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Best battles in the anime?

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Your favourite battles? What are they?

Could be a Gym battle, Leauge battle, double battle, contest battle, etc, any battle.

Why do you like them? Intresting pokemon, character development, cool animation, pure epicness?

Pokemon at its core is about pokemon battling and let us take a minite to think about those gems that were just pure awsome. Perfection, don't want to hear anything negative here.

I'll count down my top five:

5. Ash vs Fantina, 2nd match. In the middle of DP, it was nice to see the birth of Ash's counter sheild stratagey. Also Fantina is my favourite of the DP gym leaders and I also love Drifblim and was happy with how much of a powerhouse it was shown to be.

4. Ash vs Tobias. Though only two of Ash's pokemon got a win, all of them, except Torkoal, showed of some good battling and their contributions among their best bits. Sceptile taking out Darkrai was satisfying, he never really got a Charazard esc win back in AG and it was nice to see his bond with Ash being simaliur to Charazards. When Ash turned his hat back for the final match against Latios, we knew it would be spectaculir. There have only been a handful of awsome loses and Pikachu's loss to Latios was brilliant, espesually sice he was able to beat it at the same time.

3. Ash vs Brandon, 3rd match. Brandon used intresting Pokemon with intresting moves. I liked how Charazard lost here, their had to be a battle to show that he isn't invinsible. We got to see Bulbasaur and Squirtle on a whole new level to before and the Pikachu vs Regice was probaly Pikachu's first, awsome match.

2. Ash vs Gary, Silver Confrence. Ash came here with his Six strongest Pokemon (Mabye, Kingler instead of Bayleef) and it was great to see Heracross, Snorlax, Charazard kick but. Muk wasn't really a sloche either. I loved seeing so many of Gary's pokemon debute, his Pokemon hadn't really been focused on besides Umbereon and Arcnine. Blastoise, his starter was great, the best thing about the way it was wrote, we didn't have to wait till Gary's last pokemon to find out who would be his ultimate beast. Since Blastoise was revealed early on, we knew we'd get an epic final matchup against it. The anticipation was great.

1. Nando vs Zoey, Grand Festival. A good contest battle needs good animation. It was so good, I could belevie them when they said an attack was beautiful. Two of my favourite characters, four awsome pokemon with intresting movesets. The way Leafeon cut through the focus blast, the music and dance, Lefeon's wings of light, the snowflakes. Background music was epiclly chosen. The moment Lucky chant was ordered to counter sing reinforced awsomeness. The reactions of Dawn, Fantina, etc were great. Seeing Nando lose his cool for a second, raising his voice and sweting for the first time ever on screen. The initial hype was great, Zoey is abrilliant coordinator, however she lost to Nando once before and he is also stunning.

So, your favourite battles and why?
 
Re: Best battles in the anime?

The entire Hoenn League and any paul battle. The had variaty and interesting battle tactics not to mention I liked the format.
 
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Lets see...

Ash vs. Drake (Orange League): Ash's first full battle. Charizard got to shine, even if he lost to Dragonite (at least he softened it up for the others to finish).

Ash vs. Gary (Silver Conference): Another super full battle, with Charizard winning in the end and Ash thinking outside the box.

Ash vs. Paul (Sinnoh League): Great full battle (there's a pattern here...) with Infernape finally proving his strength to the trainer who had abandoned him for being weak.

Other good ones:

Ash vs. Faulkner: Not only did Charizard win at the end, but Ash got to show off his strategic thinking and turn Faulkner's strategy against him.

Ash vs. Clair: Same reason.

Ash vs. Noland: Charizard got to defeat a legendary!
 
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Ash Vs. Maylene was definitely one of the best Gyms of the show. Buizel Vs. Lucario was amazing.
 
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I also loved that Nando vs, Zoey battle but I also liked Zoey vs, Dawn battle, that one with Gallade and Glameow
 
Re: Best battles in the anime?

Lets see...

Ash vs. Drake (Orange League): Ash's first full battle. Charizard got to shine, even if he lost to Dragonite (at least he softened it up for the others to finish).

Ash vs. Gary (Silver Conference): Another super full battle, with Charizard winning in the end and Ash thinking outside the box.

Ash vs. Paul (Sinnoh League): Great full battle (there's a pattern here...) with Infernape finally proving his strength to the trainer who had abandoned him for being weak.

Other good ones:

Ash vs. Faulkner: Not only did Charizard win at the end, but Ash got to show off his strategic thinking and turn Faulkner's strategy against him.

Ash vs. Clair: Same reason.

Ash vs. Noland: Charizard got to defeat a legendary!

Someone loves Charizard, but that reminds me of Ash vs Mewtwo, Charizard actually had a good fight with the clone and we got see a good bond between them both, (Even if they later forgot about it)
 
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Echoing what Gliscor'd said about Ash vs Maylene. I am yet to see a gym battle that was so epic on both sides.

As for regular battles: Ash vs Paul at the Sinnoh League, Drake at the Orange League and Gary at the Silver Conference are all memorable battles that have been executed very well over the series. The Hearthome Gym battle also gets a memorable mention.

In terms of contest battles; Zoey vs Nando is hands down the best battle I've seen. The combinations and strategies used really made them seem like pros and the music chosen complemented the battle very well.

May vs Drew at the Kanto Grand Festival is a close second. This is before contests became all about making everything explode and sparkle, so we were able to not only see pretty good attack combinations, but also nice regular combat as well.

Those are the battles that have stood out over the series for me.
 
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I haven't seen many battles outside of Kanto (which were crap because the whole battle rules weren't settled yet) and Best Wishes, so my favourite so far is definitely the Fukiyose Gym Battle with Fuuro. The dogfight between Kenhallow and Swanna was the only ever ANIME event that actually got me giddy with excitement.
 
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Oh man!! im going way back in time to Kanto, Ash vs. Blaine A.k.a. Charizard vs. Magmar. First time ash was really put under pressure and won such an epic battle. Just the whole battle was amazing!!

Ash vs. Paul the whole battel showed how Ash had raised his Pokemon but the best part was Infernape against Electivire, showed Infernapes fighting spirit and power

Cant remember the guys name but it was way back in Johto, Heracross vs. Scizor nicknamed Blade: Another awesome battle
 
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Cant remember the guys name but it was way back in Johto, Heracross vs. Scizor nicknamed Blade: Another awesome battle

That was Shingo. Another great example of Ash winning just by being Ash.
 
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Favourite battle, Ash vs Paul, Sinnoh league. So good. So much strategy on both sides, both used very developed pokemon, the epic showdown between Infernape and Electivire was amazing, And it actually meant a lot that Ash finally got to win, with Infernape as well.

Fave gym battles, Ash vs Maylene and Ash vs Fantina. Both were brilliant. Be nice if the best wishes gym battles were that good.

Charizard vs Articuno was awesome, and probably Ash's most believable victory against a legendary. Sceptile beating Darkrai was ok since Sceptile's a Boss and Pika vs Regice seemed retarded. The Double knock out between Pikachu and Latios was all right though.

I really liked Ash vs Katie in the Hoenn league too. She used lots of strategy and Corphish was hilarious when he was confused.

Ash and Paul vs Dawn and Conway in the tag battle final. That was also quite good. Another double battle worth mentioning is the Battle between Ash, Brock and team rocket. Donphan and Steelix Vs Aggron and Charizard. Just seemed really fluid and well animated.

Ash v Gary was pretty good, though I would have liked to the wins more spread out across Ash's team, and not just giving the majority of them to Snorlax and Charizard.
 
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Enough about Ash, let's do the other characters:

Misty: Vs. Molly in Movie 3 was probably her best battle.

May: Beautifly Vs. Medicham, May Vs. Drew Kanto GF, May Vs. Dawn, almost any Harley battle

Dawn: Dawn Vs. Zoey GF, Dawn Vs. Ursula Part II, Dawn Vs. the Delcatty coordinator

Brock: Ash/Brock Vs. TR tag team in Battle Frontier

Iris: Emonga Vs. Sawk

Cilan: Vs. Subway twins
 
Re: Best battles in the anime?

Ash "retiring" Gary Oak and Ash sending Paul home would be a tie for first
Some of the Frontier battles are up there as well (Lucy, Charizard/Articuno, Anabel)
 
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Ummmm

Brock and Ash's Donphan and Steelix vs TR's Aggron and Charizard

Pretty much every ful battle.

Ash vs Roark round 2: That Rampardos was awesome

Ash's Heracross vs that Scizor in Johto: Two best bug pokemon.

Ash's Charizard vs Blaine's Magmar

Ash's second Vermillion battle

The Falkner battle

The Cianwood gym battle (Ash's Bayleef is a tank)

Meh, I can list more.
 
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Ash vs Gary - Silver Conference

and recently, Ash vs Homika - lol, I could watch this over and over again!
 
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There are a few, but Ash vs Palmer (Grottle vs Rhyperior) stands out.
 
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Just saw Ash vs Kenny at Sunnyshore city, decided I should mention it here. Before BW, it was nice to see Ash lose somtimes, giving the underdog a chance to shine.

Cynthia vs Flint was kickass, the music over it was great and the battle was really fluid. I loved how Ash imagined it was his Infernape and him battling Garchomp instead of Flint. Great way to end DP :D
 
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May Vs Drew Kanto GF!!!!!! really great battle.
Nando vs Zoey! great combinations and amazing animation.

Ash vs Norman, a classic battle.
Ash vs Paul, League battle and first battle.
Ash vs Fantina, official GB
 
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My favourite is the Ash vs Drake battle. That was so epic.
 
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