>>51191357>>51191512I said before, Ash vs Drake is still the best 6v6 match of the series.
Drake starts with Ditto because the mirror match and high level of his Ditto often throws off his opponents early and make them unable to regain their footing. Ash answers this with his strongest pokemon, Pikachu, who barely scrapes out a win through grit and being more experienced using Agility and Thunderbolt. Pikachu is still able to battle, but he has to be put in the back for the rest of the match until the end when he's needed most.
Squirtle vs Onix is a tough fight because of how massively powerful Drake's Onix was, but thanks to type advantage and a good combo of moves, Squirtle pulls out the next KO.
Then when Gengar comes in, Tauros is doing okay at the start but then quickly has to be switched out thanks to Confuse Ray and self damage.
Lapras vs Gengar then ends in a double knock out thanks to both hitting as hard as they can with Ice Beam and Night Shade.
Then Tauros comes back in to have a drawn out slugfest with Venusaur, that Tauros wins thanks to launching Venusaur into the air and dodging a Solar Beam.
Bulbasaur does his best against Electabuzz, but Electabuzz is too strong, leaving Charizard as Ash's only fresh pokemon left. Charizard takes huge damage from a Thunderpunch, but still lands the Seismic Toss.
This leaves Ash with a 4 to 1 lead, but Drake's ace is completely fresh. It's well written.
D-nite is too much for any one of Ash's pokemon, but all together they wear him down and finish with an effective point-blank Thunder
>>51193249This, and the Drake and Brandon battles are even higher tiered then the Gary and Paul battles, cause they don't rely on "Ash's big evolved fire type is just too strong", for the answer for any of the KOs.
They actually subvert that by having Charizard fight well but still get outplayed. He doesn't get the win himself, but he pulls his weight enough that the other pokemon can secure victory.
