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I'd actually love to answer that questions of yours because it's easy:
None of all the factors, except maybe using Pikachu (I've taken into account Ash's current unexperienced team and his so-called "crazy tactics" that once used to be interesting and unorthodox, but now more and more have turned into logic-defying and forced Ash-pull moves)
In case you're interested to read more: In this post I explained in detail why, currently, Ash shouldn't be able to defeat Cynthia (and the others). In particular, I'd like to emphasize thesis 1 and 3:
- Ash's team isn't ready yet: Only Pikachu, who's been around since day 1, can reasonably be considered on the same power level as the other champions' aces. The rest of Ash's team has been around for 100-120 episodes at best, so it's simply absurd to believe those Pokemon have enough training to be on par with the mightiest Pokemon of the most powerful trainers in the world. And what's worse is the way how this message keeps getting shoved down our throats. Terrible, just terrible! However, Garchomp (and Milotic too btw) was confirmed to have been with Cynthia since she was a kid. So, if there was any reasonable scenario where Ash winning would somehow have been acceptable, then it could only have been done with Pikachu. Still, I doubt our famous electric mouse is strong enough to defeat six of Cynthia's top-tier Pokemon all by himself (as I don't consider the others ready as described above)
- Cynthia wasn't allowed to go full power because they didn't let her use Mega-Garchomp, her absolute ace: Ash ""defeated"" Cynthia because the writers deliberately limited Cynthia's power. Ash will defeat Leon because he didn't reject an offer that gives him an unfair advantage compared to the other champions (i.e. using all three gimmicks). Did you notice something? Obviously, Ash can't win against the strongest trainers in the world under normal circumstances, unless he's given invisible writers' support or takes the easy way out.
Cynthia wasn't allowed to go full power.
Can you please stop that crap, because i am gonna counter that argument easily
Iris wasn't allowed to go full power against Cynthia cuz she didn't have acces to Mega Evolution, Z-Moves or Dynamax. Even then, the only reason Cynthia won, was because she needed to mega Garchomp, because she realized Haxorus would have destroyed Garchomp otherwise.
So yeah... that Cynthia wasn't allowed to go full power argument has been debunked numerous times now... since the same applies for her.
Heck, Alain wasn't allowed to go full power against Leon either, cuz Bisharp and Metagross had to sit out... either one would have taken down Rillaboom.
Cynthia's Garchomp isn't as powerful as people give her credit for, especially when fighting CHAMPIONS.... which has been proven by both Ash and Iris... two Rookie champions compared to her and Garchomp.
Current Masters Eight power ranking
1. Leon
2. Ash
3. Iris
4. Cynthia
5. Diantha
6. Steven
7. Lance
8. Alain