WORKING ON A RIGHT MOVE!
"Lickilicky's versatile tongue is not your average tongue, for sure!"
Score: 6/10
Ash practices with Brock to prepare for Conway, even though Brock got out of competitive battling literally over a decade ago. While battling Sudowoodo, Infernape learns flare blitz, which Conway sees. The battle gets underway: Conway's Shuckle versus Ash's Noctowl. This greatly surprises Conway, who thought Ash would use a pokemon that had recently learned a new move.
Shuckle's strategy? Withdraw all day erry day. Noctowl's attempted sky attack only succeeds in hurting itself. Shuckle then uses power trick (switches attack and defense), and becomes an attack god. It hits Noctowl, who still gets up, so Ash recalls it and sends out Donphan. Donphan fights Shuckle for ten seconds before Ash recalls it. He then sends out Gible, who catches Shuckle in its mouth when it uses gyro ball to spin toward it. It uses draco meteor to pop out Shuckle, and the move finally works perfectly, defeating Shuckle with literal fireworks.
Conway sends out Lickilicky, also known as the third worst pokemon in the series (nothing beats Luvdisc and Alomorola). Gible gets its ass kicked for a bit, so Ash recalls it and sends out Noctowl, which can stay out of the range of Lickilicky's tongue. Noctowl picks it up with extrasensory and throws it to the ground, finishing it off easily.
Last up for Conway is Dusknoir, and it starts off with trick room. With trick room turning it into a fast pokemon, Dusknoir's speed allows it to defeat Noctowl easily. Since all of Ash's pokemon are faster than Dusknoir, it has the advantage. Brock claims that everything so far has gone according to Conway's plan… including, presumably, Noctowl defeating Lickilicky without it accomplishing anything. Ash sends out Donphan, and as he tries to recall it, Dusknoir uses mean look. Then, while it's still down and recovering on the ground, Dusknoir finishes Donphan off. Wow, good work, Donphan, you literally did nothing this entire battle.
Ash sends out Gible, who tries to use dig on a pokemon with levitate. It succeeds in getting close enough to bite Dusknoir's hand, and the victory music starts playing, meaning Ash automatically wins. The parts where Gible use draco meteor and draco pulse are just formalities.
The jumbotron reveals that round 4 will be Ash versus Paul and Tobias versus Sunglasses Girl. At the end of the episode, we learn that Ash recalled a special pokemon for this next battle, and it’s still flying in. Awwww yeaah, time for Chariza-- Gliscor. Well, okay. I guess.
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Started: July 6, 2005