mehgoespoke
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Really liked the animation and OST in this ep. Anyone knows what's the OST used when G-gengar used Max Ooze and the one when Grimmsnarl used Stomping Tantrum?
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Putting aside the part where this is a 1v1 battle at a point where official 1v1 battles shouldn't really be a thing anymore, this was a great battle. Excellent use of Dynamax, wide variety of moves shown, and tactical strategies employed by both sides make this one of the best PWC battles I've seen so far. A lot of peeps here already elaborated on why this battle was so amazing, so I won't talk much about that. Instead, I wanna point out one minor issue I have with this battle that's also present in some of the past PWC battles.
I'm not sure if this has also been an issue before Journeys or not, but there seems to be a trend in the PWC where Ash's opponents pull out a power-up towards the end of the battle, only for Ash's Pokemon to just brute force their way through it.
It's a very small issue that didn't ruin my enjoyment of the battle, but I feel like they definitely could've wrapped up the battle much more nicely by having Gengar deal with the boosted Stomping Tantrum more tactically.
- When Rinto's Gallade activated its Justified ability towards the end of its battle, Ash's Sirfetch'd just brute forced its way through it and won anyway, rendering the power-up seemingly pointless. This could be explained by Sirfetch'd getting significantly stronger after evolving in that battle, allowing it to overpower Gallade even with Justified activated.
- When Bea's Machamp gained a power boost after using its G-Max attack, Ash's Mega Lucario just brute forced its way through it by spontaneously learning Steel Beam. While Lucario learning a new move in that exact moment felt a bit too convenient, it did help make its victory feel much more believable, so I guess it's fine here.
- And now, when Marnie's Grimmsnarl tried using a boosted Stomping Tantrum, Ash's Gengar effortlessly breaks through the attack with a regular Shadow Ball, knocking out Grimmsnarl. This is probably the worst example of this issue, since we have a boosted attack being completely thwarted by an unboosted attack, which kinda made the battle's conclusion feel a bit anticlimactic despite the rest of the episode being spectacular.
The additional effects of regular Max Moves haven't been mentioned/acknowledged yet in the anime. Max Hailstorm was shown off for the first time in this episode, and yet you don't see any lingering hail effects after the attack was used. Max Starfall wasn't shown to have set up Misty Terrain too. Only G-Max moves have had noticeable bonus effects in the anime, as shown by Charizard's G-Max Wildfire, Machamp's G-Max Chi Strike, and Grimmsnarl's G-Max Snooze.Regarding Gengar's Shadow Ball finishing off Grimmsnarl, I believe the Gigantimax ghost used Max Ooze, which powers up its Special Attack while in the battle.
In addition to this point, Grimmsnarl did land a Spirit Break on G-Max Gengar after it used Max Ooze, and Spirit Break always lowers Special Attack if it hits, so even if the Max Moves' effects weren't ignored, the Special Attack increase would have been cancelled out anyway.The additional effects of regular Max Moves haven't been mentioned/acknowledged yet in the anime. Max Hailstorm was shown off for the first time in this episode, and yet you don't see any lingering hail effects after the attack was used. Max Starfall wasn't shown to have set up Misty Terrain too. Only G-Max moves have had noticeable bonus effects in the anime, as shown by Charizard's G-Max Wildfire, Machamp's G-Max Chi Strike, and Grimmsnarl's G-Max Snooze.
Honestly I'm glad that they kept Pikachu away from this battle, because undoubtably the "Pikachu BEST” (TM) policy would've led to further humiliation for at least one of Ash's Pokémon.Pikachu vs Morpeko could have been an interesting matchup
That smile. That damned smile.
We already know Raihan and Leon used G-maxJust hoping the Master Class battles won't be G-Max battles but regular, "honest" ones!
Those G-Max battles seem to be so forced with trainers focusing too much on them (like Marnie and Leon do) obviously not being very good at ordinary battles. I want my ordinary battles and the ones with Megaevolution back!
UNLIMITED POWER!Gengar utterly negating a Max Move while in base form with a regular move was hysterical
Gengar utterly negating a Max Move while in base form with a regular move was hysterical
To be fair this exact thing happened several times with Z-Moves back in Alola too: Pikachu's newly-learned Electroweb was somehow able to completely negate all damage from Mimikyu's Let's Snuggle Forever (which is something that not even actual damage-negating moves like Protect can do, btw), and Guzma's Golisopod was able to completely block and counter Lana's Primarina's Oceanic Operetta with a basic Liquidation, so Max Moves being treated the same way is hardly surprising.UNLIMITED POWER!
To be fair, I was only joking. I'm well aware it's a common practice in the anime for Pokemon to do things like that. Also, a lot of people (myself included,) regard that Pikachu vs Mimikyu fight to be complete and utter Deus ex Machina bullcrap anyway, so not even sure that's a good example.To be fair this exact thing happened several times with Z-Moves back in Alola too: Pikachu's newly-learned Electroweb was somehow able to completely negate all damage from Mimikyu's Let's Snuggle Forever (which is something that not even actual damage-negating moves like Protect can do, btw), and Guzma's Golisopod was able to completely block and counter Lana's Primarina's Oceanic Operetta with a basic Liquidation, so Max Moves being treated the same way is hardly surprising.
Can't wait for Pikachu to just... step to the left in order to dodge Charizard's HellfireTo be fair this exact thing happened several times with Z-Moves back in Alola too: Pikachu's newly-learned Electroweb was somehow able to completely negate all damage from Mimikyu's Let's Snuggle Forever (which is something that not even actual damage-negating moves like Protect can do, btw), and Guzma's Golisopod was able to completely block and counter Lana's Primarina's Oceanic Operetta with a basic Liquidation, so Max Moves being treated the same way is hardly surprising.
Ehhh.....it's personality that counts most anyway.If Goh gets replaced by a new Companion, I really hope it's not the Scarlet/Violet protagonists
I hate their outfits so much lol
I'm not sure of the latter, but the former is an anime remix of the Galar Wild Battle theme. Someone recreated it here if you'd like to listen to it.Really liked the animation and OST in this ep. Anyone knows what's the OST used when G-gengar used Max Ooze and the one when Grimmsnarl used Stomping Tantrum?
Just hoping the Master Class battles won't be G-Max battles but regular, "honest" ones!
Those G-Max battles seem to be so forced with trainers focusing too much on them (like Marnie and Leon do) obviously not being very good at ordinary battles. I want my ordinary battles and the ones with Megaevolution back!