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Yeah that’s fair. Ash had dodgy plays here but I gotta rewatch it before I can say for sure. Same thing with the rest of the series.Well, charging turns in the anime have always been weird because the turn-based battles just don't get translated that well in the anime. They wouldn't be that dynamic if they were 1:1 with the games imo.
But seriously: this is yet another example of Ash's battling in this series being weird. Bea immediately noticied Ash was gonna tell Pikachu to do the ''relax and set yourself free'' strategy yet again against Grapploct and she just as immediately shut that shit down by telling it to cave Pikachu's snout in with Close Combat.
Yet Ash let Sirfetch'd get taken down by Sky Attack even tho he was fully aware it had that move, but didn't bother coming up with an strategy to stop it.
Despite all I’ve said I don’t dislike this fight. Tbh it’s similar to Ash vs Alain for me, in that I enjoyed watching it but didn’t like some of the decisions made. It had a great climax but the road there was shoddy. Compared to Volkner it had higher highs but lower lows. For now Ash vs Volkner still remains the best battle in the series imo. I’m glad they gave Lucario his battle to shine, because even he needed that right now. But not much else. Just putting my faith in the next one to shelf these two for now and gmax Gengar is a good sign.
Speaking of which, I’m actually curious as to who Ash’s next opponent is. They keep teasing master class trainers but he can’t battle them yet. If he’s using Gigantamax, then it needs to be set in galar. So another Galar character? They also like matching types. Allister maybe?