A Rival is a Trainer Class in the game that battles you often throughout the main storyline, often being a childhood friend or a bully and hater to the player. When your player picks a Starter Pokémon, the rival will have a type advantage over your starter with the exception of Dawn or Lucas, especially Bianca, who all choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. Wally starts out with a Ralts, rather than a conventional Hoenn starter.

Rivals

Kanto	Johto	Hoenn			Sinnoh	Unova BW			Unova B2W2
Blue/GreenJP	Silver	Brendan	May	Wally	Barry	Cheren	Bianca	N	Hugh

Pseudo-rivals

Johto		Sinnoh		Unova B2W2
Ethan	Lyra	Lucas	Dawn	Nate	Rosa

See also

• Player
• Starter Pokémon

Rivals
Kanto Johto Hoenn Blue/Green Silver Brendan May Wally Sinnoh Unova Barry Cheren Bianca N Hugh