The Best and Worst Boss Fights in Pokemon

[Karxrida]

Penny is an interesting discussion for how they built her team compared to Arven/Nemona/Clavell.
Nemona: 5 mons with broad types, a starter, all with high stats, some of them are rare/powerful, others are iconic to this generation. Mostly 4 attacks with excellent coverage.
Clavell: FWG core including a starter and 2 powerhouses, 3 other mons. The FWG core has 4 attacks each with excellent coverage, the 3 others are bulky setup sweepers and rare/weird choices.
Arven: 5 food themed mons+his dog. Either 4 attacks with excellent coverage or 3 attacks+setup move.
Penny: 6 Eeveeloutions. All have Baby Doll Eyes, Quick Attack, STAB, and one coverage move.

Penny feels like she should be the weakest of the three, and yet she's the only one I've seen people truly consider difficult.

Frankly if I had known about Penny's Baby-Doll Eyes spam I would've led Gardevoir and set up Calm Minds on Umbreon. The fight wouldn't even be annoying at that point, just pedestrian.

 

[Volt-Ikazuchi]

Frankly if I had known about Penny's Baby-Doll Eyes spam I would've led Gardevoir and set up Calm Minds on Umbreon. The fight wouldn't even be annoying at that point, just pedestrian.

That's why I said that a lot of these fights have to be evaluated under blind run conditions.

It's *extremely* easy for people to pick them apart knowing what's coming, especially veterans like us. Knowing the moves they get makes it trivial to form a gameplan in as little as 60 seconds.