I kinda like Ash V Chuck because of Bayleef just going sumo wrestler... kinda wish he used Noctowl though rather than Pikachu (more fitting). Also fully expect Ash V Wattson to be no. 1 when you do Hoenn. Only gym in the anime to truly show what its like in the games (lol).
@silveryote1
Жыл бұрын
Ash vs Jasmine
@TurquoiseStar17
4 ай бұрын
Ash vs. Clair. It's like Charizard's whole story arc led to that win, the disobedience and then training in the valley. Overall, Johto had some great battles. Half his Kanto badges were flukes, this was where Ash really started to come into his own as a trainer.
@RioluLucario1994
4 ай бұрын
My favorite Gym Battle was against Faulkner because it was an instance where an early Gym Leader have stronger reserves for when experienced trainers come to challenge them.
@drunkenmmamaster419
Ай бұрын
I guess in the Manga the gym leaders use different teams to battle the skill level of different trainers which was pretty sick
@sonicdoommario
4 ай бұрын
I feel like Noctowl got a raw deal in the series. Its only real big victory in the series was Morty, I feel Noctowl could have been used against Chuck given flying's advantage over fighting and Noctowl having psychic abilities which would also help against fighting. I mean, it's a shiny Pokemon, I'd put it out more!
@jamesrobson8308
Жыл бұрын
Bayleef is actually a secret powerhouse. People overlook her alot for simping over ash
@ChampionBlaze
Жыл бұрын
After revisiting the Johto anime recently I can confirm that the Falkner, Jasmine and Clair battles were the best! Good strats, team composition and just great battling all around! Good list bro!
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Your OS review was great, just a happy coincidence that I put this list out so close to it haha
@ChampionBlaze
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark thanks so much! And what a neat coincidence haha!!
@WookieOwner
Жыл бұрын
Noctowl was able to defeat Gengar with that tackle, but Gengar lost a lot of health after Noctowl used confusion
@THenry12
Жыл бұрын
The Jotho series has a special place in my heart, cause it's the series that I got introduced to Pokémon. For some reason, I'd always liked the battle between Ash vs Chuck. Mainly because of Bayleaf. Ash's Bayleaf is one of my favorites to this day and I STILL think is should've evolved into Meganium back in the day. The battle just had that focused feeling into it and Bayleaf put in most of the work. I liked the other ones as well, but this one stood out for me the most. Well, at least he has a Quilava that evolved in the Sinnoh series though.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
I feel similarly about the Chuck battle, I love how Bayleef toughed it out and won for Ash. Even though I ranked it 7th, I feel like any of the battles 7th-4th could swap around. But the top three are clear for me
@octapusxft
Ай бұрын
This was definitely a huge step up from most of his Kanto battles
@darksoul1004
Ай бұрын
Ash Using His Noctowl's Foresight to beat Morty reminds me of me using My Furrets Foresight to Sweep Morty! And I didn't even know how this Battle played out until just now!
@spicyhaunter4320
Ай бұрын
I remember watching all of these as a kid but that battle with Jasmine was always one of my favorites. I always love when an OP move or strategy by a Pokémon is used against itself to win.
@luis15317
Жыл бұрын
The claire fight was just too good. And I love the Johto fighting OSTs
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
They are so good, I should have included the "Johto Victory Theme" in this video because it's the best haha
@pn2294
Жыл бұрын
Considering how quickly Ash swept Whitney’s other two Pokémon, I’d say Ash deserved that Gym Badge.
@adolfoperez6411
Жыл бұрын
I always thought clair vs ash was one of the top favorite battles of that time
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
It's very good, but some people may say it doesn't hold up by today's standards
@Monkeylad392
Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see the eventual DP one and see how you put ash vs Roark as I think the rematch was really well put together and did an amazing job of showing how sinnoh gym leaders don't go easy
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
I honestly think the Sinnoh list will be the most difficult for me to rank, idk what I am going to do haha
@erwerw
Жыл бұрын
It took 7 months for us to get Ash's Johto Gym Battles Ranked, let's hope it doesn't take as long for Ash's Hoenn Gym Battles Ranked
@deaubrymims2543
3 ай бұрын
I love watching the Ash V Bugsy battle just because I never expected Metapod to get redemption after ash met that Samurai guy in the woods and their Metapods just used harden the whole time
@BackwardsHat
Жыл бұрын
Fun video! The one that always stood out to me was the Morty battle since ever-ignored Noctowl carried the whole thing. But this video reminded about great some of the other battles were too
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I also love the Morty battle for it being Noctowl's best effort, but really that's only because Noctowl only battled against Morty and in that Clair battle that got interrupted. Pikachu and Cyndaquil were hogging a lot of screentime in this region's Gym Battles haha
@BackwardsHat
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark It's a shame Johto was so poorly written and Cyndaquil got all this screen time but never really had an arc (except for the fire thing which was resolved very early on) and didn't evolve until a random team rocket battle at the end of Diamond & Pearl
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
If it were up to me, I would have had Cyndaquil evolve after defeating Steelix, and evolve again at the Johto League. And of course, we could pretty easily take 3-5 filler episodes and dedicate them to Cyndaquil character development, but obviously you could make the same case for any character; human or Pokémon
@Platinumshadow_153
Ай бұрын
For Chuck, it is quite surprise for Pikachu lost, Bayleef is nice choice for Poliwrath, but for fighting Gym Noctowl would be a perfect choice. For Clare, we knew that Animator messed up for not evolving Ash's Pokemon much, so they need to bring back the old folks
@rsync9490
Ай бұрын
The nightmare of that demonic miltank.
@omfg322
4 ай бұрын
Its also funny to think that snorlax has never lost a 1v1 it always took multiple pokemon to KO snorlax
@fabiolopes8615
Ай бұрын
The outside the box strategizing that turn the tables became a staple for anime gym battles started here in Johto, we saw a glimpse of it in the orange islands (but it was a mixture of strategy with sheer dumb luck)
@Lasherluke
Жыл бұрын
Actually to be fair Ash beat miltank fair and square and they knew the gym was just a building.
@acetrainerleo483
Жыл бұрын
Its kinda funny how the writers didnt give chuck and morty least 1 johto pokemon like they did for falkner and bugsy.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Falkner is such a unique Gym Leader in the anime because he's treated like the 6th or 7th Gym Leader of the region despite being the first, he's got a strong team and they gave him interesting Pokémon, not letting his game counterpart restrict what they could do with him in the anime
@dragondudeification
Жыл бұрын
Great video ranking. Ash vs Cllair is definitely the best in Jhoto. I got to say though, really wished Ash used Heracross in some of these battles, mainly against Whitney, Chuck same with Totodile. I feel as though he used Pikachu a bit too often.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, using Pikachu in every battle was totally unnecessary. Especially when we look at the numbers overall, and see that he used Heracross in zero, Totodile in just one, and Noctowl in, well like one and a half battles
@louisscavo6396
Жыл бұрын
Yoooo I forget how MVP Cyndaquil was!! Lol. With the amount of XP it got I’m SHOCKED that it didn’t evolve into Quilava till the following series lmao. And to think it’s not a Typhlosion yet after sparring with Charizard lol
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Cyndaquil had a hell of a résumé haha. Defeated Bugsy's Scyther, defeated Morty's Gastly, defeated Jasmine's Steelix, defeated Pryce's Dewgong, and most importantly of all... one-shot Whitney's Nidorina and scared her Clefairy, causing Whitney to forfeit Cyndaquil MVP
@louisscavo6396
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark CYNDAQUIL FOR THE MF W!!!! Bwahahaha!! So bad ass bro lol
@Eothr
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Johto Gyms in the og games are mostly pushovers (for Whitney, I recommend getting the Machop trade in Goldenrod, combo Focus Energy & Karate Chop for a satisfying sweep), but the anime actually showed them being incredibly clever and resourceful. Also, despite the chicanery with Whitney, none of Ash's Johto Badges were given out of pity or compassion, but honest hard work. It was very satisfying to see Ash gain a level of maturity after the somewhat cringe moments from Kanto and Orange Islands.
@DON-nf8yu
Жыл бұрын
Cyndaquill deserved to evolve in Jotho NGL
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
100% agree!
@alperenayman620
Жыл бұрын
This is an amazing list, well done mate!
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I really appreciate it!
@Marapetersen1
Жыл бұрын
I think it would be a really good video if you made a list of trainers you think fill out all of the ultra class that we haven’t seen in the journeys tournament. It would probably include many elite four members but it’d be cool to see the others. It’d basically be a top 100 anime trainers list
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
I have a similar idea for that, not a list of trainers though. My plan was to make a video discussing the World Coronation Series, and part of that discussion was going to be who could have / should have been in the competition.
@amazeygaming2704
Жыл бұрын
Here is my ranking of Ash’s Johto gym battles. 8: Ash vs Bugsy. I am not sure if it was just because I was super tired when I watched it, but it was just boring. 7: Ash vs Whitney. It honestly did not matter that it was a 1 v 3 in the rematch because Nidorina and Clefairy got swept by Cyndaquill anyway. Ash’s strategy against Miltank was good though. 6: Ash vs Pryce. I just threw game logic straight out the window and also, why was Cyndaquill able to like survive underwater? 5: Ash vs Chuck. I loved the Bayleaf vs Machoke bit. 4: Ash vs Morty. This was definitely Noctowls “shining” moment (ha ha, it’s a shiny.) It also was just good. This final showdown between Noctowl and Gengar was just soooooooo good. 3: Ash vs Jasmine. Steeling is a beast. The only flaw with the battle is that Cyndaquill should have evolved. Quilava vs Steelix would have been much more exciting. But it is still great. 2: Ash vs Clair. Ash having his 3 best Kanto Pokémon take on Clair’s Kingdra, Gyarados, and Dragonair was great. Charizard is just too much stronger than Dragonair, I mean Clair should not have had a chance. They could have just made Kingdra het strongest Pokémon or have had Dragonair evolve into Dragonite during the battle. But 2 evolutions in like 3 episodes just seems unlikely. 1: Ash vs Falkner. I don’t know why I love this battle so much. I mean, am I crazy to put this in my top 10 gym battles? Charizard vs Pudgeot, I mean, I was going nuts. Ash vs Falkner was probably why I even played the Johto games and kept watching the anime. It was honestly because the Kanto series was awful. Well that’s my ranking of Ash’s Johto gym battles.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Nice ranking!
@greenmuchaco
Жыл бұрын
Im quite excited for kalos gym ratings
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Same here, the XY Gym Battles were all so good!
@domenichughes7792
28 күн бұрын
in the anime, charizard uses seismic toss to delete pokemon. in GSC, blissey uses seismic toss to delete the clock, your team's PP, and your will to exist
@thousandyardgavri2785
Жыл бұрын
I love how we all hate that Miltank.
@christopheredwards788
Жыл бұрын
Great video. These were great to watch when I was a kid. Super job
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
These were great to watch as a kid and still great to watch now! For me they actually hold up pretty well, which I can't say for every Original Series battle
@vjwebb6182
Жыл бұрын
My favorite gym battles from Johto are the first and eighth gym. In Johto Ash actually earn his gym all his badges unlike in Kanto where he only earn three badges by defeating the gym leader the rest were handed to him and team rocket sub in for their boss.
@NiallKelly
Жыл бұрын
Cyndaquil had this region in his pocket
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Yet even Cyndaquil stood no chance against Whitney's Miltank haha
@Bailonus
20 күн бұрын
Honestly, the Falkner fight felt like they were doing the inverse of what happens in the game. A Kanto trainer was fighting the Johto Gym Leader at their best. Of course, after this fight is when all Ash's old Pokémon started leaving his party to make room for the Johto Pokémon. So they could show off the new people kids could find in 'the current game.' Also, it likely led to the tradition in the anime of Ash dumping his team each region to start fresh. So kids would make team with the Pokémon Ash is using in game instead of wondering why most of Ash's Pokémon aren't in 'the current game.' Ignore the irony that Gen 2 is probably the generation that relied heaviest on the old gen Pokémon. Which is also why Ash after this region (not counting gen 5) only has one of the regions starters. Still it would have been interesting if it had continued like that instead of intentionally resetting. To be fair, it would have been difficult for Ash to have beaten Whitney conventionally without just adding Pokémon to the team just to deal with her.
@hapetE
Жыл бұрын
I have to admit that the only Hoenn gym battle I remember is against Wattson (because it was basically a meme; homage to the garbage-tier Kanto gyms). Don't know why I can't remember the rest, it's not like they were forgettable or anything.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Well soon enough, I'll help you remember them all
@addsullivan1300
Жыл бұрын
I remeber watching ash vs clair like 10 times as a kid it was my 2nd favorite os battle after ash vs gary
@qrondis680
Ай бұрын
My ranking looks like this: 8) Whitney 7) Chuck 6) Pryce 5) Bugsy 4) Jasmine I put Jasmine right after Bugsy because it was a very similar finish: block with a spin, flamethrower the spin. 3) Morty 2) Clair 1) Falkner Figuring out the split second gap after Agility to turn around and launch a Fire Spin was one of the smartest things Ash did throughout Johto.
@476233
27 күн бұрын
Aww jasmine I always had such a crush on her when I was in middle school. It’s hilarious such a quiet, calm girl has a huge scary and loud monstrous iron snake. Haha. I love the fact they gave steelix some personality too.
@windzdoesstuff
Жыл бұрын
Aight bet!
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
first
@windzdoesstuff
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark lol
@M3rtyville
Жыл бұрын
i think the battle against Whitney was good and not nearly as stupid as the battle against Price who just gave up because he pittied Pikachu. At least against Whitney in the unofficial match he showed some growth and used the terrain to his advantage.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Idk what version of Ash vs Pryce you watched but Pryce did not forfeit because he had pity for Pikachu, he forfeited because he didn't want to see Pikachu hurt Piloswine anymore. Ash was very close to winning anyways.
@gustavoulguim
Ай бұрын
i did not remembered that heracross and phanpy were not used at all in gym battles lol
@RyumaXtheXKing
Ай бұрын
Heracross would’ve made things too easy.
@Scumbagel69
Жыл бұрын
Solid list with solid logistics. For sure Sub
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@zack6283
Жыл бұрын
Good video 😊
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
I agree, what a great video (I'm running out of original responses to your regular comments haha)
@zack6283
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark 😂😂😂😂😂
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I had no idea at first that rollout was a rock-type move until much later on. It's especially bad for fire types and flying types, which I had back when I first played Pokemon Gold. I didn't think to get me a fighting-type until I got HeartGold and Soulsilver years later, lol. But that rollout does major damage the more it's used in succession, and I was like "Miss, you damn Miltank!" But nope.
@thousandyardgavri2785
10 ай бұрын
Ash should have a Meganium and a Typhlosion ngl
@cordellpulluaim8376
Ай бұрын
Plot armor is crazy…. A cyndiquil vs a steelix
@Spider-KidStudiosYT
Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SupermarketSweep777
Ай бұрын
Whitney's was fine. Miltank was the main hurdle and Ash would have easily taken out Clefairy again. Ash beating Miltank twice would just be as redundant as beating Clefairy again. Also yeah Ash vs Jasmine is massively underrated.
@ashketchum9467
Жыл бұрын
My Top 8 from this One: 8 - Plain Badge - Whitney 7 - Storm Badge - Chuck 6 - Zephir Badge - Falkner 5 - Hive Badge - Bugsy 4 - Fog Badge - Morty 3 - Glacier Badge - Pryce 2 - Mineral Badge - Jasmine 1 - Rise Badge - Clair
@RaxusPrime29
3 ай бұрын
No matter what region or gym leader, one thing is always certain - Ash is an idiot when it comes to choosing type advantage
@cornap1
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! And what an awesome comment!
@cornap1
Жыл бұрын
@@EliteTrainerMark one of my best comments ever and I saved it for you you should feel honored ha ha. Keep up the great work been following you for long time.
@lunaire1851
Жыл бұрын
if Pikachu dies mid battle ten he revives after the match is done this weird mechanic allowed him to fight Paul and Tobias with out needing a rest compared to his other mons
@dracoscorpio753
Жыл бұрын
Ash vs whitney is the only gym battle totdile was in and he lost 2x
@ykkg-xh7mr
Жыл бұрын
Nice vid
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
@noxresolution4777
Жыл бұрын
I guess I am the 250th like.. wait I am the 250th like will look forward for Hoenn gyms💯(especially tate and Liza 💀)
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe we are already at 250 likes haha. Thanks for watching!💙
@oliviamiller1388
Жыл бұрын
As Great as all these Pokemon Battles are thier will never be a Pokemon Trainer Stornger and also more strategic making every single second of it count in the Pokemon Anime more then The Queen Pokemon Champion for the Shinon Region Cynthia and her Pokemon Battle against Ash in the Pokemon Journey's Anime TV Series!
@randomguy6230
Жыл бұрын
I guess this is my ranking: 8 whitney 7 chuck 6 bugsy 5 jasmine 4 morty 3 falkner 2 pryce 1 claire
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Jasmine is criminally underrated there, but it's all just opinions
@pola5392
Жыл бұрын
Ngl Chikorita/bayleef was always my least favourite pokemon, and in bayleefs case it was this episode where it beat my favourite pokemon at the time machoke that left 6 year old me seething
@crimsonhartman
Жыл бұрын
Ash should of used Charizard after its tough training. Would beat almost everybody
@TRal55
Ай бұрын
Why did Whitney have a Nidorina?? So confusing
@drunkenmmamaster419
Ай бұрын
Ash was fr slow when it came to type coverage 😂 thats why i never took the anime seriously
@ariohandoyo5973
Жыл бұрын
I don't have any favorites even i can't finish it the show due to many episodes😂
@Sam19th
Жыл бұрын
Y'all better leave a like 😔
@EliteTrainerMark
Жыл бұрын
Every like counts!
@chadhawksworth1197
Жыл бұрын
Don’t be silly Ash, cows don’t exist
@nazywamsiediego9887
Жыл бұрын
Ash vs Pryce was joke use Pikachu vs ground type when have Totodile🤦♂️.And no Herracross in Gym Battles is stupid.
@nsg_kuunda4786
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry. But electric hitting ground fuckery is an immediate bottom of the list for me. Same with ghost hitting normal shenanigans and vice versa. My bottom of this list is probably Pryce then Morty above. Chuck's battle or Jasime's would be 6. They are totally immemerable for me. I'll have to rewatch em to remember more than these screenshots.
@oliviamiller1388
Жыл бұрын
I am betting Champion Cynthia could defeat every single Gym Leader's and also Elite Four member, and also Champion with her Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Team of 6 easier than any other trainer in the Jhoto Region in Generation 2!
@OBITOBO
3 ай бұрын
Did he not lose the first attempt against Clare? If so - kinda weird you didn't mention this?
@EliteTrainerMark
3 ай бұрын
Did you watch 14:38 - 14:48? If so - kinda weird that you commented this?
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