Queen Cynthia
Angelic Champion
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The battle was well-done! Still with a few weaknesses here and there but all in all, very nice and intense! Definitely much, much better than the one against Drasna.
Let's go into detail:
The early KO for Dragonite came as a surprise to me. If I were Ash, I would have used Hurricane against that sandstorm to neutralize it. Nevertheless, that sandstrom strategy was a nice little reminder of those days when Ash was still a gym challenger and needed to struggle hard with the gym leaders' special tactics.
Gengar taking out two of Raihan's Pokemon was also surprising but I'd say it was plausible. However, I had some difficulty accepting that Gengar's Gigantamax lasted that long. You could see it was clearly more than three rounds and that's what felt a bit... meh.
Last but not least Lucario vs. Duralodon: The battle itself was highly intense and the music made it even more exciting. What I couldn't quite understand though was how a non-megaevolved Lucario that learned Spirit Bomb Aura Sphere just one episode ago and could only practice it once (after mega-evolving btw!) was able to more or less OHKO Raihan's Gigantamaxed ace-Pokemon. Yes, that aura scene was just great and dramatic, nevertheless the whole thing felt like it was used too early and I couldn't help thinking of DEM. You'd expect that in order to pull off such an epic move it needs tons of training and experience.
Anyways, as I said at the beginning, apart from the few weaknesses it was a thrilling and very good match that I really enjoyed!
As for the reveal of the Masters Eight, I already posted my opinion in the respective thread. And guys I tell you, I'm totally hyped because of that one very special person's ranking
Let's go into detail:
The early KO for Dragonite came as a surprise to me. If I were Ash, I would have used Hurricane against that sandstorm to neutralize it. Nevertheless, that sandstrom strategy was a nice little reminder of those days when Ash was still a gym challenger and needed to struggle hard with the gym leaders' special tactics.
Gengar taking out two of Raihan's Pokemon was also surprising but I'd say it was plausible. However, I had some difficulty accepting that Gengar's Gigantamax lasted that long. You could see it was clearly more than three rounds and that's what felt a bit... meh.
Last but not least Lucario vs. Duralodon: The battle itself was highly intense and the music made it even more exciting. What I couldn't quite understand though was how a non-megaevolved Lucario that learned Spirit Bomb Aura Sphere just one episode ago and could only practice it once (after mega-evolving btw!) was able to more or less OHKO Raihan's Gigantamaxed ace-Pokemon. Yes, that aura scene was just great and dramatic, nevertheless the whole thing felt like it was used too early and I couldn't help thinking of DEM. You'd expect that in order to pull off such an epic move it needs tons of training and experience.
By the way, where does that term "Spirit Bomb Aura Sphere" come from in the first place? It isn't the offical name of that attack, is it? Does it have something to do with Dragon Ball?and the Spirit Bomb Aura Sphere actually was pretty freaking cool.
Anyways, as I said at the beginning, apart from the few weaknesses it was a thrilling and very good match that I really enjoyed!
As for the reveal of the Masters Eight, I already posted my opinion in the respective thread. And guys I tell you, I'm totally hyped because of that one very special person's ranking