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I'm finally doing this because the profiles have been outdated as hell for too long. They need to be downgraded by now. The only one I have revised so far is Sabrina, which is a good basis for what profiles should look like. But let's move on.
Trainers themselves (games)
Probably needs a calc as it could be higher but 9-C. Lucas/Dawn (the trainers from G4) can hit a punching bag with enough force to have it go flying across a room and still have enough energy to knock over a stack of tires. Mind you they're only 10.
Trainers themselves (anime)
9-B from scaling to Ash. Durability and speed are up for debate.
Trainers themselves (manga)
Likely 9-B from scaling to Sapphire, who can pick up giant boulders and iirc uproot trees. Thing is, she's supposed to be dummy strong so I'm not sure if everyone scales. Again, durability and speed are up for debate.
Gym Leaders
Alright, from here on out we get to the difficult stuff, and Pokémon Masters is gonna throw a serious. Leaders have superior Pokémon than normal for obvious reasons, but there's still an echelon. The first Gym Leader should be 8-A. The second should be 7-B, upscaling from the Low 7-B feat and backscaling from the 7-A feats. After that it gets tricky. By gym 4 or 5 they should scale to the 7-A feats but I'm not sure about 3. All the way up to 8 should be "At least 7-A". But then we get to the rematch/PWT/Battle Tree Levels, where they're far higher.
Rivals
Other than Red, Blue, Wally, and Green, we have no idea what the teams for your rival because it's based on what you choose for your starter. However, we can make inferences. For example, we know Brendan started off with a Treeko, which means May has a Blaziken by endgame. Barry has an Empoleon in the anime so its likely he started off with it in the games. Pokemon Masters will help with that.
But more importantly, tiering. Just tier them by endgame, not by each individual encounter. It makes it easier. If they have it already like Red and Blue do, so be it, but let's not set a precedent. Just scale them to Champion level by endgame be their tier. Speaking of Champions...
Champions
Well, technically this encompasses both the Champions and the E4. They upscale to the point of likely breaking into the High 7-A range, with it without Megas. They're the cream of the crop after all. The Battle Frontier people are even superior.
Evil Leaders
They're anywhere from 8th gym leader level to Champion level. For example, Cyrus is canonically implied to be a threat to Cynthia. Not necessarily capable of winning (though Weavile is like the only Counter to Garchomp lol), but a threat nonetheless. Ghetsis is the final boss of B/W. Meanwhile Giovanni is the 8th gym leader, yet the RR episode implies he's superior to the former two.
Rematch Trainers
This is probably the trickiest bit. Rematch Trainers, which includes Kanto Leaders in G2, the PWT, and the Battle Tree are above even Champions, though not Rematch!Champions. Speaking of which, Cynthia confirms that all Champs are equal to one another, so we don't have to worry about that. Battle Tree Trainers are the strongest Trainers in the series, which would be G7 Red, Blue, Cynthia, Wally, Anabel, Grimsley, Colress, and a few others. The thing is, they have Megas and Z Moves, so they should be High 7-A+ with those Pokémon.
Hareta
Dude deserves a profile. Unironically 5-B human. Dude boxed Deoxys to a standstill.
Trainers themselves (games)
Probably needs a calc as it could be higher but 9-C. Lucas/Dawn (the trainers from G4) can hit a punching bag with enough force to have it go flying across a room and still have enough energy to knock over a stack of tires. Mind you they're only 10.
Trainers themselves (anime)
9-B from scaling to Ash. Durability and speed are up for debate.
Trainers themselves (manga)
Likely 9-B from scaling to Sapphire, who can pick up giant boulders and iirc uproot trees. Thing is, she's supposed to be dummy strong so I'm not sure if everyone scales. Again, durability and speed are up for debate.
Gym Leaders
Alright, from here on out we get to the difficult stuff, and Pokémon Masters is gonna throw a serious. Leaders have superior Pokémon than normal for obvious reasons, but there's still an echelon. The first Gym Leader should be 8-A. The second should be 7-B, upscaling from the Low 7-B feat and backscaling from the 7-A feats. After that it gets tricky. By gym 4 or 5 they should scale to the 7-A feats but I'm not sure about 3. All the way up to 8 should be "At least 7-A". But then we get to the rematch/PWT/Battle Tree Levels, where they're far higher.
Rivals
Other than Red, Blue, Wally, and Green, we have no idea what the teams for your rival because it's based on what you choose for your starter. However, we can make inferences. For example, we know Brendan started off with a Treeko, which means May has a Blaziken by endgame. Barry has an Empoleon in the anime so its likely he started off with it in the games. Pokemon Masters will help with that.
But more importantly, tiering. Just tier them by endgame, not by each individual encounter. It makes it easier. If they have it already like Red and Blue do, so be it, but let's not set a precedent. Just scale them to Champion level by endgame be their tier. Speaking of Champions...
Champions
Well, technically this encompasses both the Champions and the E4. They upscale to the point of likely breaking into the High 7-A range, with it without Megas. They're the cream of the crop after all. The Battle Frontier people are even superior.
Evil Leaders
They're anywhere from 8th gym leader level to Champion level. For example, Cyrus is canonically implied to be a threat to Cynthia. Not necessarily capable of winning (though Weavile is like the only Counter to Garchomp lol), but a threat nonetheless. Ghetsis is the final boss of B/W. Meanwhile Giovanni is the 8th gym leader, yet the RR episode implies he's superior to the former two.
Rematch Trainers
This is probably the trickiest bit. Rematch Trainers, which includes Kanto Leaders in G2, the PWT, and the Battle Tree are above even Champions, though not Rematch!Champions. Speaking of which, Cynthia confirms that all Champs are equal to one another, so we don't have to worry about that. Battle Tree Trainers are the strongest Trainers in the series, which would be G7 Red, Blue, Cynthia, Wally, Anabel, Grimsley, Colress, and a few others. The thing is, they have Megas and Z Moves, so they should be High 7-A+ with those Pokémon.
Hareta
Dude deserves a profile. Unironically 5-B human. Dude boxed Deoxys to a standstill.
