In the footage—
Snorlax struggles to stand within the raging flames. Brilliant golden light condenses in its mouth and then bursts forth! The destructive force collides with the scorching flames, and the two sides stalemate for only a few brief seconds before the Hyper Beam tears right through the massive Fire Blast, heavily bombarding Arcanine!
"Bang!!"
Arcanine is blasted backward more than ten meters. It tries to struggle back to its feet, but after a few agonizing seconds, it collapses weakly. Under the direct interference of a Fire Blast, it still secured a clean one-hit knockout against Arcanine…
Not to mention Gary Oak, who is completely stunned; even Ash didn't expect this level of output. It seems that during this time, Snorlax has been eating exceptionally well at Professor Oak's lab! All the food consumed daily has converted into pure battle energy for this specific fight! Your grandfather is truly loaded!
Gary Oak silently recalls Arcanine. After a long pause, he takes out his next Poké Ball and speaks slowly.
"I really didn't expect your Snorlax to not only be flexible, but to possess such terrifying offensive power."
"Next time… forget it, there won't be a next time…"
Gary Oak's last words are mumbled under his breath, out of Ash's earshot. He throws the Poké Ball in his hand, and Nidoqueen reappears on the field!
"Nidoqueen, use your tail to vault up!"
"Thud!"
Nidoqueen leaps violently into the air using her thick tail as a spring, seemingly flying through the sky! This is... the exact same aerial maneuver Ash's Bayleef just used with Vine Whip! Gary Oak literally copied the tactic on the spot!
"Ha! You had a good tactic just now… but now it's mine! Use Double Kick!"
"Nido!"
Nidoqueen drops from the sky like a meteor, using the acceleration of the fall to kick Snorlax's body fiercely! Two heavy thuds land, kicking Snorlax straight to the ground! Not only that, after Nidoqueen lands the two hits on Snorlax, she uses the rebound force to take off into the air again!
"Just like this, use Hyper Beam!"
"Roar!"
Nidoqueen spews a pillar of destructive light from mid-air. Ash hurriedly shouts:
"Dodge it by rolling!"
"Snorlax!"
The fallen Snorlax rolls its massive body, quickly evading the Hyper Beam. Gary Oak's pupils contract in shock. Is this even allowed? Is this Snorlax a literal monster? A super-effective Double Kick didn't even cause a split second of flinch or hit-stun? And even without the stun, the rolling speed of this Snorlax is genuinely way too fast!
"Very good, spring up and use Ice Punch!"
"Snorlax!"
The rolling Snorlax uses a kip-up motion to bounce straight back onto its feet, bends its body slightly, and leaps violently into the air.
Before Nidoqueen can even land, Snorlax has already materialized right in front of her face! A fist glowing with freezing, frosty light bombards Nidoqueen squarely in the face!
When fighting the Blackthorn Gym earlier, it was disoriented by the opponent's maneuvers multiple times; Snorlax took that deeply to heart, and this time it was its turn to get right in someone's face!
"Boom!"
Nidoqueen plummets like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the ground amidst billowing smoke. As the smoke clears, Nidoqueen's eyes are swirling; she has completely lost the ability to battle.
Snorlax's Ice Punch is not only powerful, but it hits a massive type advantage! Even so, being able to one-shot Nidoqueen like this is completely absurd. It's clear that Snorlax has gained a terrifying boost in raw attack power! It must have a lot to do with what it has been eating during this period.
Snorlax are inherently Pokémon that can exert greater power the more they consume. However, the catch is also right here…
if this battle burns through all its energy, if Ash sends out Snorlax tomorrow, it probably won't be able to exert such terrifying power again. It can be said that Ash risked everything just for this one match!
Gary Oak is completely numb. Referee, there's a hacker here!!
[Shauntal: I hereby declare! This Snorlax shall be known as the God of War Snorlax from this day forward! Snorlax truly looks like an absolute deity of combat the moment it steps onto the field!]
[Lance: It's truly terrifying. This Snorlax has appeared three times across these logs, and each time it completely takes down at least one of the opponent's Pokémon. This time it even swept two of them cleanly! It might even be able to take down a third!]
[Leon: A heavy-set Pokémon that can use a kip-up to stand straight up… If nothing else, there must be pure, dense muscle hidden under that heavy layer of fat! Could it be that this Snorlax exercises intensely on a regular basis?]
[Norman: Snorlax should be a species structurally similar to Slaking… usually doing nothing but sleeping when they aren't eating. For them, eating is the absolute best form of exercise!]
[Norman: It's just that this specific Snorlax is exceptionally gifted. Although it also just eats and sleeps, what it develops isn't just fat, but dense muscle… I assume that must be the case.]
[Karen: I'm envious. Ash always manages to tame these unusual but incredibly powerful Pokémon.]
[Caitlin: The only glaring missing piece is that Ash doesn't seem to have a dedicated Psychic-type offensive option on his hand! At most, there's only that Noctowl which looks like a mutant with some auxiliary Psychic-type moves…"]
[Diantha: Mewtwo would like a word.]
[Caitlin: …Isn't that because Ash didn't actually catch it? Looking at the timeline in the video, he didn't catch Mewtwo, right?]
Judging from the battle of the gods, where Mewtwo flew in from afar to help, Ash undoubtedly did not officially catch Mewtwo. In the video timeline, he truly doesn't have any standard Psychic-type Pokémon that can carry a team!
[Professor Kukui: Actually… Solgaleo is a Psychic/Steel-type box legendary, which is recorded extensively in the historical texts of Alola.]
[Caitlin: ...]
This is so frustrating, are you serious… all of his Psychic-type options are literal gods, aren't they???
Even if the Ash in the video didn't catch Mewtwo, the fact that he befriended and effectively caught Solgaleo is completely real! After all, when Ash talked about his Pokémon left outside earlier, Solgaleo was explicitly listed among them!
Even if Solgaleo isn't actively in his current party, it is still a Pokémon Ash has tamed! Caitlin falls silent. This counter-argument hits way too hard… she can't find a single word to talk back!
In the Footage—
Ash's Snorlax strings together two massive knockouts, single-handedly pulling a game back for Ash! This time, the baseline situation between the two sides returns to an even three-versus-three!
But... Snorlax's continuous high-intensity movements, combined with the residual damage it sustained, have caused it to start panting heavily.
If such a colossal body wants to move with that level of agility, it is naturally impossible to do so without paying a massive physical price… The more anatomically absurd the maneuvers are (like that kip-up), the greater the stamina consumed!
Gary Oak recalls Nidoqueen and swaps to his next Pokémon… Scizor! His Scizor possesses the Light Metal ability.
Even within his high-tier lineup, its speed is top-notch! Not even Arcanine can match its acceleration! But Gary Oak doesn't dare underestimate Ash's Snorlax this time; this thing is a pure anomaly! Even if it has consumed a massive chunk of its stamina, he absolutely cannot afford to be careless!
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