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As someone who catches up once in a while and doesn't follow spoilers this moment was strangely hype. I didn't know he'd be rotating Pokemon and assumed he had only Pikachu with him based on what was happening up to that point. When he threw the ball I was expecting Gengar or Dragonite but it was Noivern.
I wish they did something like that for the Leon battle. Have Pikachu start the battle then recall it for like Incineroar out of nowhere. The suspense of not know who else was on the team would've made the battle so much better. They could've said Ash wanted to give his Journeys team a rest after the Cynthia battle or something. And just thinking about it now the Alola champ not having any Alola Pokemon on his team was pretty lame.