>>52338423>his overconfidence was the extent of his power as a trainerSudden cockiness is a limit on a single battle, not on your entire career as a trainer. If overconfidence were permanent, Ash would have never improved over his Kanto self, who was nothing but arrogant overconfidence at all times.
>cept he still lost and that's what actually counts, not what ifs.And what's important is how he lost. We already know the outcome of Ash vs Anybody, Ash will win. The writers demand it.
>Sorry, but you can't just take arbitarily away aspects of a trainer that's calling the shotsNone of this section changes the fact Leon decided to not face Ash with his full power. He put on the kiddy gloves. You can blame him for it all you want, at the end of the day he didn't try his hardest deliberately.
And you're misremembering what happened in Alola pretty badly, but considering your levels of denial, it makes sense.
