Ash Ketchum

Articles about Ash Ketchum	Original • Alternative Movie Canon

• Original Series
• Advanced Generation
• Diamond/Pearl
• Best Wishes
• X/Y
• Sun/Moon
• Journeys

“	I CHOOSE YOU!	„
	~ Ash

Summary

Ash Ketchum (Japanese: サトシ Satoshi) is the main character of the Pokémon anime. He is also the main character of various manga based on the anime, including The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash & Pikachu, and Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl.

He is a Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town whose goal is to become a Pokémon Master. He shares his Japanese name with the creator of the Pokémon franchise, Satoshi Tajiri. His English surname is a pun of the English motto, "Gotta catch 'em all!."

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B | High 7-A | Low 6-B, higher with Absorbed Electricity or Combo Moves, High 6-A with Blue Orb | Low 5-B, higher with Ash-Greninja | 4-B, higher with Z-Moves | 2-B, likely 2-A, higher with Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax

Key: By Himself | Pokémon Team (Original Series) | Pokémon Team (Advance Generation - Best Wishes) | Pokémon Team (XY) | Pokémon Team (Sun and Moon) | Pokémon Team (Journeys)

Name: Ash Ketchum, Satoshi

Origin: Pokémon

Gender: Male | Varies for his Pokémon

Age: 10

Classification: Human, Pokémon Trainer, Orange League Champion, Alola League Champion, Pokémon World Champion, Monarch

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Sealing and Summoning (Via Poké Balls), Extensive Knowledge on Pokémon, Aura, Healing (Can heal people with his aura), Extrasensory Perception (Sensed his Riolu from a distance with his aura. Gains similar senses with the Bond Phenomenon), Non-Physical Interaction (Able to interact with ghosts with his aura), Social Influencing (Has influenced many of his traveling companions, causing them to adopt mindsets similar to his, most recently shown with Lillie and Goh), Transformation (With Mega Evolution), Damage Boost (With Z-Moves), Dynamax, Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Has survived being electrocuted numerous times with little issue), Mind Manipulation (Overcame Lysandre's attempts to control his and Greninja's minds), and Cold Temperatures (Survived in a temperature so cold that his tear froze before it hit the ground) | Varies with the Pokémon

Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Ran with and tossed a log much larger than himself several meters with ease. Took down steel bars with a tackle. Comparable to other Trainers, such as Jessie or James) | Large Mountain level+ (Fought and matched several well-trained, fully-evolved Pokemon such as Drake's Dragonite, Gary's Blastoise, and Harrison's Blaziken) | Small Country level (Capable of defeating trained Legendary Pokemon such as Brandon's Regice and Tobias' Latios, the former of whom can damage Regigigas. Later fought off the Forces of Nature relatively early into his Unova journey ), Small Country level+ with Absorbed Electricity (Absorbed Therian Form Thundurus’ power, which is at least comparable to Pikachu's own. Ash’s Pikachu used this electricity to create an Electro Ball significantly larger than what it could create normally) or Combo Moves (Ash’s Pikachu one-shot Trip’s Serperior, who can harm it, with a combination of Electro Ball and Iron Tail. It also defeated Tobias’ Latios with a combination of Volt Tackle and Iron Tail ), Multi-Continent level with Blue Orb (Upon absorbing the Blue Orb, Ash’s Pikachu gained power over Groudon and could cancel out an attack from Kyogre) | Small Planet level (Not much weaker than Ash-Greninja. Fought Lysandre's Pyroar and Mega Gyarados, who could fight Alain's Mega Charizard X), higher with Ash-Greninja (Fought and matched Alain's Mega Charizard X, which can match 50% Zygarde, who should be 1/2 as strong as Complete Zygarde, who is capable of destroying the Megalith that was stated to be able to destroy the world) | Solar System level (Fought and matched Tapu Koko, who could damage Base Necrozma), higher with Z-Moves (Overpowered Guzzlord with a combined Gigavolt Havoc on two occasions. One-shot Mother Beast Lusamine and overpowered Tapu Koko's Guardian of Alola Z-Move to defeat it with 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt) | Multiverse level, likely Multiverse level+ (Fought and defeated Cynthia in the Masters Tournament Semifinals, whose Garchomp could cancel out Palkia's Spacial Rend. Fought and defeated Leon, who is stronger than Cynthia, in the Masters Tournament Finals), higher with Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax (All three power-ups provide major boosts to his Pokemon's power. His Pikachu's 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt heavily damaged Steven's Mega Metagross despite not fully connecting and matched Leon's Gigantamax Charizard's G-Max Wildfire. His Mega Lucario defeated both Cynthia's Dynamax Togekiss and her weakened Garchomp, the former of whom gave his Pikachu trouble in its base form. His Gigantamax Gengar overpowered and defeated Leon's Inteleon. His Gigantamax Pikachu one-shot Leon's Gigantamax Cinderace)

Speed: Superhuman (Ran so fast that his speed let him walk up walls. Comparable to, if not superior to Goh) with Massively FTL+ to Infinite reactions (Can dodge and react to attacks from several Pokémon of this caliber, such as the Creation Trio, the Lake Guardians, Tapu Koko, Zygarde, and Necrozma) | FTL (Kept up with teams of fully-evolved Pokemon, such as those belonging to Drake, Gary, and Harrison), higher with Agility or Quick Attack (Both of these moves temporarily raise the user's speed) | At least FTL (Kept up with the likes of Brandon's Regice, Tobias' Latios, and the Forces of Nature), higher with Blue Orb (Comparable to Groudon), even higher with Quick Attack (Quick Attack temporarily raises the user's speed) | At least Massively FTL+, likely Infinite (Should not be much slower than Ash-Greninja. Kept up with Lysandre's Pokémon), higher with Quick Attack (Quick Attack temporarily raises the user's speed), far higher with Ash-Greninja (Kept up with Alain's Mega Charizard X, who kept up with 50% Zygarde) | At least Massively FTL+, likely Infinite (Kept up with Silvally and Tapu Koko), higher with Quick Attack (Quick Attack temporarily raises the user's speed) | At least Massively FTL+, likely Infinite (Faster than before. Kept up with a Heatran that was amplified by the Flame Plate, the Lake Guardians, and Cynthia's and Leon's teams), higher with Quick Attack and Bullet Punch (Both of these moves temporarily raise the user's speed), far higher with Mega Evolution or Dynamax (Faster than before)

Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Lifted a Cosmoem, which weighs 999.9 kg, in both hands without any visible effort, meaning he could carry much more than that with effort) | Class M (Commands a team capable of fighting fully evolved Pokémon, making them at least comparable to Brock's Happiny) | Class T (His Snorlax was able to defeat a Machamp), Class Z with Blue Orb (Comparable to Groudon) | At least Class Z, likely far higher (Not much weaker than Ash-Greninja), higher with Ash-Greninja (Clashed with Alain's Mega Charizard X) | At least Class Z, likely far higher (Clashed with the likes of Silvally and Tapu Koko) | At least Class Z, likely far higher (Stronger than before), higher with Mega Evolution or Dynamax (Stronger than before)

Striking Strength: Wall level+ (Jumped hundreds of feet in the air, climbed up a tree and then used it to impulse himself and make a big jump) | Large Mountain level+ (Traded blows with Drake's, Gary's, and Harrison's teams) | Small Country level (Traded blows with the likes of Regice, Latios, and the Forces of Nature), Small Country level+ with Absorbed Electricity (Comparable to its Attack Power) or Combo Moves (Comparable to its Attack Power. One-shot Trip’s Serperior. Defeated Tobias’ Latios), Multi-Continent level with Blue Orb (Comparable to Groudon) | Small Planet level (Not much weaker than Ash-Greninja), higher with Ash-Greninja (Traded blows with Alain's Mega Charizard X) | Solar System level (Traded blows with Gladion's Silvally and Tapu Koko), higher with Z-Moves (Stronger than before) | Multiverse level, likely Multiverse level+ (Comparable to their Attack Power), higher with Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax (Stronger than before)

Durability: Unknown (Has survived giant explosions and lightning bolts head on. Tanked a large amount of attacks from Pikachu and many of his other Pokemon such as Charizard. However, he's also been hurt by the likes of a wild Riolu and other Pokemon of a similar level, making his durability inconsistent) | Large Mountain level+ (Took hits from Drake's, Gary's, and Harrison's teams) | Small Country level (Took hits from Regice, Latios, and the Forces of Nature), Multi-Continent level with Blue Orb (Comparable to Groudon) | Small Planet level (Not much weaker than Ash-Greninja. Took hits from Lysandre's Mega Gyarados), higher with Ash-Greninja (Took hits from Alain's Mega Charizard X) | Solar System level (Took hits from Gladion's Silvally and Tapu Koko) | Multiverse level, likely Multiverse level+ (Took hits from Cynthia's and Leon's teams), higher with Mega Evolution or Dynamax (More durable than before)

Range: Standard Melee Range | Standard Melee Range with physical attacks; Hundreds of Meters to Kilometers with ranged attacks

Stamina: Peak Human (Sprinted from daylight to sunset without stopping and didn't show any signs of exhaustion afterwards) | Superhuman (On several occasions, Ash's team managed to keep fighting and even win battles despite fatigue and heavy damage. In Hoenn, Ash's Pokémon could keep fighting numerous waves of Trainers' Pokémon and easily defeat them, even through fatigue. In addition, Ash's Pikachu could shock itself awake after briefly losing consciousness, enabling it to fight beyond its limits)

Standard Equipment: His Pokémon, Pokédex, and Poké Balls, Z-Power Ring, Mega Glove, and Dynamax Band

• Pokémon Teams:

Ash's Team in Every Series

Pikachu

Pokémon Team (Original Series)

Kanto (Gen 1)

Butterfree, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Lapras, Snorlax and Tauros

Butterfree

Pidgeotto

Bulbasaur

Charizard

Squirtle

Lapras

Snorlax

Tauros

Johto (Gen 2)

Bayleef, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Noctowl, Phanpy, Larvitar, and Heracross

Bayleef

Cyndaquil

Totodile

Noctowl

Phanpy

Larvitar

Heracross

Pokémon Team (Advance Generation - Best Wishes)

Hoenn (Gen 3)

Swellow, Sceptile, Corphish, Torkoal, and Glalie

Swellow

Sceptile

Corphish

Torkoal

Glalie

Sinnoh (Gen 4)

Staraptor, Torterra, Buizel, Infernape, Gliscor and Gible

Staraptor

Torterra

Buizel

Infernape

Gliscor

Gible

Unova (Gen 5)

Unfezant, Oshawott, Pignite, Snivy, Scraggy, Leavanny, Boldore, Palpitoad, and Krokoodile

Unfezant

Oshawott

Pignite

Snivy

Scraggy

Leavanny

Boldore

Palpitoad

Krokoodile

Pokémon Team (XY)

Kalos (Gen 6)

Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Noivern, and Goodra

Greninja

Talonflame

Hawlucha

Noivern

Goodra

Pokémon Team (Sun and Moon)

Alola (Gen 7)

Rowlet, Incineroar, Lycanroc, Naganadel, and Melmetal

Rowlet

Incineroar

Lycanroc

Naganadel

Melmetal

Pokémon Team (Journeys)

No Specific Region (Gen 8)

Gengar, Dragonite, Lucario, Sirfetch'd, and Dracovish

Gengar

Dragonite

Lucario

Sirfetch'd

Dracovish

Intelligence: Average normally, Extraordinary Genius in battle (While ordinarily a 10-year-old boy, Ash has shown his ingenuity in battles time and time again, creating complex strategies [such as having Pikachu stand on the ground with Iron Tail and move rapidly to generate shock waves from its sheer velocity to mitigate Bea's Hawlucha's Sky Attack] on the fly and admitting to having done no prior planning. His battle intelligence is such that a complex supercomputer exploded upon attempting to comprehend his battle data, having failed to do so)

Weaknesses: When using the Ash-Greninja transformation, Ash will feel all the pain Greninja does, meaning that injuring or killing it will have the same effect on Ash | Varies depending on the Pokémon

• Picks up and throws a log without much problem.
• Doesn’t fall off from a speedboat that is going at full speed.
• Takes down steel bars with a tackle.
• Changes the direction of a truck by pulling it.
• Runs so fast he doesn’t fall off from a wall.
• Climbs a tree and jumps from it.
• Jumps hundreds of feet in the air.
• Takes an incredibly big fall.
• Takes an Aura Sphere from Riolu.
• Survives a mecha exploding and being covered in rubble.

Note 1: Ash's Pokemon's tiers are based on at the end of a journey.

Note 2: When using Ash for a Versus Match, please specify which team of Pokémon he is using.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Red (Pokémon) Red’s Profile (Ash’s Journey Team and Red’s Gen 7 Team were used. Both had prior knowledge, Gimmicks and Mega Evolutions were allowed. Fight took place in the Master’s 8 Tournament. Speed was equalized)

Losses:

Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin) Right Hand Man's Profile (First key 9-B versions used)

Inconclusive:

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