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My opinion: A-G and Peakachu can win, Charizard can probably draw and the rest would loose in 1 vs 1.
Okay let's consider this from your view. If you think Peakachu could possibly tie with Darkrai and by extension Charizard and A-G could atleast give very close fights then why is it unreasonable for Sceptile to be able to damage Darkrai by 75-80% when by your estimate GPC is only marginally better than IS (since IS could beat GPC 4/10)?
Well I don't think Darkrai was above 70%. And, as you said, there are other factors, like Toby perhaps not taking it as seriously/being caught off-guard especially after Darkrai dispatched 3 of Ash's Pokemon --> didn't anticipate Sceptile to break free. Or Rock Smash lowering Darkrai's defenses (something you can reasonably assume), Also, Sceptile had the sheer willpower to break free, but how many times does that happen, and can all the other powerhouses do the same? If this was Ash-Greninja, Toby wouldn't go for the Dream Eater (since he's immune), but Ice Beam instead - so if the frog's limbs are more stiff, maybe that element of surprise that Sceptile took advantage of is lost if Greninja momentarily loses his speed to land a crippling hit. In any case, even if Pikachu/Charizard/Ash-Greninja do win/draw against Darkrai, they certainly are getting insta KO'd by Latios (if this was Tobias they're facing).
Peakachu tied with latios, who is nearly the same as darkrai, it could take on him in 1 vs 1 same with AG and charizard. Who knows maybe even present sceptile if it gets mre stronger than SL sceptile or even if he gets mega form will definitely take down darkrai.
Honestly might say in fact that Latios was better than Darkrai.
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