Probably Darkium Z that'll evolve into Incinium Z, if they wanna keep that trend up. I'd be surprised if they ended things with a normal Rock Z-move in this episode, unless Lycanroc really is the ace of the whole series and they're STILL planning on giving it some huge moment and saving its own Z-move for later. I rather they moved on and just focused on the little guys though.
Additionally, every member of Ash's team (with the exception of Rowlet) is weak to Ground.
You forget that Typing means absolutely nothing in the anime, so even if Ash had a kyogre at his command, Hapu would still mop the floor with it because the Plot said so
You're right on that one. Hapu can easily sweep Ash's team.
That would be more humiliating for Kyogre due of its legendary status though. It's a good thing Ash didn't catch legendaries.
That sound like a really wierd imagination at this point when Ash himself is very likely sweeping a strong Kahuna Nanu in this episode with only his Lycanroc.
Anyway I think it's more likely he will have Alolan Persian than a Honchkrow because of the Alolan Meowths in the Ula'ula Police Office and it is expected that he has some fascination with such Pokémon. Anyway we've haven't seen Honchkrow in a while so it will be nice to see it back for a while although I don't see it replace Alolan Persian but replace Sableye instead.
Ash is for sure losing to Hapu. She can mop the floor with almost all of Ash's team because every single one of his Pokemon (aside from Rowlet) is weak to Ground. And, some people (not me) think that Rowlet is gonna stay a Rowlet.
Agreed, unless something happens, this is going to look silly for Lycanroc to win all three. I am still not buying it whatsoever that Lycanroc got strong enough with that ONE Tapu battle when he get WRECKED by Krookodile earlier. Idk how I am going to feel about this episode..
Since the writers have already had Ash lose to Nanu once here, I doubt they will once again have him lose against Hapu. Ash at least looses one Gym battle per region and in SM he has fulfilled their criteria here against Nanu. So I don't see much of a reason for him to lose against Hapu.
Firstly, Ash's first battle against Nanu is proof that the Kahunas are not all necessarily equal in strength. Lycanroc struggled against, and ultimately lost to, Nanu's Krookodile, even though it, alongside Rowlet, was able to defeat Olivia's Probopass and Midday Lycanroc when it was still a Rockruff. The idea of Hapu sweeping the floor with Ash's team is not odd at all, especially considering that most of his team right now is weak against Ground types. Hapu may be stronger than Nanu—who knows?
Read my post I just made above. Type advantage isn't everything in the anime when the plot demands for someone to win. And I don't really think that the writers would make Ash lose again to Hapu, especially when he already has lost once to Nanu here. Ash looses at least one to a Gym Leader every region, and he has fulfilled that criteria here against Nanu.
Reread my post. I said the idea of Hapu defeating Ash is not an odd one (you argued it was). One of the reasons for that is that his entire team, sans Rowlet, is weak against Ground types. I'm well aware that type advantage isn't everything in the anime, especially when plot demands it, but the anime does often take type advantage into account, too.
what if hapu wrecks gladion and not ash to prove herself as a kahuna? IDK why, I literally just came up with that