Top 10 Best Pokemon League Battles From The Anime

If you want to be the best, you've got to beat the rest! Join Ashley as we count down the best Pokemon League matches from the anime, including the likes of "Ash vs. Tyson", "Ash vs. Alain", "Ash vs. Gary," and more! Which of these battles do you think Ash should have easily won? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Which of these battles do you think Ash should have easily won? Let us know in the comments!

[oliverorchard]

Honestly, Ash vs Gary, Ash vs Paul, Ash vs Alain, Ash vs Kukui and Ash vs Leon are just some of the best battles we've seen across the series.

[slackerofhell]

My personal fave was Ash versus Paul. What a great scrap. Infernape got his full circle arc.

[cerebralsamurai]

Kingler sweeping mandy's entire team will always be an iconic moment

[calebglasscock]

After all these years it's hard to believe Ash is leaving the Pokemon anime but a whole new story is about to start with Liko and Roy and I can't wait to see the start of an amazing journey.

[H.o.SIchigoKurosaki]

A lot of great battles and so many that made Ash who is he today. It'll be tough seeing him go but it's been one incredible journey

[acewitchhunter]

The fight between Ash and Paul with Ash as the victor is so satisfying and the best rival battle of all in my opinion

[emiebex]

Personally I always thought Paul was Ash's Best Rivial. And how cool was his catchphrase Stand by for Battle?

[IAmMightyMike]

Satoshi vs Alain. The subbed version had INCREDIBLE music and voice acting.

[emiebex]

After all the years...Ash finally beating Gary. Everyone celebrated seeing Ash finally shut him up.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I cannot explain to you the catharsis I felt when Ash finally wiped Gary's smug look off his face. And his fangirls'.

[natsu_kamado]

Ash vs Paul at the league will always be my favorite battle.

[TheCommenterDragon]

One of the many things i love most about the Pokemon battles in the Anime is that the intensity and suspense of the battles never gets old!

[zeospark]

Man I give you major props for putting Ash vs. Sawyer at #2. I always enjoyed that fight FAR more than the Ash vs. Alain fight. But yeah there is no deny Ash vs. Gary at the Johto league will always be the MVP of Pokemon leagues lol

[StopSpiderMan]

I'm kinda glad they didn't include Ash vs. Cameron because that was a more embarrassing battle than Ash vs. Richie.

After all, he lost to a scatterbrain who thought you had to show up to get in the league and thought you had to bring 5 Pokemon in a full battle. And Ash forgetting that Snivy can learn Attract

[pepito]

Ritchie was an adorable kid

He was a less cocky and less arrogant version of Ash

And was tough enough to get though Squirtle and Pikachu in the Pokémon league

[hazelmills-pokefan]

As of right now, Ash vs Leon is definitely the most beast-like Pokemon battle I've ever seen. The entire time, I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what would happen next and how each Trainer would respond to it. Both contestants choosing not to hold back against each other, pulling out tactics previously used in Pokemon the Series like Counter Shield and Dragonite Meteor, the clash of Gigantamax and a Z-Move... from beginning to end, that whole battle was a piece of cinema for sure. Ash vs Gary... I never saw it, but with what I've read about it, I'm sure I would have loved it. I never saw the entire Ash vs Paul League battle, but I did manage to see the tail end of it in a YouTube video clip, and if you ask me, Infernape got his payback for what happened to him as a Chimchar.

[paldentamang]

Watching darkrai in the league was awesome. But seeing ash lose after that trainer's second pokemon being latios made me cry.. One of the best moments of childhood including infernape blaze vs Paul

[UumaZooma]

I actually thought this list was going to include a few battles that didn't had Ash in it. Examples: Paul vs. Barry, Gladion vs. Kiawe, etc.

[adhairyarita]

Although Ash has had many great battles but the battle between Ash and Paul is legendary and in a league of his own 💯🔥