What if...

[Mudkip8003]

What if in the final round of the Wallece Cup May used this guy here: ;257; insted of ;471;? Would Dawn still win or would May win?

 

[trixie08]

It depends. Piplup has the advantage over Blaziken type-wise, but Blaziken has been with May way longer than Piplup with Dawn, not to mention it has a bigger arsenal than Piplup, but Piplup does have Peck to combat the part-Fighting Blaziken.

I'm not really sure, in conclusion.

 

[CyberCubed]

The writers purposely didn't have her use Blaziken so that Dawn winning was acceptable.

Blaziken was able to go toe to toe with Ash's Sceptile, Piplup is not at their level of strength yet.

Using Glaceon was the writers ways of making it fair to Dawn so that May wasn't using her strongest pokemon.

 

[VoltTacklingPika]

In reality, May's experience plus Glaceon would whoop Dawn and Piplup. But since Pokemon isn't reality and the fact that it's up to the writers to decide on these sort of things, Piplup would win ragardless of what Pokemon May used (within a sensible limit, of course). Dawn had to win a contest at some point. That would be the only explanation why Dawn won in the first place.

But back on topic, there's more chance of Piplup winning if May uses Blaziken. While Blaziken has raw power and experience, Piplup has type advantage for both of Blaziken's types. Not to mention that Piplup's size in comparison to Blaziken would make it hard for it to land a hit, and as we all know, missed attacks means losing points.

Really, it's the battle format that brings out these sort of outcomes, not the Pokemon in battle.

 

[Dattebayo]

If that happens, then the whole match will be a huge disadvantage for poor Dawn because Blaziken has more fighting experience than her Piplup.

 

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

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