>>49845114>So what this mechanic does is basically forces any competent trainer to have to use dynamax-compatible pokemon, which is boring and lazy.I mean, not really. We've seen normal Pokemon take significant digs at G-Maxed ones multiple times in the current series (most recently Marnie's Grimmsnarl, but way back during the SwSh arc Leon handled that G-Max Centiskorch pretty easily), and Ash won against Korrina's Mega Lucario with no Mega of his own.
This doesn't even hold true in the games, Piers is canonically able to hold his own against Raihan (who in turn rivals Leon) without using D-Max, and it's outright implied that if Piers did use it he'd usurp Raihan and possibly be able to go toe to toe with Leon. No matter which way you look at it, this line of reasoning is bunk.
