>>47091186>Barry is a below average trainerHe defeated the gyms and made it decently far into the Lily Of The Valley Conference. Literally upper echelon of trainers.
>b-but he didn't win..Doesn't matter. Your average is based on the literal strongest people in the verse. Being top 5% percent of the verse doesn't make you below average. You're just a >"not literally the best so he bad" tard
>Ash was handicapping himselfwhat do you except him to do mid-series? Pop out the fucking Charizard? Besides, at this point in the series he wasn't trying to prove a point, it's just what he had on hand. the League match was the spite filled match.
>She's remarking on his potentialso, let me get this straight. Paul is an average Joe Shmoe, despite beating all the gyms, and getting to top 16 in the conference, and having the potential to be a champion? do you know what the word Average means? You know in universe, 99% of trainers don't even make it that far ever right?
>He couldn't take themYeah, because Cynthia is a champion, and Ash's fight against Brandon was heavily gimped in his favor. Pikachu beating Regice is a good feat, but Pikachu is in Ash's like 3 strongest Pokemon (apparently) and Brandon didn't use Regirock or Registeel, and Ash also had Charizard, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur.
>Pikachu had trouble because paul used strategyYou mean like someone with brains?
>Could have fucked him up with -insert fully trained pokemon-yeah, Ash could curb stomp regions, that's boring, that's the entire reason he switches off. By your logic, Paul could have EZ stomped Ash in their first battle or two by using Torterra, therefore Ash is trash and below average trainer.
