Can You Beat Pokémon X Using the Exact Team That Ash Used For Every Major Battle?

After a seriously long wait, it's finally time to tackle the Kalos region using Ash's team. We've gone through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova so now it's time to try our luck in Pokémon X. I wrote a whole description out earlier but as I scheduled the video to upload, it disappeared. So, that was fun. Anyway, this is the description. If you're reading this... hey! Thanks for watching!
Ash Challenge Playlist: • Can You Beat Pokémon U...
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[@lelnel6242]

Can I just say that XY anime gymleaders are way stronger than their game counterparts

[@shockingred2626]

Still should have given the 3rd gym leader and Up Mega Evolutions. I like what the Anime did with Wulfric

[@thegamerandbeys2173]

Yea

[@clipy2.040]

More like wul frick u

[@copper-dragons]

I mean x was my first game

[@blazypoo1723]

To be fair everything about the XY anime was better than the game. XY and XYZ imo was one of the best seasons for Pokemon.

[@Pikachufan-hz4xb]

“Pikachu is there to pick up the slack” “It seems faithful to the show that we are being incredibly reliant on Pikachu” “Leaving Pikachu as the sole survivor for the third consecutive gym battle I have got this Ash Ketchum thing down” “So in true anime style a battered and bruised fletchinder strikes with a crit steel wing which finishes off Sylveon” “Some real close calls on this journey so far which is really fitting for a ash video” “This is anime Pikachu we are talking about though so obviously he survives on one hp”

[@benjamindelacruz4791]

Try ultra sun and moon, i got clutch moment in the Poke League Battle with Hau something to share: Pokemon Ultra moon game , (Under the conditions that the Final League Battle Vs Hau, I'll be only using only one poke for each of Hau's pokemon) Hau last poke Primarina with yellow health left, and mine is Ash-pikachu with only 2 health left, pikachu manage to survive a moonblast that should have cause it to faint by toughing it out -leaving it with only one health!!! - and manage to win with the Thunder move* dam* pikachu pulled a miracle with the game mechanics that very rarely shows itself

[@Pikachufan-hz4xb]

@@benjamindelacruz4791 *Ash pikachu gets hit with moonblast* “This is anime Pikachu we are talking about though so obviously he survives on one hp”

[@sucks2suck838]

@Benjamin Matthew B. de la Cruz literally nobody cares

[@aryen9700]

Him after making the video: maybe I am ash ketchum

[@sceptile7581]

@Tide sucks2suck has a point though nobody cares

[@thexenosaiyan]

And to think I called Ash's pokemon barely surviving as Plot Armor, man

[@ElizaGalaxia]

“Diantha didn’t battle Ash” Me: uhh Gardevoir vs incomplete Ash-Greninja in XYZ?

[@donnylaterplays7962]

Don’t forget when she battled ash in xy with Pikachu

[@apostoloschalvantzaras2549]

Bruh if ash didnt faint he would have beaten her no so easily Like greninja got hit by a shadow ball(resisted) and the aura from a moon blast On the other hand we have greninja that hit gardevoir with a cut Then ash greninja that hit her with 2 cuts and a big water shuriken

[@sohampatnaik1261]

@@apostoloschalvantzaras2549 lol greninja fan

[@afromarco005]

@@sohampatnaik1261 Greninja>Charizard

[@benman92]

@@apostoloschalvantzaras2549 moonblast is a 90 base power stab super effective move. Cut only has 50 base power. Water shuriken is only 25 a hit

[@KAIsibs]

“Creatively named Fairy Badge” Galar region: Um... don’t mind us

[@bidoof367]

wait so there's two fairy badges?

[@KAIsibs]

@@bidoof367 Apparently

[@matthaeus5373]

@@bidoof367 yeah, and all the other badges are named after the type too. 10/10 creativity

[@sonicANDtailsfan157k]

Yeah I can't wait to watch him do Sword/Shield wi... Oh wait yeah, it's not finished yet, but still a cool *journey* so far (I'm not sorry)

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Galar: Every Type Gym is represented, split between Major & Minor Divisions.

[@wesleypatterson2989]

X and Y writers: "Hhmm, were having a hard time keeping Ash's battles interesting, his Goodra is too strong." Pokemon Journeys writers: "lol Dragonite go brrrrrr"

[@rohanuchil9631]

Don’t forget Gengar and Lucario

[@trinis8726]

Lmaooo

[@apostoloschalvantzaras2549]

What do u mean "we are having a hard time keeping ash's battles interesting" all xyz battles were the best battles i have ever seen the best art work and the best animations It was the peak for ash's battling style,and strength

[@apostoloschalvantzaras2549]

Also goodra wasent great....

[@benstone1O1]

yet he very rarely uses his Gengar and Dragonite in his battles ....its only lucario and pikachu atm

[@annadimak8180]

I really don't mind the phone videos. The editing makes up for any loss of quality, and it makes me feel nostalgic for old Pokémon videos circa 2013!

[@joshbarrera6005]

Your so beautiful

[@arnavvnormie4485]

@@joshbarrera6005 SHUT UP SIMP

[@Moxxy776]

@@arnavvnormie4485 its litterally a picture of a waterfall

[@jjgarcia156]

@@Moxxy776 it wasn't before lol he creeped her put into changing it

[@Moxxy776]

@@jjgarcia156 oh

[@catriamflockentanz]

7:47 Pokérus and a random Shiny without even trying. You really mastered to channel Ash. 12:07 Well at least you got to use X-Scissor. Sad that you didn't get to "cut through Trick Room with the super-effective move" though.

[@bidoof367]

i get pokerus more than shinies which is statistically extremely unlikely but the odds are directly against me getting the cooler thing

[@armaggedon390]

@@bidoof367 same. Got my first shiny ever last week. Have gotten pokerus a few times over the years.

[@arhamjain5910]

Noivern has Pokerus too

[@bidoof367]

@@arhamjain5910 it spread

[@arhamjain5910]

@@bidoof367 I forgot

[@soundbox7680]

50k subs and isn’t ashamed to use his phone for a video... respect, a lot of people would feel iffy to post this

[@JohnSmith-ww3pu]

Audio quality is what really determines whether a video is enjoyable to watch

[@SuperCJK333]

Unown respecting the Phone Gang

[@IDK098]

Ikr 😔💞

[@Grim_Unhinged]

I did the same thing for an edit I did once, so I respect it

[@brandon_evs]

Uh, content is content. Regardless of amount of subs :)

[@victoryscreech666]

Can I say that I think that ash catches a regional bird/flying type, uses it for battle very little, and mostly uses it for finding Pikachu.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

That is why he caught two more flying types

[@laxusstrauss5945]

Talonflame was the mvp for the gym battles and was never defeated without knocking out a pokemon Swellow and staraptor were great aswell

[@roodlover6473]

That’s in Sinnoh hé even told is that

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

@@roodlover6473 Yeah but he actually got mileage out of Staraptor *looks discreetly at Unfeazant*

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

Eh, that's true, and that's the explicit purpose of why he caught Starly, but Swellow, Staraptor, and Talonflame all put in the work, getting multiple solid victories, while Pidgeotto accomplished squat all and Noctowl and Unfeazant only managed one significant win each. (Plus, as we all know, Unfeazant lost to a Riolu, which I think balances that out.)

[@alantremonti1381]

"Gummy frubbles" nearly killed me where I stood, holy crap.

[@ancientbaltoy8769]

In the translated version I have watched the name was just frubbles.

[@That1Toast]

They were always later called frubbles, clemont was just describing them in that clip

[@ancientbaltoy8769]

@@That1Toast nice. So the swedish dub did something for once

[@mama_pluis]

The footage didn't bother me at all, but I am always very delighted to watch this series. Looking forward to aloha 🥰

[@BriansMe]

its alola lmfao

[@Pixail]

My favorite ASMR channel is back.

[@JBlaziken]

His audio sounds a bit quiet

[@deborajhaflongbar2156]

Mine too

[@Jack-kn1mr]

Honestly though

[@richraichu1370]

so i was not the only one

[@deez2037]

Lmao 💀

[@augustorojas9371]

I find it funny how the anime made some gym battles harder compared to the games. Viola have a surkit with ice beam, signal beam and bubble beam followed by a vivillon with a sleep powder, solar beam combo. Grant have a tyrunt with draco meteor of all things. Korrina uses mega lucario in the gym battle. Wulfric have mega abomasnow.

[@Corvegan]

Also clemont uses diferent Pokémon against ash

[@kitsu1379]

Would have loved to have those battles in the game. Still my fave game but it's super easy on important battles.

[@glowstonelovepad9294]

Time to make a rom hack called Pokemon Z that makes the gym leaders' teams have the same moves they do in the anime.

[@chocov1233]

They probably changed their teams to the more powerful versions in order to give Ash a fair challenge since he is very experienced even if he doesn't show it.

[@chocov1233]

@@glowstonelovepad9294 That sounds cool.

[@cristianovogt5586]

"Diantha never battle Ash." Mega Gardevoir Vs Ash-Greninja videos:"Are you sure about that?"

[@nickdentoom1173]

I think he meant officially.

[@cristianovogt5586]

@@nickdentoom1173 True but they battle at least not a real 6 x 6 Pokémon battle but it was a battle at least.

[@garchompgamer1874]

Greninja's best battle after battling Mega Charizard and Sceptile

[@lizgudino5309]

yes, but Ash-Greninja isn't in X&Y

[@sparkyjj]

No they did it was a major battle in the anime on 2 occasions... so clearly he fucked up...

[@totalynota2ndaccount18]

2 months late but I love this. I love the straight up honesty. “Yea recorded on my phone cause that professional capture card stuff is expensive.” Dude, major respect from me.

[@boooksareamazing]

If I remember correctly this generation he has Pikachu(as usual), Talonflame, Greninja, Hawlucha, Goodra and Noivern right? Everything is Star Wars references in this video.

[@lantalis997]

Yup ^-^

[@alexor1327]

Haven’t continued watching the XY series for quite a while.

[@alexor1327]

@No Way I know I just need to watch the Hoopa movie.

[@alexor1327]

@No Way Before I can continue.

[@lelnel6242]

@@alexor1327 NO, it doesn't exist the Hoopa movie was just a bad dream because there is no way the best season has the worst movie

[@soundbox7680]

For sun and moon you should use the QR code to get ash pikachu. Just an idea EDIT: if you didn’t know, when you get ash pikachu it comes with Thunderbolt, thunder, quick attack, and Iron tail

[@Cat-ki3hy]

That's the ultra games

[@soundbox7680]

@@Cat-ki3hy true

[@themarioking7127]

I thought every pikachu was different, no?

[@NikkoRic0]

Funny how ash’s greninja in the anime is absolutely op but ash’s greninja’s moveset in game makes it absolute trash

[@notscorchingsands9718]

It has moves that look cool in animation but are weak in the game.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@notscorchingsands9718 to be fair, they wanted to give him Night Slash, but that move's name is so "Oh my god censors will kill us if we air this" that they had to replace it for the mediocre Cut

[@abhijeetgupta23]

Well you always have TMs. Using them, Greninja's moveset would be Surf, Dark Pulse, Ice Beam, Grass Knot, Acrobatics etc..

[@benman92]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 I really wanna know why they thought they would get censored for night slash.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@benman92 The details are most likley due to the 1696 event seen here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri Also because the name of Night slash in japaense is "Crossroads Killing" so yeah..... to hardcore. for games is fine but for TV? yeah. no

[@duvide2042]

You have one of the most relaxing voices I've heard for narration. And the content is brilliant as well. So glad to have found this channel

[@the_quake]

As I’m binging these videos I’m truly surprised how good Ash’s teams have been since fourth gen. I think it really has to do with Ash actually evolving his ‘mons.

[@PeruvianPotato]

You can use a emulator for clearer game footage as well as upscaling models, just a tip for future videos

[@gamerdude3465]

He probably didn't use it because he computer can't run X/Y well (I know it's not a very heavy game, X/Y can just be very laggy on emulator from what I know), or maybe because he wanted to stay true to the series and play on cartridge. Either way I'm sure he has his reasons.

[@omarmansuri7099]

@@gamerdude3465 XY runs pretty smooth on a emulator. It really depends on what PC you're running it on tho

[@blazin_sky]

@@omarmansuri7099 Even a Pentium 4 with 1,6 GHZ could handle this crappy PKMN shit.

[@defli6645]

@Emmanuel Macron Président de la République granted ds emulating takes quite a pc

[@SeptimusNavyaHoran]

@@blazin_sky no it can't 🤣🤣🤣 for emulating any 3ds games at 30 fps, its recommended that you use an 8th gen Intel i9 core bro. What Intel pentium you running

[@grinbrothers]

So I guess instead of Ash-Greninja, we ended up more with a Ash-Talonflame... or Enter The Unown-Talonflame. Gosh, did he do spectacularly in the run. I expected as much though given his move-set, much as I also expected Greninja to be basically useless given it's canon move-set. I wasn't bothered at all by the tripod set-up; it was actually quite nostalgic watching this like an early KZbin Pokémon Let's Play. The commentary was amazing as always and so many of your battles were tense and exciting. Best of luck if you decide to do Alola... which I have no idea how you'd go about it given how some of the canon-battles and team compositions work out.

[@lucarioriolu7651]

Love these videos, the attention to detail is great! 21:57 sword and shield xD

[@mickndiaye386]

Avalanche makes contact? You learn something new every day…

[@Comeatm3br0]

Physical move yeah.

[@mickndiaye386]

@@Comeatm3br0 I knew it was a physical move, I just didn’t know it made contact; not all physical moves make contact, they’re two different things

[@LuckyOwI777]

@@Comeatm3br0 Just because it's a physical move, doesn't mean it makes contact, lol. That just means it does physical damage. Yes, the vast majority of physical moves do in fact make contact, but there are a bunch that don't

[@Fisk15]

If you turn on captions while watching the wolfrick gym battle, captions turn abomasnow into obama snow

[@0ceanicman]

I have been waiting for 3000 years for this video

[@jasonbornot]

Diantha did battle ash but it was a 1v1

[@cullenhutchison6528]

Yeah, he'd have to seriously over-level his Greninja in order to sweep Diantha.

[@email2prabha]

Maybe 100

[@drcheeze]

@@cullenhutchison6528 nah man, just double team it up ;)

[@byronlyons3548]

Twice in fact, and both being 1v1. Which the two Pokemon he used in those two different battles being just Pikachu and Greninja.

[@sparkyjj]

They battled twice..

[@lpg5355]

When he gets to alola: Ok so... HOW TF WE GONNA DO MELMETAL

[@d2k616]

Use an emulator and then use emulator cheat codes

[@lpg5355]

big brain

[@ZakMilz]

He might have one in let's go

[@FireSonicYT]

@@ZakMilz can't be transfered to USUM though

[@ZakMilz]

Ohhhh yeah im dumb

[@galanthius8924]

I love this series so much man, really loved the anime-esque wins with the 1v1s everywhere

[@colinkeane9070]

When you do alola you can’t do anything about melmetal but you could do a remastered version after and play let’s go and for that use melmetal

[@themarioking7127]

@@colinkeane9070 delet pls

[@colinkeane9070]

@@themarioking7127 nah

[@thexenosaiyan]

13:05 The only thing that could save us is a miracle. So, we got a miracle

[@98802ohhey]

These videos are so fire! Great combo of relaxing, interesting, and just high quality.

[@Abhi-xy2hm]

In the wise words of Count Dooku I've been looking forward to this

[@benman92]

I understood that reference

[@komi___]

Love how you pretended Ash-Greninja didn't exist during the whole video even ignoring it's battle with Diantha. Simple gags like that are really hilarious.

[@kidchris181]

This was a really nice video, phone footage was very well done. Can't wait to see the next installment

[@RedemptionWarrior]

Convenient! I had just finished a rewatch of the whole series yesterday!

[@cdscissor]

With anime logic, you can beat any game. But seriously, this is one of Ash's strongest team so I expect epicness.

[@benman92]

No type diversity which is really important in the games and greninja has a garbage moveset

[@AlloAlloRocks]

Loved this and the quality didn't bother me at all, looking forward to the next one

[@al6713]

THIS IS AN AWESOME SERIES. Thank you so much! I can't wait for the Alola one and the Ultra Beast story!

[@astrouphel]

This looks really good for a phone-recorded video, and the audio and editing is really good, making up for any loss in quality. Nice work, I love this!

[@KAIsibs]

Kalos: Has 3 type related badges Galar: Has all 8 (10 if you count Allister and Melony) type related badges

[@garchompgamer1874]

I just rewatched Kalos This is perfect

[@SFCAUSTIN1995]

I LOVE this series. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@LeafGambit]

Love this series! Looking forward to Alola.

[@LuckyOwI777]

I'm interested to see how you would do the Alola games. First, you can't get Melmetal, so that sucks. And second...Ash doesn't battle every Trial Captain.

[@CatainLonewolf]

Love this series as well! Can't wait to see more of it 😊

[@darkkingriku]

Love all of your content man, keep making it and making us smile

[@Anhar25]

22:41 diantha actually battled ash twice in the anime....

[@shockingred2626]

Both being unfinished

[@cjstewart5186]

She did have two battles with him. Though, the battle were one-on-ones.

[@moved2938]

It was one on ones not a gym

[@trappix4573]

Everyone mememing, But noones talking about how he got a shiny Mr. Mime

[@DnKorka]

This is my favorite type of video man, keep making them.

[@FanNaf-tt6xi]

Honestly your voice is so calming sometimes when I feel like I’m getting close to a freak out I listen to your vids and it calms me down so I appreciate it.

[@broadts2396]

If he does this challenge for gen 7, he'll have to play it with pikachu, rowlet, torracat, lycanroc, and a Meltan (which he can't use since it's not coded into the game in gen 7). So it's basically impossible

[@benman92]

He can do the ultra games so he can at least use naganadel

[@coreysmithson]

Could use Solgaleo instead as he owned him but yeah he didn’t use him in any battles

[@Bliffenstimmers]

Oh man, his descriptions of the battles are so amazing and vivid!! Someone should like, animate them or something!

[@Bliffenstimmers]

Wait a second...

[@ChaosNew]

These are a really cool series of videos to watch, thanks bro, can't wait for the S/S one.

[@jimmymiller1313]

I just finished the series. These were all great to watch!

[@sasukegaming8289]

9:59 metamorphosis hurts bro Xd and congrats on 50k though hope u reach 1 million soon.

[@shockingred2626]

It could also be it gaining super powerful dragon powers, but it could be in pain

[@Wilex-Rivi]

22:39 I mean, technically speaking they did battle a couple times as one on one

[@Catdog_8-16-17]

The quality was fine for me. No worries. I love watching your videos. Keep up the great work

[@mjoulnir8950]

Hell yeah I can’t explain why but I love the camera quality videos. Gives me nostalgia to when I was younger and I’d watch Luerio. Keep it up👍🏽

[@lancegustafson4190]

So basically Ash should have won the Kalos league...

[@skysunder9781]

Yeah

[@Alex-cc8yf]

Instead of Alola where everything about him was just... terrible compared to the XY anime

[@sombramemer1230]

Lol no he got that far due to only plot armor

[@phanip7]

It wasn’t even that long since he announced that he was going to do this... dang Also,pls do alola

[@its_eventually]

i loveeeee these videos!! no matter what the quality is, it’s so enjoyable :)

[@hangrypancake7011]

I was so excited for this one! I love this series

[@Quartings]

22:40 Diantha battled Ash twice, though?

[@shockingred2626]

Once with Pikachu, where Team rocket interrupts and another time where he battles her with Greninja, but Ash faints

[@squee-g1658]

@@shockingred2626 “ash battles her with greninja, but ash faints” sounds funny out of context lol

[@lizebotha8783]

The answer is yes, I used Ash's team that he had in Pokemon XY when I played it and I beat it XD

[@trumpeterjen]

This series is so clever, and it always makes me laugh. I'd love to see you continue this into Alola.

[@kari19945]

Thank you very much for this series, i like them a lot. Looks like a bunch of work! The phone makes every Pokemon look kinda shiny, thats a bonus i guess 😆

[@andrewscarlett24]

I have to say you're the only KZbinr who's "challenge" videos I actually enjoy! And this was no different Keep up the good work!

[@alphabladelm2011]

Still a great video despite recording on your phone. Those were some really close battle though; definitely not unlike the anime. I just don’t know why Ash chose such poor movesets for Greninja and Noivern.

[@agrimsharma6038]

Thanks for this episode I've been soo hyped

[@denarisuckram4135]

that was an amazing video bro ..keep up the good work

[@aniruddhyt010]

Can we appreciate how many hours he has to play the game to get a perfect run

[@darkchocolate3390]

I actually never watched Kalos(or any series beyond this region) so this will be a really interesting video. I legit have no idea what happened in this region lol.

[@TR58699]

You can watch it on MyFlixer website

[@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos]

You can go watch it on Pokeflix

[@gavinl1565]

Ash lost again. Or he would have if mewtwo didn'5 kill me.

[@kats1646]

XY and XYZ are legit good, so I do recommend watching them.

[@maddy3703]

Finally you made this one I was waiting for this

[@stalkerorstalker]

Always love your vids! The soothing voice of yours always is welcoming! Quality was good and didn't bother me!! And as always love the uke outro!

[@harveydanes25]

He can’t really do alola because ash didn’t really do alola properly so we might have to wait for ash to finish gen 8 for another one of these😭

[@fidel425]

First

[@TerranMonarch]

Good man, keep up the good work! One more left before waiting until the current season is done

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

Your voice is incredibly relaxing and these videos are always fun to watch.

[@Fang1st]

Dude, you can beat X and Y with anything really, they're THAT easy.

[@V-Jes]

That applies to every pokemon game except maybe USUM because of Ultra necrozma...

[@Fang1st]

@@V-Jes fair, but X and Y is notorious for being the easiest game in the series.

[@V-Jes]

@@Fang1st And that easy difficulty comes from the game not being balanced at all for EXP Share or Mega's, if you don't use either of those then it's around hard as Gen 1 and 3 (Ruby/Sapphire versions).

[@Fang1st]

@@V-Jes well I did a non-mega run, managed to beat the mega lucario with the one they give you for free, kept my Kanto starter as a wartortle and pretty much only used him. I agree megas and exp share are op, but if the game didn't account for the things they went out of the way to add into the game thats not our fault.

[@jackb450]

@@V-Jes dont forget the bad AI/difficulty

[@maice3026]

Love these videos, so good to just watch and enjoy. Don't worry about video quality when your creativity and script ideas are on point. Yes please do Alola

[@g12bzy]

keep it coming! love your work

[@christmaspatty5667]

ive been waiting soooo long for this

[@mattcanters]

I love this series. Please keep going.

[@tacosRtehtastiest]

The flavour descriptions in these battle recaps *chefs kiss*

[@julianna1098]

I don't mind the video quality at all. Please do continue this series! Love it.

[@jaimecortesaocasimiro8698]

Long have i waited. But finaly my most expected video is out. Cant thank you enough

[@rushshahaiosifovg]

Dude thank you your stuff is so entertaining.

[@KAIsibs]

I’ve been waiting for this since your Sinnoh video

[@thinkingwolf2720]

This was a very enjoyable video, regardless of the recording quality. I would love to see you do this with Alola.

[@umbraluna8387]

The tripod did its best. This is a good video man, I would love to see you try Alola.

[@adlrex]

The quality isn’t even bad, enjoyed just as much as other videos! can’t wait for alola

[@sobful8822]

Beautiful, watched through the entire series and enjoyed it. Last adventure is in Alola lets goooo!

[@BiffTheBanana]

Not fussed about the video quality, content is gold as always

[@DeadBuiltLikeGoblinLackey]

Yeah I'd wanna see more of this series, its honestly the entire reason I hit subscribe

[@Jouch_Couch]

Definitely go through alola if you're able to. I love this series. You have such a great voice and I love how you explain battles. Keep up the great work!

[@Sipmip]

Love this series. You are the bomb!

[@a_tom2003]

Waited so long for this

[@asjadimran2916]

Love this series this is why I subscribed

[@keirhardie2547]

Legit love this channel