I'm more worried about the fact that there's always a gag associated with Rowlet battling, not a single serious battle from him other than the Olivia GT. This time he gets pitcher planted.
Quite honestly, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Rowlet faint after that debacle.
With him essentially being Ash’s weakest Pokémon in his team, I could see him being the sacrificial lamb who goes down without getting any wins in this match.
Charizard’s treatment and Greninja’s treatment by the writers are fanservice for fan favorites. Rowlet being used as an endless gag and some of the crap it’s pulled off via plot armor is not. Compare the fact that the fan favorite Pokémon developed over the span of their respective regions and had some amazing and memorable moments to Rowlet who barely had any development, remained basically the exact same, barely did anything and was mostly just used for a gag that became tiresome very fast. That’s pretty much the opposite of fan service.
Even if he does well in this battle, that doesn’t take away the fact that it’s basically been just a joke character who barely did anything this whole saga. Fujusaku isn’t the only writer who had the chance to use Rowlet and overall, his showing was poor.
If he suddenly turns into a serious battler, it'll be a complete flippant 180 to his character because of the lack of build-up. The build-up they had when Rowlet first lost to Dartrix was thrown out of the window in the Ash vs. Hau match and it doesn't count anymore. Take into fact that it was also sleeping during a training session when everyone else wide awake and focussed.
i think ash will switch pikachu after it beats empoleon
It’s not even about the isolated incident with Rowlet, it’s about it’s character as a whole. Here you have a Pokémon that for the entirety of the series, it was used as a running joke, hardly had any motivation to do anything but sleep or go after Tsareena’s Sweet Scent only to get knocked away and barely developed as a character from start to finish yet we’re expected to cheer it on just because it’s one of Ash’s Pokémon. Rowlet has been one of the worst developed Pokémon that Ash has owned in the series. It began and ended as the same character with little motivation to do anything.
Nyaburn*I think Ash will use Torracat against Venusaur to become stronger so he can later succesfully absorb the Blast Burn from Incineroar and "transform" into Blast Nyaheat
Remember, Lycanroc was biting Braviary's leg so it's possible he pulls a Seismic Toss - esque Counter or even a mid-air Accelerock after flipping positions.
Stuff like this is why I love Lana.
True. But that doesn't change that Braviary could still be trying to use Sky Drop here.
