Ash Ketchum's FINAL Ultimate Team.

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[@Zactoshi]

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[@Laidorma]

I got a request. Make team rockets best team that has a chance on defeating ash and Pikachu

[@roisinsmyth6705]

Charzard is super efective against articono but infernabe is not against moltreres

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

You do know it's a scam, right, see ordinary gamers video, just reply on your subbies and not corps.

[@Eliasthecoolguy]

No

[@lewismcarthur8754]

Hi zac

[@rumbler6514]

I'm just happy that Krookodile was mentioned as being part of one of the teams.

[@Zactoshi]

HE DESERVES IT 👏🏽

[@XROSSGAMES]

i mean he sure got that spot for its own merit.

[@eljordinio7647]

He has one of the best movesets

[@eljordinio7647]

​​@@Zactoshi so does Lycanroc imo. I mean I know he's one tier below champion tier but he is the reason Ash became the Alola Champion in the first place. Plus he basically has a 4x edge over Leon's ace

[@kamentrainerhorn2073]

Krookodile is cool.

[@DXUnlimitedGamer]

Sceptile and Krookodile getting their recognition makes me happy

[@migspogi2097]

Especially Krookodile since the dude worked hard in BW

[@robert8311]

​if I brought it for Cameron he might have actually won

[@matthewfish4350]

If I'm being honest if greninja was in there it would be called SATOSHI GEKKOUGA UNOVA EDITION

[@DragonDislikesApes]

sceptile kept up with speed form deoxys, and got the edge vs darkrai

[@KILLER_944]

​@@robert8311 80o

[@xxeex_xaxex6317]

sceptiles win rate is pretty bad, but you have to remember most of its losses came as a treecko and grovyle, where it had some bad losses. As a sceptile, I'm pretty sure it only lost to a regirock (under evil ash) and a latios, both mind you are legendary. Gotta give the dude some respect.

[@shreyassrinivasa]

This is what I'm saying. He has only lost twice as a Sceptile and both times against legendaries. Lost to Latios after he defeated Darkrai and when he was fighting Regirock, it wasn't even Ash commanding him. So technically you could say that he has one loss.

[@rhettsalsbury9394]

Also, I think him mega evolving would help with his fire weakness a bit since he becomes a dragon type when he mega evolves

[@xxeex_xaxex6317]

@@rhettsalsbury9394 I agree, the grass type has a lot of weaknesses, so that would help things a little

[@rhettsalsbury9394]

@@xxeex_xaxex6317not only that, the lightning rod ability helps with Charizard and Greninjas electric weakness, and actually makes sceptile stronger in terms of special attack

[@neneolivares6743]

Didn’t he lose to a blaziken also

[@BlankFox9]

When you mentioned a team being centered around Infernape. I now want to see what each of Ash's teams would look like if he centered them around a regional ace (with or without Pikachu).

[@new-user-z142]

i dont think having inferape would be ideal cuz we cant see ash getting, mega evo, gigantamax etc... with his ace same goes for greninja, krookodile, lycanroc etc i would go for: 1. lucario (we could see ashs lucario learning smth from the lucario and mew movie lucario) 2. sceptile (it defeated a fcking darkrai, cant wait to see mega evo sceptile destroying mega charizard with type disadvantage) 3. charizard (lets get real charizard would be weak cuz it wont get charific valley training if he takes pikachus place, could see him beating leons charizard after 20 years in ashs party like pikachu tho)

[@Varxius]

@@new-user-z142 inferape. wow.

[@AnythingLounge]

⁠@@new-user-z142nah infernape was nerfed

[@morsalinmohammed6818]

​@new-user-z142 Bruh moltres is arguably the strongest in the trio and let's not forget noivern beaten zaptos but somehow he got a nerf so to me i would like to have infernape ​

[@rollercoaster478]

thats a great idea

[@castform7618]

If Ash had a least favourite type, it would probably Ground considering how hard it is for most of his best Pokemon to play around. In all seriousness though, this was definitely a very interesting team. Didn't really see Gengar coming for the restricted team but after you explained it, I can totally get it.

[@KingOfSciliy]

Plus Torterra (which gained the ground type after evolving) got hard done by

[@eljordinio7647]

​@@KingOfSciliy yeah we don't talk about torterra

[@KingOfSciliy]

@@eljordinio7647 Then i better not mention Palpitoad either

[@eljordinio7647]

@@KingOfSciliy decent battler but was barely even there

[@acursedimage8350]

His kalos team had an amazing matchup against ground lol noivern,talonflame,greninja,halucha

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

Can we all agree that each and every Pokemon Ash owned are unique and strong in their own way?

[@pn2294]

No, or else we wouldn’t still be arguing 😂

[@rileysvoid1752]

No

[@Zactoshi]

YES 👏🏽 ...except Unfezant.

[@Ditto.007]

Can agree, some of his Pokémon are not powerful from just strength but resilience like corpish, courage like swellow or pure badassery like krookodile 😂

[@pn2294]

@@Zactoshi you deserve any ire you get

[@wanderlustwarrior]

The thing about Charizard vs Infernape: Ash almost always has a large Flying type on his team. Despite it not being his primary typing, Charizard is the largest and strongest Flying type Ash has. Even without the Fire typing it'd be almost guaranteed a spot. Then you throw in that even without a Mega, G-Max, or an ability like Blaze it's arguably still Ash's strongest Fire type; and it doesn't add weaknesses to the team that the rest of the team can't handle, it is the better option on almost all counts. The only thing it has to fear is Stealth Rock.

[@eljordinio7647]

Which Kamon could just slice away with brutal swing if he were on the team

[@boruto_uzumaki_69420]

Mann it obviously has blaze ability 😅.

[@Mannyindahouse]

@@boruto_uzumaki_69420 Like every fire starter it has Blaze

[@jas1017]

I think Lycanroc is a really good candidate for ash's ultimate team, he also won Ash the league but he didn't got any screen time after that to show more of his powers, he battles with such a great spirit which is rare. In my opinion, he should be on Ash's ultimate team. Others opinion may be different

[@Striker_2]

I have to agree! His Lycanroc is what made him a champion and should easily be considered!

[@eljordinio7647]

Yeah definitely

[@rangerdangergaming2530]

Yes!

[@winterlight652]

i agree! but i like lycanroc bcuz like ash-greninja and pikachu its unique to ash

[@Zactoshi]

I accept what's coming to me...

[@susmit7080]

😭😭🙏

[@2010jbarton]

I will respect any decision you make Greninja Lycanroc Pikachu Lucario Infernape Sceptile

[@Some_random_internet_guy]

I can’t believe you called god rowlet a bubble blowing baby

[@ahmadomran3345]

I like your choice

[@pandu2749]

You could have waited till ash caught Latias

[@TheGamerninja15]

I FUCKING LOVE BOTH TEAMS! ESPECIALLY WHEN GRENINJA IS IN THEM! YOU DID MY BOY JUSTICE ZAC!

[@eljordinio7647]

Greninja being in an ultimate team is a no brainer, with or without... *Satoshi Gekkouga.*

[@TheGamerninja15]

@@eljordinio7647 🥲

[@matthewfish4350]

True dat this is all thanks to SATOSHI GEKKOUGA

[@lucasmartinez5703]

I agree. Every ultimate Ash lineup needs Gekkouga in there somewhere.

[@shadystuff673]

6:34 best line he’s ever said catch this Ariel ace

[@dytrus8203]

Honestly I think Snorlax could have worked well being the only Pokemon of Ash's to never get knocked without knocking out a prior Pokemon. So every time Snorlax goes down he's at least taken down 1 or 2 Pokemon prior.

[@dankeclose4031]

And how many times he has fought battle?

[@dytrus8203]

@@dankeclose4031 Major battles I believe Claire, Harrison, Gary, Greta, won the pokemon Sumo and for minor never struggled for team rocket and a Sinnoh league win. Also having a 73% win rate tying with Greninja. Probably missing some stuff in the Orange Islands too.

[@dankeclose4031]

@@dytrus8203 that's impressive ig but tbh i haven't liked hoenn league much and only vaguely remembers.

[@dytrus8203]

@@dankeclose4031 I wouldn't say he's Charizard, Greninja, or Pikachu level but around Krookidile and all of the journeys team except Lucario

[@vfinity9035]

@@dytrus8203nah snorlax is their level if not higher

[@dragondudeification]

Interesting choices. Though looking at its feats, I can see Dracovish being in Ash's ultimate team too. As well as Snorlax and maybe Lycanroc.

[@eljordinio7647]

Thank you someone else mentions Lycanroc

[@AnythingLounge]

@@eljordinio7647Bro you say this like you can put more than six Pokémon in the team you can’t put every Pokémon you like in the team bro

[@eljordinio7647]

@@AnythingLounge u should always consider better options and not putting the league winner on Ash's ultimate team is a missed opportunity

[@Futile-Fandom]

@@eljordinio7647lycanroc was ash’s weakest Pokémon in the the alola tournament, rowlet handled a decidueye with obvious disadvantages so no one can say rowlert is weak

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Futile-Fandom weakest? He won ash the league, beat a grand trial completely on his own, and even went toe to toe with a god

[@_.Shanks.._]

Sad to see that infernape isn't in the team... But still love him ✊💥

[@Zactoshi]

Same 😔

[@michaelamatthews1931]

Me too

[@jjohnson2445]

@@Zactoshi shouldn't gengar be immune to ground types due to levitate

[@eljordinio7647]

I mean infernape is strong, no one questions that. But Zac has a point. Until infernape actually beats a legendary and gets more coverage, Charizard is basically the de facto choice for fire power

[@eljordinio7647]

@@jjohnson2445 uh Gengar doesn't really have levitate. If he did, Korrina's Lucario wouldn't have clapped him with Bone Rush

[@pokelover1743]

looking at these ash teams is a reminder of how far he's come. all of them, even the ones that didn't make it have impacted his journey as a trainer and made him who he is today. Really happy about these picks, they represent him well

[@jayd.doubledubs]

9:40 THAT sounds like an awsome idea. I would love to see an Infernape-centric team as a part 2 to this video!

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

Yes, justice for our boy!

[@eljordinio7647]

Put infernape, greninja, Lycanroc, Sceptile, Dragonite and Gengar and you're good to go

[@TheBloperM]

Maybe make it a multi-part series what would be Ash's strongest team if it had to be assembled based on his Legendry Tiered Pokemon

[@Colesia_EMA]

Infernape all the way. Easily the best Gen 4 Fire Pokemon because he was pretty much one of like 6 or 7 new fire Pokemon introduced. Gen 4 really did not show the Fire types much love at all. Literally just Chimchar and its evolutions and Magmortar. Flippin' sad. But Infernape is amazing and so much fun to battle with

[@jayd.doubledubs]

@@Colesia_EMA Tbf, Fire types generally don't get that much love. I guess it's kinda cool that fire types are much more rare than water and grass types, but still, we do wish we had more of them

[@Eric-gp3hi]

I think these Ash Ultamite Teams are great they are all comprised of Pokemon that are iconic to Ash and are among the strongest of his Pokemon. My ultamite Ash team would be Pikachu, Charizard, Sceptile, Greninja, Lycanroc and Lucario!

[@eljordinio7647]

That's basically the ultimate team I gave ash, just subbing Sceptile for Krookodile cos of more type coverage

[@coreysmithson]

@@eljordinio7647 krookodile is amazing personally I’d say ash’s ultimate team is Pikachu, Sceptile, Infernape, Krookodile, Lycanroc and Lucario. Every series except Kalos is being represented cause greninja is released. Pikachu represents Kanto and johto the rest doesn’t need explaining

[@coreysmithson]

And either way Lucario Carries greninjas legacy

[@eljordinio7647]

@@coreysmithson true, tho Naganadel was also released and it never stopped it from just randomly showing up out of the blue, for all we know, greninja could do the same if it senses Ash and what's going on

[@French_Empire_le_pain]

Yes

[@ChampionBlaze]

Let’s go Krookodile!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 glad to see Shades here!! Love the teams!!

[@eljordinio7647]

Plus he has a really diverse moveset so he can really put in some work with coverage Dig obviously deals with steel, fire, rock and electric types. Stone edge counters fire, flying, ice and bug types Dragon claw obviously is there for dragon types And Aerial ace counters fighting, bug and grass types

[@dwaffles_yt2234]

Kroododile is the only reason I clicked because of how underrated he is I'm glad I found someone who actually loves it Aswell and I fully agree that it should be on the team

[@ChampionMasterFlame]

7:07 you really got me there 😭

[@ratnaandrajveerGaming007]

When he said Sceptile is known for his "Crappy Win Rate" I genuinely laughed so much.

[@asdfg3046]

It’s roughly 55% which is respectable lmfao

[@mayank00005]

Sceptile was the best grass type Pokemon of Ash. And it's too underrated (nor he's that cool/no gimmicks either) and other grass type Pokemon's of Ash isn't that great either (the fact that writes don't want them to evolve 😫) I think choosing sprigatito as the partner of the next protoganist was the right choise tbh. Grass type Pokemon's are ignored so much 😭

[@ratnaandrajveerGaming007]

@@mayank00005 True thinking about.

[@Cklert]

​@@asdfg3046 Wasn't that only because it lost a lot as a Treecko?

[@asdfg3046]

@@Cklert not really. It lost quite a bit as grovyle too.

[@Monkeylad392]

If i had to choose a team for the battle myself, I'd honestly go with a team consisting of Pikachu, Sceptile, Infernape, Krookodile, Lycanroc, and Lucario in order to represent each series (except XYZ because no Greninja) and the team would still have it's have all 3 gimmicks but swap the Z move to Lycanroc for Pikachu having a G-Max clash against leon's Charizard. The match ups would probably be a speed battle of Inteleon vs. Sceptile, Lycanroc breaking apart the ice field against Mr.Ryme, Krookodile vs. Dragapult, an all-out monkey battle of Infernape vs. Rillaboom, Mega Lucario vs. Cinderace ending in a double KO, and finally Pikachu vs. Charizard that has the same events, but Pikachu gets knocked out of G-Max early instead of 10M volt thunderbolt, so we get the well animated battle that is used for the official version. It's not the greatest team, but it'd be a good final battle team to represent the entire series' aces well

[@coreysmithson]

Perfect team Ghee, but seems this team is fanfiction greninja can swap in for krookodile if greninja didn’t get released

[@pieterhofkens7259]

Sceptile got the respect he deserves let's goo

[@slink0563]

You know it would be cool to have you build a ultimate team around each of Ash's ace pokemon from each region

[@omegadrive9999]

Ash's Champion Team if he were to Cameo in the Scarlet and Violet Anime: Pikachu (Main Ace) Greninja (Kalos Ace) Charizard (Kanto Ace) Lucario (Worlds Ace) Annihilape (Paldea Ace) Krookodile (Unova Ace)

[@mexicandruglord]

8:48 Zac you gotta accept that Ash-Greninja is gone, I'm sorry man. 😞

[@Zactoshi]

Noooooooooooo 😭💔

[@CringeAnimePFP160]

But wasn't it in the new opening? I thought it was.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Zactoshi I certainly won't accept it

[@alperenayman620]

Agreed on both of the lists 100% . In my opinion Snorlax and C'mon! could be also considered if you consider Ash 'creative battle tactics''... Plus Both of them also always found a way to surpass their counter-typing.

[@Colesia_EMA]

Snorlax is very hard to feed lmao but he came through a bunch for Ash. The Sumo competition and his battle with Clair to name two examples. Also don't forget they couldn't catch that Snorlax when they first met it in the Orange Islands. It swam so fast between islands it was able to eat half the fruit in the trees of the next island over before they even noticed. Ash's Snorlax is one of a kind and I love that Pokemon. So many comical moments

[@underplanet4911]

Must say it. Very good choice of Pokemon on the list Zac! Nice job on it 🔥

[@joshcena8397]

I am so glad that you put Krokodile into the first team since Krokodile is my favorite Pokémon, because they can be such a cute, cool, and fearsome Pokémon all throughout their stages!

[@zakrilhakimishahrilassuan2696]

This is a nice video to say goodbye to Ash, what a legend✨

[@eljordinio7647]

A world legend

[@subhamnath5830]

ash will be in scarlet and violet it is confirmed. not as themc but yeah he will be there.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@subhamnath5830 even if he is, he isn't the main focus

[@subhamnath5830]

@@eljordinio7647 well yeah he won't be the protagonist but at least he will be there.

[@Bventure93]

Heeeeee’s baaaaaaaaack :)

[@JoltingZ]

100% accurate and correct. Job well done

[@JoltingZ]

Like it's not even a slight against Infernape. (If there was one last battle in the anime bring back Gary) Allow Infernape to beat Gary's Regidrago. Trust me Infernape is hype as hell but that legendary issue is what is the defining factor between Charizard and Infernape.

[@JoltingZ]

The thing I'd also add. In a battle who would you rather want. Ash's Sceptile or Ash's Torterra? (Thank God Torterra learned Frenzy Plant). Those two are defined by Win Rate. Sceptile despite its Win Rate bested an Undefeated Darkrai. Beating Mythicals is unheard of. (Melmetal notwithstanding). An argument can be made that Sceptile's over Darkrai is better than Pikachu's Win over Brandon's Regice. (Dream Eater vs Rest). Put respect on Sceptile's name. It stood toe to toe with Speed Forme Deoxys (Fastest Pokémon in existence at the time) and Darkrai. It wins out.

[@QBFOJustin]

I dunno if anyone mentioned this but the charizard problem is that he isnt NECESSARILY resistance to ground. When facing Gary, Golem's magnitude damaged Charizard. Also whereas Infernape struggled with a Moltres, I mean the thing is half Flying and is legendary. Charizard had the type advantage on all accounts so thats not a fair comparison.

[@lucasmartinez5703]

That thumbnail is perfect. All badasses from left to right.

[@supremegalaxycentral]

Good team choices my guy, keep up the good work!

[@iamshahzebnasir]

I feel like Ash's team in Alola was stronger than Galar's if considering Naganadel, Melmetal and even after not counting Solgaleo

[@eljordinio7647]

It's not really worth calling it a Galar team when not even half of it is from galar

[@shreyassrinivasa]

@@eljordinio7647 Yup. Plus Galar team didn't have good development too.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@shreyassrinivasa journeys team would be more appropriate But yeah

[@tk300693]

Very well made and quality video. I enjoy your explanation and reasons for each selection. It was very informative and also backed with facts like move & type advantages and NOT by favoritism

[@puzzleff8889]

Ashs BCD and E tiers have lot of potential if he evolves them they can easily get to A or higher

[@MUSTANG_P51]

Great video! I actually want to see more videos like this about what Pokémon Ash should have used in his battles against Cynthia and Steven.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

If the anime will ever show Ash defending his title in a final Masters 8 match, I really hope he'll use these teams. Or something very similar at the very least.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

And I hope to see him obtain Terrastle as well to complete his battle mechanics.

[@stuntbeast3686]

7:35 bro has to confess to bea

[@pedrolopez-7000]

Awesome video! And the editing was good too! Keep up the great work!

[@eeveejr3258]

Zac you should do a video about building a team around every single ash ketchum pokemon for example building a team around snivy

[@xenobladesrg7729]

i agree

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

That's covering too many pokemon and just reusing the same ideas :/

[@eeveejr3258]

@@ElectroBlastLuigi you're right ✅

[@Haseo55]

Really solid choises. I'm more neutral with the starters since for me a pokemon I would like as a starter is Kubfu/Urshifu. Thus Charizard over Infernape makes scences. For me it would be Pikachu, Septile, Greninja, Charizard, Lucario and Crocodile.

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

7:18 I just remembered all of Ash’s Gimmick Pokémon are the ones weak to ground

[@LucentMoonlight]

My boy Krookodile getting love over here. Thank you. Such an underrated Ask Pokémon in my opinion.

[@teowjinmingmoe7893]

I wished Ash has a Cinderace, Rillaboom and Dragapult. They are even powerful. But I have one ultimate team for Ash: Pikachu, Incineroar, Gengar, Greninja, Lucario, Dragonite 2: Pikachu, Lucario, Melmetal, Incineroar, Dragonite and Greninja

[@omegadrive9999]

My Idea for Ash's Champion Team if he were to return / cameo in the New Anime: Pikachu Greninja Charizard Lucario Annihilape Krookodile

[@muhammadamrimohdrashidi8107]

Since the 26th anniversary of the Pokemon anime is just around the corner, may I suggest doing a top 26 Pokemon anime recurring human characters ? 3 reasons: 1. Ash's journey is near its end and he has met countless trainers and companions that have reappeared in Pokemon Journeys. Plus, given that Gen 9 will feature an all new team of characters that does not have any familiar faces, consider this a send-off to Ash's friends throughout the Pokemon World. 2. This list would include main characters including travelling companions, rivals, gym leaders, champions, Pokemon Professors, island kahunas, etc (basically every human that Ash has met more than once on his journey). 3. This can be similar to what you all did within the Pokemon KZbin community for the top 25 Pokemon anime battles. After all, everyone has their own preferences.

[@zimonzieclown1633]

Just because Greninja isn't currently with Oak (or Cerise or Kukui or whatever) that doesn't mean he was released. Yes he's out there doing his thing, but Ash still has Greninja's Pokéball and can recall him any time (and the same goes for Goodra btw).

[@mrshelbysprsnake]

I agree with everything and also added the most important part of assembling this team; It has to be built around Pikachu like it always has. 1 exception when Ash battled Gary in Johto!!

[@JDWalker495]

Ash pulling up with an unrestricted team is basically next gen Tobias

[@legionx4046]

Except ash didnt come out of nowhere 😂

[@daltonhawbaker1166]

krookodile is definitely underrated and if it has the moxie ability can really snowball the damage as well, out of his fire types i agree charizard would be the best way for him to go, i think incineroar honestly wouldn't be a bad option however that ground type weakness that already exsists with pikachu, lucario, gengar is defineitely a problem. I do think you could make a case for dracovish, its typing can be a bit tricky to deal with. i love incineroar considering its back story, so im partially bias. ive used krookodile and incineroar for myself both have served me well.

[@tryorse8340]

Technically you could have used Greninja in the realistic team. Ash released goodra and goodra came back in the league. Ash ran into Greninja before the masters 8, so technically Greninja could have promised off screen to come and help for the league

[@BisonGaming3334]

What I like about this video is that it's not just slapping Ash's strongest Pokemon into one team. That wouldn't be a video Zac goes full analysis mode and takes account of weaknesses and what the Pokemon has done

[@lolam9878]

You know if sirfetch had more screentime he could be as much as an ace itself ,man that pokemon is champ mon killer with will of infinity

[@gooey448]

Honestly Zac your videos are super high quality and very inspiring to me. It makes me want to edit for 3000 hours on a single video. Great teams btw couldn't have made them better myself

[@Zactoshi]

Thanks, bro! I really appreciate the kind words :)

[@MarcusMapua]

And if these 2 Ultimate Teams were to clash, Krookodile & Gengar can both take down Nebby. If it were to come against Greninja, Krookodile would stand no chance. However it might be hard for Greninja against Gengar as Greninja doesn't know anything to counterstrike Gengar''s typing; while Gengar could with Dazzling Gleam

[@Giblelovesgaming]

Lets go krookodile finnaly getting the love it deserves

[@SaninAhmed-zq9ze]

Who agrees thta solgaleo is gonna carry the team

[@Blazing-Knight]

Well I like to call Ash's Unfezant as "Uun-pha-sant" kinda like the chess move "en-passant", where the newly moved pawn gets captured in an unusual way without doing anything.

[@carno4568]

Sceptile really be taking all of heracross’ hard work.

[@haxrex8]

Building around Infernape, I'd actually choose Noivern. Dragon/Flying is pretty solid typing and covers his weaknesses pretty well.

[@emmanueldogbevi738]

That was amazing Ash Ketchum Pokémon team I like it

[@prodigy8716]

Love the tier list, but Gliscor is kinda a beast imo. The dude trained with the Air Battle Master and put in work against Paul by taking out Drapion

[@ultimatepikachu3106]

That guy has the least win percentage he doesn't did anything besides defeating drapion and bastiodon

[@eljordinio7647]

Yeah, and he lost almost every other fight he was in. He couldn't even defeat Scizor in a rematch

[@KirikomiMoon]

You really used your rational mind to make a smart party lineup! So proud of youz! Beats the heck out of "Ash believes in his Pokemon, so they can beat anybody because of determination or whatever!"

[@lynxdadoge]

Me personally would’ve included noivern in both of those, maybe even talonflame they were both just such powerful Pokémon and some of my favorites of ash

[@iamshahzebnasir]

Actually pokemon anime being extensively long and adding so much filler may sound bad but it's due to that fact that we get to explore more about every single ash Ketchum pokemon so much(except for those 29 tourus actually)

[@jaxxonjanjua227]

Have you considered doing a video of new teams for Ash’s rivals? I really enjoyed the series and I thought that would be the next logical step since you did his travel companions. Here’s an idea I came up with for Alain’s new team: Tyrantrum Pyroar Unfezant Malamar Chesnaught Mega Charizard X The big thing here was more Kalos representation since Alain doesn’t even use one Kalos mon in the battle against Ash (unless Mega Charizard counts). I’ll break down my thinking: - Tyrantrum replaces Tyranitar as a physically dominating Rock type that happens to be from Kalos. Even now we’ve never seen one properly battle in the anime (closest we got was Diantha’s in a slideshow beating Leon’s Dragapult) so we solve that as well. - Pyroar replaces Weavile as the speedster of the team. It also helps to drive home the Team Flare connection a bit more since Lysandre also has one but to set them apart they’re trained differently - Alain’s focuses on speed while Lysandre’s is all about (literal) firepower. (I’d say the male one fits Alain better - it matches Lysandre’s instead of Malva’s and to me the male Pyroar looks battle ready whilst the female is more graceful.) - Unfezant is one of the only two team members who gets to stay - it’s more manouverability focused fighting style sets it apart from the rest of this team and there aren’t really any Kalos flying types left for him since Ash basically got all the ones I think fit him. Plus I don’t remember anyone in BW using a male Unfezant so it gets some more recognition.) - Malamar is the substitute for Bisharp and has a tricky battle style aimed around disrupting opponents. It along with Chesnaught gives him the two new Pokémon he used against Leon so when he uses them they don’t come from out of nowhere. Speaking of… - Chesnaught is definitely Alain’s starter of choice. A) It gives him a team member with a tough defensive battle style, B) It has the type advantage over Ash’s Greninja and C) I imagine it would act like a protective father figure to Marin’s Chespin. Like Alain I think it would start quite headstrong and tenatious, but gradually grow wiser and even rein Alain himself in at times. -Finally, Charizard is his mega evolution and strongest Pokémon - he obviously stays. So there it is - more Kalos reps while also giving Alain a clearly different battle style with every team member. How did I do?

[@jayrfranceliso8921]

Ash Krookodile has the swag of Killer B!! That Lariat he pulled off against Sawk 🤣

[@smarans886]

It's not fair. Infernape had to fight a moltres, which resists fire type moves due to it also being a fire type. Also, infernape is a fighting type, and moltres is a flying type. For charizard, it resists flying and is strong against ice.

[@MohdShadab-qk9ho]

and the articuno of noland is no comparison to that moltres..and even gary blastoies got fainted who is charizard's rival so we cant expect charizard to do anything , cant even think of him to win ...infernape>>>charizard

[@shreyassrinivasa]

@@MohdShadab-qk9ho No he is not bro. Infernape is probably my favorite Ash Pokemon but Charizard is just stronger.

[@MohdShadab-qk9ho]

@@shreyassrinivasa maybe for u ...but factually we cant prove it

[@shreyassrinivasa]

@@MohdShadab-qk9ho It can be proved easily because Flying has type advantage over fighting. Charizard just needs to fly in the air to beat Infernape. Infernape has no move that is even super effective against Charizard. There's your factual proof.

[@MohdShadab-qk9ho]

@@shreyassrinivasa so acc to your logic, talonflame would also beat infernape, right??...and squirtle would beat charizard bcz he is water >> fire

[@dratl397]

My Ash team would be: Pikachu, Greninja, Infernape, Sceptile, Krookodile, and Lucario

[@NovaNitroxx-gaming]

I really love both of the teams and since Lucario and Greninja are my fav pokemons and then you add them in one of the teams I FRICKINGG LOVE IT BOTH OF THE TEAMS

[@user-tx8mg4lp1i]

I love Pokémon because it was my childhood and zac u r so perfect in Pokémon it’s like u r a Pokédex bc u r good in very thing like knowing Pokémon knowledge so U r a awesome professor

[@tpthpt5973]

I personally prefer Infernape over Charizard. Comparing Charizard vs Articuno and Infernape vs Moltres is not completely fair because Fire-type moves (which are both Charizard’s and Infernape’s main attacks) are strong against Articuno. Also, Infernape’s Flamethrower in the Sinnoh League was way stronger than any of Charizard’s Flamethrower we have seen. Great video anyway.

[@charston1006]

How did u measure whose flamethrower was strong😂

[@codered4366]

That Articuno knew water moves.

[@tpthpt5973]

@Charston Purely based on the animation.

[@tpthpt5973]

@Code Red That is true but I think you missed my point. Both Charizard’s and Infernape’s true strength lies on the flames. Charizard was able to take full advantage of its Fire-type moves against Articuno. Infernape was not able to do the same against Moltres. Infernape had a huge type disadvantage against Moltress because Infernape’s all STAB moves are resisted by a Fire- and Flying Pokemon like Moltres.

[@charston1006]

@@tpthpt5973 it was just the fact that technically the company improved its animation and portrayal of moves. Charizard straight up overpowered a legendary pokemon's move with his flamethrower and it also deflected reshiram blue flamethrower with its flamethrower, I don't think infernape's flamethrower is in par with that power, the only way infernape's flamethrower would come close to charizard's, is if it activates its blaze. So consider a scenario were zard also has blaze, infernape's blaze flame would be so much inferior compred to it.

[@mexicandruglord]

So what I'm getting is that if Ash didn't own any other Fighting-Type Pokémon, Infernape would've actually had a shot on the Ultimate Team, dam. Also R.I.P. Incineroar. He can't even be argued as Ash's strongest Fire-Type because he has no feats as a Incineroar. The closest we can compare him to is Kukui's Incineroar.

[@TheReelRoger]

Definitely would have wanted dragonite somewhere in there. Maybe in place of lucario

[@HazeyInsanity]

Those are much better teams than what he went it on the actual battle.

[@Night_HH]

A Zac video won’t be complete without the Satoshi Gekkouga 👌👌

[@eljordinio7647]

Nobody says it better than Zac

[@matthewfish4350]

True dat

[@A.Common.Man.]

Great video man,And Great balanced teams.

[@noahdyhouse3786]

Lucario just gives me nostalgia

[@Raph___A]

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough, and it gets everywhere." - Ash's team, probably

[@Zactoshi]

😂😂😂

[@legionx4046]

Charizard or greninja : i got this hold my beer

[@centerofstar]

Sceptile: Sand is my speciality (whips out his Leaf Blade)

[@Striker_2]

Lycanroc gets slept on so much. It's the one that made him a champion and I guarantee it could go so much farther if given the chance

[@acedeluxe5194]

Krookodile is a good pic. He’s so versatile and he’s a very strong pokemon that was under utilized compared to his other aces

[@eljordinio7647]

Leavanny and Palpitoad were also underused but they hardly matter compared to Krookodile

[@Interiorcrocodilealigator10838]

Ash’s best competitive team would prob have gliscor, incineroar, dnite as back bone. And other compositions. Torkoal sun team, sneak in a ttar or garchomp cuz ash carried larvitar and gible, or melmetal and dracovish if allowed

[@whatevereyewant]

In defense of infernape, Charizard faced a legendary bird which it had a type advantage and type resistance to while only being able to hit for neutral with its flying moves. Infernape faced a bird which resisted both its types and had a type advantage against it.

[@ultimatepikachu3106]

But still flying is better for the team and Charizard has wide movepool and is a beast without having anything

[@whatevereyewant]

Not defending the team choice. Just saying the qualification he is using isn’t a 1:1 comparison.

[@romero9274]

Legendary pokemon were also made very powerful in journeys to promote raid battles. A single legendary would wipe entire teams at once.

[@King-vk3tn]

Exactly

[@Colesia_EMA]

​@@romero9274Indeed. In the Johto series, two trainers both attempted to capture Entei and Suicune They used Roar to send the Pokemon owned by those trainers back to their Pokeballs and went about their business escaping with no effort. They could have incinerated or frozen the land around them in an instant. The Legendary Birds and Ho-Oh's creations are not meant to be owned by trainers. They serve a greater purpose.

[@oxicleanlaundrystainremove1370]

The real best team were the friends we made along the way

[@kidfurygaming9228]

If we’re being hypothetical, the best option for technically both teams would be garchomp if gible ever evolved, then there’d be no need for charizard or ground weaknesses considering it’s ground and dragon so it’s move pool is significantly better, for reference whenever I play a Pokémon game that has garchomp I run mine with flamethrower, dig, dragon tail and either swords dance or earthquake

[@Starmeistr]

Perfect teams, and I totally agree with you saying that Sirfetch'd could be a better alternative than Lucario, since he can clear Stealth Rocks for Charizard and terrains too!

[@eljordinio7647]

Not with its poor win rate it couldn't

[@Levi_Heicho]

If it were up to me: Gekkoga, Pikachu, infernape, “fully evolved,” Gible, Gengar and Sceptile.

[@Ditto.007]

Oh wow nvm I was about to say he needed a fire type but u gave him best boi infernape I must say this is the best one I've seen!

[@eljordinio7647]

Honestly not fully evolving Gible was a crime

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

There are some good episodes in Pokemon: Aim To Be a Pokemon Master like with Misty and Brock return to travel with Ash and Pikachu again, but I'm still disappointed that none of Ash's old Pokemon (unevolved and middle evolved) still haven't evolved because with Ash and Pikachu leaving the Pokemon Anime Series forever we won't see them again either.

[@thirilwin4337]

I haven't watched u for a long time I'm really happy to watch u again

[@iamshahzebnasir]

But we all need to agree that Ash's Kanto Team is most iconic and sought after(maybe due to Nostalgia)

[@eljordinio7647]

Nostalgia is all that team is known for In terms of power, only Pikachu , Bulbasaur and the goat charizard bring it

[@RealBeastBoy007]

*_I refuse to believe that Satoshi-Gekkouga is retconned!_*

[@LuckY000Y]

It's legacy remains forever

[@eljordinio7647]

Me too

[@zakgaming4194]

3:11 Not the fact that Zac disrespected Sceptile.

[@dresdenlancer9012]

If we remove Ash's Bias, my Ultimate team (Unrestricted) is: Nebby (build around your strongest) Greninja covers Nebby and... Infernape. Also covers Greninja Krookodile covers Greninja too Gengar covers the fighting weakness Last slot is free, really... throw in Kamon to deal with Ground, and his weaknesses are covered by Nebby and Krook. Personally, I would always have Kamon and Dracovish together, just cause their friendship is one of my faves, but... can't have all the powerhouses.

[@wchenful]

Ash's Pikachu is like a Partner Pikachu on steroids though. If you give it a light ball it could probably solo sweep the whole enemy team.

[@dresdenlancer9012]

@@wchenful one ground type and he's having a hell of a lot of problems. Excadrill and Gastrodon are his two biggest problems since they are immune to two moves and resist at least 1 other. There's others I'm not thinking of, but lightball only helps if you have a moveset that can support it. Ground shuts down 3 moves on its own (2 completely), and quick attack is naturally weak. He's not solo sweeping anything.

[@wchenful]

​@@dresdenlancer9012 Canonically, Ash's Pikachu is so strong that it can beat ground types using thunderbolt 😂

[@dresdenlancer9012]

@@wchenful Canonically, no it isnt, unless he spends a night on a water wheel amping it up. It couldn't damage Onix without that. It couldn't damage a Libero Cinderace that became ground type in the finals against Leon. Very consistently, Pikachu cannot harm ground types without ridiculous prep time.

[@wchenful]

@@dresdenlancer9012 Spending a night on a water wheel amping up is a tiny price to pay for taking down a league championship. Charge it up and sweep ez.

[@nebbynetwork2089]

Nice to see nebby in the thumbnail gunna miss ash a lot not going to lie

[@k2basior]

My question is how strong would Ash Alola Team be if he would carry them to Journeys? Imagine Melmetal G-maxing, Rowlett becoming Hisuian Decidueye etc. He could keep Dracovish to substitude for Naganadel.

[@eljordinio7647]

Make rowlet fully evolve, have Melmetal do more and bag way more wins, and I'd say they would definitely rival the journeys team

[@k2basior]

@@eljordinio7647 Rowlett becoming Hisuian Decidueye would be an interesting part to follow. And G-max Melmetal seem like a natural Path to follow. I can see Melmetal filling Gengar shoes, Incineroar - Dragonite, Rowlett - Farfetch'd, let Ash get Dracovish unless Naganadel comes back and we can either make Lycanroc act as Lucario or not give Ash Dracovish but get Lucario.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@k2basior agreed on rowlet and Melmetal

[@sanjiisthebest7240]

I think if we go off the last moves we have seen from charizard and infernape. Infernape has a better moveset. So I think the team should be pikachu, sceptile, infernape, lucario, gengar and... i cant think of a last team member.

[@AussieDragoon]

I honestly like his unrestricted team more, nothing against Nebby (though Greninja's move pool is garbage), but Ash rolling up with him would make him no better than Tobias. It's nice to see Krookodile on the team, and if we assume Ash can acquire the Mega-Stone for his two other eligible pokemon (Charizard and Sceptile) he already has counters for their new dragon typing against Ice (Charizard and Lucario), Fairy (Gengar and Lucario), and Dragon (Sceptile, Dazzling Gleam, and Possible Charizard depending on the stone). Plus I like that Sceptile make both teams, it goes to show how little win rates mean in the grand scheme of things.

[@slushiesoldier]

Welp we’re doing this again

[@laneleach]

There's a reason you had so much trouble with building for the ground type, it's the most balanced in the game with one immunity, one untouchable, and 3 strong against, and 3 weak to, types.