The Semifinals II: Dazzle (1212)

[Pteranodonte]

Togekiss is using Serence Grace Air Slash and Headbutt to hax Pikachu. lol

 

[Blue Saturday]

Earth Power(?) ah, damn Satoshi coming back with IRON TAIIIRUUUUU and Stone Edge strats to fight back like he did back in the second Kalos gym defending against Rock Tomb.

LOVE TO SEE! QUICK ATTACK FINISHES IT. BASED!

PIKACHAD! LAB MON MOMENTUM IS BACK AND HAPPY. THAT'S THEIR BOY PIKACHU.

 

[TheNewGuy]

lmao why does she even use Gastrodon

 

[GLTSRY]

Peakachu one shot! You go my man!

 

[Sham]

Ash hasn’t taken out a single one of her Pokémon because he refuses to switch. We all know Lucario is taking care of Togekiss

 

[Panky..]

What is with Ash just resorting to straightforward attack calling instead of using his brains, and letting his Pokemon just be sitting ducks and get damaged?

 

[Sham]

Lol not Hop being scared of the slug. It’s about to job

 

[TheNewGuy]

COUNTERRR
SHIIIEEELD

 

[Blue Saturday]

The animation for COUNTER SHIELD so freaking cute, I love to see it. That's one way around HYPNOSIS AS EXPECTED.

OFFENSE IS THE BEST DEFENSE! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID BACK IN THE DAY, DANDE!

 

[Fire_Phoenix]

COUNTER SHIELD

 

[GLTSRY]

COUNTERSHIELD REFERENCE

 

[Fire_Phoenix]

NO! DESTINY BONDDDD

 

[Sham]

Team Rocket cheering for Ash just like they did in the Sinnoh League. You love it.

 

[AARTX]

Destiny bond

 

[TheNewGuy]

Whoa, Desitny Bond looked incredible

 

[GLTSRY]

Smart from the animators to avoid showing the scoreboard as much as possible to avoid any mistakes

 

[Sham]

Aw Pikachu getting all dizzy was cute

 

[Blue Saturday]

Killer idea! I love how if anyone's the star, it's gonna be Pikachu for this episode without Satoshi being a sitting duck and getting to show off what makes him great.

Also Mikurage isn't done yet either, just when he thought he made a comeback with his ace his momentum gets smacked. The strategy with Iron Tail-Stone Edge and Countershield almost did it but Destiny Bond(?) takes the rat with it. That's Satoshi's top 3 losing in the beginning of PM#123 ironcally enough (1 - Pikachu, Kairyu - 2, Gengar - 3)

Fun episode, I really want to see subs for dialogue and lore.

 

[Power Up]

Lots of great strategies in this battle, unfortunate that from a visual standpoint it was very standard but the Iwane episode is the hope here.

 

[Pepsi_Plunge]

That was a good battle, Shirona is totally owning Satoshi in terms of strategy with Satoshi surprising her with his surprise tatics, very on brand for both.

Its a shame Dragonite and Gengar went down so easy and Gastrodon kind of went down easly too, but I guess even with 3 episodes they don't have time for everything.