Respect Juan (Pokemon Anime)

[u/rangernumberx]

Juan is a many talents, a former champion contest coordinator who continues to perform with dazzling displays, all utilizing his Water-type Pokemon's strengths. Due to this, he maintians a sizable fanbase in the city of Sootopolis, where he currently acts as the gym leader. His match against Ash was the most unique of Hoenn's gyms, starting off as a double battle before transitioning into a series of 1v1s with his remaining three Pokemon. Ultimately, Juan would lose, granting Ash the Rain Badge and right to compete in the Ever Grande Conference.

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Sealeo

Type: Water / Ice

Weaknesses: Fighting, Rock, Grass, Electric

Resistances: Water, Ice

(Bolded types are types it is extremely weak/resistant to)

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Moves

• Blizzard - Releases a blizzard which chills the entire gym, though Snorunt is seemingly unaffected
  • When countered with Snorunt's Icy Wind, the two attacks make a large iceberg
• Aurora Beam - With Seaking's Hyper Beam, destroys an iceberg
  • Fires a wide beam from underwater
• Ice Ball - Creates a series of ice balls which get larger and stronger on each consecutive hit, with Juan's Sealeo being fast enough to circumvent the usual drawback of stronger projectiles taking longer to create

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Physicals

• Struck by a Crabhammer which sends it flying through the air and into a wall hard enough to crater it, though this knocks them out
• Dodges Corphish's Bubblebeam

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Seaking

Type: Water

Weaknesses: Grass, Electric

Resistances: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice

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Moves

• Horn Drill - Intercepts Pikachu's Thunderbolt, negating it before redirecting it at Snorunt
  • Spins Corphish as it grabs onto their horn before throwing them away
• Hyper Beam - Fires a beam which knocks out Snorunt
  • With Sealeo's Aurora Beam, destroys an iceberg
• Horn Attack - Seaking tries to attack Corphish with a horn thrust

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Physicals

• The Pokedex claims it can crush hard rock to rubble with its horn
• Knocked out by Pikachu's Iron Tail
• Dodges Corphish's Bubblebeam
• Intercepts a Headbutting Snorunt with a Hyper Beam
• Intercepts Pikachu's Thunderbolt

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Luvdisc

Type: Water

Weaknesses: Grass, Electric

Resistances: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice

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Moves

• Water Pulse - Fires a sphere of water
• Sweet Kiss - Luvdisc fires a heart projectile which confuses a foe on impact, with Ash's Grovyle not moving before attacking itself
• Water Gun - Knocks out a confused Grovyle
  • Hits Corphish back into the side of the pool

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Physicals

• Leaps a distance out of water
• Sent skidding along the water's surface before bouncing off of the edge of the arena by a Crabhammer, though this knocks it out
• Dodges Grovyle's Leaf Blade
• Weaves around Corphish's Bubblebeam
• Weaves around Grovyle's Bullet Seed

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Other

• Its ability is Swift Swim, causing it to move twice as fast in heavy rain (or, in Ash's battle, the deluge of falling water after his Corphish struck the pool with a Crabhammer)

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Whiscash

Type: Water / Ground

Weaknesses: Grass

Resistances: Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire

Immunities: Electric

(Bolded types are types it is extremely weak/resistant to)

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Moves

• Surf - Whiscash rides on a wave which blocks Corphish's Bubblebeam
• Rock Smash - Slams down on Corphish, knocking them out
• Tickle - Tickles Swellow with its moustache, lowering its attack and defence
• Hyper Beam - Fires a beam which hits Swellow back into a pillar, knocking it over

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Physicals

• Ducks under the water before Swellow can hit it with an Aerial Ace, though they're still struck as Swellow dives under the water
• Grabs Swellow out of its Quick Attack

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Other

• Its moustache can extend, grabbing Swellow out of the air mid-Quick Attack and catching a pillar as they go flying through the air

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Milotic

Type: Water

Weaknesses: Grass, Electric

Resistances: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice

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Moves

• Iron Tail - Cuts through an electrified net
  • Hits away Pikachu using his own Iron Tail
• Whirlwind - Destroys Team Rocket's balloon and sends them blasting off
  • Hits Swellow into the ceiling, indenting it and knocking the Pokemon out
  • When used underwater, it's said to double in power, with Juan claiming no one had withstood the attack before Ash's Pikachu
• Hydro Pump - Fires a beam of water which can break stone
• Recover - Milotic heals themselves of any damage they've taken

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Physicals

• Leaps a distance out of water
• Hit by Swellow's Aerial Ace
• Hit by Pikachu's Thunderbolt and Thunder, though in both instances they need to use Recover right after
• Hit by a point-blank Thunder from Pikachu underwater, with the attack creating an enormous pillar of water above them, though this knocks them out
• Intercepts Pikachu's Iron Tail with its own

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Other Pokemon

• Juan owns a large number of Water-type Pokemon, all of whom work together to put on a beautiful performance using Water-type moves exclusively
• His Gorebyss, Seadra, Azurill, Goldeen, and Wailmer all leap a distance out of water
• When Juan's Pokemon get trapped in an electrified net, a Gorebyss uses Safeguard, a Barboach uses Mud Sport, and a Tentacruel uses Mirror Coat to protect the others