[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

And he lost to a Snivy level 5. In the beggining of the journey of a trainer. And his Greninja with super empower Water Shuriken didnt even scrach a Charizard X (sure it was in his Mega as a Fire/Dragon and he lost his water weakness but still!). Even Heart can beat easily Ash with his his hand tie. If we got the chance to wash that guy in the ground during the journey. Both me and Heart doesnt respect or like any bit the Ketchup guy. Ash is a eternal looser. Nothing more and nothing less.

Well, that's one way to look at it, but let's consider why he lost those battles, too.

Snivy: Pikachu's electricity had just been sapped by Zekrom.  Kinda meh for storytelling reasons, but Pikachu was really weak at the time, so that loss is kinda understandable, and it certainly achieved the goal of giving Ash a fresh start in Unova.

M-Charizard-X: That same Greninja tanked a Frenzy Plant from a Mega Sceptile and KOed the lizard with a normal Water Shuriken, a quad resisted move.  Alain's just 'so stupidly OP that only the Champion could maybe beat him'.  Considering the guy's goal was beating every mega evolution in existence at the time, Ash-Greninja was effectively just another tick on the checklist.  Ash only baaarrrely lost that one, though.

Ash is pretty crazy powerful, yo (qualifying for League tournaments time and time again ain't easy!  And again, he bested Hoenn's Frontier Brains, who are individually comparable to Champions themselves).  He just keeps getting outmatched by those few who are actually stronger than him or suffering from unfortunate circumstances.  He'd probably flatten everyone in the group (as we are currently) with only a little trouble if he seriously tried to.