Greatest Full Battle in the Anime?

[-PokemonBattleFanatic-]

If you want something done right you do it yourself.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Ash vs Leon (needs a rewatch) with Ash vs Paul (SL) being a close second

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Ash vs Paul (SL), Ash vs Kukui, and Ash vs Leon are my favorites, in no specific order.

 

[Audino1008]

Ash vs. Cameron, obviously

 

[nickdt]

Ash vs Gary, since there was a lot at stake personally for Ash.

 

[Funnylion]

Ash vs. Cameron, obviously

Was it even really a full battle, since Cameron only brought 5 pokemon?

 

[Singaporean]

Unlikely 14 option: Ash versus Geeta.

 

[Audino1008]

Was it even really a full battle, since Cameron only brought 5 pokemon?

Wdym 5 is a perfectly acceptable number of Pokemon to bring to a league quarterfinals

 

[Gengarzilla]

Still Ash vs Paul. I personally refuse to regard anything about Ash vs Leon as something more than a badly written fanfiction.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Still Ash vs Paul. I personally refuse to regard anything about Ash vs Leon as something more than a badly written fanfiction.

Ash earned that win with a top tier team. And Ash vs Kukui was also another excellent match, which I think I personally consider even better than the Paul battle.

 

[Lucifer Angel]

Ash vs Paul was still the best battle in the series

Ash vs Cameron was horrible.

 

[-PokemonBattleFanatic-]

I had Pikachu vs Charizard as the new best 1 v 1 but after recently rewatching Infernape vs Electivire I'll have to reconsider.

 

[-PokemonBattleFanatic-]

If Ash vs Paul (Sinnoh League) isn't your number 1 then I'd really like to know the criteria/standard.

 

[KrspaceT]

If Ash vs Paul (Sinnoh League) isn't your number 1 then I'd really like to know the criteria/standard.

One critique I would offer is the fact that Infernape gets three wins. I'm personally not a big fan of when that happens, same with Ash versus Gary with Charizard

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

One critique I would offer is the fact that Infernape gets three wins. I'm personally not a big fan of when that happens, same with Ash versus Gary with Charizard

Torterra would've deserved a win or two in that battle. That Drapion was way too OP.

 

[Daren]

I'm not voting by simple metric that I haven't watched a good number of these, but I find this post a good one that sums up my own thought process on any sort of scene in any sort of series:

Controversial opinions

Ah, allow me to clarify: I meant that I've held a similar sentiment of something missing for the anime. I think the world building aspect is fleshed out better and Ash doesn't always seem to fall into those "chosen savior" tropes as much as the protagonists in Adventure (although, it has...

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Context matters a lot. People liked Gary's battle more than Drake's even though I think it's not hard to argue to say the latter is a more enjoyable match because Gary had a lot of buildup since he had been in the show since episode 1 and was the adaptation of R/B/Y's final boss.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

In order for me from best to worst:

1: Tie between Kukui/Leon
2: Paul in the Sinnoh league
3: Sawyer
4: Cynthia
5: Paul (Lake Acuity)
6: Drake
7: Alain
8: Tobias
9: Gary
10: Harrison
11: Tie between Katie/Tyson

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

In order for me from best to worst:

1: Tie between Kukui/Leon
2: Paul in the Sinnoh league
3: Sawyer
4: Cynthia
5: Paul (Lake Acuity)
6: Drake
7: Tobias
8: Gary
9: Harrison
10: Tie between Katie/Tyson

No Alain?

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

Well, I guess this is the perfect time to shill a certain favorite battle of mine as my choice here, then. I imagine that this’ll be a controversial choice here, but I’m prepared to take the heat! Especially because the battle that I’m referring to didn’t even make the poll, for shame. I’m talking about…

…Ash vs. Lisa in the third Pokémon movie.

/shot, walks away bleeding

No, not really, haha. But I do think that — up to that point in the anime — it was probably one of the series’ more impressive battles, namely in just how well it showed what Pokémon battles in the anime are all about. Split-second decision-making in the midst of relentless, real-time assaults from your opponent… analyzing and navigating the battle environment in order to alter the flow of battle to your advantage… strategies that showed off what each individual Pokémon was uniquely capable of in the heat of battle… the best that anime battles have to offer is all here, all on a theatrical-level budget. And it’s also all pulled off in a succinct yet surprisingly engaging three minutes afforded to it by the opening sequence that it simultaneously served as. If anything else, it’s definitely the greatest Full Battle in such a short amount of time, even as other Full Battles obviously far eclipse it as far as emotional stakes and sheer epicness go, haha.

Notably, I also believe that Ash vs. Lisa is the only Full Battle that’s ever taken place during any of the movies. Albeit in slightly truncated form due to time constraints — it’s really more like six consecutive one-on-one battles than a true Full Battle — but the spirit of the format arguably remained intact, at least.

Fight me! /jk, haha

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Well, I guess this is the perfect time to shill a certain favorite battle of mine as my choice here, then. I imagine that this’ll be a controversial choice here, but I’m prepared to take the heat! Especially because the battle that I’m referring to didn’t even make the poll, for shame. I’m talking about…

…Ash vs. Lisa in the third Pokémon movie.

/shot, walks away bleeding

No, not really, haha. But I do think that — up to that point in the anime — it was probably one of the series’ more impressive battles, namely in just how well it showed what Pokémon battles in the anime are all about. Split-second decision-making in the midst of relentless, real-time assaults from your opponent… analyzing and navigating the battle environment in order to alter the flow of battle to your advantage… strategies that showed off what each individual Pokémon was uniquely capable of in the heat of battle… the best that anime battles have to offer is all here, all on a theatrical-level budget. And it’s also all pulled off in a succinct yet surprisingly engaging three minutes afforded to it by the opening sequence that it simultaneously served as. If anything else, it’s definitely the greatest Full Battle in such a short amount of time, even as other Full Battles obviously far eclipse it as far as emotional stakes and sheer epicness go, haha.

Notably, I also believe that Ash vs. Lisa is the only Full Battle that’s ever taken place during any of the movies. Albeit in slightly truncated form due to time constraints — it’s really more like six consecutive one-on-one battles than a true Full Battle — but the spirit of the format arguably remained intact, at least.

Fight me! /jk, haha

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