I don’t think rowlet was handled badly. I think it’s battle against Hau was, but other than that it’s been handled pretty well. And besides, other than vs Decidueye what other feats were “asspulls”? It legitimately defeated all its other opponents. I could maybe see against Ryuki but even then Pokémon learning new moves during battles isn’t anything new.
Rowlet is a Pokémon who has basically been characterized throughout this saga as being lazy and unmotivated to really do much other than sleeping to the degree that it begs the question, where exact does it get stronger from? Ash surely doesn’t ever train it and it doesn’t train on its own like Torrocat and Lycanrock were shown to do. As a result, you really can’t expect me to believe by any stretch of logic that it would be getting stronger yet the writers just hand it victory after victory. When it comes to Ash’s other Pokémon, you can see it as their training paying off, yet Rowlet is just allowed to stand anywhere near their level while putting in none of the effort. That in and of itself is not only bad writing and an asspull, it’s a terrible lesson in saying that you can put in the smallest amount of effort yet still reap all the rewards while never suffering repercussions for it.
He knows full well what he's doing! Behind that blank stare is a cold, calculating and probably malicious creature.
Guess we can just agree to disagree. Though I will say, one thing I like about this forum is seeing others opinions whether I agree or not, it’s cool to see what others think and their reasoning behind it. I respect your opinion and can see where you’re coming from. I guess my love for the rowlet line is just too great for me to not like it in the anime.
Kinda makes you wonder, why bother with ping-pong when you can just deflect the stone away and thus render one of Rowlet’s moves useless.
because comedy
The battles will have to go fast if Braviary, Venesaur and Empoleon have to be defeated. And Inceneroar vs Melmetal which I think it will lose.
Judging by the details we have so far, it'll be down to Naganadel, Pikachu and Torracat against Incineroar and Lucario. Kind of mirrors Ash v. Paul when Ash had Gliscor, Pikachu and Infernape against Drapion and Electivire.
I hope so too, but based on the evidence we have, it seems increasingly likely that it won't be.
Those last two pictures are practically identical...
