Rainbow Dash versus Pikachu...FIGHT!

[Lostwanderer 367]

I could almost agree to the "1,000 cuts" strategy. But through the franchise it is observed that a pokemon only has a limited amount of attacks it may use during any given time. It's sorta difficult to whittle someones health down when you find yourself with nothing in the end.

 

And I don't agree with RD being "lazy" as you put it. Yeah, she relaxes from time to time, but when it comes to a physical interest, she's there where it counts. She is so stupidly competitive it's amazing she hasn't been shown trying to have races or any other physical bouts around Equestria with every pony there was in the town.

 

I've gotta hit the hay. It's been entertaining debating this rather strange topic.

 

First off we can continue this later

 

I am basing this battle ina scenario where it makes sense for both of them, an animated battle, The comparrison comes mainly fromt eh anime of pokemon, therefore pikachu would not ahve a limited number of moves, or PP as it's put.

[zDashiez 496]

 

Honestly all Dash has to do is this and pikachu is out.

 

I going on the assumption that Dash hasn't been turned into a Pokemon.

Being a weather pony she'd have to have some resistance lightning so even if pikachu did hit RD with a bolt i doubt it would have too much of a effect.

 

(Fixed)

Edited July 29, 2012 by zRevenantz

[Carolina 212]

Well, if Rainbow Dash was a Pokemon, she would be a flying type, right? And electricity is super effective against flying. That said, Pikachu has been known to lose to opponants despite a type advantage before, so, yeah...

[XrosOver 613]

As much as I loved the pokemon series I say this in the most insulting way possible...GO CHOKE ON A POFFIN YOU BUCKING YELLOW PRICK! RD FTW FOOREEVVERRRR

Edited July 27, 2012 by JustTooXrosTS

[Arrow 236]

Lets see... Pikachu can use Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Iron Tail, Electro Ball and Volt Tackle (and probably something more I've forgotten)

 

Pikachu would win, hands down. He have even defeated a Regice and tied with a Latios godammit! Seeing that Pikachu has Static, Rainbow could get paralyzed by just touching him. Since Pikachu is an experienced war machine a RD an ordinary citizen (kinda), any attack that connects would defeat her. If Pikachu would do the spinning that he learned while battling Rampardos, he could dodge pretty much every attack from RD that involves speed. Also Counter Shield, that skill is fucking terrifying, Pikachu uses Thunderbolt while spinning to make a shield that protects the user while damaging the opponent at the same time. RD would get zapped and the left open to a new more powerful attack.

 

Also since RD isn't really an experienced fighter the battle would be over in a matter of minutes. Especially if Pikachu does the Iron Tail/Volt Tackle combo, that's an OHKO.

[Twinight125 45]

I don't understand how people think RD can win because of her speed. While she is fast enough to break the sound barrier isn't lightning the speed of light? I'm pretty sure she can't beat the speed of light... Also if Pikachu shot electricity into the air then it would search for for the closest thing to the ground which would most likely be RD or some u lucky bird. I don't think RD could escape any of the electrical attacks, also considering Pikachu can paralyze her.

[Hazardus_Havard. 479]

First off we can continue this later

 

I am basing this battle ina scenario where it makes sense for both of them, an animated battle, The comparrison comes mainly fromt eh anime of pokemon, therefore pikachu would not ahve a limited number of moves, or PP as it's put.

 

I can completely agree to the whole "no PP" usage here, but as the OP posted at least three times now to this, it's more or less a combination of the two (game and anime) combined.

 

Honestly I don't know what OP is trying to put but from what was placed from his debate he already single handily believes Pikachu would win without much argument on Dash's side.

 

Let's just take stock here for a second.

 

As OP would have posted –

Pikachu is a combination of game AND anime, meaning it gets the insane strength boosts the game can give while having actual experience being seen performed on the show. But because of this a balance is usually performed, and the PP system from the game side would do that, while the multi-use of the pokemon in the anime would do it there (meaning Pikachu isn’t full on battling but doing it with the other’s as well as the show intended)

 

Unless OP tries to give Pikachu another power leveled advantage in this again, which is silly enough already, this is just an evening out of the skills. Unless we are taking out the game bit, then it's more on the show's Pikachu like I had originally thought it was, which would mean no PP but it's more on the stamina of the fella. (You have to remember that the electricity is in those pouches and while it may have numerous charges, it IS physically taxing on Pikachu)

 

Taking stock of the two as is with what was mention above –

 

Dash more than likely has a fairly high pain tolerance as witnessed from some of the more idiotic things she has done in the show itself, along with having a higher than average pain tolerance to Lightning.

 

Pikachu has about 3-4 years of travel to experience battle and be an actual battle ready participant in many ways.

 

Dash, while trained to fight and such, is not in any way “battle ready” so she will have a slightly harder fight here, but she is still trained to fight.

 

They are both very fast and agile, so they would probably be even on this.

 

While Pikachu has been shown to be adaptable in different situations, having knowledge in fighting flight combatants and being the one of the two here to have been in the more ‘hardcore’ fights, Pikachu is still stuck in the “Skill Selection” fighting style. So although there is adaptable changes to strategy that can be given, Pikachu is stuck with the straight out knowledge (though it is many) of the attacks it has.

 

Dash is not stuck in that situation, which means she can change different strategies with ease.

 

~ Skills

 

Pikachu has many different lightning based attacks. More than likely those higher damaged ratio attacks will be the ones to actually damage Dash. The smaller ones will only either do a temporary stun or used for a distraction. I don’t believe paralyze will work here either, seeing as Dash might be immune to something like that(I can’t see her working in an environment that could potentially paralyze her without some protection, so Pegasi might have this built into them as an immunity)

 

Dash can control weather. It may sound impressive, but won’t be much use here since she has to move a cloud in the general vicinity of Pikachu and then use it. Pikachu could just move from the area. Dash COULD move many, many clouds there and just have control like that, but seeing as Pikachu would also have additional control in lightning strikes from the sky, it almost evens it out. She can also control tornadoes, but it takes time to make one. I guess the equivalent of a two timed charge attack pokemon style.

 

Pikachu doesn’t have many physical damage attacks other than bites and tackles. It does have supplementary attacks such as double team and shield though. It could be used to confuse or take less damage (though I don’t think shield will stack too much here and it makes Pikachu a standing target if used)

 

Dash is trained in Karate. Though strange to see a pony fighting like this with hooves (really?) that means she has knowledge in close combat along with ranged combat. Pikachu is mostly a mid-ranged type of fighter with long ranged capabilities.

 

On a final note from this, it JUST occurred to me that I completely left out a very big thing from Dash. She knows how to make it rain. While that doesn’t seem huge (it IS just water) from what I’ve seen between the show and game Pikachu definitely is not immune to electricity. A pouring torrent of rain in certain areas and Dash can have a water battlefield that could almost neutralize the usage of electrical attacks unless either combatant wants the shock. I think that Pikachu has the same pain tolerance when it comes to lightning, so a hit at that point sort of evens the damage to either side.

[Lostwanderer 367]

On a final note from this, it JUST occurred to me that I completely left out a very big thing from Dash. She knows how to make it rain. While that doesn’t seem huge (it IS just water) from what I’ve seen between the show and game Pikachu definitely is not immune to electricity. A pouring torrent of rain in certain areas and Dash can have a water battlefield that could almost neutralize the usage of electrical attacks unless either combatant wants the shock. I think that Pikachu has the same pain tolerance when it comes to lightning, so a hit at that point sort of evens the damage to either side.

 

OKay, i don't have long so i'll respond to this point and the rest later, We discussed Dash indeed making it know how to raind, but the nature of Pikachu's thunder attack, both in game and anime, it that when it rains, it never misses. As for pikachu's pain tolerence for lightning, considering he's electrifying himself alot of the time he'd be pretty resisttant, not to mentiona ll the other lightning pokemon he ahs fought.

 

Rest will be responded to late, i have a tornament and party to attend , incidently i'ts a pokemon card tornament.

[Hazardus_Havard. 479]

OKay, i don't have long so i'll respond to this point and the rest later, We discussed Dash indeed making it know how to raind, but the nature of Pikachu's thunder attack, both in game and anime, it that when it rains, it never misses. As for pikachu's pain tolerence for lightning, considering he's electrifying himself alot of the time he'd be pretty resisttant, not to mentiona ll the other lightning pokemon he ahs fought.

 

Rest will be responded to late, i have a tornament and party to attend , incidently i'ts a pokemon card tornament.

 

I've always preferred to try that Magicka Card game; the pokemon one just wound up confusing me. On a somewhat related note to that there is supposed to be a digital card game with pokemon out online right now.

 

Called TCG, maybe I'll try it someday. http://www.pokemontcg.com/welcome

 

And yeah I agree to Pikachu tolerance, I think they both have equal amounts to it. So they wind up being equal in speed and electric tolerance. I've never heard of Pikachu never missing if it rains, that's a new one for me. But if it's because it comes from clouds, which I've seen before, you need to remember that clouds are immediately under Dash's control so that may neutralize that capability there.

[Titan Rising 2,156]

Pikachu easily, can just use agility then finish up with thunder, super effective one hit KO. Rainbow Dash has nothing that can hit at a distance.

[Hazardus_Havard. 479]

Pikachu easily, can just use agility then finish up with thunder, super effective one hit KO. Rainbow Dash has nothing that can hit at a distance.

 

Rainbow Dash can control the weather...which would include lightning, water and a tornado. Not sure on wind yet. And Dash has a speed of agility about similar to Pikachu on the ground albeit slower. In air though she reigns supreme.

[Lostwanderer 367]

I can completely agree to the whole "no PP" usage here, but as the OP posted at least three times now to this, it's more or less a combination of the two (game and anime) combined.

 

Honestly I don't know what OP is trying to put but from what was placed from his debate he already single handily believes Pikachu would win without much argument on Dash's side.

 

Let's just take stock here for a second.

 

As OP would have posted –

Pikachu is a combination of game AND anime, meaning it gets the insane strength boosts the game can give while having actual experience being seen performed on the show. But because of this a balance is usually performed, and the PP system from the game side would do that, while the multi-use of the pokemon in the anime would do it there (meaning Pikachu isn’t full on battling but doing it with the other’s as well as the show intended)

 

Unless OP tries to give Pikachu another power leveled advantage in this again, which is silly enough already, this is just an evening out of the skills. Unless we are taking out the game bit, then it's more on the show's Pikachu like I had originally thought it was, which would mean no PP but it's more on the stamina of the fella. (You have to remember that the electricity is in those pouches and while it may have numerous charges, it IS physically taxing on Pikachu)

 

Taking stock of the two as is with what was mention above –

 

Dash more than likely has a fairly high pain tolerance as witnessed from some of the more idiotic things she has done in the show itself, along with having a higher than average pain tolerance to Lightning.

 

Pikachu has about 3-4 years of travel to experience battle and be an actual battle ready participant in many ways.

 

Dash, while trained to fight and such, is not in any way “battle ready” so she will have a slightly harder fight here, but she is still trained to fight.

 

They are both very fast and agile, so they would probably be even on this.

 

While Pikachu has been shown to be adaptable in different situations, having knowledge in fighting flight combatants and being the one of the two here to have been in the more ‘hardcore’ fights, Pikachu is still stuck in the “Skill Selection” fighting style. So although there is adaptable changes to strategy that can be given, Pikachu is stuck with the straight out knowledge (though it is many) of the attacks it has.

 

Dash is not stuck in that situation, which means she can change different strategies with ease.

 

~ Skills

 

Pikachu has many different lightning based attacks. More than likely those higher damaged ratio attacks will be the ones to actually damage Dash. The smaller ones will only either do a temporary stun or used for a distraction. I don’t believe paralyze will work here either, seeing as Dash might be immune to something like that(I can’t see her working in an environment that could potentially paralyze her without some protection, so Pegasi might have this built into them as an immunity)

 

Dash can control weather. It may sound impressive, but won’t be much use here since she has to move a cloud in the general vicinity of Pikachu and then use it. Pikachu could just move from the area. Dash COULD move many, many clouds there and just have control like that, but seeing as Pikachu would also have additional control in lightning strikes from the sky, it almost evens it out. She can also control tornadoes, but it takes time to make one. I guess the equivalent of a two timed charge attack pokemon style.

 

Pikachu doesn’t have many physical damage attacks other than bites and tackles. It does have supplementary attacks such as double team and shield though. It could be used to confuse or take less damage (though I don’t think shield will stack too much here and it makes Pikachu a standing target if used)

 

Dash is trained in Karate. Though strange to see a pony fighting like this with hooves (really?) that means she has knowledge in close combat along with ranged combat. Pikachu is mostly a mid-ranged type of fighter with long ranged capabilities.

 

Okay, while this short response for such a large one may seem, like an insult, i'm really tired, Basicly while dash could try and turn this into a ground fight, Pikachu would keep his distance, keep the fight to be ranged, also pikachu would easily have some experience fighting against a martial art style, multiple fighting gyms for example, and various pokemon like hitmonlee and hitmonchan.

I've always preferred to try that Magicka Card game; the pokemon one just wound up confusing me. On a somewhat related note to that there is supposed to be a digital card game with pokemon out online right now.

 

Called TCG, maybe I'll try it someday. http://www.pokemontcg.com/welcome

 

I play MTG at a compedative level too , and i used to play the TCG online (trading card game, for those of you who don't know what TCG stands for)

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

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[Azura 1,107]

They both have equal chances of beating each other, Pikachu can't fly but Rainbow Dash doesn't have ranged attacks.

[Snow Shadow 41]

Some of those lightning moves vs flying type...... Sorry but RD loses as much as I hate to say it. Pikachu is still broken. http://wikicheats.gametrailers.com/images/e/ed/Smash_Bros_Brawl_Pikachu_Thunder.jpg

[Half-Note 273]

EVERYBODY CALM THE BUCK DOWN AND SHUT UP! We all know it comes down to a clash of the Sonic Rainboom vs Volt Tackle.

Edited July 29, 2012 by Half-Note

[Hazardus_Havard. 479]

Okay, while this short response for such a large one may seem, like an insult, i'm really tired, Basicly while dash could try and turn this into a ground fight, Pikachu would keep his distance, keep the fight to be ranged, also pikachu would easily have some experience fighting against a martial art style, multiple fighting gyms for example, and various pokemon like hitmonlee and hitmonchan.

 

I play MTG at a compedative level too , and i used to play the TCG online (trading card game, for those of you who don't know what TCG stands for)

 

After looking at this for a while, I think I've come to a conclusion more or less on this since I doubt any new information can be processed here.

 

I don't think Dash will straight out win. Nor would Pikachu. They are, more or less, evened out nearly perfectly on everything. From the looks of this, it feels like one of those battles that would have to take place and see what happens in the end really. So I would more or less call this a draw here for now.

 

As for everyone else that just calls it Pikachu winning or Rainbow Dash winning, maybe you should read previous posts and you can see where the argument actually took place instead of just heavily basing it on a winner without providing a good enough argument.

 

Of course, the best course of action here would be to see Dash in the next Super Smash Brothers (I would buy a Wii U JUST for that chance, it'd be freaking awesome to see something like that, and it feels plausible for the game.)

 

They both have equal chances of beating each other, Pikachu can't fly but Rainbow Dash doesn't have ranged attacks.

 

Yeah, in the end I'm leaning towards that there.

 

...and is your avatar a marshmallow? Cause it looks like a marshmallow....

 

Some of those lightning moves vs flying type...... Sorry but RD loses as much as I hate to say it. Pikachu is still broken. http://wikicheats.ga...chu_Thunder.jpg

 

Please read the previous posts to get a better figure on the full topic instead of just biasing towards flying vs. lightning (RD is not a pokemon so that "super effective" stuff kinda isn't valid to her)

[Azura 1,107]

Yeah, in the end I'm leaning towards that there.

 

...and is your avatar a marshmallow? Cause it looks like a marshmallow....

 

Yes, yes it is.

 

If you saw my latest status, it tells you about how I am currently being a marshmallow!

[Twiliscael 3,960]

Being a weather pony, she's obviosuly dealt with lightning before. Not to mention she's faster and pretty different from anything that Pikachu's battled before. Same can be said for Dash however. I honestly thonk Rainbow Dash would win because of her superior speed and specualted previous encounters with lightning.

[Vaporeon 1,168]

Well it depends. If it's Ash's Pikachu maybe because his power varies. One moment he's taking down a Golem [who is part ground] with Thunderbolt and the next he's getting his ass kicked by a level 5 Snivy. Though if it was Red's Pikachu then there would be no battle. All of Red's Pokemon are like gods, you can only lose to them if Red lets you.

 

Though I question why you would even match Rainbow Dash against Pikachu. Why not Charizard or if you want pure speed vs speed then Rainbow Dash vs Sonic. That battle would be WAY PAST COOL!!

[Sinivar 12]

I think Pikachu would win without fighting. Mostly because Fluttershy would leap to the defense of a cute and unknown little critter and claim that it only attacked because it was frightened and I don't think RD would have the heart to keep trying to beat it up after that, even if it had zapped her.

 

I think the Charizard fight would work though since Fluttershy would never jump to the defense of a snarling, fire breathing dragon.

Edited July 29, 2012 by Sinivar

[Krystal 1,468]

You could pretty much think of Rainbow Dash as the bestest wind pokemon ever and then just see if Picachu would be able to beat that. Since I know nothing about Pokemon I'm going to stay out of this discussion/debate/argument/flame war or whatever this turns into. But I'm going to leave what little information I can offer before I go first. Picachu can just constantly cover himself in electricity because Rainbow Dash must physically touch Picachu in order to deal damage unless she makes a tornado to lift Picachu up and then drop him or make a tornado to lift other things and then drop them on Picachu. If Rainbow Dash touches Picachu: *zap*. Now I'm not sure how many volts Picachu can send through Rainbow Dash but I'm sure its a lot.

 

Now if Rainbow Dash was wearing a full body rubber suit...

[Musix 237]

Pikachu would lose, Because Rainbow Dash is Fly (She's not a fly type pokemon! xD) And she is Sentient. Not being mean at all, But i don't think that Pikachu is Sentiant at all. Just cool. c:

[Arrow 236]

Pikachu would lose, Because Rainbow Dash is Fly (She's not a fly type pokemon! xD) And she is Sentient. Not being mean at all, But i don't think that Pikachu is Sentiant at all. Just cool. c:

 

Pokémon can beat up people anytime they want, and people are sentient godammit

 

@Everyone: Check out my post on the last page and try to counter something that well thought out and constructed.

[Musix 237]

Pokémon can beat up people anytime they want, and people are sentient godammit

 

@Everyone: Check out my post on the last page and try to counter something that well thought out and constructed.

 

Yeah, But you know as well as i do, Rainbow Dash beats all! Just look at your signature and Profile picture~

 

And pony's are sentient, Because they are the leading species on their planet, right?