Almighty Zard
He has returned.
with Raihan being Ash's ticket into the masters 8, i'm going to assume that Lance Cynthia and Leon will be his fights for that group, give those 3 seem to be hyped up the most.
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Who will Ash defeat in the Masters 8 tournament?
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SerGoldenhandtheJust
Deluded Dreamer
I hope we get normal Masters 8 battles before the tournament so Ash could beat Flint, Diantha and Steven too
ShadowForce720
Well-Known Member
There is a chance that we could get Ash battling the other members of the Master 8 before the final tournament starts.
solrocknroll
S-Class Indigo League Fan
I honestly hope Ash doesn’t fight all 7 of the rest of the Masters Eight because his current team will be soooo stale by the end of it. There’s only so many ways you can make Lucario interesting.
That's why he should change his team up. The mere fact that this battle has Lucario/Dragonite/Gengar used makes me think they won't immediately get the first master class battle. And we just had Dracovish/Sirfetch'd before it. Honestly feels like set-up for Ash to use older pokemon.
solrocknroll
S-Class Indigo League Fan
Him using older Pokémon would be a start, but honestly call me old fashioned but I also really don’t want Ash to fight all of them because the world doesn’t revolve solely around Ash. I miss the days where everybody got a chance to battle and have some screentime like in the Unova tournament arcs. Seeing Paul vs Cynthia play out would be worth two episodes in my eyes.
This isn't your typical average tournament. The PWC is very likely going to include all the Regional Champions who have been shown to be vastly superior to Ash previously.
Now finally, after all these years, we have an Ash capable of standing up against them and holding his own in battle.
Battling and defeating every single Regional Champion would be the perfect growth in his story and more or less a type of redemption for all his losses across all the Regional Leagues. Plus, the perfect buildup towards the battle against the World's Strongest and Unbeatable trainer.
Kazuniya
read/watch dungeon meshi
Ash using his old Pokemon = yes please?
It's such a no-brainer thing to do. A trainer attempting to become the world's best and choosing not to use a wide variety of powerful Pokemon in their arsenal would be nothing short of pure idiocy.
If Ash does end up using his old Pokemon, I hope he can make that decision on his own without someone having to tell him that, lol.
It's such a no-brainer thing to do. A trainer attempting to become the world's best and choosing not to use a wide variety of powerful Pokemon in their arsenal would be nothing short of pure idiocy.
If Ash does end up using his old Pokemon, I hope he can make that decision on his own without someone having to tell him that, lol.
UnovaMaster
Well-Known Member
I think it's Lance fanboying instead of looking at what satisfies things for Ash's past
If Cynthia mentioned she beat Tobias and Diantha mentioned she beat Alain the stakes would satisfy both never appearing again
I guess it's based on the end clips of a lot of the episodes where Lance was shown along with Cynthia and Raihan as part of the wall Ash needs to climb, to finally reach Leon.
People keep mentioning "Knockout Tournament" but there is literally no guarantee that this is going to be the case. I mean yes, at the start the tournament was implied during Lance's match with Leon. However, we see Raihan and Flint literally challenge Leon for the title in a non-tournament setting.
They could very well abandon the whole tournament concept and simply have Ash advance the ranks until rank 2 and finally have a battle against Leon.
Even Diantha and Steven are very likely going to be part of the Master Class and it would be wasted opportunity not to have Ash battle all of them (Even if it is a 1v1 or 2v2 battle).
No round-robin or ladder climbing etc.
Same as the previous classes, Ash simple battles defeat's everyone and gets up to rank 2.
Maybe include Bea and Iris in the Master Class along with (Diantha, Steven, Cynthia, Lance & Leon).
Maybe wee see short previews of Bea and Iris winning/losing against other master class members.(But they don't battle Ash as their battles are wrapped up).
Ash battle's the other 4 and get's to Rank 2 and finally faces off against Leon.
Definitely enough episodes left to cover all these battles.
The new preview states Ash vs Raihan is the last match of this season for the Pokémon World Coronation series. The opponents at the Masters 8 could challenge each other during the season, but now that it will be over, Ash won't be able to change his position anymore. He'll go straight into the M8 tournament.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Well, Raihan is out, so it's surely Lance, Cynthia (maybe, she could be the dream crusher, though it's unlikely because we still have enough episodes but what are the odds they waste that many episodes on Goh or whatever filler they have planned), and Leon.
Decidueye23
Well-Known Member
Yeah its probably going to be lance cynthia and leon.
Pteranodonte
Well-Known Member
Well, we now know who Ash is gonna face.
JustAStatistic
Super Casual Trainer
The most likely answer, because it wraps up the most plot threads.
Ash vs Alain rematch post-XY (Greninja or Lucario vs MCX)
Ash vs Cynthia, since her appearance in DP
Ash vs Leon, from the start of JN
Iris beating Lance and becoming a Dragon Master