In episode 9 of the anime levels were mentioned and again in a recent XY episode. Therefore all game mechanics have to be literally the same, not a sort of metaphor for experience like other similar situations like athletes and fighters(I'm kidding)
People are using Pokemon amie to justify Ash's bad wins now. Whoop.
But Fletchling got hit so you're incorrect.
Dawn's Buneary knew Ice Beam despite being pretty weak and Bounce.
I don't remember that being an issue in the episode, Hawlucha seemed right at home.
And Brave Bird and Steel Wing. And only one Flame Charge made contact so no.
So are you saying Axew could trash Drayden's Haxorus by watching its movements? Are you saying I should be able to out due a more experience pro-football player or martial artist despite me not having the amount of experience they do or close to that because I can watch their movements and my smaller form?
I'm just going by the definition here. If it wasn't a DEM I wouldn't be using the term. Dawn's win over Ursula at the GF might have been forced but it wasn't a DEM.
I guess Axew's willpower and determination to fight for Iris and Pokemon-amie love justifies it pulling an Outrage save? What about May's Eevee VS. Marshtomp? Pokemon-amie, right? Skitty taking a million Focus Punches? Pokemon-amie?
You're really reaching to justify Fletchinder's victory. Can't tell if you're serious or not.
99.9% sure no evolution will happen there either. It was more in response to the Fletchinder DEM debates that are still going on.
It doesn't really matter. I use a healthier amount of other Pokemon as examples too. As for Fletchling, it didn't battle much in XY thus far or was shown to be that great a battler. Definitely below Pikachu and surely below Froakie and Hawlucha, at least until the plot required it to be stronger. What about Skitty vs. Dusclop? Explain that survival of a lot of moves from a relatively underused Pokemon. Fletchling should have gotten creamed like Buneary did against Glameow.
1 person =/= people.
Dawn's Buneary wasn't stated to have had multiple trainers beforehand and leave them because she thought they weren't at the level required to train her. Ash literally wanted to catch Fletchling because of how strong it was.
Which is why Hawlucha kept getting on the cliff ledges to land and then jump again to ride the currents? A glider will struggle in a Sky Battle
Fletchinder hit it with Flame Charge twice, one of which it went through part of the cliff to do it.
That's a strawman argument. And yes a rookie football player can out due a mopre experienced football player and yes lower belters have been known to defeat higher belters. My cousin who's a blue belt beat a black belt actually.
I can literally justify anything as a DEM if I wanted to use it they way you're using it now.
Again only 1 guy brought up the Amie. Not even close or relevant to the main argument people are making here.
Might I just add that said Talonflame couldn't OHKO a Skarmory with Fire Blast (and from the fact that Nami and Talonflame were flying towards the Skarmory after said Talonflame hit it with Fire Blast a second time I'd say it couldn't THKO it either). Seems to me like Talonflame might not be as powerful as it's being made out to be.
Fine ill give you that one
The fact that Hawlucha had to keep jumping after him and couldnt make contact at least once says otherwise.
Two actually, one was a part of the cliff.
You forgot the part where during the match you suddenly evolved and became 5 times more experienced and was able to stand up to your opponent, oh wait that never happened because realistic comparisons like that don't work. Also the fact that you're comparing Iris newly hatched Axew to Drayden's Haxxorous and THEN putting it on the same level as Flechling vs Talonflame is head tilting in how much of a strawman that is.
