>>16638920Krookodile seemed like a less-extreme version of Infernape, and to a lesser extent Sceptile and/or Charizard.
As in, it was oarguably Ash's best Pokemon in the region it was captured in. I can't actually think of any battles Krookodile lost, but then again, I only watched the big tournament episodes, and ones that involved Gyms or the Pokemon League.