British Soul
Top Hat Regulator
Not an essay time:
When TR ran to the edge of the battlefield and essentially jumping between twerp/enemy lines, I was reminded of the Sinnoh Legue when they did the same thing during Ash's battle with Tobias (this better not be a bad omen) and also against Paul. I do like that Morpeko was snacking on Old Gateaus during the battle, though I'd also like to know where it got that MooMoo Milk from.
I do like that Garchomp's moveset has been changed up for this battle, no longer having Sandstorm like it did in JN083, instead incorporating Stealth Rock, a move that has been seen on many competitive Garchomp sets over the years (though in-game, it wouldn't have done much damage to Sirfetch'd or Lucario anyway) and now we see a correlation with this battle and the Ash vs Paul fight, with Ash having to deal with an entry hazard, and in an on-brand move for Ash, he uses a creative tactic to clear the hazard a little later on in the battle, and just like in the Ash/Paul battle, this happens in part 2.
Dracovish did well to unalive Roserade in the way it did. "Pfft, Leaf Storm, no problem" though it wanting to stay in gave Cynthia the opportunity to gain traction again using her Milotic.
Sirfetch'd is another pokemon that did rather well, and unalived Milotic in a similar fashion to Dracovish, enduring an attack and force through with its strongest attack, smoothly animated I might add. Although I do appreaciate that it was still standing on its feet when it was unalived following its clash with Garchomp, Wikstrom would be so proud of its chivalry.
Even though it hasn't been confirmed, the fact that Lucario was able to stave off the Air Slash's effect implies that Lucario has Inner Focus as its ability, also I like how Cindrace exited its pokeball to cheer Lucario on. Another thing I appreciated about this episode is how everyone assumed Cynthia would use Mega Evolution like in R1, only for her to reveal a Dynamax Band and Dynamax Togekiss.
One more thing I'd like to add is how there's a correlation between this battle and some of Ash's other league battles. P1 ended similarly to Ash/Katie P1. This episode had similarities to Ash/Paul P2, between Ash clearing an entry hazard, and Ash's opponent having 2 pokemon remaining at episode's end, but the situation from Ash's point of view is the reverse of the end of Ash/Kotetsu P1, one side having Lucario as the one remaining pokemon and the other side having two pokemon remaining, one of which is their ace.
Also, what were Tauros and Talonflame doing in this episode? Because they clearly weren't watching the match, on another note when Lucario was using Bullet Punch, I liked that Infernape was choosing violence with the throwing of punches with Oak moving out of the way.
When TR ran to the edge of the battlefield and essentially jumping between twerp/enemy lines, I was reminded of the Sinnoh Legue when they did the same thing during Ash's battle with Tobias (this better not be a bad omen) and also against Paul. I do like that Morpeko was snacking on Old Gateaus during the battle, though I'd also like to know where it got that MooMoo Milk from.
I do like that Garchomp's moveset has been changed up for this battle, no longer having Sandstorm like it did in JN083, instead incorporating Stealth Rock, a move that has been seen on many competitive Garchomp sets over the years (though in-game, it wouldn't have done much damage to Sirfetch'd or Lucario anyway) and now we see a correlation with this battle and the Ash vs Paul fight, with Ash having to deal with an entry hazard, and in an on-brand move for Ash, he uses a creative tactic to clear the hazard a little later on in the battle, and just like in the Ash/Paul battle, this happens in part 2.
Dracovish did well to unalive Roserade in the way it did. "Pfft, Leaf Storm, no problem" though it wanting to stay in gave Cynthia the opportunity to gain traction again using her Milotic.
Sirfetch'd is another pokemon that did rather well, and unalived Milotic in a similar fashion to Dracovish, enduring an attack and force through with its strongest attack, smoothly animated I might add. Although I do appreaciate that it was still standing on its feet when it was unalived following its clash with Garchomp, Wikstrom would be so proud of its chivalry.
Even though it hasn't been confirmed, the fact that Lucario was able to stave off the Air Slash's effect implies that Lucario has Inner Focus as its ability, also I like how Cindrace exited its pokeball to cheer Lucario on. Another thing I appreciated about this episode is how everyone assumed Cynthia would use Mega Evolution like in R1, only for her to reveal a Dynamax Band and Dynamax Togekiss.
One more thing I'd like to add is how there's a correlation between this battle and some of Ash's other league battles. P1 ended similarly to Ash/Katie P1. This episode had similarities to Ash/Paul P2, between Ash clearing an entry hazard, and Ash's opponent having 2 pokemon remaining at episode's end, but the situation from Ash's point of view is the reverse of the end of Ash/Kotetsu P1, one side having Lucario as the one remaining pokemon and the other side having two pokemon remaining, one of which is their ace.
Also, what were Tauros and Talonflame doing in this episode? Because they clearly weren't watching the match, on another note when Lucario was using Bullet Punch, I liked that Infernape was choosing violence with the throwing of punches with Oak moving out of the way.