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Okay, let's try to check Serena and Dawn's battle feats. Not gonna be biased about it:
>Dawn
>never beat Zoey
>beat a May who willingly chose to nerf herself
>lost to Iris despite having full type advantage
>lost to her own mother
>did beat Ursula
>did beat Kenny
>can beat Team Rocket guys
>effectively decent in doubles with Ash, but we don't know how good they are in tandem, because Ash was paired with Paul in the one doubles tourney in Sinnoh
>her alternate self was good enough to place second in the Pokémon league
>dealt with pandemonium involving Darkrai, Sinnoh's legendary trio, and Arceus
>never beat Aria, not even in combat
>lost to Shauna in combat
>needed the assistance of Ash's Pokémon to deal with Clemont's Magneton
>defeated her mother, at a race, but she still proved herself
>can deal with Team Rocket and Team Flare minions
>kept up against Ash in the sole match they had
>can make good use of Ash's pokémon
>also decent in doubles and teamwork fights
>good enough coordinator to rival with Lisia
>her Braixen evolved somewhere after XY, so she at least kept on improving
>dealt with pandemonium involving Diancie, the Kalos duo, Hoopa, and Volcanion
Neither girl is particularly remarkable as far as combat goes, but one could say Dawn at least has had far more standard matches than Serena.