3rd Gen Hoenn Champions: Steven or Wallace?

[Domo Genesis]

Are you sure you don't mean milotic? Wallace doesn't have a suicune. Also blaziken should have had no problem with aggron aslong as you can land a fighting move on it. I never liked some of steven's team much though. The only champion who never used a monotype team that I actualy liked was cynthia.

Don't get me wrong, a ground,rock,steel team is great but I'd make a few things different.

oops, i meant Milotic. I was just thinking about suicune at the time. xD

 

[fire_man]

Wallace was easy to beat and nothing special. Steven has a much better personality (although he was easy to beat too :)

 

[Mew~]

I like Steven better than Wallace, but I do prefer Wallace as Champion, and Steven as the trainer you get to fight after. Since he's much more stronger and seemingly a little mysterious, or rather interesting?

 

[blue]

I think Wallace suits Champion. Steven is more of a Red type trainer with Juan sticking as the 8th Gym Leader.

 

[deoxys121]

Steven and Wallace are definitely both really tough as champions. But, I think Steven is a tad tougher. I really don't think it makes much sense to have a champion specialize in the same type as the last gym leader. Maybe if the last gym wasn't a Water-type gym, it would make a little more sense.

 

[Lord_Storm]

As a champion, I believe Wallace is better as he doesn't seem to go on journeys or leave the gym/E4 unless it is an emergency. Steven, however was represented better in Emerald, helping the player out at Mossdeep and then found in Meteor Falls. He just doesn't suit the champion position as a champion would not be out wandering for no reason (even though Cynthia and Alder do).

 

[Super Red]

Steven. He seemed harder to face than Wallace.

 

[ace!]

I prefer Steven, because Juan and Wallace use the same type of Pokemon and i like Steel type :)

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

Steven's high lv70s vs Wallace's high lv50s. I'd hand it to Steven.

 

[clacla$$$]

Steven is way better. More of a challenge.

 

[Hydreigarchomp91]

Steven because his Pokemon are tougher and got better diversity than Wallace's.

 

[Xperious]

I don't think a champion should have just a basic type of pokemon. I much prefer Steven as champion because he uses steel.

 

[LadyFaust]

Steven. He's a lot tougher in my opinion...& Wallace looks funny to me x)

 

[Westie7]

I prefer Steven. Water seems like a pretty anticlimactic type for a champion, for one. Second, I'm used to Steven being champion, since I own Ruby and Sapphire, and not Emerald. Third, Emerald came later, and as an updated re-release, I feel should have less canonical value compared to the original. Unfortunately, that isn't so. This annoys me with Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald, though not so much with Platinum.

EDIT: I also don't believe in Juan. He's an unnecessary placeholder retcon used to fill in another, much more pointless retcon.

 

[Sesh]

Steven for sure. His team is plain better. If your team was like Wallace any old trainer with a decently trained team of electric pokemon can probably send you packing..

With that said Rayquaza+Thunderbolt pretty much makes Wallace a joke, sure you have to heal sometimes but if you chose Mudkip and he's at a good enough level you can always swap him out if you need to revive Rayquaza. Steven on the other hand with Cradily and Giga Drain pretty much leaves Swampert barely alive if at all and with the way I play pokemon games that makes things tough.

 

[cazzler]

Its a hard choice, but I pick steven due to his unique typing for a champion, his design and personality is great.

 

[mishy.]

Steven. Though I have to admit that because I didn't have a true Electric type on my Emerald (I had Girafarig) and I was horribly underleveled so I had a problem with Wallace. Still, while I do like Wallace and his cape was pretty awesome, I just find Steven to have a better place as Champion of the Hoenn region than Wallace. He was just fine with being the Eighth Gym leader. I do see why they decided to change is so they had someone of a 'Red' (Steven with his level 70 team) in Emerald, but idk. Steven being the first one with the 'steel' type in the Pokemon League definitely had more of an impact than Wallace, in which we had Lorelei with her Water/Ice Pokemon, as well as Lance with Gyarados in the earlier generations.

 

[Nash Bandicoot]

Steven is much better, but I like him harder at the end of the game as well

 

[Sirius Black]

Steven FTW!
But he was a lot more challanging in the level 70,s zone than in pokemon ruby sapphire and emerald

 

[Beaute]

I prefer Wallace, I liked his style and his pokemon <3

Oh, and he is a Contest trainer, that's a plus!