Ranking All of Ash Ketchum's Pokemon

They're the best team a Pokemon Master could ask for! Join Ashley as we look over and rate all of Ash Ketchum's Pokemon from across the franchise, including the likes of "Pikachu", "Charizard", "Lucario", "Greninja", "Infernape", and more! Which Pokemon of Ash's would you snag for you own team? Let us know in the comments!
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[@WatchMojo]

Which Pokemon of Ash's would you snag for you own team? Let us know in the comments! For more Anime, check out our playlist!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3fId5x-j8aSg5I

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Pikachu should be #1.

[@jenniferm914]

Pikachu

[@user-Natsu2001]

Dragonite Sceptile Glalie Talonflame Heracross Krookodile

[@devingiles6597]

Greninja, Lucario & Incinerorar.

[@bishr8590]

Infernape

[@kalyansundaram6260]

Swellow is so underrated. Its so shocking to see it being rated so low. Swellow won a flying competition . Won 2 very big dual matches especially one against battle frontier and moreover was so feisty enough to bear electricity , its ultimate weakness. The never give attitude it had is just second to pikachu. If anything it should be in the top 20

[@vedantchavan6314]

He Littrely Carried The hoenn Team on his Back You Know

[@Powerhouse08]

Exactly buddy

[@Pokeferlax]

Swellow is Ash's strongest regional bird and it's not even close, plus its attitude was absolute 🔥

[@TheRakanow]

100%, i just made a comment myself before i saw yours. It's a disgrace

[@kalyansundaram6260]

@@Pokeferlax Exactly, power wise it wasn't that good. But it's attitude was enough to win against so much stronger opponents . Easily ash's best flying type

[@harrisgan7885]

I cannot believe U put Swellow below Scraggy when He faced Latios

[@TheRakanow]

100%, it's like they are blind or something

[@karthigeyanblackmask7279]

The lower order was just a random assortment of ash' Pokemon

[@JunFromIT]

Even more surprising that many pokemon are below palpitoad

[@laxusstrauss5945]

The probleme with swellow is that it had 0 personality thats why it pretty much always ended up low on.every ranking list

[@NoelJames_]

And Ash's swellow has that unique Thunder Armour ability when most birds are weak against Electric attacks!

[@sourav9543]

Ash can easily become a fire type gym leader with Charizard, Infernape, Incineroar, Talonflame, Quilava & Torkoal

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

You mean Elite 4 at this point.

[@kittylover62]

Or he can join the Battle Frontier. He was given that offer after he got all the symbols. Last I checked that offer still stands.

[@sourav9543]

@@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF I want to see in the new anime that new protagonists are trying to battle atleast once with greatest ever trainer ash ketchum..... They start from noob then ultimately though are defeated they battle with ash in the series finale

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

@@sourav9543 That would be cool but I'm starting to think that the new series are not Journeys' sequel, but the sequel to the movies timeline instead. Hope Im wrong.

[@Rako_the_Awesome]

He could just as easily do a Flying type. Pidgeot, Noctowl, Swellow, Staraptor, Unfezant, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Charizard, Butterfree, Gliscor, Noivern and Dragonite

[@decepticonmaster7702]

Honestly swellow deserves higher, he was a great and very underrated pokemon who clutched a lot of battles and withstand a lot of damage during the hoenn days

[@oliverorchard6774]

Yeah I agree it deserves to be at least in the top 30 region, but when you actually think about it, Ash only ever used it as a Swellow and rarely used it as a Taillow for any battling. While it did win a lot as a Swellow, you also have to consider how it was used across the series before evolving.

[@wuss90]

@@oliverorchard6774 you're right

[@brianodonnell4496]

How about Sceptile and Glalie?

[@fnaf6491]

BEST BIRD

[@soumyadeepmukherjee]

@@oliverorchard6774 That's not important. He haven't battled much before evolving and that's not his fault.

[@BlazerK1914]

Ash is one lucky kid. He got a lot of cool Pokémon, first being Pikachu, and he ages phenomenally. Seriously, it’s been so many years, yet, he doesn’t seem to get older.

[@codyeble6764]

Thanks to Ho-oh

[@raymondmaciel4047]

@@codyeble6764 Even though he's leaving I'm gonna watch every moment before the day comes

[@ShadyRK9]

And then there's Unfezant...

[@justaverage5207]

Well, at least he matures

[@abrahamleonard803]

Anti growth hormone

[@alishanahar8749]

The main one I disagree with is Swellow!! That bird was awesome and won so many battles that I’m shocked it’s placed LOWER than Scraggy

[@TheRakanow]

Agreed

[@Ryth_Is_The_Goat]

Scraggy isn't bad, and I like it's relationship with Axew, but it being above Swellow is just disrespectful

[@redvince5627]

I think Noctowl deserves more credit. Let’s not forget how he was pretty much the MVP during the gym battle with Morty.

[@eljordinio7647]

That's pretty much his best feat

[@cesarsebastian1231]

let’s also not forget how Noctowl destroyed Conways Lickylicky with Extrasensory

[@shouvikghosh8946]

And only Psychic type option for Ash, I mean who knows Psychic moves...

[@maeflower522]

I love Bayleef, but when she was Chikorita, my heart melted with her sass and her crush for Ash 💚🍃🌿

[@brianodonnell4496]

How about Bulbasaur and Treecko?

[@calebglasscock7392]

After all these years it's hard to believe we are actually saying goodbye to Ash as the main character of the anime I just hope the entire Pokemon fanbase is willing to give the new main character a fair chance I know I will.

[@jortega1990]

Probably not tbh.i think after a few years they will do a time jump and announce Ash is back and he is 16 or suttin like that.

[@spanishsupafly]

@@jortega1990 happens all the time. anime shows make a main character change and they just end up coming back to what worked. im expecting the same to happen with ash. he'll be back.

[@brianodonnell4496]

Who will missed him and Veronica Taylor's voice.

[@thekosgator7502]

If Dragonball Z and Boruto have anything to say about the issue, it won't go well

[@djslime2980]

Nah the new characters are furries

[@liyum3409]

Charizard can be the OG powerhouse. Greninja and Lucario can have their Aura Bond. But Infernape's sheer power alone is what takes the cake!

[@mansoorahmed1256]

Blaze says otherwise

[@shravanaragula4877]

Nope Charizard would thrash infernape remember however strong infernape is he has never taken down a legendary which Charizard had done so Charizard is althea strongest by far

[@luphuong5239]

Basically Unova is a just a soft reboot of Kanto. There are so many Ash's Unova Pokémon that are parallel to his Kanto mon. Krookodile is parallel to Squirtle, they both wearing sunglasses 👓 and both are the leader of the squad. Snivy is a parallel to Bulbasaur, both used to have a former trainer when ash catch them. Pignite and Charizard are the same, since they both got abandoned by their trainer until they travel with Ash. Unfezant = Pigeot Leavanny = Butterfree Scraggy = Primeape

[@leeyongpong3578]

sad to see none of the unova starters evolve to their final form

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Unova team had so many personality, especially Oshawott and Krookodile.

[@bluejaydude1284]

I thought Bulbasaur never had a trainer before Ash.. am I wrong?

[@luphuong5239]

@@bluejaydude1284 Bulbasaur does have a trainer , but his trainer abandoned him. On the contrary , Snivy actively abandoned her trainer because she believed he is not worthy, not good enough for her.

[@AznYunHou]

Boldore=Kingler, The small Pokemon Ash catches as an extra Pokemon who evolves in the heat of the moment in battle and kinda crab limbed

[@BernieTheDevastator]

I feel bad for boldore. The way it evolved made me think it had potential

[@rageinthecage2073]

I read somewhere before that they were going to give him a Gigalith but the animators got lazy

[@eljordinio7647]

Sadly it failed to live up to it

[@GoatAmv]

The anime Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series Ash beat Leon in the Pokémon World Coronation Series, thus becoming the No. 1-ranked trainer in the show's world

[@Cookie04_]

Wasn't the latest episode but go off I guess

[@GoatAmv]

@@Cookie04_ not the latest lol

[@mattiasolsson1523]

We will never forget Ash ketchum after leaving the anime, especially all of his Pokémon he caught and Bond with them.

[@brianodonnell4496]

He was still appeared in the 90s.

[@ninjapirate123]

2023-future will have different characters

[@brianodonnell4496]

@@ninjapirate123 What if, they missed Veronica Taylor and Ash?

[@ninjapirate123]

@@brianodonnell4496 Thats too bad

[@Squeleton]

Yeah, I think Ash is in fact a great trainer, the fact that he doesn’t need to know type matchup or evolve his Pokémon, because his training of them make them able to overcome those obstacle. I wonder why something like the Primate had to leave him to be trained. Ash was able to train his Pokémons beyond the supposed limit and that is what makes him special.

[@wawakanaman1894]

Nah. It's because of friendship and plot armor. Red is the real pokemon master.

[@pokemonchampion4826]

@wawakanaman1894 compared to Ash Red has infinite amount of plot armor

[@wawakanaman1894]

@@pokemonchampion4826 nope. He has the basic understanding of pokemon's strengths and weaknesses and use it strategically in battle. Not unlike Ash with the power of friendship and plot armor.

[@pokemonchampion4826]

@wawakanaman1894 before even becoming regional champion Ash face so many losses in his life some of them he should've won and you think he has plot armor? Ash's opponents has plot armor most of the time, Red becoming champion in first try make his plot armor infinite compared to Ash Ash has soooo much experience and all those qualities too, he also understand pokemons strength and weaknesses and help them to overcome and get stronger to reach even champion level, his strategies are mostly about his unpredictability that not even other champions can't predict

[@CloverDragon03]

@@wawakanaman1894 Ash has literally been fighting against the plot armor for 20 years, what is this take? By this point he definitely eclipses Red. Doesn't help that Ash is the World Champion compared to Red simply being the Champion of Kanto

[@gazzadona]

Swellow been that low is a crime. Also Buziel too like wtf he had one of the best battles with malenes Lucario

[@TheRakanow]

Couldn't agree more

[@mylestomsik4720]

Buizel would have been much better if he evolved into Floatzel, just like how Aipom evolved

[@Ryth_Is_The_Goat]

Also seeing Krookodile only at 21, literally hurts my soul, because it is actually one of my favorite Pokémon owned by Ash, I don’t care if it has almost the same story as Squirtle I loved it every time it was on screen and it is easily Ash’s best unova mon. Also, it didn't lose a battle after it evolved, how the hell do you put a pokemon that hadn't lost a battle since it evolved at only 21 on your list, that is disrespectful.

[@Critical_HitZ]

How is Swellow a retread of Ash’s other Flying types when it’s the first one that actually took battles seriously 😂

[@user-ic3eg6pu6n]

Swellow 52? Seriously it is one of the best flying Pokémon of Ash

[@eljordinio7647]

Best performing bird

[@JDFurious04]

Pikachu will always be at the top, he been there since 99 my guy 😤👍

[@eljordinio7647]

Actually since 97

[@PixieSugar1991]

You know a storyline is good when just mentioning a Pokémon by name brings you to tears. The second he mentioned Infernape I started crying.

[@philipbriggs8713]

That's some truly fragile shit man. Jesus christ grow a pair

[@abiskar9686]

You can say it's one of the best storyline Pokemon universe

[@sourishreddy2487]

Boldore and Swellow and Talonflame are too underrated.....they're stronger than you think!

[@jonathanramos6028]

Pidgeot: “damn that Pokeball must be really hard to find”

[@josephbryant1467]

Believe it or not, the initial reason I played pokemon (Leaf Green at that time) was because of Primeape. The scene where he caught Hitmonlee in the air and then tossed him to the ring was so iconic, for me. And the very first Fighting-type type that I fell in love with was also Primeape.

[@Pokeferlax]

Ash's Lucario at #4 💀 blud thinks he's on the team

[@eljordinio7647]

I put him at 2

[@langadube9611]

Or 3

[@ded3307]

I rather put Lucario at Number 2 behind Pikachu and ahead of Greninja

[@gedhoughton9523]

Noctowl got some credit back in Sinnoh, extrasensory and air slash being great moves for it.

[@TheRakanow]

Noctowl should be way higher!

[@MiraculousHolder365]

Yeah, it should at least in the Top 20 between Lapras and Rowlet.

[@simontakataka]

And its shiny

[@donovan802]

I felt really bad for Boldore. I love the Gigalith line, and while you do need to trade Boldore to evolve it, Ash could’ve asked for it back. (I mean Paul had Electabuzz and Magmar, and the only way to evolve them into Electivire and Magmortar is to trade them holding the Electrizer and Magmarizer respectively; yes, the anime doesn’t always adhere to the games, but my point still stands)

[@jbhav10]

Paul probably traded it and back with Reggie (his brother).

[@deaconparker4848]

The anime does go by the trade evolutions though because in journeys that’s how goh gets scizor

[@BigM5304]

I think I heard somewhere they wanted to evolve Boldore at first but had trouble animating Gigalith so they just left it unevolved.

[@AznYunHou]

Ash could've evolved his Boldore by trading it with Tripp's Gurdurr, would've been nice

[@eljordinio7647]

Makes sense why boldore never evolved cos u have to trade

[@RioluLucario1994]

Bruh. how tf is Swellow that low? He was lowkey Ash's ace in Hoenn along with Grovyle

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Grovyle/Sceptile should be on Top 10

[@DeadPool-ns1nz]

No body like thunder armour😐

[@eljordinio7647]

Once Sceptile evolved, and got his mojo back, he took the ace position

[@raghavpare8823]

Dude 1st people love thunder armer no matter how stupid it was. 2nd other than thunder armour it did a low of cool things and was totally badass

[@randombanana4741]

@@eljordinio7647 and swellow is still better than most of the hoenn team except for sceptile and pikachu

[@trevorniddrie1088]

Can we all a moment not to forget that Hawlucha came up the Trick Room breaker? That deserves some serious kudos right there

[@Rjm00]

Always liked his buldasaur having the attitude to not want to evolve

[@Vengeance1638]

🤝

[@Avenger-]

always disliked his bulbasaur because the attitude to not want to evolve

[@abirmahmud2242]

evolution is a pokemon's choice, not its trainer, bulbasaur is a great pokemon

[@coreynance3874]

@@abirmahmud2242 agreed.

[@eljordinio7647]

The only one of Ash's Pokemon besides Pikachu whose not evolving was acceptable. The rest should have had no excuse

[@Leo-pd4fc]

I've never forget Ash and his Pokémon. They are heroes and legends. 🔥🔥

[@cnsayin8847]

Same. There's not a single one he's caught that I forgot about.

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

You guys are great and you all do really spectacular work

[@LoneLeeLuna]

How Ash never caught an Eevee is beyond ridiculous. 😂

[@treycdd]

Well I think they kept them separate because Gary had an eevee

[@Phanthief95]

@@treycddI believe May had an Eevee too that evolved into a Glaceon.

[@treycdd]

@@Phanthief95 facts and Serena had a eevee too which evolved into a sylveon

[@aqualynx3857]

@@Phanthief95 Literally all of ashes female companions besides Iris have gotten an Eevee

[@staticshock4239]

@@aqualynx3857 I don't think Misty has one.

[@alexanderliew3415]

My Top 10 Ash's Pokemon 1. Pikachu 2. Greninja 3. Charizard 4. Lucario 5. Infernape 6. Krokodile 7. Dragonite 8. Gengar 9. Sceptile 10. Snorlax / Lycanrock

[@eridesdiaz7394]

Put some respect on Swellow man, he never is 52

[@TheRakanow]

Top 25 for sure

[@beebop5575]

I love the video, but I was shocked to see Swellow ranked so low. The poor bird's so underrated. I hope we all remember the lightning armor thing it did with Pikachu in the Advanced series in a gym battle. That was so cool! Also surprised that Butterfree was in front of Staraptor and Dracovish. Staraptor is one of Ash's best birds (might just be my personal opinion) and Dracovish was in Ash's world champion team, already showing how strong it is. On the other hand, Butterfree only has weak physical moves and spore attacks

[@brianodonnell4496]

Even all of these Gym Leaders have original voices better.

[@ayushmanchoudhary5699]

he forgot staraptor

[@mylestomsik4720]

After all, dracovish beat Leon’s busted rillaboom

[@Siience...s]

Wow a 30 min video of pokemon from waychmojo YESSS!! This is what I needed tysm

[@Anukriti_Sharma]

These rankings are blind 🙁

[@user-bs7ky9yk9l]

I agree, a lot of his Pokemon need to be ranked much higher

[@primal1233]

Pikachu will always be the best Pokemon that Ash has partnered with and I'm honestly going to miss both of them since we're no longer going to see them in Pokemon from now on, it was blast😭👍

[@brianodonnell4496]

Episode 1 is cool.

[@TrolldownYT]

Super tough choice between Pikachu and Charizard for me!

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

I think I speak for all of us when I say that it will be hard to get used to not seeing Ash as the MC in the anime anymore, but he will still the true Pokemon MC to us forever

[@spanishsupafly]

he'll be back. im sure pokemon fans will petition or something and the show creators will cave and bring back ash and pikachu back at some point. kind of how goku was removed from DBZ and then returned when the fans complained. thats my guess anyway.

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

@@spanishsupafly Possible, but remember. They're retiring him as the MC not from the franchise

[@spanishsupafly]

@@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 don't underestimate the importance of the MC. my point is, not all fans welcome change. but we'll see.

[@auratrainer4455]

Swellow was a beast with his guts ability and facade it deserves a far more higher place

[@brutal586]

Not really..

[@grantfuller6123]

@@brutal586yes realky

[@donovan802]

29:32 That scream from Greninja is something I love about the English version of the Kalos League finals. That is anger and determination.

[@jakejake11112]

I prefer the English version tbh

[@kindracorbridge6118]

@@jakejake11112 You do realize that Donovan802 also said that they like the English version?

[@jakejake11112]

@@kindracorbridge6118 I was agreeing with him

[@kindracorbridge6118]

@@jakejake11112 Oh, my bad. I also prefer the English Dub.

[@jakejake11112]

@@kindracorbridge6118 all good (: yeah I don’t really like any subs ngl

[@Rymar101]

All of Ash's pokemon are great in their own way, and Pikachu definitely is number 1 since it's been with Ash from the very beginning

[@teobaldolendario8880]

Honestly top 15 is pretty much perfect, even though I didn't really like Journeys' team. I'd maybe change Goodra for Swellow but both are good battlers.

[@ANTHONYACUNA1]

Same I didn’t watch journeys so

[@hakwizgaming5501]

That Dragonite voice at 12:00 is insanely satisfying!!

[@GoatAmv]

The Strongest Pokemon Currently In Ash Ketchum's Roster (Excluding Pikachu) 16/16 Rowlet. 15/16 Swellow. 14/16 Heracross. 13/16 Melmetal. 12/16 Lycanroc. 11/16 Snorlax. 10/16 Incineroar. 9/16 Krookodile. 8/16 Gengar 7/16 Infernape 6/16 Sirfetch'd 5/16 Sceptile 4/16 Dragonite 3/16 Dracovish 2/16 Charizard 1/16 Lucario

[@coreysmithson]

Ripped straight from google

[@mattiasolsson1523]

I realise something, after Torracat evolve into Incineroar, he never had a battle sense then😂

[@TheRakanow]

Rowlet are you for real?! I could name at least five Pokemon in Ash team that are stronger. 1. Hawlucha 2. Goodra 3. Noivern 4. Glalie 5. Gible For the rest spot on! :)

[@mattiasolsson1523]

@@TheRakanow I agree with your 5 of Ash Pokémon.

[@staticshock4239]

I had to remember that Greninja was released since he didn't make this list.

[@HeartCloud]

I was happy to see Ash's Lucario in the Top 5 because he is certainly a mon that fits so well with the love for battling and their auras connected together.

[@pieterhofkens7259]

It doesn't deserve that Gengar, Pikachu, greninja, incineroar, lycanrock, charizard, sceptile and infernape all are way stronger

[@HeartCloud]

@@pieterhofkens7259, To you. This is my comment and my opinion.

[@pieterhofkens7259]

@@HeartCloud yeah, I understand, but I don't see your reasoning if I am honest

[@HeartCloud]

@@pieterhofkens7259, That's fine to not agree with me. It's not like my thoughts are objective, like I get it.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@pieterhofkens7259 incineroar never even fought at his full power now that he fully evolved so he's hardly relevant Lucario was Ash's ace in journeys for a reason. Once it evolved, it was almost unstoppable in any official fights and was the only Pokemon to have ever defeated Cynthia's Garchomp, something no one else could ever do

[@langadube9611]

Swellow is best bird what other flying type caught a Donphan's rollout with his feet threw it and knocked it out. Not to mention he defeated Elite 4 level Pokemon in the Battle Frontier. Clearly this was more of a popularity poll.

[@andreasrutledge93]

Honestly,out of all the Pokemon ash caught throughout the generations, Pikachu is and will always be the best out of all of them,I can't imagine ash without him by his side, awesome list.

[@animecountdown1657]

Pikachu flash back in the finals was epic 💯

[@lashonnakennybrew4847]

This Pokemon show series will always remember you ash and your true ultimate strongest Pokemon battle you and all your Pokemon have been through in existences years love you ash happy 25 year anniversary to the true Pokemon Master champion 🏆 🥇 🏅 ❤️

[@arthuryim1495]

Let’s admit it. Pikachu is the MVP Pokémon of the year 2022

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! The best Pokémon on my list is Pikachu as well..!! 🤣

[@randallrona9618]

Now the story of Ash Ketchum will come to an end, this video is a fitting tribute to him and his Pokemon.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Do Top 10 or 20 Ash Ketchum's Friends.

[@brianodonnell4496]

Brock, Misty?

[@leviuchiha6214]

Brock better be no.1

[@brianodonnell4496]

@@leviuchiha6214 Even Eric Stuart?

[@AutisticPhantomOtaku]

Ash and his Pokémon are epic! Nuff said.

[@patrickkh1245]

Love the pokemon content😊

[@jaimeabaya6728]

My favourites: 1. Pika Pika 2. Charizard 3. Lucario 4. Greninja (Though, feels like a crime putting here) 5. Talonflame 6. Swellow 7. Totodile 8. Dragonite 9. Hawlucha 10. Infernape 11. Noctowl 12. Butterfree 13. Gengar 14. GIBLE (Aka, croc who wants to eat Shuckles) 15. Sceptile 16. All of his other Kanto Starters 17. Snorlax 18. Lapras 19. Boldore (just love it’s design) 20. Sirfetch’d

[@keokozonaioni9738]

Bro put Butterfree over Dracovish which defeated Leon's hacked Rillaboom 💀

[@DishanGurung-nv1bo]

fr 💀💀

[@LucasLaLou]

Charzard will always be my favorite Pokémon owned by ash

[@corymorimacori1059]

“It took millions of years for mankind to evolve. Now they’re hunched over cellphones playing with your balls.” Charles Darwin

[@NightLight9595]

Anytime his Snorlax shows up, I can't help but smile.

[@OppressiveMaul]

This List is once again Beyond Questionable

[@SuperPlacido1]

And why is that?

[@OppressiveMaul]

@@SuperPlacido1they put Dracovish so far down for starters beneath Unova pokemon when he is one to ash’s best Pokémon strength wise and personality wise and they put torterra above half of ash’s World champion team when torterra lost almost every battle it had once it evolved

[@langadube9611]

@@SuperPlacido1 They put Swellow below Scraggy. If you haven't watched AG you wouldn't understand

[@ArtsyAllAround]

Sceptile didnt even make top 10 according to watchmojo 😂😂

[@khonjel_singh]

What the hell?! I was just looking for this video after knowing about Ash's coming retirement and looekey here it just came out an hour ago. Lucky me that it's up to date to the latest I guess.

[@plymouthduster225]

Nicely put together list. I can't help but how Ash leaving the series will affect the series popularity?

[@LordRumshi]

It would've been nice to know how your ranking system was set up, given there was no real mention of how ranking was determined.

[@oliverorchard6774]

As soon as I saw Swellow that low, it broke my heart. When you actually think about it though, it was only honestly ever used once Ash's Tailow evolved into a Swellow, and therefore gets less time to shine compared to many of the other regional birds Ash owns.

[@joshkyei3105]

Swellow was definitely one of Ash's best flyers. Its best battles are after it evolved really, as it was great in the 6th (defeated a Swellow before it knew Aerial Ace), 7th (thunder armor), and 8th Hoenn gym (flew underwater to deliver an Aerial Ace). It was excellent in the Hoenn League (caught a Donphan using Rollout) and was a great contender in two of Ash's Battle Frontier battles. I believe a lot of these rankings aren't that good, Corphish is lower than Totodile, Unfezant is the lowest compared to Pidgeot, who was successful in smaller ways, Muk only won one battle, and It didn't show skill in it, etc.

[@thedragonskull1065]

I knew Pikachu, Charizard, Greninja, Lucario and Infernape would all make the top 5. I would’ve been disappointed had any of them not made it

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

28:49 THANK YOU!!!

[@CartoonFan18]

I am very surprised that you didn't include Mr. Mine, since he is also Ash's Pokémon. And Ash did battle with Mr. Mine.

[@SuperPlacido1]

Watch the video closely before saying that! This comment is so stupid!

[@xPhantomYTxz]

He did

[@cnsayin8847]

Mr. Mime was included. He just wasn't ranked high.

[@apollo7211]

I still can’t believe his gible didn’t evolve. We could’ve gotten a garchomp. Even more a mega garchomp

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I ❤️ this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel I ❤️ Pokemon all franchise Love yourself first and most Believe in yourself Quitters never win and winners never quit Don't give up and never give in Ignore those who try to discourage you Hang on to your dreams Take control of own destiny Take care of yourself Keep moving forward Stand up for yourself Stand tall and be brave Speak up for yourself Stay strong Act of kindness people

[@jtundi]

I just wanna say we all know that ash’s charizard is the goat

[@Unovakid24]

Okay, Leavanny as 50 is just not fair. It's easily one of Ash's best Unova Pokemon because of how good it was whenever it battled. There was the Bug gym, the Poison gym, and against Stephan's Sawk in the league. I get that it hasn't appeared too often, but whenever it did, it rocked, which is more than I can ever say for some of his other Pokemon *cough* Torkoal *cough*

[@Pokeferlax]

Leavanny's one of my favourites of Ash's Pokemon ever, it made me sad seeing it so low in this list 😆

[@TheRakanow]

Torkoal was unique in a way that it cried out of hypiness. The character was just more build up

[@thetiklipsegod]

@@Pokeferlax Omg hi!!!!

[@bronwynroberts860]

Ikr?

[@G_Money100]

Torkoal is underrated

[@vic44777]

Staraptor’s Close Combat is just 🔥. That’s why its my all time favorite bird. Sorry Pidgeot 😔

[@NikhilDagar-]

The best part about Pokemon is that it's doesn't matter how old u are, when u watch it you get the same felling like u became a kid again ❤️

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I mean, it's Pikachu! Of course Pikachu is #1. Who didn't see that coming?

[@CreepyXD12]

So many different pikachus. Can’t wait to see the next pikachu he catches

[@hossainayon9588]

Thanks for making this video trust me this video means alot to me becux i grew watching pokemon ❤

[@tomnorton4277]

Swellow should be in the top 20 easily. Remember when it stopped a Donphan's Rollout with it's feet and technically defeated it without actually using any of it's attacks? It literally just tossed the damn thing into a rock and called it a day, not even doing Donphan the courtesy of hitting it with an official move.

[@MarcusSLazarus]

Some good choices overall, although I feel that a few should have been a bit lower; Torterra didn't get many wins in its final stage, as an example

[@raidpirate4190]

Buizel and Swellow are way, way, way too low. 😭 Heck, Sceptile is fairly respectable but even still too low.

[@TheRakanow]

It is watchmodjo, the list are always questionable

[@holty1314]

“55#: Aipom” Gen 2 + 4 fans: “Do not do our girl like that!!!”

[@tldrafaik6144]

Still can't believe he abandoned pidgeot like that.

[@eljordinio7647]

Yeah ash basically lied to it

[@alperenayman620]

No worries Ash is going to reunite with his Pidgeot in the coming final arc...

[@Kowery105]

Translation error He never promised to come back

[@alperenayman620]

@@Kowery105 Nope he did it actually in Original version too. The translation mistake thing is just a stupid fake info caused by some people in reddit.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Kowery105 as far as most fans are concerned, he did. Translation error or not

[@Darthorias]

Original series, Johto region and Sinnoh region were best among all his series

[@brianodonnell4496]

What about Hoenn, 4Kids did rights for this Generation.

[@Darthorias]

@@brianodonnell4496 BORING

[@soumyadeepmukherjee]

@@Darthorias much better than sinnoh and also better than original and Johto.

[@jpjoshua7]

31:43!! What episode was that from? One of the most iconic images of OG reunion! Also, still wished that Gengar was the evolved version of Haunter from way back then. Felt that could've tied up a reunion better!

[@brutal586]

think luca should be at least 2nd rank because it has defeated many elite four level trianers and a champion which no other ash Pokemon has done except Pikachu. Luca is probably the most bulky, durable, most feat Pokemon of ash and it usually takes down at least 2 Pokemon in each battle. For greninja vs luca battle, the episode never focused on greninja vs luca because no moves were used. We can't judge them just like we can't judge a boxer unless he punches..the episode focused to luca struggle in sync with ash. It has got mega evolution+ aura power+ sync power. Sceptile defeating darkrai was a plot armour battle, infernape never battles any elite four level or champion, greninja got destroyed by mega Charizard thrice 😆, Charizard of ash got defeated by a blaziken and duksclop , the articuno battle was nerfed and Charizard really looked very generic in unova after the training except the first battle with iris

[@Cl0ud20]

Dont remember the exact episode but it was Ash vs Leon Pikachu vs Charizard

[@Lukeywoodsey]

As a kid watching the third pokemon move with Charizard fighting Enti my mind was completely blown.

[@mottdelancey3908]

Ash's Gible shooting a Draco Meteor into the shell of Shuckle to launch it in the air then the attack bursting out of Shuckle's shell in mid air like fireworks is actually pretty nuts. How is Shuckle not disintegrated ??

[@leviuchiha6214]

Shuckle has amazing defence stats

[@danielferrieri7434]

Ash: Becomes a Pokémon Master (I Think) Also Ash: Doesn't Catch Every Pokémon in Existence

[@langadube9611]

The anime is different to the games. Becoming a pokemon master is different there.

[@bauuhmasquerade459]

Yes Watchmojo that Flamethrower used on Registeel was Overheat which it forgot for Heat Wave just before that battle

[@joaopedronevesguerreiro417]

my top 10: 1 - Pikachu 2 - Greninja 3 - Lucario 4 - Infernape 5 - Charizard 6 - Gengar 7 - Dragonite 8 - Sceptile 9 - Dracovish 10 - Sirfetch`d

[@DeadPool-ns1nz]

Butterfree and pidgeots never deserved such a high rank. Everyone like them because of early leaving. They didn’t anything for ash.

[@soumyadeepmukherjee]

True very weak pokemons

[@fasiuddin8777]

All the rankings were absolutely accurate taking in all the abilities of Ash strongest pokemon of all time. Surely we can now say that he was indeed the very best like no one ever was.

[@TheRakanow]

Swellow way higher, same goes for Noctile (first shiny)

[@fasiuddin8777]

@@TheRakanow Swellow is considered as Ashs best regional flying type by most of the pokefans. So, it is not a shocker why it is ranked so high in the list.

[@randombanana4741]

@@fasiuddin8777 what do you mean? They literally ranked swellow at 52

[@langadube9611]

@@randombanana4741 Swellow should be way higher just watch AG to see his feats.

[@randombanana4741]

@@langadube9611 you misunderstand my statement. The OG comment say watchmojo ranking is really accurate but they put swellow into rank 52, I watch AG and I even think swellow is stronger than sceptile before battle frontier

[@megumin666]

seriously Swellow rank 52? Swellow is the only one who can endure pikachu's thunderbold

[@AkanbiAyomide-xk5pb]

This is by far the best and most honest WatchMojo list out there.

[@patrickkh1245]

1. Pikachu 2. Lucario 3. Greninja 4. Charizard 5. Infernape 6. Sceptile 7. Incineroar 8. Lycanroc 9. Sirfetched 10. Dragonite

[@iceman1333]

Snorlax?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Sadly some of Ash's Best Pokémon were ones he released like Pideot, Greninja, Lapras, Butterfree, & Primeape.

[@wikiuser92]

Those were hardly his best ones.

[@BadNicknames]

The only good ones he released were Primeape, Squirtle and Greninja

[@wikiuser92]

@@BadNicknames Out of those three, only Greninja was released. Squirtle and Primeape are in training.

[@BadNicknames]

@@wikiuser92 primeape is in ‘training’

[@wikiuser92]

@@BadNicknames It was technically left for training, even if Ash has never reunited with it since.