No, I'm telling it isn't plot armor since it has an explanation, the actual plot armor is unexplicable
Problem is that it was plot armor, even with explanation, just like Swellows Thunder Armor was plot armor (Despite it having explanation, dating back to its capture episode).
Here is the thing: Its Plot Armor by default, because we haven't seen it occur before, not even when Torracat was training with Turtonator. Plot Armor means: Ass-pull by the writers to give a Pokemon a power-up/advantage it hasn't shown having before.
This is why Thunder Armor is also Plot Armor, just like Kamehameha Ash-Greninja during the Kalos League, but Blaze Infernape is not, since it was developed throughout the whole region.
Like for example if Fletchinders Flame Body would have activated against Mega Lucario, it would also have been plotarmor, because Pikachu couldn't defeat Lucario beforehand 1v1 (It couldn't anyways, since Fletchinder landed a hit), but that would have chipped away damage from Lucario more than the hit from Fletchinder and would have give Pikachu more of an advantage than the hit from Fletchinder.
There are so many plotarmors with explanation, that still remain plotarmors nonetheless (Like learning new moves/evolving during a battle, while its explained as the Pokemon growing stronger, it still gets a new weapon to defeat its opponent).
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