>>43173937Ash would have stood a better chance if he had his own Mega Charizard or Mega Sceptile. Even without gimmicks, both Ash's Charizard and Sceptile have better feats than Ash-Greninja. Ash's Charizard defeated Nolan's Articuno which is as impressive as Alain's Charizard defeating Malva's Mega Houndoom since the Frontier Brains are comparable to the Elite Four. Sceptile took out Tobias' Darkrai who was undefeated throughout the DP series, and this is notable since league fodder in DP had pokemon like Heatran. Pikachu with Z-Moves or Gigantomax would also take on Alain's Charizard. Hell, Pikachu had better performance than Greninja in the Kalos League finals as Pikachu took out Tyranitar, Metagross, and softened Charizard.
Imagine how one-sided Ash-Greninja vs Mega Charizard X would have been in PikaGod didn't make him kneel.