAPTOR SUNG THE THEME LOL

[@sazukick]

Lool

[@cassiekaizo1210]

I love how everyone is talking about how cynthia is so hard even tho in the video garchomp got one shot because its 4x weak to ice

[@KiroPerida]

I'd rather have Cynthia as a prize than being in Hall of Fame

[@luisbiagtan9309]

Wtf does that fucking mean

[@Abadonedaccount123]

Same bro

[@griffix757]

@@luisbiagtan9309 That he'd like to have Cynthia as his waifu

[@k1ngchr1s56]

😏😏😏

[@OutlawzNT]

Id rather have Cynthias head as a prize....

[@dimensionninja4929]

8:37 garchomp uses Giga Impact instead of earthquake?

[@thelegend3965]

When I heard that music, I started having flashbacks to the dark times of my childhood.

[@octaviomaldonado3333]

Cynthia in the Anime: 😘😋😊🍦🍦 Cynthia in the game: 😈👹👺👻🔪

[@juanmajg9981]

"*Fifth* Elite *Four*" Well done

[@mrnelis8037]

Juanma Jg 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Thatdudejosh9]

I remember when I was younger after beating the game when I started using action replay, I went to battle cynthia again and stole her Milotic with the catch trainer pkmn code for shits and giggles... Then I battled her again to steal her garchomp

[@HatredInTheFlesh]

I stole snorlax from Barry lmao, no one in their right mind has time for the legit method of attaining munch lax in that game

[@Avocadoughh]

"Time to chew ass and kick gum , and im all out of ass" - A Dead Turtle

[@randominternetman8177]

That piano kicking in when Cynthia starts speaking has the same energy as One-Winged Angel starting when Sephiroth appears in Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts

[@uncreative5766]

I had this game when it came out, but I couldn't remember for the life of me the Cynthia battle, but watching this just 2 minutes in, I'm thoroughly convinced the AI was toying with the player here. A Spiritomb vs. Alakazam matchup and not one Ghost or Dark type move was used?

[@Lion09887]

When you accidentally walk into a random house in pokemon white

[@fastaskirby2414]

seeing the hp go down gives me anxiety.

[@ZekaOfficial]

Same lmao

[@aadarshsejwal3183]

This was actually a really great team!

[@Frankya92]

One of the champion battles I’ll never forget in any Pokémon game. Her’s and Lance’s battle theme from crystal made it feel like the biggest deals of all time 😳 makes me miss playing diamond 😭 one of my favorite champions ever

[@leonardorlm1]

The beginning how the song plays as you enter the battle is the best

[@cantinandaba4419]

That spiritomb’s cry is embedded in my head

[@my.name_00]

que the vietnam flashback.

[@AlexBayani]

Only 2000s kids will remember the experience of their first time beating Cynthia with their starter/HM slave... what a glorious childhood we had.

[@pierothol2022]

Everytime I workout for my 1RM at the gym, this is the song I play for my 1RM. Pumps me up sooooooooooooooo much!!!!

[@leon4339x]

0:30 Mom come pick me up

[@jonathantorres9897]

Cynthia will always be a badass, I think she should make a comeback.

[@quantumclan1043]

Jonathan Torres fingers crossed for diamond and pearl remakes

[@justinhunnies1138]

I suffered enough in one battel i couldn't take it twice..

[@arthurmorgan9116]

No she doesnt because dp remakes are just releasing for more money

[@joseramonhuertasrivera5777]

Looking at this battle makes me think about how intense it would be if there were plans to release the Sinnoh remakes for Switch or its successor (if any).

[@dancingwithdingbats]

I really really really REALLY want, no wait, NEED, Gen 4 remakes. I know they probably won't remake Platinum, because they didn't remake Yellow, Crystal or Emerald; but damn, how cool would the Distortion World look on the Switch?! 💕

[@joseramonhuertasrivera5777]

@@dancingwithdingbats agreed. It would be so cool, it would make a better post-game experience than that of Sword and Shield.

[@dancingwithdingbats]

@@joseramonhuertasrivera5777 I haven't played Sword or Shield. I was, and still am, cranky at how so many Pokemon can't even be imported into the game. Over the years I've spent hours breeding Mudkips and the fact I can't import one into the new games really upset me. *sighs*

[@thamasaurus]

1:47 the choir is singing Alakazam's pain right there

[@TheMagnificentLordArceus]

"I can't remember the last time I was put in a corner like this!"