From: BerkeIium | #274
Too bad Ash never bothered to teach Torterra any ground-type moves. That probably would have helped a bit.
Really, Torterra getting one-shotted by Drapion could have been a big moment in the battle: everyone is shocked that Torterra's defense is overcome so easily, and everyone starts to think that Ash is screwed, but Ash still says, "Screw you, I'm the main character, so I'm gonna fight on and win!" The problem being that Torterra always got punked before this battle as well, so it losing without accomplishing anything again is just business as usual.
Torterra's only real loss is to Electivire (which knew Ice Punch). You can't seriously consider the loss to Bertha.
But yeah, Torterra is the only Pokemon out of the 12 that didn't come out of it with any credit. Even Froslass looked good for a while there.
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