Top 10 Pokemon Elite Four Members

#7 - Marshal

Up next in our countdown is Marshal, the final Elite Four Member of the Unova Region. Marshal is an apprentice and friend to Alder, the first Unova League Champion, and it's evident that Alder's skills have rubbed off on Marshal. He is one tough cookie in battle, and he made getting to Alder (and eventually Iris) a difficult task.

Marshal specializes in Fighting Type Pokemon, having four pure Fighting Types on his Team. His team consists of the best Unova Region Fighting Pokemon: Throh, Sawk, Mienshao and Conkeldurr. His Pokemon are all at about Level 50 (High-50s in the remakes Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2). And we know what you're thinking... It seems a little low for an Elite Four Member. And yes, that's true. But only was because of the Plot in Pokemon Black and White. If you remember, N took over the Pokemon League after he defeated Alder; you couldn't actually defeat Alder for the official Pokemon League Title until later. And when you were able to, Marshal had made some improvements... His Pokemon team then were all in the low-70s (WOW), and he had added a Spore Breloom AND Toxic/Venoshock Toxicroak. Now that's what we're talking about - the true Elite Four power!

But much like other Elite Four Members, Marshal played ZERO role in the Anime Series. He wasn't even seen in the games until you actually reached the Pokemon League. And on top of the, and worst of all, Marshal didn't become Champion after Alder but instead Iris did. There was no reason as to why Marshal didn't become the Champion, especially with as great of Pokemon as he had. When the Pokemon Creators did this, they unknowingly said that Marshal wasn't good enough to become Champion, or even defeat little Iris for that matter. It just doesn't make sense, especially since he WAS Alder's APPRENTICE.