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Liko>>>>>Ash
I don't think Serena needs to win a grand festival but I can see her making it to the top 8, maybe the top 4.
If she became Kalos Queen off-screen I could handle that.Eh I'd be ticked off if Serena wins a GF because she's never done a single contest on screen period. So why should she win a whole GF on her first try? But May and/or Dawn winning a GF would make sense.
Imagine if the Kalos Queen Serena makes a special presentation in the PWC final between Ash and Leon
Then Serena would have to come up with great combinations to strictly win points without putting up a straight up battle. Most of her Showcases used the same elements (fire fire stone edge fairy wind fire fire). She’d have to develop way better movesets and combinations.Just a reminder that Contest battles are not literal battles, they're a showcase of making your Pokemon look good and stylish, while making the opponent's look bad. Not straight out trying to knock each other out in a show of strength or strategy. Knocking out the opponent is optional but going about doing that can be tricky and often cost your own self points for being mundane. It's with these points in mind that I can see her performing well in Contests (and their battles) too.
that's obvious, Serena is like Dawn or May but more prepared when she arrive to Hoenn, If Dawn could make it to the final of her first GF, then Serena can win itIt's possible Serena might be a top coordinator
that's obvious, Serena is like Dawn or May but more prepared when she arrive to Hoenn, If Dawn could make it to the final of her first GF, then Serena can win it
-And that gives her an advantage, she already has previous experience in showcases that would be equivalent to the first round of Contests.Serena reached the runner up place of Master Showcase even if she never battled during her participations in Showcases in Kalos.
It’s not experience if you don’t actually finish the thing...That’s like me saying I have experience in basketball even if I quit practice halfway through all the time. Doesn’t work like that.Imo Iris being champion doesn't sound credible, but don't care much. If ash beats her would be absurd for me, although I don't like Iris very much so I would just let it pass.
Although Serena always canceled her battles, she has already had experience fighting as against the Gallade oldman, TR, vs Ash, vs Aria And I remember in the last episodes of XYZ she had improved a little in that aspect.
AG001-AG120 May result : top 8 in Hoenn GF , she started as a rookie who didn't know anything about contest.
XY147-JN??? Serena comes to Hoenn as a very experienced girl,
I mean, May could get into the best positions in GF after a long road, why Serena with more experience than AG001 May couldn't win the GF?
It would be impressive, but not unreal.
I mean if Ash practiced for the first round of contests the rest would be a piece of cake as with Pikachu he can weaken almost any opponent, that's one of my big complaints with contests.It’s not experience if you don’t actually finish the thing...That’s like me saying I have experience in basketball even if I quit practice halfway through all the time. Doesn’t work like that.
Iris was raised by a gym leader. She knows how the league gig works. And she was definitely always one of the strongest battlers of Ash’s companions. She competed in plenty of tournaments. She has experience. Her being the Unova Champion is entirely believable.
Serena has experience in showcases. Not in contests or battling. In contests, the audience doesn’t have any say, it’s the judges. That already makes them two entirely different things, even for the appeal section of contests.
Saying Serena would do better than rookie May because she already has “experience” has already been disproven in the show itself.
Ash had experience as a trainer too. But in both official contests he competed in (Terracotta was unofficial), he only got to the quarterfinals.
Serena winning a GF from where we saw her last makes absolutely no sense when you take into account where we left off with her character.
Interesting... it would be nice to see Goh try his hand at them at least once. They are likely more his speed than regular battles.Just a reminder that Contest battles are not literal battles, they're a showcase of making your Pokemon look good and stylish, while making the opponent's look bad. Not straight out trying to knock each other out in a show of strength or strategy. Knocking out the opponent is optional but going about doing that can be tricky and often cost your own self points for being mundane. It's with these points in mind that I can see her performing well in Contests (and their battles) too.
I mean Iris's goal was also never about becoming the champion but here we are. If Iris became a champion, then i dont see why serena cant become a Top Co-ordinator, but i would rather She becomes Kalos Queen, as that was her GoalWell Serena would do good in the appeal rounds. The battle rounds no idea. She doesnt need to become a Top coordinator. Was never her goal. learning from Contests would help her be a better performer, why do people seem to forget that?
But we saw in many instances that simply having strong moves doesn't win Contests, because the battle round judged more than just raw power.I mean if Ash practiced for the first round of contests the rest would be a piece of cake as with Pikachu he can weaken almost any opponent, that's one of my big complaints with contests.