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I thought the way the totem battle was decent enough. It's definitely refreshing than gym battles.
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The Totem Pokémon is Gumshoos! (952)
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Soniman
Break the Limit
to bad it jobbed
345ash-greninja
Auto-Memories Doll
Actually no, it knocked out the Yungoos and got its first win.
At least it got a victory against one ally Pokemon. That's progress.
Satomine Night
The Power of Z!
It may have lost in the end, but it was still a surprising bad*** given its normal airheadedness. So, my "Crouching Airhead, Hidden Bad***" phrase still stands.
Joltik-Kid
Careful? Where's the fun in that?
The minute Rowlet becomes the true Brave Heart Battler that he displays but lacks the power to commit to will be the shining moment of the Sun and Moon anime. Reach your full potential you little scamp, reach you full potential and soar to new heights
satopi
Rooting for best girl May!! X3
Rowlet will get stronger. It lasted quite long into the battle and used its wits.
AuraChannelerChris
"..."
Don't worry. An Ash's Noivern will he not be. Well, right now, it has that status.
Satomine Night
The Power of Z!
Apparently, they have a mission to accomplish - a mission they have been slacking on up until now. Which is unfortunate, because I was kind of enjoying their seldom appearing in episodes.
Xenon Blue
No Hard Feelings
Pretty decent battle. I'm glad Rowlet is shown to be a very capable battler while being clumsy and comedic outside of battle. SM Ash also seems to be a very respectable trainer, always thinking one step ahead and reacting properly to certain situations.
AuraChannelerChris
"..."
Oh, Ash. Don't be stupid. You don't have enough strength to...
Uh... Well, used to have enough strength.
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Either way Rowlet's at least starting at Noivern's final level (ie. a loser but a strong one) and even beaten an official opponent that wasn't Team Rocket or some jobber antagonist, while Noivern had to get it's miracle evolution just to reach that (Noibat's skill level was barely existent).
Anyway this episode was pretty good, though I'll need subs to get the gist of all of it since there was a lot of heavy conversation scenes. After the complaints of lack of battling it seems we're getting a small marathon of official battles, and they're showing Ash's skill level. It did seem like they might have been some 'dodge' spamming here, though there was at least actual strategy to balance it. Pikachu using Quick Attack almost came off as a cool advantage play on how slow most of the Alolan Pokemon are.
The side plot was a clever way to include both Totem Pokemon from the two games. Liked how Gumshoos was almost playing the role of a gym leader. Ash worrying he was too hard on it, only for it to roughly shove him off and do a 'Stop pitying me and take your damn badge already!' act. Ash still seemed to get on it's good side by pointing out some fresh Ratatta meat though.
TR's cameo was superfluous but not unwelcome. I'm fine having these sort of quick random humorous roles over the upteenth ten second interruption and curb stomp like we got in XY(Z). The writers seemed to have at least learned one thing; many fans like TR, but not at the expense of the twerps' storyline.
U.N. Owen
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night ...
Oh, Ash. Don't be stupid. You don't have enough strength to...
Uh... Well, used to have enough strength.
This means one of two things: he let himself go or Alolan trees are heavier than Hoenn trees.
Satomine Night
The Power of Z!
Actually, now that you mention it, I don't think I once heard Ash say, "Kawase!" ("Dodge!"), which is a nice change. Instead, he was specific: he told Pikachu to evade and Rowlet to fly up. I suppose that's in the realm of "dodge spamming," but it's strategic dodge spamming, and he only did it once.
That's one reason I really liked this Totem Pokémon battle: the Totem Gumshoos came off as a cross between a traditional Gym Leader and an extremely powerful wild Pokémon, and the battle felt like a cross between an official match and a wild Pokémon battle. Hala even officiated. I hope the rest of the Totem Pokémon battles follow in the footsteps of this one, because if so, I think I'm really going to enjoy these.
I'm just going to assume Alolan trees are heavier than Hoenn trees. All that Alolan sunshine and good weather has got to count for something, you know.
Even 'Dodge left/right' or 'Dodge with Fly/Dig' is at least a less laughable command than what simply amounts to 'Don't get hit!' so yeah. This is a good sign if so, 'Dodge' spamming in the anime got really cheap and dull after a short while, so even just a small strategic upgrade to the command like that sticking would make all the difference and make the trainers look far more clever.
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Satomine Night
The Power of Z!
Given that, so far, SM Ash has proven to be rather strategic in battle, I have hopes that pointless dodge spamming shall be permanently replaced with strategic dodge spamming.
AuraChannelerChris
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That thing weighs a little over 100lb.
Brock over there tried carrying it on his head and he got brain damage.
p96822
Evolve me please
Those are kanto trees not hoenn trees
satopi
Rooting for best girl May!! X3
Oh, Ash. Don't be stupid. You don't have enough strength to...
Uh... Well, used to have enough strength.
Kek.
To be fair, Ash's (& practically everyone else's) strength has always been inconsistent. The actual weight of something was always ignored due to each situation. In SM, now he's realistic.
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