Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video! If you did, leave it a LIKE 👍🏼 and subscribe for more! Let me know in the comments section below which Ash Ketchum win is your favourite! Shoutout to the bro Zac for the collab! Zac’s video: • kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p62IYLShqbC5ZmQ.htmlsi=MAIgcBA7N4AEE_VO Also, feel free to tweet me your opinions on Twitter - Twitter.com/ThePokeRaf. God bless 😄 #TeamPokeRaf 🔥

The Leon battle will probably be the top choice, but the Paul fight will always be the most special one to me personally. He had by far the best buildup of any opponent and the sheer clash of ideals makes him THE most personal opponent Ash ever faced.

Return of the AniPoke Duo 💙❤️

Ash vs Leon was INSANE, the hype for this battle was off the charts and it seemed that Ash was going to lose but all of the Pokémon that Ash has caught for 26 years had arrived to support Pikachu and give him the much needed courage to surpass Leon's Lv.100 Charizard. This battle was made to signify that Ash truly became the best that no one ever was. 😢

Sheesh Thumbnail went hammering on Paul, Kukui, and Leon impressive Ko’s 😅

Ash vs Leon will always cause me to tear up. It was pretty much the perfect battle in animation, the choreograph and more importantly the emotion. It was over 25 years in the making.

Maybe I'm talking from nostalgia, I'll admit, but Paul vs Ash in the Sinnoh league will forever be my favourite Ash victory.

Ash vs Kukui is my personal fav. I watched it when it premiered, and having to wait each week to see it was so hard, but my goodness was it worth it. Highlight every time. Watching Ash battle his father figure with his most well developed team was amazing and so impactful to watch. I loved every second of it! I miss Ash and hope he returns someday in the anime...no one can replace my boy. Happy Alola Ash Ketchum day everyone!

You and Zac have done a wonderful job showcasing the top-tier Ash's battles. Forever our Champion 🏆⚡

Ash vs Leon was like a dream come true. our boi becoming world champion and the sequences were so goood Pikachu beating Leon's Charizard was so cathartic after how busted Leon was shown to be. Ash vs Sawyers also up there because of the dynamic between Sawyers planning and Ash's passion. Ash Greninja vs Mega Sceptile is a classic! Kukui and Paul are great ones too for what they mean to Ash's story and bring an end to series long arcs

Honestly in the "is Ash Vs Leon or Ash Vs Paul the best battle?" I will say that the symbolic of these battles is different. Ash VS Leon is the fight for Ash to finally be the best in the world and facing sort of his idol while Paul was completely different. Paul was Ash's complete opposite and it was a fight of ideals, methods and values making it more than just a battle and a pokemon battle win. It was a values and ideals win. Ash showed Paul how wrong he was about his way of thinking and I just feel like it's what makes it better. It's completely subjective and Leon VS Ash was more impressive to watch but the message and build up of Paul VS Ash just make it perfect and breath taking for me.

Ngl almost sheaf a tear watching this. Our boys really came so far for from a toxic relationship to become the best of the best Ash & Pikachu truly are the very best like no one ever was

My favorite win was Ash versus Lt. Surge. That was Ash’s first win against a gym leader that wasn’t by a technicality and the fact that Pikachu rejected the Thunderstone and won through Ash’s strategy was honestly a perfect ending to one of the best episodes of the original run and maybe in general.

Ash is like a Naruto Paul is like a Sasuke

7:09 Zac took every opportunity to say his iconic echoing "Satoshi Gekkouga" announcement, and I will never get tired of it

I know it was just a gym battle, but I think ash vs Korrina is high up to, maybe top 20/25 the start was fine, but Pikachu vs mega lucario was insane!

11:37 Aint no one judgin you for that let me tell you. This battle meant a lot for a lot of people. They ran a fucking article on ESPN about it for god's sake. Me and a buddy of mine hadn't talked pokemon is over 10 years, yet the moment I saw the victory, I hit his ass up with the "Yo, did you see that Ash became the world champ?" and we talked about how awesome of a finale it was for Ash for a good hour. It was the end of an era for the OG Pokemon fans, people who'd been around since the beginning.

Awesome avatar art update. This is a nice consolation for Ash's worse losses. I hope Liko & Roy have the notable win & lose since they're the new protagonists. 😈

My favorite Ash Ketchum win was.............. Ash vs champion Iris, Wallace, Steven, Cynthia and Leon.

You guys are honestly part of the reason I finally watched more of the Pokémon anime again, and you both remind me why exactly I love the anime so much! I fell out of the anime for quite a while, during Black and White. Ash Vs Paul set such a high bar, even as a kid. Seeing some of Black and White, maybe this was just my expectations getting the better of me, but I feel Black and White (when it comes to the anime, that is) just wasn’t in the same level as other Pokémon sagas. But finally getting to watch other succeeding Pokémon sagas (and rewatching some of my favourite older ones) made me happy to be a Pokémon fan! Finally finishing XY and Sun and Moon just recently makes me ask myself “why the hell did I wait so long?!” 😂 Great list! My favourite is hands down Ash’s battle with Paul! Rewatching it, it really holds up great! I definitely have a broader view and appreciation for it beyond just Ash and Infernape’s victory. It gave me even more of an appreciation for Paul’s character! He’s definitely the greatest rival Ash has ever had. Even in Journeys, he continues to be exactly that, helping Ash be the best trainer he can be.

I am pissed that you missed out Ash vs Wattson but still great video.

Can we talk about how it was Dracovish, DRACOVISH of all pokemon to defeat Leon’s busted Rillaboom, and Ash’s penultimate pokemon, underrated as hell

great choices, all valid. I really liked Ash vs Wulfric because that’s when him and Greninja mastered the bond phenomenon. There’s also Ash vs Volkner where Infernape masters the blaze ability.

For me The Leon Battle will be Number one. its because i never thought Ash would get into the Master's Eight let alone go all the way and lift the Trophy as Monarch! i remember when he defeated Cynthia and they confirmed Ash Vs leon in a full 6 on 6. i thought he would probably get to Charizard and fall at the last hurdle but i remember tuning in and watching in amazement as Pikachu delivered the final blow. even now a year on. its mad to think that the 10 year old who woke up late is now World Champion.

My Favourite Fight was Hau vs Ash. Rowlet with his Fake-Out KO and amazing, creative use of Feather Dance will forever make this a suspenceful, Hilarious battle for me

Hey PokeRaf awesome video highlighting some of Ash’s best wins over the last 25 years my all time favorites are his epic first gym battle win against Lt Surge and his partner Raichu, his memorable battle against lifelong rival Gary in the Johto league, his reunion match against teammate Misty and by far his greatest battle against Leon in the Master 8 to become world champion thanks for sharing this amazing tribute 👍❤️

Personally I don't mind Cynthia not mega evolving her garchomp there as she was strong in her base form anyway & it makes Cynthia more unpredictable & fierce opponent to deal with using a variety of strategies to toy with ash which I felt those episodes demonstrated well 🤔

It's actually marked the occasion where ash was actually ahead of his arrival where on other occasions his rivals were always one step ahead of him It also showed that soya saw ash as a mentor & rival at the same time..

I'd have preferred if Ash beat Leon and then Cynthia beat Ash (to show there's still room for him to grow), but that's not my issue with that fight. My issue was how they nerfed Cynthia's intelligence and Garchomp's moveset. Three Dragon attacks and only using Stealth Rock when the only remaining mons resist it?

Vibing at Satoshi-Gekkouga's theme

Personaly I would put Ash VS Cynthia much higher. Yeah it has some bad things I would change but it still is one of the most significant and most awaited battle in the anime. Plus Spiritomb and Garchomp were menace, it also showed Cynthia just like she is (strategic and very tactical powerhouse) and Ash bringing back counter shield and makes some pretty good moves. If it only had the same animation like XYZ or Leon VS Ash.

Ash vs. Olympia and Drasna both deserve to be on this list.

Ash vs Leon isn't just the best. It has the greatest 1v1 in the shows history with Pikachu vs Charizard. I also want to give a special shout out Necrozma who withstood 7 trainers, their pokemon, ride Pokémon, 4 grunts, and Ash's Solgaleo and The Aether families Lunalla. Out of all of the Legendary Pokémon the toss up for amount of damage withstood is between Mewtwo and Necrozma.

Ah yes, some many gorgeous victories for Ash Ketchim to become First Alola Champion and World Champion it was truly thrilled. My most favorite battle is Ash vs Leon cuz it was insane that I'll never forget. Man it makes me want to rewatch it again

Top three greatest and Ash's best battles of all time can't beat Leon, Kukui, and Paul legendary👍👍👍🏆🏆.

This was an awesome video. ❤️‍🔥 I wholeheartedly agree with all the placings on the list.

Cynthia has to be in this one

Wonderful video 😁

We miss you Ash. The anime is dead without you.

Hail to Ash Ketcham the Pokémon Master, Bubbas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0:20 "The True Papi Bond Phenomenon". Everyone should leave a like just for that lol! ^_^ Absolutley amazing video guys! I loved every second of it, especially the comedy and the ending was so wholesome talking about Ash Vs Leon! I remember all these wins vividly as well as my initial reactions to them and these are truly Ash's greatest wins!

Ash vs Leon was my favorite battle since I finally got to see Ash defeat Leon after losing to Leon on their first ever battle. That was Absolutely Amazing and Ash’s most powerful team ever on how far they had come.

Ash vs Leon was the best. And in order for Ash vs Leon/Cynthia/Kukui/Alain/Sawyer to take place, Ash vs Paul needed to happen first. His ideals challenged by his polar opposite, he had to win to earn the validation of both his methods and his power as a truly worthy title contender, while learning from Paul as well to always strategize during battle and take strength training and evolution more seriously. Ash vs Paul is the turning point finally elevating Ash to the top tier of league trainers. This set the rest of the series in motion (ignore BW lol) and the rest is history. Our boy is World Champion.

I love every single battle

What? A COLLABORATION WITH ZAC??

I knew Ash v Leon would be the top, but his battle with Kukui will always be my favorite. The bond he had with his father figure really hit home to me.

The leon battle will probobly number 1

Thoughts on top 10: 10: Hey, Ash won a League! It may not be from the games, but it is fun to watch! Also, this is the first time a full 6 on 6 battle appears in the show. 9. Hooray, Ash finally finished his Cerulean Gym against Misty! 8. Not only did Ash unknowingly prevent Cynthia from retiring but it also makes up for the Sinnoh League loss. Also, at home, Paul is grinning that Cynthia got her butt kicked. 7. Best Johto League battle ever and Red vs Blue reference in the anime. 6. Three times the charm! Plus, Pikachu beating a Regice is awesome! 5. Congrats, Ash! You are now like the other main region Champions! 4. The best battle shown in the Kalos League. Ash vs. Alain was a good battle, but we all know why it went wrong. 3. Paul really regretted his decision of disowning Infernape. At least in Journeys Paul is nice to Infernape and he does let Ash inform Goh about Infernape's history. 2. How to top Ash's League win? Add another awesome full battle with Tapu Koko involved! 1. "I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was..." and here we are.

Note Tobias died on his way back to his home planet

I think the ash vs cytha fight wau way to low but good list

ash's pikachu z-move with new moveset thunderbolt electroweb pika papow quick attack iron tail and his main signature z-move 10.000.000 volt thunderbolt

If Ash v Paul would have happened with XY animation style, nobody would compare that battle with anything. DP had told the best narrative between the rival. Contrasting ideologies, jerk trainer done right, how they battled often, those tense interactions between two. And finally Infernape, without him the story wouldn't hit the same.

Not resting until Ash beat Tobias. Greatest achievement ever.

ash's sirfetch'd with new meteor assault brutal swing protect & first impression

7:42 But yeah just ignore the battle that happen right after, i was feeling blue as well, the creator decided to make him lost, thanks for making me laugh brother Zac, your sentence to commmand bro Raf to not chewing the fate on was hilarious i laugh with a laughter you know so to speak.😅 My request: Bro Raf, could you please make Ash vs Alain happen with fan fiction of their battle too? Pretty please? I'm begging you, Looking forward to your reply.😉

Would you say the Alolan Companions didn't believe in ash

I know you are ranking wins are not necessarily the battles, but I’ve always been a bit colder towards Ash vs Sawyer: the first part is really good and the last matchup between Greninja and Sceptile is incredible, but this battle had TWO ties (I hate ties, there are only a few specific points in which I accept them) while the Noivern vs Salamance battle was decent, Goodra vs Slurpuff just sucked - the two Pokémon stand in one place, the whole time whilst attacking, drags the battle as a whole down.

ash's torterra with new moveset leaf storm frenzy plant wood hammer & headlong rush

ash's charizard with new moveset flamethrower wing attack seismic toss & thunder punch

Thanks

ash's mega lucario with new moveset aura sphere bullet punch double team & bone rush

ash's lycanroc dusk form with new moveset stone edge counter giga impact & thunder fang

The dynamic duo are back 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Hey, great video and I agree with your picks. Just some constructive criticism for next time, do you think in future videos, you could make the background music a bit less loud? It was sometimes hard to hear your guys dialogue.

Ew, Ash vs. Sawyer. Add Ash vs. Trip and vs. Steven too and probably a lot of others since they all deserve to be above the Sawyer victory.

ash's incineroar with new moveset fire blast blaze kick darkest lariat & cross chop

ash's talonflame with new moveset overheat brave bird steel wing & solar beam

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love 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 care of yourself Take control of own destiny Keep moving forward Stand up for yourself Stand tall and be brave Speak up for yourself Stay strong Stay positive Be humble Be grateful Be yourself Act of kindness people

ash's new tinkaton with new moveset play rough gigaton hammer ice hammer & knock off

ash's snorlax with new moveset mega punch hyper beam ice punch high horsepower body press & psychic

Ash vs Leon and Ash vs Paul should be at or near the top, so let my old ass give love to some Indigo Battles. 1st, Ash vs Lt. Surge round 2 should get love for the develop it allowed for Pikachu and Ash vs Blaine for giving us that first Ash/Charizard in sync battle.

Ash vs Kukui will always be a banger! The Z move clash between Tapu Koko and Pikachu will always go crazy 😤 #WorldAshKetchumDay

ash's gengar with new moveset shadow ball gunk shot dazzling gleam & will-o-wisp

ash's sceptile with new moveset leaf blade detect x-scissor & dragon pulse

I still wish Ash got the rematch with Tobias I waited for so long. That would have been the battle of the century.

ash's melmetal with new moveset double iron bash steel beam thunder & superpower

I think that Ash vs Leon was Ash’s best Win.

Did you notice how everytime Ash battles Gary in a 1v1 match,and ofc,he used Pikachu both times,he lost...but when it was 6v6 match without Pikachu,he won...

As much as I love Ash v/s Leon battle I hate that win because the official Pokemon Twitter (English) handle leaked the outcome way before the Masters 8 tournament began. It made the whole Masters 8 arc awful. Yes, there were parts where I felt that Ash could lose (especially against Cynthia and Leon) but the official account leaking the win 4 months prior took all the fun out of it. I would personally rate all other battles (mentioned in this video) over the Ash v/s Leon battle. The only part about Ash v/s Leon that made me hyped was seeing how it happened because Pokemon ruined it. But yes that music in the end made me tear up.

ash's gible will fully evolves offscreen into garchomp with new moveset draco meteor dig fire fang & brick break

Happy Belated World Ash Ketchum Day!!!

Did you know the first full battle ash have that he didn’t use Pikachu was against Gary 3:30

Great video! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

ash's dracovish with new moveset fishious rend dragon rush ice fang & ice beam

Ash vs Kukui is #1 for me

A lot of these battles were amazing. I would have loved a proper battle between Ash and Brock. Mega Lucario vs. Mega Steelix anyone?

Awesome videos on both of your channels

IF u were expecting a full battle before the exhibition match you're out of your mind. Neither Ash, Gladion or anybody else besides kukui even HAD a full team of six. Yeah the finals could have been a four on four but the three on three we got was still fine. Besides what damage could Umbreon do to most of Ash's team aside from maybe Rowlet. Only reason she won against Snowy besides being bulky is that Snowy is not weak anyway. Umbreon facing Lillie made things slightly more interesting than using Lycanroc or Silvally who would have clapped their opponent in one shot What did U want, for Melmetal to be a jobber after evolving and nothing else? He needed redemption after he failed to take out Silvally despite doing major damage The art style may have been drastically different from XY but at least it provided for fluent animation The battle royal was an interesting twist and a good way of separating the worthwhile and decent/stronger characters from the weaklings like literally all of team skull beside Guzman and any random characters who were there The league also works the exact same way it does in the games in the sense of you becoming the first champion of Alola if u win or somthing like that. Yeah Ash should have won in Sinnoh and especially Kalos but still he wouldn't be able to claim the title of champ without beating Cynthia or Diantha first. And we both know that they would never let ash do that without him being a champion himself so he could face them on equal footing You forget that Ash had also felt more attached to Alola than anywhere else he traveled in besides his real home since Sun and Moon wasn't a strictly travel based series like OS to XY. So obviously having Ash win there (even with a Kalos league win) would be more symbolic and meaningful Not to mention that unlike the orange league, Ash winning the Alola League not only broke the internet but also made news headlines l, since it was an actual League like indigo to Kalos, and Ash WON Guzma may have been rough on Lana but like Lana correctly noted, he did break any rules. He merely saw a falwe not weakness crap he could exploit and utilised it as much as possible to win. If u wanna complain about Rowlet, then complain about his battle against Decidueye where he chose to sleep mid battle instead of continuously fighting till the end. Lycanroc HAD his chance to shine against Gladion so the others needed to get their chances to prove themselves. Although it would have been nice if they all got a KO each Lycanroc could have beaten mewtwo Rowlet could have taken out Venusaur And the rest of the KOs could have the same way. Eljordino1747 (user) is a still same luantic maniac. I did learn something.

ash's tera dragonite with new moveset dragon dance dragon claw hurricane & tera blast ice type

ash's gigantamax gengar with moveset g-max terror max ooze max starfall & max guard

If u were expecting a full battle before the exhibition match you're out of your mind. Neither Ash, Gladion or anybody else besides kukui even HAD a full team of six. Yeah the finals could have been a four on four but the three on three we got was still fine. Besides what damage could Umbreon do to most of Ash's team aside from maybe Rowlet. Only reason she won against Snowy besides being bulky is that Snowy is pretty weak anyway. Least Umbreon facing Lillie made things slightly more interesting than using Lycanroc or Silvally who would have clapped their opponent in one shot What did U want, for Melmetal to be a jobber after evolving and nothing else? He needed redemption after he failed to take out Silvally despite doing major damage The art style may have been drastically different from XY but at least it provided for fluent animation The battle royal was an interesting twist and a good way of separating the worthwhile and decent/stronger characters from the weaklings like literally all of team skull beside Guzman and any random characters who were there The league also works the exact same way it does in the games or anime in the sense of you becoming the first champion of Alola if u win or something like that. Nope, Ash should have won in Sinnoh and especially Kalos but still he wouldn't be able to claim the title of champ without beating Cynthia or Diantha first. And we both know that they would never let ash do that without him being a champion himself so he could face them on equal footing You forget that Ash had also felt more attached to Alola than anywhere else he traveled in besides his real home since Sun and Moon wasn't a strictly travel based series like OS to XY. So obviously having Ash win there (even with a Kalos league win) would be more symbolic and meaningful Not to mention that unlike the orange league, Ash winning the Alola League not only broke the internet but also made news headlines l, since it was an actual League like indigo to Kalos, and Ash WON Guzma may have been rough on Lana but like Lana correctly noted, he did break any rules. He merely saw a falwe not weakness crap he could exploit and utilised it as much as possible to win. If u wanna complain about Rowlet, then complain about his battle against Decidueye where he chose to sleep mid battle instead of continuously fighting till the end. Lycanroc HAD his chance to shine against Gladion so the others needed to get their chances to prove themselves. Although it would have been nice if they all got a KO each Lycanroc could have beaten mewtwo Rowlet could have taken out Venusaur And the rest of the KOs could have the same way.

I only have 1 major complaint with Ash vs Leon. Leon's team. Charizard, Rillaboom, Dragapult, and Mr. Rime are fine. I didn't really liked him using Cinderace and Inteleon. I think they were cool in the battle but they were kind of underutilized. Like Cinderace came out and shocked Ash that it can change it's type with Libero, but that was never brought up again. Cinderace came back and defeated Dracovish really easily, didn't take a single hit. Dracovish just defeated Rillaboom, but he can't land one hit on Cinderace. And then Cinderace gets one shot by Pikachu's GMAX move when it also Gigantamax so it had even more health. It would've been cool if Ash came up with a strategy to counter Libero but that never happened, so what was the point. I think Inteleon was done a little bit better. He showed off a cool counter shield and did well fighting a GMAX pokemon. I was confused about the dual-wielding, like does it deal double damage or can only his Inteleon do it. He also caused Gengar's GMAX to end one turn earlier. Inteleon did enough damage to Gengar for Mr. Rime to finish him off. I think it would've even more cool he used some other pokemon like Aegislash or Rhyperior or Seismitoad. We have seen Goh use Cinderace and Inteleon a lot so I got tired of seeing them. That means Leon had 4 starters on his team, which is kind of weird.

Hm, how very interesting. I wonder if we’ll get moments like these with either Liko or Roy?

ash's sunglasses krookodile with new moveset bulldoze foul play shadow claw & outrage

I like Ash vs. Leon battle

"Ash VS Gladion" continues to be underrated due to XY's popularity. So sad.

have a little respect for ash's father

5:15 Fun fact: Regice got a *Rest* off!

Ash would have lose against Leon if he wasn’t allowed to use 3 gimmickss

Personally i would rank ash vs paul as 2nd best but its still a great list raf