Source: Pokémon Master
Not long after, Fang Yuan returned to Magic City.
And held a new Fang Yuan Tournament.
This tournament saw quite a few changes.
Darkrai joined the team;
Venusaur had been guided by a Legendary Pokémon for half a year and learned Totem Aura;
Gluttony Ghost devoured the highly adaptable Legendary Resource, the Platinum Orb Fragment;
Eevee underwent Origin Return Evolution;
All of these events brought earth-shattering changes to Fang Yuan's team strength.
At the same time, they completely rewrote the Fang Yuan Tournament rankings.
This Fang Yuan Tournament still counted only individual strength, and Armored Magnezone was very pleased with that.
As for the specific rankings, the strongest Pokémon in this version was Eevee.
Eevee, forever the god.
With the strength of an Ordinary Guardian God Level Pokémon and its multi-type Partner Moves, Partner Eevee had no opponents within the team.
Even Darkrai was completely countered by Eevee.
First Tier: Armored Magnezone, Darkrai.
Both Pokémon possessed Ordinary Guardian God Level strength. Although they were roughly on the same level as Eevee, they lost out because they specialized in only one area and were not all-rounders.
Compared to Eevee, which had damage output, durability, healing, and control, they were slightly inferior.
Quasi-First Tier: Infernape.
Without counting Ditto's support or Victini and Milotic's charging and healing, Infernape could only maintain the Life Fire state long enough to open four gates. That was now its limit, placing it at Quasi-Guardian God Level.
If it Force Opened Five Gates on its own, it could be placed in the First Tier. But because the rules of this tournament did not allow it to rely on Victini for charging, it had no opportunity to show off its full strength.
Second Tier: Gluttony Ghost, Venusaur, Dragonite, Milotic.
Without Mega Evolution or Z-Moves, the four