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10 Best Pokémon Final Battles in the Anime, Ranked
Jan 18, 2025
The Pokémon anime has featured over 25 seasons starring the popular protagonist Ash Ketchum. In that time, Ash has undergone his fair share of battles, each signaling a turning point for the young trainer. Many of the Pokémon anime's fights demonstrate Ash's strategic abilities, like in his qualifying match to become a Frontier Brain. But Ash doesn't always fight his best – even during some of his better battles.
Ash Ketchum has slowly become one of the most skilled Pokémon trainers in the franchise, but this change did not happen overnight and is beautifully authenticated by Ash's various high-stakes matches. Ash earns his various titles through innumerable losses which have all had an invaluable impact on his career. Pokémon is home to some of the greatest final duels in anime, and it's all thanks to Ash Ketchum (and occasionally Pikachu).
10 Ash & His Team are Surprisingly Overwhelmed By Riolu's Sudden Evolution into Lucario
Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond, Season 16, Episode 10, "Cameron's Secret Weapon!"
Ash spent much of his Unova journey attempting to relearn many skills. The previous seasons saw Ash improving a great deal, but he loses the Unova Championship to an arguably worse trainer. Ash's team tears through Cameron's Pokémon relatively efficiently until Riolu picks an opportune moment to evolve into Lucario. It's not every day that a protagonist's opponent is given plot armor.
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