>>44553776Everyone who paid attention to this entire series would have known that Alain was significantly stronger than Ash.
This was the same guy who casually defeated his Final 2 opponent with just 2 Pokemon, and easily defeated Korrina's Mega Lucario and countless other Mega Evolutions.
Charizard defeated dozens of Megas by itself. Ash-Greninja always required assistance to defeat Megas. Ash-Greninja at its peak couldn't defeat a Gym Leader's Mega by himself. Mega Charizard X defeated an Elite Four's Mega after defeating nine others in a boss rush at low health.
