The elite four were so much stronger than Kieran it's not funny lmao.
Despite their rankings I'd argue Crispin is #3 and Lacey is like #4.
It helps a lot that all of the elite four have very good team synergy. Something the main game almost never does.
Gonna give an update for my personal rankings after doing the DLC and finally getting to battle Carmine in Doubles:
1 - Drayton
2 - Lacey
3 - Kieran (Club Room Rematch)
4 - Kieran (BB Champion)
5 - Carmine (Club Room)
5 - Amarys
6 - Cyrano
7 - Nemona (Club Room Rematch / as long as you have a Tinakton or Scizor)
8 - Arven (Club Room Rematch)
9 - Crispin
10 - Penny (Club Room Rematch)
Drayton/Lacey/Amarys/Crispin have identical teams during the BB League and Club Room Rematch so I only included them once
Carmine didn't get any kills on me but she forced me to keep switching for most of the battle with 2x Intimidate. This was also the only battle in the entire game where my Meowscarada couldn't actually do anything since it missed Play Rough 2x and couldn't attack for 3 turns due to Paralysis 🐱😩
Luckily my Baxcalibur came in clutch with Thermal Exchange and basically swept Carmine's team solo after I switched out my Meowscarada (and others) after Turn ~6 and took a few Flame Charge(s) from Toucannon. If her team had something else other than Sinistcha (honestly dead weight on her team besides Hospitality) and a pseudo instead, I would have been legit terrified to go up against her. She is definitely way tougher to deal with in Doubles over Singles
Kieran's 5 lvl increase in the rematch definitely made a difference since it was able to tank hits that I was able to previously one-shot (w/ Pawmot)
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