Rank all Ash Ketchum Pokémon

[Lightning Flame Blast]

Based on @Ghost Diplocaulus posting a tier list, I made one of my own for how I feel about each of Ash’s pokemon, based entirely on personal preference and with no actual regard on battle skill (also the list had some extras so I gave them a tier of their own):

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[Jewel the Quaxly]

Since two people have done tier lists(@Ghost Diplocaulus and @Lightning Flame Blast) I decided to do one myself!

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[R1ke]

I'll give it a crack as well:

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[Unireon]

It was interesting.

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Observations:

• Pikachu fell due to his Journeys characterization
• Yogiras counts due to its bond with Satoshi and the Arc. I'd like to see it again.
• The current team ranks even lower, so I didn't bother to add them.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Here's my ranking of all of Ash's Pokémon (not my strength, just my overall enjoyment). This was made a while ago so my opinions have changed. Since then I have made tier lists after I watched all the series.

 

[EternalPokéFanGirl]

It seems that this thread has evolved , here's mine, based on how much I like their personalities leaving out their battling skills.

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[PkmnTrainerV]

I don’t know how to make a quick tier list so I’ll just rank them as a whole per series xD
Sinnoh > Kanto + Orange Islands > Alola > Johto = Kalos > Hoenn > Unova > Journeys

 

[Nicolas721]

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My boys (or girls): Pokemon I have a strong connection to either because they give me nostalgic memories or because I love the species (hence Palpitoad).
Cool Powerhouses: Pokemon that aren't my favorites but that I still like seeing battling.
Would probably like if they have had more screentime: Self explanatory. Some of them may have more screentime than Pokemon in other tiers, but if you either lack a personality or have a boring moveset shown in 1-2 battles that doesn't mean much.
Meh: Boring gags, boring stories, boring or annoying personality, etc.
Would rather he'd caught something else: I don't hate them but they just arrived at the wrong time and did nothing to justify their existence, so...yeah. And both Gible and Riolu had terrible introductions that made me angry.

 

[Jewel the Quaxly]

Here's a special one, based on how much I like each overall team!

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[Craiden]

For Lucario, I do factor in Riolu to a degree, but not too much.

 

[PikachuSmasher]

 

[Hey You Pikachu!]

Did it based on battles as well as personality

 

[ClickChannelUnoffical]

This is how I’d rank their strengths (not counting Dracovish here):

1. Pikachu
2. Ash-Greninja
3. Charizard
4. Infernape
5. Sceptile
6. Snorlax
7. Regular Greninja
8. Lycanroc
9. Glalie
10. Krookodile
11. Swellow
12. Hawlucha
13. Heracross
14. Incineroar
15. Dragonite
16. Talonflame
17. Bulbasaur
18. Corphish
19. Squirtle
20. Staraptor
21. Quilava
22. Buizel
23. Donphan
24. Gliscor
25. Leavanny
26. Rowlet
27. Gengar
28. Kingler
29. Pignite
30. Goodra
31. Torterra
32. Melmetal
33. Noctowl
34. Palpitoad
35. Naganadel
36. Tauros
37. Bayleef
38. Gible
39. Lucario
40. Boldore
41. Unfezant
42. Torkoal
43. Noivern
44. Farfetch’d
45. Snivy
46. Oshawott
47. Scraggy
48. Muk
49. Totodile
50. Lapras
51. Pidgeot
52. Butterfree

So you said,Lucario,Gible,Naganadel,and kamon are all weaker than Palpitoad???that’s not right even in Feb2021.

 

[Lightning Flame Blast]

So you said,Lucario,Gible,Naganadel,and kamon are all weaker than Palpitoad???that’s not right even in Feb2021.

Yep. Lucario and Sirfetch’d are definitely stronger now, but I’d say Gible scales around that and we’ve seen far too little from Naganadel for me to put it higher.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Yep. Lucario and Sirfetch’d are definitely stronger now, but I’d say Gible scales around that and we’ve seen far too little from Naganadel for me to put it higher.

I think Gible is pretty strong, stronger than where you've put it, since it had the capacity to KO Tobias' Darkrai in case it’s hit landed.
Also Naganadel held its own pretty well against Tapu Koko and Guzzlord.

 

[R1ke]

Imo Naganadel and Melmetal don’t get enough credit. They’re juggernauts who’ve achieved a lot despite having limited time. Remember Naganadel was able to keep up with Tapu Kokos speed+take direct hits from it after beating Lucario 1v1. Attributes wise it’s fast, has a flight advantage, reasonably bulky and a powerful+diverse moveset. The only thing is we don’t know how much it trained offscreen, but we still have a good estimate what its capabilities are.

Melmetal trades away speed and versatility for pure power and defense. Yeah it only has 2 moves, but honestly those are flexible and powerful enough rn. It can overwhelm physical opponents with brute force, but also repel ranged attacks by its spinning (or use flash cannon). And thanks to DIB it can attack quickly and opponents from a range too, so it doesn’t have to waste time trying to close the gap to deal damage. The only pokemon that have beaten it are Silvally (from changing types) and Kukuis Incineroar (the strongest trainer’s ace in the region). I think its safe to say a lot of regular pokemon will crumble to it, since it hits like a truck.

I wouldn’t put these 2 in the top 10, but don’t underestimate them. They’re seriously impressive (especially attributes wise), when compared to Ash’s normal pokemon.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

Melmetal trades away speed and versatility for pure power and defense. Yeah it only has 2 moves, but honestly those are flexible and powerful enough rn. It can overwhelm physical opponents with brute force, but also repel ranged attacks by its spinning (or use flash cannon). And thanks to DIB it can attack quickly and opponents from a range too, so it doesn’t have to waste time trying to close the gap to deal damage. The only pokemon that have beaten it are Silvally (from changing types) and Kukuis Incineroar (the strongest trainer’s ace in the region). I think its safe to say a lot of regular pokemon will crumble to it, since it hits like a truck.

Technically Melmetal has Harden and Thunderbolt also, it's just that it's never used those moves after it evolved. But anyway, yeah, Melmetal is a freaking beast. Oh sure, it getting defeated on its first battle after evolving sucks, but to be fair, that was because there were a lot of factors that played against it, such as the fact that it clearly still wasn't used to its new phisique, which greatly slowed it down, and it was fighting against another Legendary that was much more experienced. Plus, it should be noted that Silvally could only secure the win against Melmetal by changing into a type super-effective against Steel, and that what few hits Melmetal did manage to land on Silvally did so much damage that Pikachu was able to finish it off with a lot more ease than he probably would have otherwise. Then after Melmetal trained to improve its movements the payoff was rather incredible: not only was Kukui's Empoleon (who was a good enough battler to force Pikachu to switch out, mind you) unable to even tickle it, but Melmetal OHKO'd it with just one Double Iron Bash. While Empoleon was on the defensive. And Double Iron Bash is an attack that Empoleon quad resists. No wonder Kukui sent out his strongest Pokemon (which mind you, also had the type advantage, fortunately for him) to deal with Melmetal; clearly no other Pokemon on his team would have been able to stand up to it.

 

[R1ke]

Technically Melmetal has Harden and Thunderbolt also, it's just that it's never used those moves after it evolved. But anyway, yeah, Melmetal is a freaking beast. Oh sure, it getting defeated on its first battle after evolving sucks, but to be fair, that was because there were a lot of factors that played against it, such as the fact that it clearly still wasn't used to its new phisique, which greatly slowed it down, and it was fighting against another Legendary that was much more experienced. Plus, it should be noted that Silvally could only secure the win against Melmetal by changing into a type super-effective against Steel, and that what few hits Melmetal did manage to land on Silvally did so much damage that Pikachu was able to finish it off with a lot more ease than he probably would have otherwise. Then after Melmetal trained to improve its movements the payoff was rather incredible: not only was Kukui's Empoleon (who was a good enough battler to force Pikachu to switch out, mind you) unable to even tickle it, but Melmetal OHKO'd it with just one Double Iron Bash. While Empoleon was on the defensive. And Double Iron Bash is an attack that Empoleon quad resists. No wonder Kukui sent out his strongest Pokemon (which mind you, also had the type advantage, fortunately for him) to deal with Melmetal; clearly no other Pokemon on his team would have been able to stand up to it.

Not to mention 600 BST is monstrous. Its offensive and defensive capabilities are sky high. DIB is effectively 180 bp with stab+both hits. Who needs coverage at this rate. That move also has speed, range, power and even defensive utility all at once. The only drawback is the charging time, but this isn't a move you'd be prepared for anyway, since Melmetal's one of a kind.

This sounds weird, but Melmetal's 'spinning' ability is OP. Unlike other walls, you can't just camp it out with projectiles. And if a pokemon was to outmanoeuvre it and hit it physically, it'd also be hurt in the process. It's basically like spiky shield.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Imo Naganadel and Melmetal don’t get enough credit. They’re juggernauts who’ve achieved a lot despite having limited time. Remember Naganadel was able to keep up with Tapu Kokos speed+take direct hits from it after beating Lucario 1v1. Attributes wise it’s fast, has a flight advantage, reasonably bulky and a powerful+diverse moveset. The only thing is we don’t know how much it trained offscreen, but we still have a good estimate what its capabilities are.

Melmetal trades away speed and versatility for pure power and defense. Yeah it only has 2 moves, but honestly those are flexible and powerful enough rn. It can overwhelm physical opponents with brute force, but also repel ranged attacks by its spinning (or use flash cannon). And thanks to DIB it can attack quickly and opponents from a range too, so it doesn’t have to waste time trying to close the gap to deal damage. The only pokemon that have beaten it are Silvally (from changing types) and Kukuis Incineroar (the strongest trainer’s ace in the region). I think its safe to say a lot of regular pokemon will crumble to it, since it hits like a truck.

I wouldn’t put these 2 in the top 10, but don’t underestimate them. They’re seriously impressive (especially attributes wise), when compared to Ash’s normal pokemon.

They are legendary tier Pokemon

 

[HiroHunter]

Well here's mine. Also none of the tiers are in any order.