Ash Ketchum's Top 10 Wins Ever

[@evoxnub4195]

Even though Ash vs Kukui didnt had any stakes but man it definitely was iconic and one of the best Ash matches in history

[@drewluczynski9609]

I’d say you could put it as the battle that ensured Ash deserved his Alola League win

[@evoxnub4195]

@@drewluczynski9609 more like league winner vs champion for the title of the regional champion.

[@kranthivujji9050]

Yaa

[@Nox_Louis]

it was a weak batte

[@Commander_Frogg]

Can we appreciate how sigma this guys is for Pokémon content

[@thatboyminus]

Is sigma good?

[@Commander_Frogg]

@@thatboyminusit means very very cool and good

[@pieterhofkens7259]

It's good, but please don't pay these dudes no mind. They try to feel powerful by using terms like alpha, beta and sigma. It's something like a cult

[@Commander_Frogg]

@leytonwalker1190 bro have you seen yourself

[@FrizofYT]

@@thatboyminusit means awesome manly and alpha. alpha means like goated

[@AlphaLordAura-rf4bh]

Ash vs Cynthia... When they show the battle between these two at the end of the Sinnoh Saga; it was a build up to the top 4 of the Master Tournament!

[@UtpalaDas-nc5yb]

great listing man! great and quality content!

[@Lucario44444]

I am so ready for another fantastic minus video😊

[@thatboyminus]

I love u

[@GardevoirBoy]

@@thatboyminus You may have not watched Sailor Moon back in the 2000s, but you do a nice impersonation of Jason Barr's Tiger's Eye. In fact, you kind of do sound like Tiger's Eye voiced by Jason Barr.

[@wikiuser92]

Placing Ash vs Kukui as an honorable mention instantly brought this list down for me. A battle doesn't have to have huge stakes to be fun and memorable. And that's what Alola was all about: fun. Because if something's not fun, why bother? It was an epic, high-energy showdown between two characters with a more than well-established relationship, featuring the culmination of Torracat's story arc, top tier animation, awesome music, and Ash triumphing over the strongest Trainer in Alola and the closest thing he's ever had to a father during the series. Those factors are more than enough to make it one of my Top 3 favorite battles in the anime. Ash winning the Alola League was an awesome achievement, and I'm glad you acknowledge that on this list, but to me, the exhibition match was the culmination of the Sun & Moon series and Ash truly proving himself as the greatest Trainer in Alola.

[@thatboyminus]

What do you mean?

[@wikiuser92]

@@thatboyminus I meant what I wrote. Ash vs. Kukui was an action-full, enjoyable, and grandiose match that shows that a battle doesn't need to have big stakes to be an enjoyable classic. I recommend you watch a video called "Ash vs Kukui - How To Make The Perfect Pokemon Battle", because it explains very well why I like it.

[@drewluczynski9609]

He wasn’t saying it was a bad battle, he was just saying that in terms of important victories for Ash it slightly misses out. Personally I disagree with that as it is the battle that says “Yes, Ash is a worthy champion” by defeating top tier level pokemon.

[@wikiuser92]

@@drewluczynski9609 Very true. Thanks for agreeing.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

For me personally, while this battle may not have had high stakes attached to it's outcome, it still did do one thing very well: Kukui was probably the single strongest trainer in Alola at that time, even if he was specifically choosing to not be involved in the tournament himself. By beating Kukui, this proved that Ash didn't just earn his victory to become the first champion of Alola, but that his strength was arguably the real deal, and that he deserved the title he earned. There's also the other themes present in this battle that others have talked about already, and they're important, too, but for me, a big part of what made that victory so satisfying was that it validated Ash's title as a champion in Alola

[@Colin-rd2fg]

I was so happy to know that one of my favorite youtuber put my favorite battle in 6th place just it being in his sixth place made me so happy minute I just want you to know that I have watched most the videos you posted I hope you continue to do this kind of content and know that I will always be a supportive fan thank you

[@thatboyminus]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate you!

[@Colin-rd2fg]

Yw

[@Ark10032]

Ash vs Paul was my favourite of all time I'm Infernape fan afterall XD

[@thatboyminus]

Nice! Do u think the top 3 ranking is valid?

[@Ark10032]

@@thatboyminus I agree Ash vs Leon should be the top moments of all anime history

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

I personally would have switched the second and third ranked battles myself. Think of it this way: while Ash finally became a regional champion by beating Gladion, his victory against Paul was arguably more important, but not necessarily because he helped Paul to change afterwards, or even because it proved Ash's philosophy of training to be superior -- rather, it was more so the fact that if Ash had lost, it would very likely have demotivated him from continuing to be a trainer. For Ash, I think the reason why he felt like he had to prove himself to Paul so badly is because it meant that if Paul were to always come out on top, it would prove that Ash's method of training his Pokemon by becoming friends with them would not be enough to cut it if he truly wanted to be the best he could be. Because of this, I think that being defeated by Paul then would have either crushed Ash's spirit, or at the very least caused him to be forced to seriously reconsider the way he went about training his Pokemon and decide if sacrificing his friendship with the Pokemon he caught was worth it if it meant bringing out their full power. It's also worth mentioning that this battle helped to cement this ideology that the series has always tried to push: Pokemon have always been meant to be friends and companions to the people who catch them, not having value purely for how strong they are and how many battles they help their trainers to win the way Paul viewed them as being

[@sameersheriff7078]

Mine was ash vs that frontier brain with artucuno !! still gives me goosebumps when charizard raises while artucuno falls in the end !!!

[@Jordan-yy7mc]

This is gonna be a great video 🎉🎉❤

[@thatboyminus]

Lmk what u think

[@malikmiller2786]

Solid video and I agree with all of your placements. All of those battles are my favorite! Including ash vs Alain.

[@thatboyminus]

That’s a great battle! However, this video is ranking Ash’s WINS and as we know…

[@malikmiller2786]

@@thatboyminus true and I know. Still think ash should,ve won though but still a cool battle though.

[@BoundASL]

I cant wait i love minus's content

[@BraydenJoo]

I don’t understand everyone who hates on you. Keep up the good work 🎉

[@thatboyminus]

Thanks mate!

[@josephhenderson5800]

He truly is the very best, like no one ever was

[@jimmyhook4852]

I agree with the No. 1 spot. ;)

[@omhh1986]

Ash vs alain will ALWAYS be the best battle from the anime

[@thatboyminus]

That isn’t what this video is about tho. This is about Ash’s best victories

[@omhh1986]

@@thatboyminus i consider it a win my bro was robbed 😭

[@thatboyminus]

True. But can’t count it here

[@omhh1986]

@@thatboyminus btw bro love your shorts man lmao hilarious stuff

[@eljordinio7647]

It would be, if Ash actually won

[@devgoyal4643]

Awesome video man, I overall agree with this list. My favorite battle has to be Ash vs Gary in the Silver Conference, that battle just shows the development that Ash has gone through. Also I am huge Charizard fan so that also factors in for me.

[@thatboyminus]

Awesome thank you!

[@letmein7492]

Only 500 likes? Really underrated

[@WilliamAfton273]

Ash beating Brandon took 3 battles. Ash got cooked in round one, torkal did something ACTUALLY IMPRESSIVE in round 2, and pikachu beat a legendary in round 3. I like that win.

[@Nani4587]

That is a great list btw! I almost gotten thrown off with the list when I saw Ash vs Kukui in the honorable mentions and I was like woah, that is an interesting take. Until reading “Ash’s best wins” which makes more sense with the ranking. Which is true, it was an amazing battle but the stakes wasn’t as high. Happy to see Ash vs Surge on the top 10 which isn’t often in people’s lists 🎉

[@fishandjam5383]

12:41 Plus, we got the original theme song in the last moments of the battle. My one very minor nitpick is that those last moments weren't long enough for the extended version.

[@SaoLyn]

PokimonXyZ should have had Season 2.

[@andrewwilks58]

Great video 😊😊😊🎉🎉

[@thatboyminus]

Thank u

[@scardude7378]

The ash leon battle was full of goosebumps which gave me nostalgia of past when I used to see pokemon after school from kanto

[@thatboyminus]

Me too! Growing up with the whole series, that final battle had me feeling some crazy emotions!

[@gerd22]

"Give it a dunda bolt!" 😂😂😂

[@Asyalovesanya]

11:47 look at pikachu

[@harryalan9818]

My favorite top win for Ash Ketchum is definitely from "Sun & Moon" since this is where he finally had his first league victory (Happy Ash Ketchum Day for 15/09/2019 then on). Here is what I think the anime should have planned for the top 16 trainers of the main tournament for the Alola League below (including episode lengths and special moments for every main character). First Round - 1v1 (Top 16) Ash vs. Ilima - Winner: Ash Guzma vs. Samson - Winner: Guzma Mallow vs. Lana - Winner: Lana Hau vs. Sophocles - Winner: Hau Kahili vs. Faba - Winner: Faba Acerola vs. Mina - Winner: Acerola Kiawe vs. Ryuki - Winner: Kiawe Lillie vs. Gladion - Winner: Gladion Second Round - 2v2 (Top 8) Gladion vs. Faba - Winner: Gladion Acerola vs. Guzma - Winner: Guzma Kiawe vs. Lana - Winner: Kiawe Ash vs. Hau - Winner: Ash Semifinal Round - 3v3 (Top 4) Kiawe vs. Gladion - Winner: Gladion Ash vs. Guzma - Winner: Ash Final Round - Full Battle (Top 2) Ash vs. Gladion - Winner: Ash Episode 1: Opening Ceremony Episode 2: Preliminaries - Battle Royal Episode 3: First Round #1 (Ash vs. Ilima, Guzma vs. Samson, Mallow vs. Lana) Episode 4: First Round #2 (Hau vs. Sophocles, Kahili vs. Faba, Acerola vs. Mina) Episode 5: First Round #3 (Kiawe vs. Ryuki, Lillie vs. Gladion) Episode 6: Second Round #1 (Gladion vs. Faba, Acerola vs. Guzma) Episode 7: Second Round #2 (Kiawe vs. Lana) Episode 8: Second Round #3 (Ash vs. Hau) Episode 9: Semifinal Round #1 (Kiawe vs. Gladion) Episode 10: Semifinal Round #2 (Ash vs. Guzma/Part 1) Episode 11: Semifinal Round #3 (Ash vs. Guzma/Part 2) Episode 12: Guzzlord Invasion/Part 1 Episode 13: Guzzlord Invasion/Part 2 Episode 14: Final Round #1 (Ash vs. Gladion/Part 1) Episode 15: Final Round #2 (Ash vs. Gladion/Part 2) Episode 16: Final Round #3 (Ash vs. Gladion/Part 3) Episode 17: Exhibition Match #1 (Ash vs. Kukui/Part 1) Episode 18: Exhibition Match #2 (Ash vs. Kukui/Part 2) Episode 19: Exhibition Match #3 (Ash vs. Kukui/Part 3) Episode 20: Exhibition Match #4 (Ash vs. Kukui/Part 4) Special Moments 1. Mallow perfecting her z-move and receiving an emotional gift. 2. Sophocles forming a friendship with Hau in a electric-type duel. 3. Lillie showing her progress as a trainer and making her family proud. 4. Kiawe and Lana respecting each other about their relationship and goals. 5. Hau being praised by Hala for giving his all against Ash. 6. Kiawe forming a new strong rivalry with Gladion. 7. Guzma reconciling with Kukui and apologizing for his past actions. 8. Ash defeating Gladion in the final round and earning his first league victory. 9. Ash's Torracat defeating Kukui's Incineroar and becoming Incineroar itself. 10. Ash defeating Tapu Koko in a z-move clash during the exhibition match.

[@lvc5076]

Is this a top 10 best battles ever or top 10 iconic battles ever?

[@thatboyminus]

Read the title bro.

[@jenniferdaniels701]

Top iconic battles would have to include Tobias. Ash was the only person who defeated his Darkrai, and then defeated Latios. Still a loss, but a big moment to show Ash's progress and he showed that was a lot better than the other trainers.

[@taiharris989]

Top 10 wins not battles that’s why ash vs Alain wasn’t up here

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@jenniferdaniels701 lmao that Tobias vs Ash was heat that Sceptile wasn’t fucking around taking out Dakrai

[@henrywong4843]

I guess if we had Gladion within a full battle. This will be interesting battle considering Ash accidentally lost in quarterfinal match with Hau. With Rowlet falling asleep after fainting in the ground.

[@thatboyminus]

What?

[@Dr.Disney]

7:04 Best Part of Ash vs Brandon

[@doodweedmemes]

If we talked about how much Ash relied on his Aces then this should be the ranking 1.Greninja (Greninja was just the dude to call to for a clutch fight, Ash chose him against Wulfred's Abobasnow, Diane's Gardevoir, Green hair's Sceptile and Alan's Cahrizard Despite Kalos being a good team greninja Differentiated himself from the others as the storngest pokemon) 2.Charizard (Gary Vs Ash, the articuno battle enough said he did kinda fell off in umova but he still goated) 3.Infernape (He would def be lower if torterra wasn't being shit bro hard carried the despite having one of the best teams Ash had) 4. Sceptile (Sceptile did gave off the vibes of beinf Ash's best pokemon in Hoenn but he didn't give the vibes of as the others nontheless he was still a good ace there really isn't much to say besides hr beta Darkrai but that was also thanks to heracross and gible. But when he caught speed form deoxys was mwah) 5. Krookodile (He would be higher if he had more feats and when Charizard came along he's standing lowered even though it was only for a short while) 6. Lucario (people mighg be piss but hear me out, Lucario really wasn't an Ace sure he did great agaisnt machamp, Duralodon, and Garchamp. But as an ace he barely got that, he might be the strongest one there but Dragonite and Gengar were right behind him in terms of power he suffers from being in a really good team that he can't have meaningful highlights like the top 4 i stand what I'll say Sirfetch'd stole that Garchomp battle. but nonetheless if he was still a great ace) 7. Lyconrock- Man was this dude a beast but he sufferw the same thing as lucario being in a pretty good team that can't differentiate himself from the others like greninja did but he was still pretty good and we all know that God rowlet was the steongest pokemon in alola. 8. Heracross- no nned to explain no hate to heracross but compared to the other pokemon in this list he is just lackluster we shouldve seen more from him and gible.

[@eljordinio7647]

All these entries are bang on accurate, as thry should be And as filler as the orange league is, even i'll agree that Ash defeating drake was a huge deal

[@thatboyminus]

Facts

[@janetmuzeza8604]

Ash vs Glad I on is my favorite win

[@yn-uh6pk]

Lol Ash doing the Kobe pose on the thumbnail

[@thatboyminus]

THANK YOU! I didn’t know if anyone would get that reference 👍

[@Nox_Louis]

do you think ash can beat alain now with greninja

[@MOTIVATION2-d6t]

Where are you from

[@thatboyminus]

Planet Earth.

[@MOTIVATION2-d6t]

From which country

[@thatboyminus]

USA

[@MOTIVATION2-d6t]

@@thatboyminus Today I feel like my heart has broken because I from India and Pokemon XYZ aired in India On Hindi language but it is going to end soon 💔

[@MOTIVATION2-d6t]

@@thatboyminus I will miss Serena 😭

[@ridensroom6957]

I love that Ash beat Gary without Pikachu

[@DivyanshAgrawal-zf7go]

If he uses pikachu everybodys know that he will definitely win against gary

[@DMobi]

I agree with Ash vs Leon, especially with the visuals and animation involved with the final clash between Pikachu and Charizard. I would like to give an honorable mention to when Ash, along with Alan and Malva, battled Lysandre on top of the Lumiose Tower. I know that wasn't a tournament battle but it was the first time he had a proper battle with the leader of the evil organization team.

[@thatboyminus]

Good picks

[@kyngou]

I cut it off when he put LT Surge over Blaine

[@thatboyminus]

Why?

[@unclebrian8156]

Ash vs Leon when it got to Charizard & Pikachu it became Gohan vs Cell pokemon edition

[@thatboyminus]

Valid! They were both pushed to their absolute limits! Plus Pikachu basically came back to life like Cell 😂

[@tamitamitami900]

wait so not even a hm for ash vs alan?

[@thatboyminus]

No, because Ash didn’t WIN.

[@jenniferdaniels701]

Leave it to Ash to throw all logic out the window (by countering counter). Really? When I saw that for the first time, I thought about Rowlet v Hobbes's Oricorio (Mirror that mirror move). Nothing Ash does is wasted. He's always coming up with ideas and small experiences/ battles can help with the big ones.

[@thatboyminus]

What do u mean?

[@jenniferdaniels701]

@@thatboyminus Countering counter wasn't that big of a surprise to me. He's always coming up with crazy things. Counter shield, Continental crush to block out Black hole eclipse, any move that makes you facepalm like Kukui did when Pikachu used electricity from thunderbolt to escape Misty's Mega Gyarados's hurricane. And in XY, doesn't Ash say that nothing he does is wasted. Froakie jumping from wood piece to wood piece to save the injured skrelp (small battle/ experience, maybe less importance is a better term) became rock tomb/ draco meteor climb (gym battle, more important), then became jumping around so Sawyer's Aegislash cuts the woods in the battleground to firewood so he can stick one to block king's shield (semifinal at the tournament, highest stakes so a bigger battle).

[@michaelfarquharson2528]

Ash has plot armor

[@thatboyminus]

You think?

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@thatboyminus lmao he had it after sinnoh

[@-lemur-]

ash vs cynthia was AMAZING narratively, but honestly it fell very short in the visual department in my opinion, lucario vs garchomp specifically that last matchup felt so sluggish and un-impactful for me, it was nothing like xyz or the sun & moon finals were every attack had weight and impact with dynamic angles and camera movements that had you on the edge of your seat at all times, plus the coreography was super slow and predictable i dont wanna sound like a hater or that it was a bad battle, because it really wasnt, but that aspect took away a lot of the enjoyment for me

[@thatboyminus]

I agree. I did feel as if Chomp vs. Lucario was a tad rushed

[@Jordan-yy7mc]

Hi minus

[@sadianousheen3496]

You forgot butterfree

[@Castorpr0]

Atleast he cooked a bit

[@snakehandler87]

This is the first pokemon fan that's also a bigot

[@thatboyminus]

lol what?

[@Yeeperhideandseekerplayer]

Let go eevee has baddy bad though

[@raphaelwilkes97]

Ash vs Cynthia is Ash best battle ever argue with ya momma

[@thatboyminus]

May I ask why?

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@thatboyminus lmao Ash at that point had all the tools and pokemon to match or beat Cynthia whose still the best Pokémon trainer ever and he did that battle lived up to the hype for sure and was Ash best win in the entire series beating the best trainer in the series is the best accomplishment you can have and after the match Cynthia them shaking hands and talking and both they Pokémon smiling and happy what more can you ask for

[@arugorai3451]

Where is Tobias?

[@kevinfranco927]

Read the title. he didn't win the series vs tobias. Only beat 2 of his pokemon.

[@arugorai3451]

@@kevinfranco927 🤔👍🙂

[@questionking3553]

Ash vs the one that replaced him Liko

[@thatboyminus]

Who wins?

[@questionking3553]

@@thatboyminus Ash for now just because your the champion doesn’t mean you can’t be reached

[@brucemiller5677]

Where’s ash vs Tobias

[@thatboyminus]

Ash didn’t WIN that battle.

[@brucemiller5677]

Tbh I only watched journeys and a little bit of the original series but thx for replying to me

[@brucemiller5677]

@@thatboyminus btw I’m subbed

[@zaid9468]

Where is charizad x😂

[@benetitotimon-tv8sk]

Bro are you singing dude

[@rkturty]

Imagine being wrong 40 seconds into the video.

[@thatboyminus]

Am I?

[@rkturty]

@@thatboyminus for not claiming Ash vs. Professor Kukui #1 yes.

[@Jordan-yy7mc]

Here

[@OofyV4]

w

[@DR-nh2kh]

looks like team rocket was right about that pikachu

[@thatboyminus]

What do you mean?

[@tyronewashington7074]

The battle between Ash and Cynthia is definitely my favorite and Cynthia is one of my favorite female Pokémon character crushes and my favorite Pokémon champion.

[@thatboyminus]

Better than Ash vs. Leon?

[@tyronewashington7074]

@@thatboyminus To me it is!

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@thatboyminus it is lmao how you have Ash vs Cynthia 4th when that’s the only battle I see people really talking about outside of him world championship victory

[@BoundASL]

Yahooo

[@Oscar92839]

In my opinion leon sucks cuz if he has a “mighty charizard” how come just about everyone beats him up 😂 and the galar region must suck at pokemon or something

[@thatboyminus]

What do u mean?

[@UmbreonxUmbreon]

;)