I am trying to decide what I want to use as my non-competitive "companion" or partner pokemon. I am trying to decide between Gardevoir, Lucario, Latias, or Manaphy. Which do you guys think I should use?
I want it to be good as a partner, such as Gardevoir is a guardian to their trainer and protects them, Lucario seemed like a cool partner from the movie (lucario and the mystery of mew), Latias is one of the most intelligent pokemon and can communicate with telepathy and understand human speech and take on a human form (not in the game obviously), and Manaphy links on an emotional level with the trainer who hatches it (me) and is really cool with being linked to the people of the water and all that.
I also need it to be decent in battle, as this is the pokemon I will be always using while traveling the world of pokemon. Gardevoir has bad HP and Defence while has great special attack and special defence, Lucario is pretty good in this aspect, Latias has great stats but tons of stuff are super effective against it, and Manaphy has the standard 100 in all base stats.
Just post what you think would be the best, I just can't decide. Also add any other cool stuff you know about these pokemon or anything about them that would make them not as good as a partner pokemon.