>>32031568Ash has had 2 official battles in Sun and Moon and that was against Hala and James.
James Ash used Rowlet for the first time so you shouldn't have expected much, but he countered Mirror Move with his own "Mirror Move".
VS Hala he didn't do any Iron Tail/Ice Field type activity because it wasn't that kind of battle.
That fight had Pikachu use it's speed to out maneuver Hariyama before bringing it to its knees by taking out the legs. As well as using Quick Attack to dodge most of All-Out Pummelling.
The VS Dekagoose fight had Pikachu using Sand Attack to mask itself from Dekagoose to launch a barrage of Quick Attacks, and Rowlet using Leafage to conceal itself to get behind the Yungoose.
You say that he's not competent, but Ash does know what he's doing.
