Johtoo
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Kanto battle frontier then? Ash called on his reserves; I.e. Charizard in the Articuno battle and used his entire Kanto team in the Brandon battle. That's at least 3 examples of ash using reserves because he couldn't rely entirely on his current team. 2 if you count the Johto battle and the Brendan battle (both resulting in losses and a swapping of teams). So yeah, the evidence is there.There's still the other form of Urshifu that Ash could get as a counterpart to this one. Perhaps during a future Isle of Armor arc.
Johto was a time when Ash hadn't yet adapted the philosophy of resetting his team for every new region, so I don't think it really counts as evidence.
That would be almost as bad as ash losing the Kalos league for the fandom. You can't have Pokemon like infernape or sceptile job in their battles when they are by far and away stronger than any Pokemon ash currently has. It's not believable in the slightest and it would annoy the fanbase.I won't mind Ash using his reserves if, and only if, they are fall guys, so the current team can shine. Gengar (And too a lesser extent Dragonite) are really scraping by for screentime and development, which will be even worse if Ash decides to use his reserves.