>>36692569And? There's already a more relevant character with an Incineroar, but a blind horse can see they're setting up a 'Roar vs 'Roar rumble at the Royal Dome (Kukui being the MR and living with Ash and his pokémon, plus having form for calling out a challenge to trigger an evolution assures this). But let's jump back to that Double Royal battle, Kiawe was a battler, no wonder he ran in to neutralise the outside interference. Lana wasn't, yet she (and Lillie too, oddly) both seemed to drink the kool-aid and get not just inspired to battle, but full-on, flaming eyes of passion when talking about battling in the future. Stands to reason, if she and Popp do go all-out, there will be an evo or two in the future. And that's exactly where Hau and his Dartrix come in then - anime heads see Rowlet's effect on merch and love it, yet they need to show off the starters more in-depth. Hau affords them this, allowing them to evolve Dartrix to Decidueye and show off its Z Move - while still making bank off the #1 most popular Alolan Pokémon.
