BW 106 "Dageki Appears! Satoshi VS Kenyan!!"

Was a decent enough battle, good to see some new moves, though it kinda felt like the writers were just trying to power up Ash's team for the league. Glad the Palpitoad got sludge wave, been waiting for a 4th move since his debut. And im glad Krookodile lost crunch in favour of Aerial ace. Krookodile has a 100% success rate since he evolved. Although he's only completed battles against 3 pokemon (Dragonite, Leipard and Sawk), that's still a decent record. I get the feeling that this will be the best battle we get to see this league.

The hands down best battle of the Unova League, possibly the whole saga. The battle was just intense and kept me glued the whole time. I especially enjoyed the Sawk vs Leavanny round.

When Ash recalled Krookodile, a half Ground-type, after Stephan sends out his Zebstrika, an Electric-type, I just said "What?", and then when Ash chose Palpitoad in its place, I just thought "okay..." And, of course, it gave Krookodile the chance to really shine with its new move, so it all worked out well.

The battle was near perfect.. kudos to Sawk and Krookodile their fight was extreme they were worn out from prev battles.. Good to new moves to Palpitoad,Leavanny,Krookodile... Sad news Ash finds an excuse for not using krookodile in next matchup against kotetsu.. Top 8 were all identifiable(all recurring char).. One more thing to show,, what is the point of putting Gigalith in calendar although it belongs to some nameless trainer(not ash nor rivals) which just came up for one shot,, pretty lame..
Quaterfinal matchups seems to be good. although i would stil like Ash and virgil to fight in semifinal with virgil winning and become league champ. Ash's chances look bleak since hydreigon is kotetsu first poke.. cant wait for next one..

Developments to pokemon seems to moved offscreen,, it would be good to see if they learn during battle like Oshawott's aqua jet and boldore's rock smash.. Aerial ace was great to watch and probably the best finishing move

I'm glad at least this battle was good (by this series' standards anyway), and I agree it would've been a lot better if we'd actually SEEN Ash's Pokemon learning all these new moves through actual footage of hard work so it wouldn't feel so thrown-in-at-the-last-minute.

However, the only real thing I care about that I learned in this episode is Antonio moving on to the Top 8. I know a lot of people are on Team Dino to win the League, but not me. :P Antonio desperately needs his payback for being squashed by Dino in the Don Battle!

oh god if those two were in the finals it would be great

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I'm glad at least this battle was good (by this series' standards anyway), and I agree it would've been a lot better if we'd actually SEEN Ash's Pokemon learning all these new moves through actual footage of hard work so it wouldn't feel so thrown-in-at-the-last-minute.

However, the only real thing I care about that I learned in this episode is Antonio moving on to the Top 8. I know a lot of people are on Team Dino to win the League, but not me. :P Antonio desperately needs his payback for being squashed by Dino in the Don Battle!

oh god if those two were in the finals it would be great

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I agree! An Antonio vs Dino final would be amazing. However, I've got one foot in each camp, because although Antonio deserves revenge, and he's cool, Dino's just an awesome guy.

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Poor Leavanny lost, but oh well, she did do the brunt of the work.

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Ash's Leavanny is actually a guy.

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Wow, fooled me. But anyway, he [Sawk] did use bulk up to make up for it, but I still think he used Close Combat a lot more.

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AA little part of me does say though that just like back in the Club Battle, Sawk's loss wasn't caused by the opponent but by Close Combat spamming... How much times did he actually use that move in this recent battle?

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Sawk spammed Bulk Up about as often as Close Combat in this battle, which would make up for the defense drops.

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Right, I guess that made Leavanny's battle with Sawk more important than it looked. Krookodile would have had problems otherwise.

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Poor Leavanny lost, but oh well, she did do the brunt of the work.

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Ash's Leavanny is actually a guy.

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EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE

It was a solid battle for sure and a job well done.

I don't mind Satoshi's Pokemon getting new moves these are reserves not mains so they won't get treated fairly anyway. We know he trains anyway.

Plus it's not like Satoshi's Pokemon are the only ones that get new moves outta know where, people act as if he's the only one. I guess that's how the ball rolls when you don't sparkle and spin around every episode.

This is the first time Ash has ever poisoned one of his opponents Pokes right?

That's a sign he learned something from Roxie, after all.

Well I'm not going to lie, this was actually a great episode. It was a very well-crafted battle where neither Ash or Stephan was dominating the fight, all the Pokemon pulled their own weight, and Cilan showed his skill in making... um... ...yams? Bread rolls? ...giant root-beer flavored jelly beans... the hell are those things?

I also wanna say I really liked the animation of Liepard's Shadow Claw attack. Hopefully it never has to cut off it's arm and replace it with a chainsaw.

...actually that would be pretty groovy.

The announcer was hilarious with his reactions to just about everything, he's like a Spanish soccer announcer.

"LIEPARD USES SHADOW BALL! IT'S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE! PALPITOAD USED SLUDGE WAVE! ZEBSTRIKA WAS POISONED! I LIKE JELL-O! SAWK USED BULK-UP! KROOKODILE USED AERIAL ACE! JELL-OOOOOOOOOAL!"

Woah, so Kotetsu is using Hydreigon right off the bat? Talk about jumping the gun, Spazzy McForgettfulpants. Well I'm sure Ash will have some of his more powerhouse fighters to help him here, like Krookodile or Leavanny or-

*sees in the preview he's using the three starters, Unfezant and Boldore in the fight*

...whelp, Ash is boned. :V

Took them long enough. This was a good battle!
I couldn't help but remember Kenshiro during the beginning of Dageki's round.
I think the only thing that bothered me was the Aerial Ace...

This puts Dageki's reign to an end. Mwahahaha! Finally!

Seeing Dino's face in there surprised me. I didn't think they'd bother with a character made to fill spots in a Don championship. Then again he's just here to fill a spot anyway...

Huge chunk (6 episodes) got subbed at once and loved this episode I'd go as far to say this battle is on par with other series league's in terms of 3 on 3. The league has been pretty good to me so far maybe it's the break.

I think this may have been the best episode of the Unova League and was actually good with the battles except for them being a little rushed.