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The news for the upcoming Pokémon game, Scarlet and Violet which releases November 18th, hasn't stopped, and many fans are paying attention to every detail announced regarding the game. One recent tidbit is that Hisuian Pokémon will be obtainable in Scarlet and Violet which is relieving news for fans worried that they wouldn't be able to transfer their Pokémon from Legends: Arceus onto the new games.
The new Pokémon games are coming soon and with them, a new region, Paldea. Paldea will feature a large world with many tough trainers for players to battle against. Players can expect gym leaders to return too with different specializations of the various Pokémon types as well as one popular type: Dragon.
Kanto's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is The Elite Four's Lance
The Elite Four in Kanto is shared with Johto and is titled the Indigo Plateau. Here Lance once served as a member of the Elite Four. However, most of his appearances actually have Lance as the Elite Four's Champion.
Without a doubt, Lance is the best dragon-type trainer in Kanto and is possibly the best dragon-type trainer in the Pokémon world. Other dragon tamers throughout the game series strive to surpass him and attain his level as the master of the dragon tamers.
Johto's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is Gym Leader Clair
Clair serves as the final Gym Leader in the Johto region at the Blackthorn Gym. She is also Lance's cousin and bears a bit of rivalry against him. Clair alone is actually a better trainer than the entirety of the Elite Four. However, she could never become the champion because of Lance, who is the only trainer that has beaten her (not counting the protagonist of the specific game this is in).
With the Elite Four and the protagonists and rivals of the games aside, Clair is the second-strongest trainer in the Johto and Kanto regions. Players can actually have a double battle against both Lance and Clair. This involves players teaming up with their rival, Silver, one of the coolest rivals in Pokemon. This double battle gives one of the best dragon-type experiences yet in the games.
Hoenn's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is The Elite Four's Drake
Drake bears no known connections to any other dragon-type trainers in Pokémon but serves as one of the strongest trainers in general of the Hoenn region. He is the final member of the Elite Four the player must face before challenging the Champion and is formerly a sailor. There are some implications that he was once a captain of a ship himself and the anime series, as well as some of the manga, portray this.
Many fans have theorized that the Abandoned Ship in the games was actually once his ship, and that was the event where his Pokémon had saved his life. Which Pokémon specifically saved his life is unknown, but many believe it to be his Salamence, one of the best dragon-type Pokémon, who happens to be Drake's ace Pokémon.
Sinnoh's Best Dragon-Type Trainers Are The Dragon Tamers
Interestingly enough, the Sinnoh region does not have any specific dragon-type trainer in their region. The Sinnoh region games, alongside Alola, are the only two game series that do not have any dragon-type Gym Leaders or Elite Four members.
Because of this, the best dragon-type trainers are the various Dragon Tamers that players can battle throughout the game. These are the same Dragon Tamers that have trained at Blackthorn and wish to surpass the clan's leader, Lance.
Unova's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is The Champion, Iris
Iris went through a lot of growth throughout the Unova games. Originally fans know her as a dragon-type Gym Leader, however, in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, she makes it all the way to the position of a Pokémon League Champion, one of the best trainers in the world.
She is a character introduced rather early in the first Pokémon Black and White games and has some of the most screen time out of the Unova trainers. This is a fantastic experience for fans of the Pokémon anime as they are used to her being a traveling companion of Ash's, so to see her rise as the Champion of Unova is quite extraordinary.
Kalos's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is The Elite Four's Drasna
Like many dragon-type trainers, Drasna is one of the members of the Elite Four, but in the Kalos region. Due to the aggressive and powerful nature of dragon-type Pokémon, it's possible she is the strongest member of the Elite Four, though the games portray and imply that the Elite Four are relatively equal.
Interestingly enough, she was inspired to become a dragon-type trainer due to the legends she heard of two of the strongest legendary Pokémon from Sinnoh, Palkia and Dialga, which she heard from her grandparents who originated from the Sinnoh region. Like Drake, she has no connection to other dragon-type trainers but chose her path as a dragon-type trainer at a relatively young age.
Alola's Best Dragon-Type Trainer Is The Rock Star, Ryuki
While Alola does not possess any Gym Leaders, it has Trial Captains instead. However, none of these Trial Captains includes a dragon-type trainer. Thankfully, one powerful dragon-type trainer does appear in the Sun and Moon games named Ryuki, who happens to be a famous rock star.
He gives the player quite the challenge with his full dragon team and can be challenged at the Kantonian Gym. In Alola there are no official gyms; however, Ryuki tells the player that one day when there are, he will be the official dragon-type Gym Leader for the region.
Galar's Best Trainer Is The Champion's Rival, Raihan
Raihan is one of the most enjoyable characters to appear in Pokémon Sword and Shield and is notable for his powerful dragon-type Pokémon. He serves as Galar's dragon-type Gym Leader and is one of the strongest trainers in the region. So powerful, in fact, that he is considered the rival of Galar's Champion, Leon.
While he is a strong trainer, he has actually competed against Leon at least ten times and lost every time. However, this simply speaks more of Leon's skill as a trainer, as Raihan has been closer than anyone else and claims that if he went to other regions, he could probably become the Champion. This means Raihan is one of the strongest dragon-type trainers in the world and could probably be an ideal match for Lance.