>>31967825Since you recommend it, I went back to watch both fights. And it was exactly as a recalled.
First of all, during the battle with Greninja, they both got in an equal amount of hits. Greninja hit Zard with 2 Cuts and 2 Ariel Aces. In return, Zard hit Greninja with 2 Dragon Claws, 1 Thunder Punch, 1 Flamethrower. And 3 out of 4 of those hits were from Mega Charizard, with Tough Claw boost. Including the Thunder Punch. They both, technically, received equal amount of damage, unless you will claim Greninja was so strong that Zard's attacks did nothing to and its attacks did much more damage on Zard, which would be just headcanon.
And as for the Zygarde fight, it was also equal, for most part. Zygarde got in 2 hits, and Zard got in 3. All of them damaged the other, and when the fight ends, Zygarde was about to get in another hit. In this scenario, Zyarde being stronger is more believable, but Zard still got in one extra hit, and at the end of the battle, both Pokemon were still relatively fine. He was going toe to toe with Zygarde. Even if he didn't technically win, that's a huge feat.
>Again, more headcanon. What part? It is a fact Paul didn't use his strongest Pokemon, the ones with most achievements, in favor of Pokemon that did almost nothing in their battle against Ash.
>Do you really think Paul wouldn't pick his most optimal lineup against Ash?Isn't that exactly what he did? Other than the Drapion and Electivire, none of his other Pokemon had been shown to even win a single battle. He picked those, while not using his Pokemon with much better feats.
>I'd ask you what the fuck point the writers were trying to makeDepends on what you got out of the show, really. Personally, it felt to me like the entire point of Alain was to show that others were fighting for just as important reasons, and were training just as hard. Alain was shown to be both stronger, and had better reason for winning than "because he hadn't won yet and he's the MC".
