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Why Ash VS Steven Stone is Ash's GREATEST Victory
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2024
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Timestamps
00:00 Ash VS Steven Stone
00:16 Dracovish VS Metagross
00:32 Dracovish VS Aggron
00:45 Gengar VS Aggron
01:25 Gengar VS Cradily
01:45 Pikachu VS Cradily
01:59 Pikachu VS Mega Metagross
02:35 My Thoughts on the Battle
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👨🏫About Professor Silver & Pokemon Explained
Each episode of Pokemon Explained profiles a different Pokemon from the main cast and breaks down its COMPLETE history on the anime, including all of its battles, appearances, character development & significant storylines.
We'll be covering all of Ash and his companion's Pokemon.
We're just starting out, so if you have any requests or feedback, I'm game to listen! Please leave feedback in the comment section or email me at Alex@ProfSilver.com.
Any Pokemon or topics you want me to tackle next??
Ash’s Buizel
Ash's Sceptile. 🦎
Ash's Sceptile or Bayleef, or Drew or Maylene's Team.
Ash’s Snivy please.
you should do ash's noivern cause if it couldn't shine in it's series maybe it can shine in one of your classes
The fact that Charizard and Infernape trained Gengar for this shows that all ashs mons are playing their part even if it isn't being on front line. Gengar getting that win after it's journey was perfect
100% agreed. It's a great way to have the reserves not steal the spotlight, but still contribute
Agreed. If they can't use reserves in the tournament. This was a great way to tie the reserves into the battles.
Guilty honest opinion but I wanted to see ash’s charizard throw hands with Leon’s or Alan’s (outside of adventuring with their respective trainers ashs is the only one to train and gain the respect of everyone on charizard mountain/temple)
A minor detail I like is how amused Paul was when Ash used the exact same tactics in their battle with Steven. You can tell he was happy that his quick battle with him paid off. Let’s hope it’s the same with Cynthia since he’s up against her next.
I hate how he's going to win against Cynthia because plot armor. Cynthia should wipe the floor with him.
@@NotGord True dat
Very cool to see him make Paul proud
My main complaint was that Dracovish barely got to do anything before fainting and Aggron pretty much succumbed largely to burn.
But past that, the battle was quite a spectacle. I think Pikachu managing to counter Metagross’s mobility with full control of the 10 million volt TBolt blasts was a poetic response to how Cradily had defeated Gengar prior through a similar strategy of countering Gengar’s mobility with Power Whip. And I really loved that the Z move wasn’t the finishing move but instead just a good ole Iron Tail. Shows that writers are willing to think of new ways apply trump cards even when we’ve seen them before.
Ash mopped Wallace before but it was in such unceremonious fashion that it felt like an insult. Glad Steven’s battle will be worth remembering.
Hoping it shines against Cynthia. It's such a hilarious fighter
Dracovish and Aggron went down too easily. Also, I think Metagross couldn't calculate or predict Pikachu could command the electricity from his Z-Move is because it's a unique Z-Move that only Ash and Pikachu can use. Steven has never seen this Z-Move (unless he watched the Volkner Hyper Class Battle) to its full potential. Metagross is the only pokemon to not get knocked out from this move but he did only get hit with 3 bolts, not all 7.
It makes me a bit worried for sirfetchd in future matches. I'm starting to wonder if they're elite four victories were there conciliation prizes for being the jobbers at the Masters 8
@@ProfessorAlexSilver I agree. I'm not upset that Dracovish lost because he got at least one win every battle it's in so it was expected but he still went down too easily. Sirfetch'd needs some love. He was done so dirty in the Bea Hyper Class Battle and he did 'beat' Drasna's Mega Altaria but it didn't feel deserved. I want Sirfetch'd to get at least one 'deserved' win.
@@Cheichei11 yeah fr honestly
@@ProfessorAlexSilver a wrestling term? Are you by chance, a mark?
I think this battle was a little underwhelming. Steven's Aggron shouldn't have gone down so easily, considering how strong we have seen it. This is why I hope the battle with Cynthia will be better, considering the interactions they have had in the past. I hope Ash's reserves come back for that one, especially Sceptile and/or Infernape for nostalgia of the Sinnoh League Arc. And I hope there is more buildup for that battle too. Overall, this battle was decent, but could have been better. I think it was the 3rd best of the four.
The issue is that each Pokemon lasts one or two hits and the animation is very weak in Journeys because there isn't enough strength to each hit, the camera doesn't shake there isn't very much blowback from any of the hits.
Underwhelming because
1. Animation lacking any oomph
2. 1 episode for a 3v3 isn't ideal timing. Plus they gotta fit all the audience reactions too. Should've been a 1v1 or a 2v2.
The directors pick a move the Pokemon had been shown with previously or a powerful move from its games but due to the above constraints, can't take their sweet time to animate it with the sakuga it deserves. That's why Cradily using Power Whip feels like a Vine Whip.
@@Eterrath For the next battles, especially Ash vs. Cynthia, there needs to be an episode or two of buildup... And the battle itself needs to be at least two episodes long.
@@CoolNala The next episode is after 3 weeks right? That's your buildup lmao
@@Eterrath You know what I mean by that... An episode in which there is like training, the night before the battle, etc.
Professor you never disappoint. I love that you can give praise to a battle while also being critical.
Something more Pokémon fans need to learn to do, they either lean too far to either extreme
Thanks!
I get so emotional watching this season of Pokémon. Home Fire types cheering Gengar was awesome!
I love how the fire types cheered as Gengar is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters
It was a nice touch they showed one of the training matches Paul had with Ash in the world coronation battles. Seeing Gengar using will-o-wisp on metagross was a nice nod to when Paul helped out Ash.
The rat with a hat had plot armor that was too strong for any chance of lose.
That's harsh haha
Meh battle 5 out 10 battle. It's was slightly better than Leon vs Alain, but it has the same problem as that match. Like you pointed out, it didn't feel like it displayed the true power Steven that was previously shown.
Good points
This battle was a bit of a letdown although i liked it, it was a bummer that two titans like Aggron and Mega Metagross fell like that but oh well the near end of the generation is to blame that the battles don't last at least more.
I loved the cameos of the Hoenn rivals of both Ash and May it was a good surprise (also in first watch i missed Morrison).
Hopefully next battles will be better.
True true, I was blown away by cradilly though. I love how one cool showing in the anime can make me like a Pokemon I never gave a second thought to
@@ProfessorAlexSilver Do you think something is going on within the industry that's leading to these "less engaged battles". I still find them enjoyable, but there's a clear lack of substance with a lot of the action being replaced with dialogue and cut-aways. Leading tot these 2-3 move battles.
It makes sense that Metagross lived the 10 million volt thunderbolt, not because of it's strength because let's be honest, any Pokemon can die if it gets hit by 10 million thunderbolt... If you look closely Pikachu releases 6 different thunderbolts for his ultimate z-move, and Metagross dodged 3 of them, so technically Metagross only recieved a 5 million thunderbolt... Call me 200 IQ
I think it's time for Mensa
@@ProfessorAlexSilver Lol
Overall the battle was good. Mega Metagross is, if I remember correctly, the first Pokémon to survive Pikachu’s Z-Move, so it losing right after is understandable. I do feel Aggron was slighted, but other than that I’m happy with the battle
Yeah I remember that Metagross only survived with speed technically he dodged a couple of beams. If he got hit by all he would have got one shot
Nah waste
@@blazingguyop Wow! Two whole words! After seeing such a detailed and well thought out explanation of your point, I am now convinced!…….not.
I would'nt have minded more from aggron but i liked it more than alain's malamar that's for sure
@@magicalscientist192 bro just think
Metagross have higher level than ash any pokemon even Pikachu
These days anime battles are short and don't have that much to see
I would have expect this battle to be long as Tobias and Paul etc
Man I laughed so much after seeing it🤣
Just don't write something positive to get likes😒
I'm glad they sorta gave Gengar some decent fame in its battle (and from the looks of it, they've confirmed Ice Punch got replaced) and I found it kinda-very funny that Dracovish drew the short straw for the whole battle thing. And I was expecting Z-Move to be the finish move, but it's more like it wasn't used to actually attack, but just stop Metagross's movements & keep it still for the kill with iron tail. Albeit sad Gengar wasn't the one to go G-MAX or be the one to take out Mega Metagross. Now that begs the question as to when it's Leon & Cynthia, which of the mechanics will be used
It's confirmed to be mega lucario for cynthia and gmax gengar for leon
Also I'm glad Ice Punch is gone, that move literally never did anything other than hit grimsnarl once in the battle against marnie, ashs Sirfetch’d has hopefully forgotten Fury Cutter for leaf blade after training with sceptile. I personally wish dracovish learned Hydro Pump as it's essentially water gun but more powerful
I did too and while I agree with the criticisms, I still liked it for what it was and I understand why many people dislike the battles in Journeys considering the lack of good animation, narrative, build up and development makes a slight majority of wins feels less entertaining and unearned at times in which I understand the overall disappointment but I am used to Journeys standards by now despite being not as good as XY but I can digress and I wholeheartedly agree that Pikachu versus Cradily was interesting because its a Pokémon you normally wouldn’t see in a battle and it’s very terrifying how it was utilizing its tentacles and sure it felt underwhelming narrative-wise but from a technical standpoint, it was decently impressive despite the result being kinda “mid”, but I am just happy that these two got to battle each other and Steven Stone was handled decently well despite the loss and being slightly disrespected!!! 🥲🙂
#anipoke
@@RoySmith22 Really, for against Leon?! I would've figured (before the battle with Steven happened) Ash would've used the Z-Move on G-Max Charizard; it definitely would've had more meaning towards it
@@RoySmith22 I always felt Ice Punch was a good cover for Gengar (and it helped against Visquez's Raichu) with its Ground weakness & it's a physical-contact melee move: a staple for a lot of Ash's pokemon due to Ash's typical battle strategy. I wouldn't put much faith for Sirfetch'd having learned a new move though as only Gengar & Lucario really more learned new moves with training with their predecessors. But definitely a weak link is Dracovish & Water Gun
You know that there is something wrong When you realise that Paul's aggron was tougher to take down despite being only a bait
Very true ha
For the next history, could you do either Ash's Bayleef or Sceptile, or Maylene's or Drew's Team?
sceptile will be soon :)
Steven’s metagross is the only known Pokémon to not immediately get knocked out by 10 million volt thundbolt. I think it speaks volumes both of metagross strength since it survived it before getting knocked out by iron tail, and of the true strength of that move. I’m not to shocked by this development (no pun intended) since it defeated the legendary Tapu kuku
I think the same thing and metagross for most of the battle had the upper hand on pikachu
Even though it lost it's still a powerhouse :-)
New to the channel and I'm hooked
The look, the editing, the way you give out solid information. Great Job Professor
Thanks so much! Might I suggest the Greninja, charizard, and mega Charizard histories? Those are some of my faves. If you want a more obscure deep cut, I'm a big fan of the team EV and sawk videos
@@ProfessorAlexSilver definitely will give them a look 😊
Imagine fighting the 8th strongest trainer in the world and hearing him call out water gun
What’s wrong with that?
@@pn2294 Now Imagine Milotic's Hydro Pump vs Water Gun
Lol it needs a better move, would be cool if it had surf and then froze the water with ice fang as a combo or something.
@@lightningppsky4842 you start with weak moves then use stronger ones as a finisher
Who cares? Greninja had cut so it doesn’t really matter
This one was underwhelming. I wish that we had Gengar vs Metagross in the end. They should have callbacks to Ash’s last battle w/ Paul! I was hoping for that! Hopefully Ash vs Cynthia is better!
They did have a call back to ash’s battle with Paul though
I liked Paul's nodding approval 😄
Perfect battle for Sirfetch'd if he were there. With a 4x effective Meteor Assault on Aggron that defeat would've been more believable!
As for the match itself, it stinks that this was Ash's biggest victory in the anime. He toppled the Number 3 trainer in the world who happens to be a powerful Champion of the Hoenn region. Yes, he beat Iris early in the PWC. However, she's a young Champion like himself. Steven is VERY experienced and powerful. Hence why he's Number 3 and Iris is Number 7. Why does it stink? This was a good win right? Eh...
That's the ironic part of Journeys; Ash has some of the GREATEST wins of his entire career. However, they come from some of the most UNIMPRESSIVE and RUSHED battles in the series...
I thought it'd be interesting to see Dracovish cause maybe we'd get Fossil Vs. Fossil Battle...BUT that didn't happen so what was the point?
Coming from someone who did accept Countering Counter AND 10M Volt Thunderbolt, even I have limits on certain Plot Armor Moments :(
@@paolocalapatia6401 LOL I love how you brought up Countering Counter because I've been pretty vocal about that BS for quite some time in the comment section.
I remember the pre-Journey days when E4 & Champion Pokemon came across as nearly indestructible. That even the SLIGHTEST bit of damage felt like a major accomplishment.
During the PWC however, these high level Pokemon are falling apart like chocolate chip cookies that you try to pick up instead of letting them cool off after coming out of the oven.
Most of the journeys battles weren’t rushed at all.
@@Lonewulf321 Journeys has a knack for rushed battles OR Ash winning matches he really didn't deserve to just for the sake of the story moving forward
@@OurKindofEntertainment nah
Thanks for keeping some of us updated on the Masters 8. I'm not able to watch it like I want to considering the fact that I work so many hours. I can't wait to see what you have in store next.
The episode is 20 minutes minus all the extra you don’t need to see, Im sure you have that time to put into watching it. Either when it drops on youtube without subs or after 12+hours there will be subbed versions on youtube
My pleasure!
I still would have liked to see incineroar battle here but the team ash used was fine. Using a fossil Pokémon against Steven was a nice choice too. Also fun fact: steven’s metagross is the first Pokémon to ever survive a hit from 10 million volt thunderbolt
While I found the episode good overall, it was... inconsistent? The ending with Pikachu was amazing. But it felt weird to see Pikachu just power through getting cratered into the ground, in an episode where Dracovish, Aggron and Craydily just flopped over after getting a firm tap on the head. Like they didn't quite get the balance between Classic Anime Style battling and VGC Inspired match ups. The Power Whip sequences, and Cradily fight in general, were basically the only really dynamic battle sequences that weren't Pikachu.
Plus, I feel they made Ash a little... weird with his moves this episode? Dazzling Gleam on an Aggron? Wasting all that energy on a minute of ineffective thunderbolts? Very strange. I didn't quite get 'master battler' vibes from it.
Inconsistency is the name of the game haha
Yeah, Ash's battling, while not horrific, definitely didn't feel like his best at all outside the Cradily portion.
@@ganoninthepit Yep... aside from the Cradily match, and the FINAL part of the pikachu match, it didn't really feel very... Ash. Ash tends to show off unconventional tactics and using moves the way you don't think they should be. We didn't really get that aside from Dazzling Gleam to break out of Power Whip and Pikachu jumping on the rocks, and controlling his 10 Mil volts to track Metagross.
Fun fact: Aggron was the first Pokemon Steven was ever showed using in first episode he appeared during the Hoenn anime.
Great video I loved how they played the original Pokémon theme during the ash vs metagross battle
Very cool indeed
Im happy you're covering these matches cause Its going to be a while untill I can watch them.
I hope to cover them all :-)
10 million volt thunderbolt:
It is a z-move with a guaranteed hit (similar to aerial ace) that is why it hit.
It also has a +2 critical hit ratio and the impact left on the ground means it was a critical hit that is why it did such huge damage to mega metagross.
It is also the only move that ignores ability immunities.
It's definitely a great attack ☺️
I absolutely loved cradily. Such a versatile fighter
I never loved it before this week, but now I'm obsessed
I liked how Cradily used ingrain and how Pikachu used it's Z move. I also like how the Z move didn't defeat Metagross
Same, that fossil really earned my respect
Bruh you're so wholesome
Better to spread positivity :)
Maybe Aggron was defeat a bit fast but the rest of the fight was really cool !
Pikachu VS Mega Metagross was my favorite !
As long as there's some redeeming qualities, I'm able to enjoy it thoroughly :-)
I always find it cool for people to do reviews or analysis of the pokémon anime.
Since most people don't watch it and it's not popular outside kids.
I would love for it to have aged with the og fans more
@@ProfessorAlexSilver same.
Battle Frontier,Sinnoh/Johto/Kalos league would've been good places to end the series imo.
I can't help but feel that if Ash ends up losing to Leon that these egregious quick plot armor battles up until that point are just going to feel that much worse.
Let's hope not 😭
Ngl this video was very informative and that's pretty cool
Also I wish y'all a great day
Thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest as well :)
I still wish that all the M8 battles were six on six as it would have made them feel more impactful.
Same
The match is good but it remind me of much raihan fight of dragon lose, Gengar second, final blow.
Still love the Gengar magical shine as defensive and offensive, the Z move with Mezase Pokémon Master theme as well as iron tail finishing blow learned from Hoenn
Hopefully the six on six will add some new elements to the show
Overall, I did love this episode though. It was a very cool episode and the Character Moments for Steven was pretty good.
Yep, definitely a respectful send-off in my opinion
I really like parts of these fights, but these battles are all to slow and to short. It's just kind of a let down to see some of the strongest pokemon off all time go down in one hit... Ash vs Steven is definitely a great step up from the first fight but I hope they give these fights the time they deserve.
Like a 6v6, probably didn't want to make it into a 2 part episode and saving $ on animation. That's all I can assume.
My philosophy is to find the silver lining 😅
2:20 you can say the same thing about 10MVT.
10MVT against Mega metagross seems like only 1% as strong as it was against Tapu koko.
I would like to see you cover Ash's Bayleaf, Ash's Quilava and Ash's Totodile next.
Quilava is very high on my list, hopefully soon
@@ProfessorAlexSilver one of his most underrated Mon, low-key his Johto ace considering it’s feats. I would’ve loved for it to have evolved into Typhlosion while Dawn got the Hisuian Form in this series. Love your videos! Nice to have our own real world professor
@@sirianluca yup! they proved that Ash could survive even without his old Pokemon like Charizard, squirtle and bulbasaur in Jhoto league. Although Totodile was a bit of disappointment still bayleef and Quilava fulfill the damage
It has been a while since we have heard from you, Professor. We hope everything is ok.
Things are well, I'll hopefully be able to get to more comments soon, hope you're enjoying everything
I feel like Dracovish and Gengar should’ve performed better, now we know that Iris is definitely weaker than Steven. It was nice to see Iris in her Unova outfit, and it was interesting to see Gengar’s new move set.
I'm a big fan of those moves
I agree that the battle was underwhelming and flawed in multiple places, but I wouldn't say that Metagross was weaker than in past appearances; as Steven would only likely go stronger while training to win the Masters tournament. If anything, that just means that Pikachu (at least with his Z-Move) is even more impressive than Charizard and, somehow, Kyogre.
I equate animation with stength I suppose :D
There's an unfortunate hidden bias with all the champions that progressed to the semifinals that I wish was defied in at least one section, being that all of the "spritework" gens lost in the first round.
Lance, who represents gens 1 and 2, lost to Diantha that represents gen 6, the first generation that replaced sprites for 3D models. Alain naturally lost to Leon since he's from the most recent gen and two gen 6 trainers in the semifinals would be redundant. Iris, who represents gen 5 and the final mainline games animated with sprites lost to Cynthia, and while she represents gen 4 the recent BD/SP remakes and PL:A have updated this older gen's modern relevance and given them modelwork. Finally, Ash transcends all generations but in this tournament is officially representing gen 7 and beat Steven, which did get gen 3 model remakes in gen 6 but still loses out to Ash needing to rematch Leon for narrative reasons before gen 9 is released.
Basically, it feels like all the older gen representatives were shafted in favor of the "newer" faces that kids nowadays are likely more familiar with and treated as expendable since the anime's target demographic may be too young to ever recognize the older champions and their strengths. I would've liked even just one of the old gen champions to advance past the first round so it isn't just Ash using pokemon from before gen 4 besides Diantha's Gardevoir.
Bruh the Gen bias strikes again, though I'm surprised Gen 1 got shafted due to Bias it was getting in Gen 6
I am a bit surprised that Lance didn't move on further, but I think that's mainly because we already saw him fight Leon
Great video. The episode is good. The cameos are great. Ash's other pokemon played part in this episode. Mainly the fire types.
Thanks!!
@@ProfessorAlexSilver You're welcome!
Thanks for the coverage
My pleasure John
I'm still happy with this episode, even though some may have thought that it was an underwhelming battle in their eyes. The reason I feel why Iron tail was the final move used, cause it's the move that Pikachu learned back in Hoenn when Ash was challenging Roxanne (All things Bright and Beautifly! was the episode). It's been a staple since that episode and it's still a staple even 20 years later.
definitely flawed, but still fun 😊
Ash's Sceptile. 🦎
Working on it :)
Congrats on 76k subs
Thank you so much, I appreciate your support
Nice review alex
Thank you so much!
I know it probably would've quickly become formulaic, but I wouldn't have minded it if a few of the episodes ended with the beginning of each battle, that way the next episode could begin with someone with their back against the wall and having to battle from behind. That way each Pokémon would get a bit more time to be showcased, because realistically, each of the Pokémon featured are some of the strongest in the world. I even think showing the full 3vs3 battles isn't necessary. All I cared about during the Alan/Leon battle was seeing Charizard vs. Charizard, and I would've gladly taken the majority of an episode just seeing those two battle it out. Same with Diana and Lance.
I would have traded some of this battle if it meant Leon could have thought longer
I think it's kind of plot Armor, mega metagross just take 1/3rd of zmove power and iron tail but in previous series it took multiple powerful attacks from Alain mega Charizard
Good points
Imo it's definitely plot i may seem a bit biased here but man this is clear plot
Professor Silver, in my humble opinion, I believe Steven not going sicko mode on Ash is a smart decision.
If he did, the quick and nimble Pikachu and Gengar could easily find openings left by Metagross and Aggron (since Cradily was playing defensive) and exploit them to easily defeat them. As you saw in the episode itself, when Steven lets his guard down, that was the perfect oppurtunity for Ash to make his counterattack, costing Steven the match. But because Steven played defensively on all his Pokemon, this made Ash lose a lot of his momentum and struggle a lot in the battle.
Ash beat the entire hoenn region. Battle frontier and their champion Steven (and their other champion Wallace). And yes I know part of the frontier was in kanto or whatever but I’m just making a reference to the game
And he didn't even need sceptile to do it lol
I don't know about anyone else but I feel a little disappointed in Ash's Dracovish. It feels like the weakest member of the journeys squad. Aside from the Drasna match it hasn't really shown the powerhouse potential I expected from it.
It's another torkoal, oshowatt and palpitode of his team
I think it'll shine soon
I want to see one more cameo of Tobias.
Same here
That was awesome we might see a dynamax vs Cynthia and a mega evolution vs leon woooo that was awesome
Let's hope it happens :-)
@@ProfessorAlexSilver what if ash performs all three moves with one Pokémon he mega evolves with a dynamax and performs a z move would that disintegrate a Pokémon
"The Flaming Lightning Bolt, Pikachu!"
The one and only
Do Alain's Ultimate Team. He deserves it after that embarrassing defeat he received from Leno. Also, he have a pack of powerful Pokémon in his rotation.
I have an idea for alon's team in the future, hopefully you'll see it soon :-)
Class time. LET’S GO!! 😍
Enjoy!
The fire types warm my heart when they seen Gengar won his fight against aggron. Charzard come a long way.
Loved seeing them
Plot armour thiccer then moms in pixar movies
Not something I ever noticed ha
I actually love this battle I know most will dislike it but I honestly think that this is one of ash’s best battles.
I didn't hate it in the slightest. It wasn't as good as many of his others, but it was also vastly Superior to a lot of them
@@ProfessorAlexSilver yeah exactly I think it could’ve been even better but I kinda like it 👍
I love that Ash beat him with Iron tail a move that it learned in Hoenn. Steaven home turf oh the (Iron)y.
It reminded me of previous victories :-)
Steven 😍 And Metagross 🤍
Honestly, I have mixed feelings about the last episode, and the last few. On one hand, I am so excited to finally see battles between the champions, the strongest trainers in the world, especially with Ash in the bracket. But I feel a bit disappointed about the writing of all of these battles. It doesn't feel as significant and meaningful as it should. I wish they were longer, more tactics were used, and it took more to take out some of the 'boss' Pokémon. I feel like Steven could have won if he was more aggressive and didn't wait for Pikachu to get up.
Steven is one of my favorite characters of all time and I wish we got to see more of him and his relationship with the other champions.
I definitely wish there was more dialogue for more characterization
If only Pikachu had 10 Million Volt in the previous regions.
Bye bye sparky
Next is ash vs Cynthia but I’m happy that Cynthia is gonna lose the first time
We shall see 😅
While I'm glad Ash won and you like the results of how the battle played out, I think it could have played out better if Ash say, swapped out Dracovish for Lucario as it's type matchup give it a heavy advantage over Aggron. And maybe left Pikachu out for this one and used Sirfetch'd for Cradily as it too would have had an advantage. Gengar could have sized up Metagross as even though it's a steel psychic, Gengar still has an advantage with will o wisp and it's Ghost typing even though it's also a poison type and gives Steven's metagross an advantage as well. Plus Gengar can Gigantamax and Lucario can Mega Evolve. Both are just as good if not better than the Z Move.
Is it just me but the Lance vs Diantha, Iris vs Cynthia, and Ash vs Steven battles should of all been 2 episodes long or an Episode and a half
Definitely not just you
@@ProfessorAlexSilver Thank goodness
A battle between my favourite character
This is the dream fight for me now it's a reality
It's on!
Hi Professor Silver it’s me Caden again and I still you haven’t forgotten about my two request to do Dawn’s piplup and goh’s rabboot and cinderace and I noticed you haven’t done any of your complete history classes lately
I'll do them someday!
@@ProfessorAlexSilver Great I’m counting on you
Will anyone see this comment? No, but am I putting this here to cope? Yes, absolutely.
This is a joke because I’m somewhat salty Steven lost this fight despite the fact it’s actually kinda reasonable,
but my personal headcanon is that Steven lost this battle on purpose. It’s dumb, yes, but I’m trying to cope. It was never said in Emerald that he lost to Wallace for Wallace to be champion(as far as I’m aware), so I think he gave the title of champion up for more freedom to do his rock stuff. It would be easier for him to do all of his rock stuff if he wasn’t the champion, because he HAS to be there in case someone beats the elite four, so he can fight them.
I think winning against Ash and getting further in the thing could probably make his rock stuff a bit more difficult when he’s going to other regions for ✨rocks✨, so I’d say this was a good spot for him to get enough fame to not exactly look weak, but not seem too strong.
From what I’ve heard(because I haven’t actually seen most of this), his Metagross survived Kyogre and landed a good few hits, and it probably would’ve beaten the heck out of Alain’s Charizard, so it’s reasonable to say he probably could’ve gotten farther if he wanted to. Also, I don’t think his Aggron should’ve gone down as easily as it should have, and Z-moves can only be used once (unless ash can somehow defy that too), so maybe if it lived through Gengar, he could’ve pulled some bs with that after Metagross lost to Ash’s Pikachu.
Then again, this could be my personal bias towards this man speaking, Alpha Sapphire was my first game, so I have an emotional attachment to Steven at this point. Overall, I need more Steven Stone content, he needs more love, and I’m making excuses to cope with the fact he lost.
Agree or not
Masters 8 seems like video game battles.
Not all enjoyed this kind of battles
That's the perfect way to put it, video game battles
Like always great content
Thanks so much
@@ProfessorAlexSilver welcome sir
Always remember this is the same Pikachu that after many seasons of fighting lost against a level 5 Snivy.
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one thing I notice in the master's 8 battles, the other champions won their battles because they have very strong, high-level pokemons, ash on the other hand manages to win his battles because he battles smart and thought of different kinds of ways and strategies to defeat his opponents.
Interesting take!
It was a big letdown to not see a montage of Ash's alolan team watching the battle. Even though he's from Kanto he's technically representing alola here as their champion. So I thought they'd show them watching the battle as well.
I agree, there should have been more focus on Alola. Little snippets of the Pokemon School and the professor, and especially his mons.
@@nickhartman6372 exactly. It surprised me that they weren't shown at all
I hope we see them soon, still got two more chances
If round 2 would be a 2 episode 6v6 matches, i would be so happy
Same here my friend
My question why metagross was defeat by pikachu so fast and so easy. To show how pikachu is really powerfull or is it spoiler that ash will defeat Leon in finall too ?
Honestly I think it's just rushed
If the episode airs already please tackle Ash vs Chynthia😊
I'll tackle it once it releases :)
@@ProfessorAlexSilver Okay
It wouldn’t have anything to do with Pokémon education but you should make videos about what type of teams you would use in each regions if Pokémon were real and you were on a real journey. Which Pokémon would you use and why? I love day dreaming about flying around Kanto on pidgeots back. Or staying warm next to my magmar in a cave…. Lol 😂
I'm in an experimental mood so you never know :-)
I was not a fan that Ash used that abomination Dracovish, but the rest of the match was great and nail biting.
Congrats Ash! ⚡
Hater
That's harsh haha
So the fact that May & Max were clearly NOT in the hoean cameo must mean they intend for their comeback to be more than that...right?
I think they'll be shown later, no way they're out altogether
I have the same thought when i watched the fight.
How could Aggron just fainted from burn effect, without any substantial attacks that connect? There is no logical explanation.
And how could Pikachu survive direct head on Meteor punch from MEGA Metagross? From previous battles, we know that Pikachu is weak on defense and it is strong on special defense. Please author, make the fight more logical next time. Dont rush Champion level fight.
Definitely some strange happenings, but I still liked it overall
First time pikachu actually looks like a level 100
VS Latios & Tapu Koko were that for me :)
Craydillee’s eyes are what I thought was it’s mouth ???? Wtf wow that makes me like its design more for some reason
I never really liked it until this battle, now it's my favorite fossil
@@ProfessorAlexSilver for yearssssss i thought the eyes where it’s teeth lol that’s epic
I don't like how agron fell for dazzling gleam. It fell fairy type move which should week against steel type
The burn did it in 🔥🔥
It was decent but Ash was just meant to win the tournament (main character energy haha) so you can’t win against that. Wish they had shown Steven against another Champion instead of making him go first against Ash as he’s quite popular and my fave Champion.
We all know Ash's Greatest victory was his Bulbasaur defeating Misty's Psyduck in a very unusual way.
My mistake haha
I wish we could've had an adult or at least a teenage Ash and Iris competiting
If only!
@@ProfessorAlexSilver 20+ years later and we still rooting for kids lol
The conclusion of this battle goes back to why I never liked how the anime utilizes Z-moves, especially now that they are also steering away from full 6v6 battles. They are just way too overpowered compared to Mega Evolution or Dynamax. The anime almost always uses it as an instakill no matter how strong the opponent is, with only a few exceptions. I was really looking forward to what strategy or adjustment Ash would make to take down Metagross, and simply using a Z-move disappointed me
That isn’t just a z move. That’s exclusive z move of ash pikachu. It’s like a panic nuke button for ash when everything fails.
@@subhabratabasu9804 Describing it as a panic nuke button for Ash when everything fails is exactly illustrating deiondre0's problem with it.
@@ganoninthepit well he at least tried everything.... Not spammed it.
Nice video! This battle shows how much Ash has grown with him defeating Steven a experienced Champion. I am excited for Ash vs Cynthia.
Thanks!!
steven is just legendary & the coolest
Agreed :)
This was a good Battle Dracovish vs Metagross then Steven Switches in Aggron who beat Dracovish I wish Dracovish did abit more in the battle Then Ash sents out Gengar and Beats Aggron with Willow wisp which caused Burns and Gengar uses Shadow Ball to beats it it was good to see The training with Tye fire types helped it win then Steven use Cradiley and it beats Genagar with vines and Powerdrain while Gengar lost atleast it did held it own and got atleast one win but I was sure Gengar was going to the star of this Battle from its training battled against Paul but still good and the Ash sents out Pikachu who caught the Gigadrain with Electroball and won with Irom ball and it was nice seeing it run on the rock Slide it reminded me of the rock tomb Climb back in X and Y then Steven mega Evolves Metagross and it gave Pikachu a real Struggle as it dodge most of all a Pikachu attack and was Overpowering it with Psychic but then Ash and Pikachu use their Z move and while it looked like Metagross had Dodge it but Pikachu was some who able redirect it in Metagross’s Way and knock it to the Ground and Finnish it with a Ironball being it and Ash wins and Moves on to the semi Final this is Ash’s biggest win finally being an champion and this is Pikachu’s third win against a Metagross and third time he beat a Mega and Pikachu turned out to be MVP of the battle being two of Steven’s Pokemon and i liked the Cameos of all those Hoenn characters Professor Burch Drew Harley Tyson, Morrison and Katie all trainer Ash fought in the Hoenn lead along with Vinto Windstrike Kelly Kain and Janet and that guy who was training to be a battle judge but I can’t remember his name.
Definitely a fun battle all around with some great cameos :-)
Don't underestimate the power of 10 million volt thunderbolt z move I mean this was the move that has defeated tapu Koko the guardian Pokemon... This move is extremely powerful !! I don't think mega metagross 's power was paled tbh I mean it was totally destroying Pikachu
Good point 👍
Next for a dive in on a Pokémon, can u do ash’s pignite?
I've already finished the script, so hopefully sometime soon
@@ProfessorAlexSilver YES!!😃
Sorry professor but greatest victory now is against Leon
And we have got our new Undisputed Monarch
I would have liked it if Dracovish and Cradilly could have battled. Since they're both ancient pokemon. Maybe Cradilly could react to it in a surprised/disturbed way.
I'm all for more fossil battles
“Heya frank! Haven’t seen you since the continental shift!”
@@scootermcpeanuts6699 "What's uh... What's going on there? Why do you have legs? Don't you breathe water? How are you alive?!?"
@@FrankandRaul Honestly, though it wouldn’t have fit the plot, it would have been hilarious if they had to call off the battle because the fossils were too busy having a reunion with eachother.