I ranked every one of Ash's Championship Teams

[@WolfeyVGC]

Huge thanks to Alpharad: www.youtube.com/@Alpharad and Sarah: twitter.com/sarahnatochenny ARE THERE ANY GIBLE PRONUNCIATION TRUTHERS IN THE COMMENTS

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

Every time sword and shield shows up, or you, I would want to punch your face.

[@chainshaw136]

I do enjoy Jibble, yes

[@Warlord_Megatron]

It's Gee- bul not jible

[@jasonrobinson4924]

The way you pronounced unfeazent lol

[@FiniteMan1933]

Please pronounce it as Gee-bul or around those lines not Jibble lol

[@Patterrz]

Ash finally learned how to evolve his Pokemon and immediately won the Championship, he was just holding back his own overwheming power to give others a chance what a nice guy

[@WolfeyVGC]

LOL

[@kermit7014]

Maybe one day he’ll also learn how to turn 11

[@TheGuyWhoPlaysAlotOfGames]

@@kermit7014 and find his dad

[@blackwingdragonmasta]

That or he finally realized evolving your pokemon just makes them objectively more powerful

[@GhoulishCard1319]

ash out there casually doing littlelockes

[@karisu4598]

I wasn't expecting you to cite the team that Ash used against Tobias. Which is an shame because the original DP team that he used against Paul was an major powerhouse in its own right.

[@_blueshark8721]

FR, Infernape could have done major damage to Darkrai alone. I think Infernape and Pikachu could have taken down Darkrai at medium diff.

[@harshjain3122]

Paul was strong asf yes

[@WaydeGaming]

ikr

[@paperluigi6132]

@@_blueshark8721tbf, Ash was working off of Darkrai alone, since that was the only Pokémon he had seen Tobias use up to that point. Though he did have some thought to his composition so that he can deal with any surprises (Latios being that very same surprise). Though he lost, he went out like a champ, being the only one of Tobias’s opponents to not only KO his Darkrai, but even his Latios which he only ended up sending out for that one battle.

[@breadisbig]

But like damn, some guy really pulled up with darkrai and latios

[@carucath97]

Ash’s Snorlax is so versatile it can use more than four moves in a battle!

[@jblev736]

Don't forget the secret hidden moves his pokemon seem to get. It's a counter move called "Dodge It!" It truly is OP af

[@Mother_Eco]

@@jblev736 😂

[@BYERE]

The games are not the anime. The games have 4 moves for the sake of ease (and tradition, since the original games could only handle having 4 moves in the coding for each pokemon) In the anime, pokemon can learn as many moves as they like. They rarely use more than 4 moves in a battle, as outside of championships, battles are relatively short, often having pokemon be knocked out by one or two attacks.

[@connorclinton7650]

@@BYERE actually, I would say they use 4 moves for the most part in the anime as well, unless they are using a Z move or learning a new move during the battles Even then, since they forget a move after learning a new one, it's still 4 moves

[@BYERE]

@@connorclinton7650 Yes, they do tend to stick to 4 moves in the battle where possible (the writer's choreographing of the battle, I mean), BUT what I mean is that the pokemon itself doesn't forget moves. It's why we've seen pokemon use moves they had early on, but they've used 4 or more moves SINCE then. An example is how Ash gets Charizard to use Ember during his battle with Drake in the Orange Islands, even though in the episodes prior to that, Charizard has used Flamethrower, Fly, Seismic Toss, Rage, Dragon Rage, etc (I guess technically Stomp, Gust/Whirlwind, Rest, and others too... though these were moreso him disobeying Ash and/or refusing to battle, prior to the episode Charizard Chills)

[@selder_7]

Seeing all of Ash’s Pokémon in pikachu’s vision was so heartwarming, could’ve teared up seeing the first 6 together

[@Nightwalker065]

I straight up cried once his Kanto and orange island team showed up. They really remembered everyone

[@mnooper]

i was fine, chillin, all good... then butterfree showed up... genuinely teared up a lil lmao

[@nikunjkhangwal]

All of us longtime fans cried tbh

[@Slenderquil]

Seeing Butterfree and Primeape again was such a legendary moment

[@kodiak63]

@@mnooper back when he released butterfree in Indigo League was the first time pokemon made me cry lol

[@MrMagoo-hl8qw]

Man did not just call gible, “jie-ble” 😭😭 16:20

[@sonicbladex12]

You saying it's not Jar-chomp?

[@raider_reaper_4194]

Une-pha-Zont for Unpheasant is hilarious too

[@gg_sam7847]

​@@raider_reaper_4194 lmao I know, it's literally meant to be a play on the word "unpleasant"

[@rodneymeyer4894]

Guyble lmao

[@bengill1917]

I came looking for this comment

[@tomjames9681]

Ash becomes world champion only after Mr. Fish becomes a part of his team. Coincidence? NO. Mr. Fish SUPREMACY.

[@Warlord_Megatron]

Fishious Rend goes brrrrrr

[@infiniter4in178]

Thank you, Mr Fish🖤

[@jayd.doubledubs]

And just to flex, Ash almost ran a competitive moveset. Fishious Rend bc duh. Dragon Rush for STAB. Ice Fang for coverage. And Water Gun for ... physical walls? My man became world champ with Water Gun on of his mon's movesets, what a legend

[@tjs7639]

F I S H

[@VacheMaschine]

Thank you Mr. Fish!

[@Yahiamice]

Your editor is actually insane, all of those lil edits, memes n stuff sprinkled ontop made this analysis of ash's team so much more enjoyable. Give them a raise LOL

[@PrismaAce]

common yahi W

[@uwha9394]

man i actually hate the editing its so childish 🤣

[@kingcrimson2615]

@@uwha9394 it’s childish but it keeps the viewer watching

[@mylestomsik4720]

that's why he makes a video once every two weeks or so, maybe even one a month

[@uNVme130]

Thinking the same thing

[@Catapulfy]

Wolfey: "Despite having great typing and ability" Also Wolfey: *Shows flying type pokemon with levitate* ☠

[@WillotheWisp159]

Lol

[@DanielLawer]

lmao

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

That Alpharad guy seems so smart and full of good ideas, what a guy. Ash's Lily of the Valley team was Infernape, Gliscor, Staraptor, Torterra, Buizel, and Pikachu. Tobias battle was more of a "how can I beat Darkrai" kind of team. Would definitely have wanted to see that as part of the analysis although feel as though it would be at the same rank. And it may be helpful to note that Ash's Pikachu has the unique defensive quality of being almost totally immune to ground and rock-type moves, because it can just jump over them

[@shujinkoMK]

More like “how do I look less ridiculous while darkrai sweeps my team” team

[@Rudoku1]

@@shujinkoMK He did get Sleep Talk on Heracross.

[@Hyperneosonic97]

@@shujinkoMK Ash did manage to bring Darkrai down though (Darkrai only beat half of Ash's team before being felled by Sceptile). Then Tobias brought out his Latios and cleaned the rest of the battle up.

[@mantoocha]

That's very nice of you, Kim.

[@ajye8935]

Ash should’ve used Infernape against Darkrai

[@chainshaw136]

Your delivery in these scripted videos has gotten so natural. I feel like you've really nailed the balance between the personality that made your older videos so appealing and a more focused structure that gets your point across concisely. I will always be an hour-long bagel intro fan, but it's been amazing to watch you grow as a content creator over the years.

[@BylethsBoba776]

When he started doing this new format he definitely sounded like one of those “top 10” channels. He still hasn’t escaped that imo but it’s gotten way better

[@dumdum8880]

I agree his quality is improving a lot 😊

[@Rathadude]

The team Ash used against Paul in Gen 4 was much stronger than the one he lost with. Would've been cool to see that team in here as well.

[@_Koyomi_]

I'd say that the Pokemon he used against Tobias had better feats than the majority of his team he used on Paul besides Infernape. Torkoal got hoed out of his win against Registeel, Swellow has one of the best win rates of his Pokemon and the best of his birds, and Heracross smacked up Garry's Magmar, to name a few.

[@MorrisPXG]

@@_Koyomi_but if we count Pokémon Quality,The Team for Paul is more better than The Team in the Semi Finals,Infernape and Gliscor have good Chemistry on Type Matchups,Torterra Is a Bulky Menace and Even Buizel is not as bad for a Support Mon,and Staraptor is a Menace With Reckless Ability

[@youtube-kit9450]

Ash's Torterra is infamous for losing every battle since evolving, and his Gliscor also has terrible battle reps. "Pokémon Quality" seems like a nebulous, nonsense term when we see that a Pikachu can defeat ground types by aiming for the horn or how Sceptile, a pokémon infamous for having shit movepools for its stat distribution is easily one of the strongest. While Ash shoud absolutely have used his broken Infernape instead of a that meme pick Torkoal that lost like every battle it was in, most of Sinnoh's team sadly got shafted because of the Infernape storyline. @@MorrisPXG

[@brennanlow2336]

Ash hand-picked his team strictly to deal with Tobias's Darkrai. Hence why his Heracross knew Sleep Talk there. Not that I know what he was cooking with Gible beyond Draco Meteor, but Heracross - Sleep Talk Sceptile - Out-skill (specifically at CQC) Swellow - Outmaneuver Torkoal - Outlast (Snorlax may have been better.) Pikachu - Out-experience. Gible - Spray and Pray

[@goli8699]

Honestly would've preferred it if you used the team he used against Kukui instead of the one he used against Gladion.

[@Naluh]

Well, that was a exhibition match, Ash has already won the league.

[@Bsnaoa]

if I'm not wrong he also missed the sinnoh team for some reason

[@Luchux177]

@@Bsnaoa he is counting the last team Ash used for every league, in this case the one he used against Tobias for Sinnoh.

[@Bsnaoa]

@@Luchux177 Oh I forgot that Ash didnt use his sinnoh team in the league

[@majesticmo5048]

@@Bsnaoa he did use his sinnoh team in the league. He just brought back a lot of his older Pokémon. In fact he saved his full sinnoh team for his battle against paul

[@kuyagab4444]

Judging from the stats of his league teams, Ash's playstyle focuses on speedy attacks.

[@jamesrobson8308]

Have you actually seen the anime? Bc yes

[@moomer2675]

Defensive pokemon are pretty slow which would make the battles and animations pretty boring. Defensive pokemon also have some strategy that requires set ups or stalling and Ash is not the type to wait around and stall for a win.

[@manhalrahman5785]

Dodging is the best defense

[@winter9242]

That's why he was good at using turtwig and was terrible at using torterra

[@JDarkAngeI]

It only makes sense. Ash makes up strategy on the go/during battle, this battle style works best with speedy pokemon.

[@morganphillips9798]

what did he call gible

[@kachebelka3416]

💀

[@katatsukiko]

it’s the wolfey way

[@barbiejame6179]

guyble

[@Sheenifier]

Whatever he wants. That's just the world champ difference baby

[@BrillBlaze]

Jible

[@whatamidoing725]

Bayleef getting compliments defensively from wolfey was what i needed to hear today

[@Vinniflame]

SAMEEE

[@Warlord_Megatron]

Saame

[@MsKeylas]

If only he could stop hating on a poor unfezant

[@thefearlessone2649]

@@MsKeylas Scope Lens Unfeazant OP

[@randomguy6415]

Fun fact:in gsc meganium is the best starter as it is used as a poor man's celebi while thier other brothers are complete garbage compared to it

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

What makes the Alola cup kinda funny is that while yeah Melmetal, Pikachu, and Lycanroc were in that final team, his backups were also Incineroar and Naganadel. Wow ground just wrecks that team

[@Rudoku1]

You forgot Hoodie-Rowlett.

[@Rj.1101]

Wolfey just didn’t want to acknowledge Incineror.

[@Robin280497]

To be fair, it should be counted as a Torracat as while it did evolve in the end, it fainted right away.

[@Roflmao6173]

It's just Ash abusing the earthquake ban clause :)

[@Robin280497]

@@Roflmao6173 That's not stopping people from using Bulldoze, though. :)

[@jayrome1884]

Nothing to do with this ranking but still very much related to Ash's history, I love the fact that he won his greatest victory ever by knocking off a Charizard with Pikachu, remember he lost his first League Conference ever because his own Charizard refused to battle against a Pikachu, I think this was a nice touch even if it's most likely a coincidence

[@MorrisPXG]

Pokémon Anime Did not forget Pikachu is the true Mascot and not Charizard lol

[@_SaikatBanerjee_]

And Pikachu is the strongest non legendary Pokemon period(only ash Pikachu) because that brat got f@@king legendary self made 10million volt zmove which destroys your soul by twll9you f@ck off 😂💀2nd plot Armor 3rd experience 4th gmax ​@@MorrisPXG

[@MrThecristo96]

I feel like you should have used the team ash used against Paul than the one he used against Tobias. It's by far his most iconic sinnoh team

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

Bold of you to assume Wolfey watched Ash vs Paul lol

[@Macizo510]

Me too, It felt really weird to not see Infernape in the Sinnoh team 😅, then I remembered Tobias spamming legendaries

[@mrudulasrivatsa]

I was so confused seeing that team because DP seasons are the ones I've watched the most XD

[@TimG57867]

Ya what many non-anime fans don’t realize is that many of Ash’s “champion battle” teams are not good representations of the core team he had in a region. A lot of placing threw me off because as an anime fan I am not used to identifying with the last team Ash used in a league.

[@alexv0714]

@@TimG57867 Alola was the most egregious example here... Not only are Lycanroc-Dusk and Melmetal very solid options, but he also had Incineroar and fuckin NAGANADEL, like this team was cracked. If only he remembered to evolve his final pokemon Rowlet, that team could be in contention for best on the list imo. But Rowlet was the resident cute, unevolved by personality choice... still

[@neoronin3325]

An interesting fact about Ash's snorlax is that it is his only pokemon with a positive K:D ratio, meaning that it has knocked out at least one pokemon every time it's been used.

[@DemiIsNotHere]

No, a lot of ash pokemon are over 50% win rate... Like gibble... Scraggy... Infernape, krookodile, snorlax, pikachu, greninja, dracovish, etc

[@neoronin3325]

@@DemiIsNotHere But not all of them have knocked out at least one opposing pokemon every battle that they've been in

[@Hyperneosonic97]

@@DemiIsNotHere What he means is that Snorlax has never scored less than one KO in any given battle, even if it was KOed itself.

[@ussenterprisecv6805]

so snorlax is just mutually assured destruction then

[@megamimikyu0720]

@Blake N it is tho? it got 1 or more KOs for every time it has been knocked out. you might be thinking of win ratio, which is 1 or more wins for every loss, and is more applicable to ash, given that it refers to overall battles won regardless of how many KOs are involved on either side. i also have no idea if any of his other pokemon accumulate a positive K/D ratio by just. knocking out multiple pokemon in some battles to make up for the times they fail to get even 1 KO. that's probably a thing too. pikachu is also probably positive just from KO accumulation against team rocket.

[@justadummy8076]

I still remember when Ash’s Sinnoh team got snubbed by a freaking Darkrai & Latios

[@Vex-sn7ne]

Who else died inside when Wolfey said “Gai-bel”

[@crylec6534]

Like ohn-Fah-zunt

[@ConductorElcrest]

@@fadingsoul4073 Nope

[@tb4076]

It's gible like nibble. Its evolutions are gaBITE and garCHOMP.

[@michaelkowal3230]

Shouldn't gible sound like nibble considering gabite and garchomp have bite and chomp in their names respectively?

[@oppo-mm3xh]

@@fadingsoul4073 you pronounce gib-ble because of the G. If theirs a "u" for example guible it's goui-ble if theirs a "uy" then it's guy-ble.

[@robinellermeier3795]

I think a video on how you would improve each of Ash's teams without fundamentally changing them too much would be really cool, like you hinted at at the end of the Unova section.

[@benikujaku4567]

Hmmmm.... Evolve all of them.

[@banananing]

@@benikujaku4567 and remove unfezant

[@aquagiraffe1988]

Pretty sure the answer will always just be to evolve the pokemon lol

[@robinellermeier3795]

@@aquagiraffe1988 I think it can be a lot more interesting than that. Removing the weak link wouldn't change the overall feel of a team, such as Corphish, especially if he stuck to Pokemon Ash had at the time, and he could also analyze the movesets each Pokemon used at the league.

[@dolphinsniper]

I agree, this would be great

[@theannilators7479]

I would love to see a version of this, but with Ash’s actual region teams, and giving benefit of the doubt to regions with more that 6 mons

[@_Koyomi_]

I second this

[@regitriotrio5656]

I'm just still in awe that he finally did it. I'm just so happy he finally won and became the very best like no one ever was. From the vision pikachu had of all of Ashs pokemon to the first ever theme playing to Ash turning his hat backwards. The best episode of pokemon ever. Made me cry like a baby.

[@thehater6189]

Yeah it was tight. All the pokemon worked hard to get to this point and Pikachu was the last man standing. He couldnt just let them all down so he manned up and bodied the Charizard. Pokemon rules

[@thomasmartyn65]

I made an Ash team in Sword and took it on the ladder. It was Ash hat Pikachu (didn’t get used very much), Charizard, Torcoal, Lapras, Dracovish and Butterfree. It was basically Sun and Rain modes with Butterfree using Rage Powder, Sleep Powder, Tailwind and Pollen Puff. The team did decently well and I got it into Masterball Tier which I was pretty happy with! 😊

[@2Ownage4UOfficial]

For anyoen wondering, it took 3.5 seconds for Incineroar to appear in this video

[@jaydenroberts2615]

I’m really curious where you’d put Ash’s team against Paul, since that was the team he used through the majority of Sinnoh and the battle with Paul was by far the most important battle in the entire season

[@MohdShadab-qk9ho]

@bing chilling kalos has weakness to ice too...many dragons

[@dusk6159]

The most powerful, the most ready and the most menacing Ash's team ever. No wonder that Ash was a seasoned technician and mature (as much as a moral and stoic person) person and trainer, in Sinnoh.

[@RealShades7]

@@MohdShadab-qk9ho two dragons compared two quad three quad weak mons to ice

[@RealShades7]

@@dusk6159 Say that to Galar Darmaniran that outspeeds and wrecks his three different 4x weak mons to ice types

[@ellas.2744]

@@MohdShadab-qk9ho Yeah... Noivern (4x), Goodra (2x), Hawlucha (2x)

[@Vvasssrieal]

The way Wolf just... butchers names is unreal, Nibble Bite and Chomp, but the man says Guh-EYE-bul

[@michaelflanagan6556]

Ya he has to be trolling. I cant believe hes a pokemon champion and absolutely ruins the names.

[@the_supern0va238]

@@michaelflanagan6556 Yeah he's trolling, he explained it himself on a couple occasions where it came from.

[@LARAUJO_0]

Just wait 'til you hear his Decidueye

[@Mex_Luigi]

you actually just taught me that gible comes from nibble

[@Nagim-d3z]

He must have the same weird sense of humour as me as I find it hilarious when he does that lol

[@geovannyacosta7870]

Pretty sure I was subscribed to one of my favorite youtubers as Pkm is the game I’ve invested the most time through my life but nil, the intro did make double check lol. Greetings all the way from Costa Rica, Pura Vida! Love you Wolfey! I’ve learned so much from you!❤

[@youssouflomoukoko2894]

To the Alola League one, you could have used the one from the battle against Kukui, because it's a full team, it is almost part of the league and it kinda has Inceneroar

[@AsecasJavi]

yes

[@hafizmustaqqim527]

the only flaw one in the team would be rowlet if so

[@GscheidaBua]

@@hafizmustaqqim527 it has a decidueye hood, which doubles all his stats by 3 times (Yes this is sarcasm)

[@sheridan5175]

True but that team isn't much better

[@Ganzo_ed]

@@GscheidaBua And gives it a free substitute aswell

[@時間的旋律]

It's a shame the team he used for his exhibition match in Alola wasn't counted as the battle against Kukui felt like the actual "championship" match. I think it would have been his strongest or at least a very close runner up.

[@No.1GodzillaGlazer]

Ash-Greninja is too OP

[@kiandennislambujon36]

​@@No.1GodzillaGlazerNot related to the comment but yup.

[@kiandennislambujon36]

Pikachu beating tapu koko yeah it felt like an actual a championship for him to beat like one of the island guardians.

[@SudhishSP-h7k]

​@@No.1GodzillaGlazerincineror is on the alola team remember?

[@No.1GodzillaGlazer]

@@SudhishSP-h7k And? Removing plot armor, Ash-Greninja should sweep Lycanroc, Incineroar, and Rowlet before getting stopped by like Pikachu. The Alola team has no team wipers and their biggest threat is Pikachu, a pokemon Kalos already has on their team. To say nothing of how much more powerful the Galar team is, Dracovish dismantles Incineroar and Rowlet with one fishious rend

[@SuperBatSpider]

I know Ash wants to let his Pokémon choose the form they want He refuses to use Everstones and it’s confirmed he keeps evolution stones just in case his Pokémon change their minds and decide they want to evolve But yeah, not forcing his Pokémon to Evolve definitely hurts his strength

[@momom5429]

It's a shame the team he used for his exhibition match in Alola wasn't counted as the battle against Kukui felt like the actual "championship" match. I think it would have been his strongest or at least a very close runner up. Melmetal, Naganadel, Incineroar, Lycanroc (and Pikachu and Rowlet yes).

[@mr.penguindrewmateo8146]

At the very least Top 3 contender

[@brmpgaming7728]

Sadly it has 5 out of 6 weak to ground and as vgc said ground type moves are common in competitive

[@auberry8613]

@@brmpgaming7728 at the very least melmetal is good against earthquake, special ground moves are very uncommon

[@davidmacy411]

No insult to Ash using THAT Pikachu though. That thing could fry a Geodude so he literally breaks the world lol.

[@CamKoudo]

Props to Wolfey for actually adding a segment for Ash's latest league team despite recording this video months before it even existed

[@apachers2807]

Everytime Wolfey mispronounced Gible a volcano erupts somewhere in the world this dude is a menace

[@solitare4602]

I wish you would have included the Orange Islands team. It was his first full 6 Pokemon team, and he had Tauros in Gen 1. Plus, he actually won against an undefeated champion in Drake. Sound familiar?

[@MatrixMarvel0079]

Yeah the fact Orange Islands wasn’t even mentioned is a bummer.

[@tenkenroo]

Orange island final was one of my favorite fights

[@grgfrg7]

Also had a kingler at indigo and used it in his round 1 victory

[@sochioranmyaku]

Was that really his first full six?

[@YohWolf]

@@sochioranmyaku In a tournament setting, yes

[@axel8912]

Looking back you could recognise some growth in Ash teams during the last 3 seasons/leagues, aside from Rowlet and Pikachu everything was evolved 6-7-8 and his placings being second-first and first. Ash has reached his peak finally and now needs to catch Ho-oh

[@primarinegaming6761]

Pikachu can’t evolve anyway since it’s a gmax Pokémon

[@Robin280497]

@@primarinegaming6761 I mean, the show hasn't confirmed that that rule exists in that universe. Heck, Pikachu still feared away from a Thunderstone in the episode where Goh catches a Pikachu, despite already having Gigantamaxed earlier. While it's easy to say that none of them know that Gmax Pokémon can't evolve, it would make more sense if they saw that first hand. Would give Pikachu closure about that fear, too.

[@itszefas]

Pikachu is usually considered to be better than raichu and they're never evolving it, rowlet however had the everstone so it wasnt possible to evolve so it makes sense, its the only one of his gen 7 team that didnt evolve

[@monky4640]

seeing him catch one of the first pokemon he ever sees would actually be such a good way to end the show

[@2LettersSho]

@@monky4640 100% This comment immediately sends the imagination into a whirlwind of cool possibilities that would include his encounter with that fateful golden birdo. I've personally been on and off the anime for you know... 23 years or so but that kind of event would be a really cool excuse for the writers to reboot the series in a huge variety of exciting ways! Thank you internet for exciting these ideas for me :)

[@emperorpalpatine2957]

Ash's Gible was certainly a wasted opportunity, they introduced it but then remembered ash had a Monferno/infernape and it was supposed to be his ace for the region. They could've easily pulled a Aipom with it and had it go with him to Unova and have it evolve into Garchomp along the way. To me it probably would've been a more interesting story than Krookodile. You could already see it's passion for battling during the Sinnoh league. It would've been interesting to see it evolve and fully awaken a aggressive passion for battling. But no, they wanted ash's Charizard to return for a time instead.

[@kazekamiha]

It could be seen as him maturing as well: he's able to evolve his pokemon because he himself has grown and evolved. In Kanto he had the potential but not the fully devolped skills or knowledge to go too far. Eight (and a half) regions later, however, he is far better and more able. Ash *himself* is the one who evolved the most. Yet he's still ten.

[@mcwildo2617]

I feel like this should be redone using the strongest team from each region, rather than the team he lost/won with. Because a lot of the time there's much stronger teams he used in previous battles in the tournament

[@gamefish32]

Maybe I didn't understand correctly, but Rotom Wash is an incredible singles Pokemon. It volt switches on everything it can't hit super effectively, stab hydro pump, will o wisp, with decent recovery. Very few pokemon block it, limited to bulky waters immune to electric like gastrodon, assuming room isn't running rare toxic.

[@HazeEmry]

Singles

[@firewall5189]

@@HazeEmry yes

[@skeletor1344]

His Pokémon in indigo league conference isn't only those Pokémon, he used many different teams that contained Pokémon like Muk and Kingler, and those help a lot so if you forgot about that then there you go.

[@SHADOWSTRIKE1]

Not only that, but Ash entered with Krabby and my boi Krabby straight up went and evolved to bring home the win

[@dusk6159]

Kingler was a huge and iconic Pokemon of Ash too.

[@dhruvacharya-wx4bj]

@@dusk6159 too bad it spent most of its time in the box it was definitely better than squirtle stat wise at least

[@dusk6159]

@@dhruvacharya-wx4bj Man Ash's Krabby and Corphish were so great as pokemon and additions.....

[@joaoalvaro3346]

I really think for Kanto and Alola teams the versions of full battles (vs Drake and vs Kukui) should have been used

[@TimG57867]

Ya that woulda been *FAR* more interesting.

[@justinokeke2027]

@@TimG57867 they'd still be sort of the same though

[@TimG57867]

​@@justinokeke2027 The Gen 1 team actually improves a ton with that. Gen 1 Tauros is pretty much the best non-Legendary Pokemon and Lapras can abuse the freeze mechanics of the time. And even if they didn't shift much it would still make for more interesting analysis. The 3 Pokemon teams just suffer too much from having limited options to make a compelling case.

[@joaoalvaro3346]

@@justinokeke2027 Actually not. Kukui battle's team is a WAY weaker to ground (cause of Incineroar and Naganadel) but it's far better defensively overall + having stronger ofensives and better type matchups.

[@mr.p1759]

His all 6 alola team would have ranked higher i think

[@StaticPika]

Love learning so much of what made the character I loved for so many years so great! I think that is actually really amazing seeing it from a VGC players perspective! Really great video and hope you keep creating more! 😄

[@nicolasvalenciasantiago1535]

I didn't noticed, but its kind of natural that Ash's teams got better with time and Generations, like a continious growth and learning from mistakes like "not evolving you pokemons" o having bad balancing strategy. Like, it's obvious for us that those are mistakes, but not for him. If you look the big schema of things, it all have sense. He was never bad, just unexperienced... like most of us at that age. Excellent video 😄

[@weirdomcfreak]

Let it be Known that Ash in Unova had a Krookodile hanging out in the back And yet he brought Unfezant

[@mr.penguindrewmateo8146]

And that Unfezant couldn’t beat Riolu

[@joshhallam6342]

The only time Unfezant was ever cool was the one Alain used

[@nathanielbarragan882]

It is amazing you actually got Sarah to do a bit of a cameo in your video. Also this video is amazing and I really enjoyed it. It almost seems like low hanging fruit to do something like this, analyzing Ash's teams, but you really did your research and gave some excellent reasons and all that, and because of that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Excellent video. That's the world champ difference for real.

[@CEK-87]

16:38 G I BLE? REEAALLY?!

[@RGC_animation]

Ash really liked waiting for a long cutscene and pressing B for every level earned for almost every Pokemon back in the days didn't he?

[@MorrisPXG]

Yes except for Kalos to Journeys,Cuz Rowlet ate 2 Everstones.

[@Ledabot]

Can't help but agree. The fact he won with his new team and not his last one is just an insult. He should 100% have won back then

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

I'm kinda sad that he didn't used his entire collection, this was a perfect moment for fanservice... Like his Infernape against Cynthia for instance. She know that monkey damn well. The fact that he didn't used any of his old aces like Charizard, Snorlax, Heracross, Swellow, Sceptile, Infernape, Krookodile, Hawlucha, Incineroar, Melmetal,... 😩

[@euqinemor]

@@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman After getting beat so many times every single time he enters a new region, the best thing he learned is the BS power creep is.

[@iiiisssssaaaaaacccccc]

@@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman then what the point for him building up his new team in the first place if he not gonna use them.

[@ItsLynch1]

To be fair the guy he lost to had like, the most broken charizard in the verse

[@dusk6159]

@@ItsLynch1 A-la Tobias, getting in and facing Ash with a team of legendaries.

[@kyletheinilater4235]

16:33 the way he Pronounces Gible two different ways. It has to be on purpose right?

[@Sheenifier]

There's a lot of em. Slay king, De ki du EE, etc

[@richardkirkland6805]

You forgot to mention that Ash's Swellow, in particular, doesn't have the species normal weakness to electricity, in fact it seems to have a resistance to it if Ash's Thunder Armor strategy was anything to go by. The reason he caught it in the first place was because it took Pikachu's Thunderbolts like a champ!

[@Sheenifier]

It terastillized before Gen 4 even came out let alone 9. And has a better design

[@lindseylindsey9200]

Yes but that’s not real

[@tercial]

Yeah Ash's Swellow had a lot of endurance

[@nuckingfuts11]

Guess you just missed what he's comparing it to entirely which is why this wasn't mentioned

[@james0644]

That most likely was swelled ability guts, I mean when pikachu did that it was probably for paralysis, idk why they chose thunder probably just for dramatic effect for the anime

[@casual3123]

I actually never realized how good Ash's Hoenn team was until doing research for my playthrough of Ruby and Sapphire recently.

[@LesCrocsSepulcraux]

If you use Sceptile and Crowdaunt, YES, Ash's team is good. I know that water moves are special in Gen3 BUT Crowdaunt don't really need a Physical Crabhammer to sweep 🤣

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

Yeah it is a pretty standad playthrough team

[@simmonszn5766]

8:12 “the power house of the cell is mitochondria” 🫡

[@reilly5005]

There’s an alternate universe where the Wolfey Bayleef is a humongous meme in the Competitive Pokémon Community

[@rice2meatu]

I still think his Sinnoh team was champion-worthy. Damn Action Replay-using Tobias

[@saricubra2867]

Tobias got banned from the anime, that's why it doesn't show up for the world championship in Journeys.

[@Warlord_Megatron]

I was thinking the same.

[@TonyStorm21]

I think focusing only on the teams used for the last battle of every region makes this as accurate as being mud slapped into oblivion, because you're ignoring some of his most important and relevant pokemon just because they did not take part in one battle, such as Infernape, Gliscor, Muk, Naganadel and Krookodile. Specially considering Infernape has the highest win rate (if we ignore the ones that only fought once and won)

[@rushpatriot2866]

Doesn't matter that's not the premise

[@warmwater9509]

we also ignore stuff like incineroar, who is a nightmare competitively

[@43dl3ntil]

The editing on this video is phenomenal. You deserve every one of your subs Wolfey.

[@brunobucciotti7198]

I just noticed that during the kalos segment, XYZ instrumental plays in the background (or maybe it's ash-greninja theme)

[@marcgomez8391]

Honestly, I would've ranked Alola's team based on his full party of 6: Pikachu, Rowlet, Torracat, Lycanroc, Melmetal and Naganadel. After all, even if the final was a 3v3, the REAL final battle was the 6v6 against Kukui. I think that would be more fair as a whole, especially considering that he draws from that team of 6 when battling in a 3v3 anyway. Other than that, great video! I always love the synergy analysis and the editing.

[@TheReal_ist]

17:56 who on earth calls “GIIB LE” “GUY BLE” Wolfee the f*ck? 😆

[@zacharyrodgers693]

It i a joke

[@TheReal_ist]

@@zacharyrodgers693 your not him don’t speak for him u child.

[@zacharyrodgers693]

@@TheReal_ist he's not gonna fncking reply is he

[@TheReal_ist]

@@zacharyrodgers693 that may be true but I don’t want your useless opinion bud. And neither does anyone else. Also that was 7 months ago who replies to a comment that old. Do u have a life Jesus Christ. 😂😂

[@hazelnutspred3348]

It's a pet peeve of mine when someone says ash doesn't evolve his pokemon. Like... Its weird how people seem to completely ignore the fact the pokemon arent forced to evolve in the anime, or really in the games unless you use a stone or trade item or whatever. The pokemon have a choice wether they want to evolve or not, and in the game mechanics you have the option to not allow then to evolve because its just built in that they do at a certain stage (for the most part)

[@darknessknows1235]

This is a video translating the strength into the games tho??? Get over it lol

[@pn2294]

@@darknessknows1235 no because VGC people are annoying

[@darknessknows1235]

@@pn2294 then why tf you here genius lmao. Literally most people who know about the anime bring up Ash not evolving pokemon, go complain and insult them somewhere else

[@pn2294]

@@darknessknows1235 video got added to my feed against my will so I’m annoyed

[@HolyAlondite]

@@pn2294 Then why are you here? No one was holding a metaphorical or literal gun to your head going 'you better watch Wolfe's newest video'. If you don't like the content, why make the choice to actively engage with it?

[@ribottostudio]

I think the reason why Ash's Kalos loss stung, was BECAUSE his team for the first time ever, by that point, was STACKED. But a LOT of people tend to forget, that while Ash-Greninja and regular Greninja have a type advantage over REGULAR Charizard, he does NOT have a type advantage against MEGA-Charizard X, which becomes a Fire/Dragon type, negating the water weakness. I can see why people were upset at the Kalos loss, but I'd rather Ash lose to a trainer who has taken the time to REALLY train up his pokemon, and be a proper rival, than to someone with a god damn Action Replay. Ash and Alain were good rivals for each other, and because of that, no matter what, the match was downright exciting. I really hate when people go "lol it's just plot armor" for when he wins. No. He wins because of hard work and determination. His Pokémon respond to his iron will with that same energy. He brings out the very best in his opponents and challenges them with his unique and inspired plays. He always thinks out of the box, and that's helped him a lot in the past and even recently. His Kalos, Alola and Galar teams were all very good, so no it's not plot armor. HE JUST HAS THAT WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BABY.

[@Warlord_Megatron]

LET'S GO FINALLY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T CRY PLOT ARMOUR EVERYTIME ASH WINS

[@ShinyHunterMuffin]

Wasn't Alain's Charizard boosted by the Mega Energy that he was collecting for Lysandre for like X years? I'm pretty sure they even mentioned in the anime but Ash "decided" to not do a re-match.

[@ribottostudio]

@@ShinyHunterMuffin I remember a lot of fans going "HE WAS GIVEN HIS TEAM BY LYSANDRE THEY NEED A REMATCH!" but I actually hadn't heard of Charizard being boosted by Mega Energy. That certainly makes sense though.

[@ShinyHunterMuffin]

@@ribottostudio Yeah his Charizard was boosted I think but rest of his team was fine I'm pretty sure. It's a grey area where you could say it could've mattered or not but we'll never know. I'm sad that they didn't give Ash the win though, I feel like it was perfect time especially with how more shounen-like the series was in X/Y

[@kaffka9221]

I wonder what if the match ended in a tie?

[@MaxWelton]

20:29 especially since unlike every other trainer, Ash can just activate Battle Bond immediately for free if he’s finished his character development.

[@lindseylindsey9200]

Minor complaint: You acknowledge which Pokémon came out in which era but not the gameplay differences. For example, you mention Thunder Punch not being good with Grovyle’s low attack, even though it would have been special in gen 3

[@Neospear_1]

And also the fact he uses their most recent move pools instead of the move pools from their debuted generation

[@Sammyz_Official]

16:26 please never say gible like that ever again

[@harukaze7388]

All the unevolved pokemon does make me wonder if there could be a mechanic to bring more not fully evolved pokemon to being viable. I always liked how they learned moves faster and better unevolved and usually stick with them in-game, but of course that doesn't matter after learning the moves. I really liked the introduction of Eviolite, it made a lot of really interesting choices that made it fun to me that you could play with stats that way and turn such a core mechanic of the games on its head. An obvious extension could be an Eviolite Blade or something that increases the attack stats, and with how offense-based the meta is I'm sure a number of pretty busted preevolutions would come out of it, but I doubt it'd be an scenario where there'd be a lot.

[@xerforianc.6865]

The fact when wolfey pronounce gible as JAYBEL, had me choke

[@naturalkind5591]

Important to keep in mind (unless I'm completely forgetting something) ash's grenninja could go to ash grenninja form at will. He also did really struggle in the ice gym.

[@nechocat1234]

he doed have 3 pokemon weak to ice in that tean, ash greninja is worse than normal greninja even if he can change forms at will it still doesn't have protean, rotom fridge bodies this team

[@anthonystrangio]

@@nechocat1234 yeah the sheer imbalance of the team itself just stops me from ranking it above Alola and Journeys teams. Like yeah, the pokemon INDIVIDUALLY are strong, but together, they do not function as a cohesive unit and Ash's Kalos team is an utter failure in that regard due to having such an easily exploitable weakness

[@Junya01]

@@nechocat1234 no one ever who has played gen 6-7 OU has said Ash-Gren is weaker than protean gren. Protean gren works so well cuz most peeps expect Ash-Gren for the offensive monster that it is

[@Junya01]

@@anthonystrangio y’all ever heard of hyper offence. Who cares about balance on this team? The whole point is u make room for Ash-Gren to clean up and sweep by wearing down its counters. And remember it can turn into Ash-Gren at anytime. Goodra is a special wall that can tank at least one ice type and do the damage it needs for hawlucha and ash-gren to clean up. Hawlucha being fast with unburden also makes it easy to chip Ash-Gren’s walls or sweep itself. No toxapex? Free real estate

[@anthonystrangio]

@@Junya01 Noivern is LITERALLY filler

[@MaxWelton]

I think it’s weird that you didn’t consider the team of 6 he used against Kukui since that’s a full team and what he brought to the “final battle”

[@travishindman9362]

I think Ash's team against Kukui and against Paul need to be analyzed as well. Both are arguably more balanced than his others teams from their respective gens and you miss powerhouses like Infernape and Incinaroar (ohh now I know why you didn't use it)

[@WillWonkeyTertel]

Nice to see someone appreciating torkoal. I've tried coming up with turtle teams in the past and torkoal has always been a solid choice.

[@mikeybalboa7520]

Where was the team of Ash in the Orange Islands?

[@maromania7]

Wonderful as always! One thing I'd love to see is you going through Ash's box and making your own best team.

[@simonteesdale9752]

Easy. Just play Gen 1 with 6 Tauros. Bonus points for using the original blizzard, which had a 30% freeze chance and 90% accuracy.

[@hellonokay1925]

Sauce on that pfp bro? that is mighty sus

[@y-hat868]

Really cool to see how Wolfe has grown as a KZbinr. A year ago this would be a non-prepared 40 minute VOD of him scrolling through Serebii (which has its own charm tbf). But in traditional KZbinr standards the vids have gotten so high quality recently 👏

[@sidney9796]

i kinda miss that old vibe + intro, but i get what u mean, im super proud of him :)

[@MrGhosta5]

Squirtle can get a sneaky ko with focus sash and mirror coat/counter and then follow up with a torrent boosted aqua jet. Some people know squirlte can learn mirror coat as an egg move but very few know that squirtle can learn counter from the move tutor in fire red/leaf green. It's a set up that a lot of players either don't know about or don't expect to be used. Squirtle can also learn curse and mimic as tutor moves. curse is a solid set up move but mimic is ridiculously good. Mimic can let the user learn any of it's partner's or opponents moves which can be used for all sorts of shenanigans.

[@MrMitchbow]

Ash winning 3/8 tournaments he enters is not bad at all.

[@Poke-ladd]

Honestly I think my favourite battle to this day is still Ash VS Gary and Ash VS Paul, those episodes were so tense, now that I think about it I’ve never done a Paul Playthough team that would be so fun

[@ManxTK]

1m views in a month? 😳 Wolfey, my man, this is an amazing contribution for the Pokémon fandom. High quality content, well edited videos, A CAMEO FROM ASH'S VOICE ACTRESS!!!! OMGGGG, Best poketuber ever

[@MercenaryGreil]

Great video. Now I find myself wondering what it would look like if Ash ever made his ultimate team, the best of every pokemon he's ever owned. I'd love to see a video analyzing what could be his perfect team comp.

[@LARAUJO_0]

My guess would be Pikachu, Snorlax, Melmetal, Sceptile, Charizard/Swellow, and Greninja/Dracovish

[@ediakin4993]

Well, he already did. His journeys team not only has type coverage, but also his Pokémons is OU!

[@justadreamerforgood69]

@@LARAUJO_0 Pikachu is 💩 lol. The anime makes it look strong It's below average stats are too much

[@nightfallsongbird]

@@justadreamerforgood69 While that may be true, we all know that Ash would die before having a team without Pikachu in it (actually, he _has_ died before having a team without Pikachu)

[@dhruvacharya-wx4bj]

@@nightfallsongbird well he benched pikachu during his battle with Gary in the Johto League and he also went on to win it

[@mitchellmyerson4304]

After 25 years, ash finally become the legendary winner, what a great hero.

[@ashikjaman1940]

Just had to use the walking crime that is Dracovish

[@holycrap4994]

Using Mr phish alone made him win

[@PapaHash]

Whoever the editors are they are impeccable

[@Coreyographed]

Now you’ve got me wondering what the best possible team was that Ash could have assembled every league based on all his Pokémon caught (and mostly favoring ones from the region he was in)

[@sonnytapman]

Would this include Pokemon he released or gave away, I.E. Primape?

[@McGill150X]

this video came at such a perfect time. I was just having a debate with my friends about ash's teams throughout the years. Love seeing the channels growth Wolfey

[@NicktaculaPlays]

Had a cool idea that Im not sure if you have already thought about. But would be a cool follow up to this video. Building a competitive team from Ash's pokemon championship pool. You could do two flavours, One team where every pokemon has to be from a different Generation. So even though there is more than 6 gens, you just pick the best one from each gen to make 6. The other one would be just picking the 6 best pokemon to form a team around, no restrictions on one per generation. So Kind of like a "Final Form" for all of Ashs pokemon.

[@bushidobrown3952]

You should totally make a video on what ash’s best competitive team would look like in vgc. Not including any Pokémon he had temporarily or released, but everything he currently has either on his journey currently and back at Oaks lab. I’d love to see something like that from you!

[@danielferrieri7434]

Who's Your Favorite Pokémon from Ash's Teams. All Generations are Allowed

[@TheMasterd333]

Hawluchaaaaaaaa

[@erutaron3527]

Easily Ash-Greninja!!

[@UnBlockel]

If you don’t choose greninja or infernape you have a problem

[@gurshaangrewal2009]

Charizard

[@Nightwalker065]

Rowlet

[@MarcusMapua]

If Gladion had made Silvally into a Ground type rather than a Fighting type, he would've destroyed Ash; heck Ground type Silvally would destroy practically almost every member of his Alolan Team (just Air Slash killing Rowlet to take care of it)

[@Bryguy_Gaming]

“A level 100 pikachu can still lose to pigey” killed me

[@brockaston8241]

Did you decide the teams based on the last battle of the league, given how the teams were changing constantly throughout most of these leagues.

[@joaoalvaro3346]

Yeah, some of these leagues have better teams that not have been used: Johto's vs Gary, Sinnoh's vs Paul and Alola's vs Kukui.

[@TingandWal]

0:04 that comment instantly gets you a thumbs up.

[@yacmoth770]

my boy went from using 2 unevolved starters to becoming the strongest trainer IN THE WORLD. What a beast

[@ThePretzelBread]

Holy crap the Slaking coming for Pilot the Swellow had my dying. Truly perfect.

[@cja1374]

Literally came to the comments just to see if other people noticed this hilarious moment.

[@thesimiccombine3192]

If you know you know, do some searching on rom hacks and you’ll get it if you dont

[@mitchellmcgregor777]

At 3:24 the description of Neutralizing Gas is just "While the user is on the field, the effects of all other abilities of other Pokemon that are currently in battle" ..... WHAT ABOUT THEM WOLFEY?? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EFFECTS???

[@ashleylightheart126]

When you think about it, Ash was likely exploring different style of training for the first 5 regions as well as seeking out professionals to help train his pokemon to an extent. Starting from Kalos though, he begun actively seeking out powerups like unique evolutions, Mega evolution and Z-moves which would explain why he becomes so powerful at the end.

[@adammorin2955]

First 4 generations tbh. Gen 4 his rival Paul that pushed ash into understanding a lot of the different mechanics of pokemon and get stronger.

[@overrange5154]

I think you should have also mentioned Ash's original team in the Lily of the Valley conference, I think they're pretty good too.

[@BiffTheBanana]

Hard agree

[@-DevilLunar-]

The thing about ash is he doesn’t care about stats he just gives his Pokémon motivational speeches and gives his Pokémon commands that u can’t use in the game

[@Ussj2Trunks]

How Wolfe pronounces Gible makes me shiver

[@larrydaykin2778]

oon fez arent

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Got to love that even though this list is based on competitive Pokémon instead of their track record in the anime, Unova somehow still comes last😅Appreciate you used the Japanese version of the XY&Z theme during the Kalos segment, that theme is a banger. While I'm glad Ash won in Alola and world champion in Galar, he deserved to win against Alain in the Lumiose Conference. Because of the small size of the Indigo and Manalo teams, I feel it should've been fair to talk about Ash's full teams against Drake from the Orange League (yes Orange isn't official, but it's still a full team) and Professor Kukui respectively. Also, Gible is pronounced “gibble” because it’s a pun of “nibble”, just like how its evolutions Gabite and Garchomp are other puns for munching

[@iantaakalla8180]

I love how there is absolutely no method to justify Ash’s showing in Unova. Not in moveset, not in Pokémon chosen for each battle, not the outcome of any battle, not even the tone of the battle. It’s surprisingly consistent how bad Ash’s Unova showing was.

[@Noah-yp6yy]

He pronounced it wrong as a joke, that's like his thing

[@keywhat217]

You know the animators didn't evolve ash's pokemon because it made it much harder to animate it. 😢

[@stillchill6984]

They didn’t have to make the evolution transformation of each pokemon that crazy tho I personally think they did this to keep the pokemon cute to appeal to kids