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'''Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!''' (Japanese: '''決勝戦！サトシ対アラン！！''' ''The Finals! {{tt|Satoshi|Ash}} VS {{tt|Alan|Alain}}!!'') is the 130th episode of the {{series|XY}}, and the 929th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on August 11, 2016 and in the United States on October 29, 2016.

Alain begins the battle by commanding a {{m|Dark Pulse}} from his Tyranitar; Pikachu avoids the attack. Ash sees a strategy and has Pikachu use {{m|Iron Tail}} on the stream of water. The splash from the water clears away the {{weather|sandstorm}}, while soaking the Armor Pokémon, causing {{m|Thunderbolt}} to deal more damage. Pikachu follows up with {{m|Electro Ball}}, which is countered by a {{m|Stone Edge}} from Tyranitar, and Alain has his Pokémon smash the stones with its tail, sending a barrage of stone pieces at the Mouse Pokémon, only to be reflected back with Iron Tail. Tyranitar follows up with {{m|Crunch}}, but Pikachu uses Iron Tail; Tyranitar, however, grabs his tail in its mouth and swings it back. Pikachu retaliates with Electro Ball, and thus, causes the Armor Pokémon to faint. [[Ash's friends]] are excited at an early lead, and [[Diantha]] commends Ash on his fighting  skills since the semi-finals, something with [[Professor Sycamore]] seems to agree with. He then remembers his conversation with Alain, and wonders what feelings the latter is holding inside him. Meanwhile, {{TRT}} is still intent on their plan to steal the finalists' Pokémon after the battle, while [[Malva]] calls them out for the next shot.

Ash recalls Pikachu, and sends out his {{AP|Noivern}} on the battlefield, while Alain sends out his {{p|Weavile}}. Noivern uses {{m|Supersonic}} but Weavile uses {{m|Protect}} to protect itself, and follows up with {{m|Night Slash}}. Noivern uses Supersonic again, connecting this time around. Alain has Weavile use {{m|Ice Beam}}, but Noivern counters with {{m|Boomburst}}, and follows up with {{m|Dragon Claw}}. Feeling cornered, Weavile uses {{m|Double Team}} to evade the Sound Wave Pokémon, but the latter uses {{m|Supersonic}} to successfully find the real one, and proceeds to attack it with Dragon Claw. Weavile avoids the attack, and counters with Ice Beam. After some swift dodging, Noivern eventually gets hits by the move, and falls in the stream of water; he is then attacked by Night Slash, and is knocked out.

Ash sends out his {{AP|Hawlucha}} to battle next, who uses {{m|Karate Chop}} to attack the Sharp Claw Pokémon, but Hawlucha misses every strike. Weavile successfully leads him in the water and uses Ice Beam at his feet, but the Wrestling Pokémon avoids the attack. However, the Ice Beam manages to freeze the stream of water, so that Hawlucha has difficulty walking over it. Weavile uses another Ice Beam, and Hawlucha takes the super-effective hit head on. Weavile follows up with another Night Slash, but Hawlucha blocks it; Clemont notes that Hawlucha is using the ice to reduce the damage from attacks. Weavile uses Night Slash again, knocking Hawlucha backwards, but Ash is unconcerned and claims that Hawlucha gets stronger by taking his opponent's attacks. Alain asks Weavile to use Night Slash again, but Hawlucha responds this time by flying towards the Sharp Claw Pokémon, and throwing it onto the battlefield. Hawlucha then uses {{m|Flying Press}} to successfully knock Weavile out, while inadvertently breaking off the ice as well. Serena, Clemont and [[Sawyer]] talk about the trust between Ash and his Pokémon, and [[Lysandre]] takes a note of the strength of Ash's Pokémon. Mairin shouts a cheer for Alain, as he sends out his {{p|Bisharp}} to battle, which uses {{m|Thunder Wave}} to {{status|Paralysis|paralyze}} the Wrestling Pokémon. Alain has Bisharp use {{m|Guillotine}}; Hawlucha retaliates with {{m|X-Scissor}}, and the two Pokémon collide head-on. Hawlucha tries to use {{m|High Jump Kick}} but misses, and Bisharp uses Guillotine to knock out Hawlucha. {{an|Tierno}} and {{an|Trevor}} note Alain's strength as Ash and Alain recall their Pokémon; an excited Alain remarks to himself how battling with Ash involves a lot of fun for him and makes him forget about time completely.

Alain sends out his {{p|Unfezant}} next, while Ash calls out his {{AP|Talonflame}}. The Proud Pokémon and the Scorching Pokémon have a little exhibition of their flying prowess, before their Trainers command them to use {{m|Steel Wing}}. The two collide, then begin flying against each other again. Ash commands a {{m|Flame Charge}} in order to allow Talonflame to build up speed and move ahead of Unfezant, and Alain responds by having Unfeazant power up with a {{m|Sky Attack}}. The two moves counter eah other, after which Alain has Unfezant use {{m|Air Slash}} next. Unfeazant allows Talonflame to move ahead of it in order to set it up for an easy attack, and while Talonflame swiftly dodges most of the projectiles still takes a hit. Talonflame retaliates with another Flame Charge next, successfully hitting the Proud Pokémon. Unfezant uses Sky Attack while Ash has his Talonflame use {{m|Brave Bird}}, and the head-on collision of moves knocks both the |Pokémon out.

* [[Professor Sycamore]]

* In the dub, when {{an|Bonnie}} cheers for Pikachu after Metagross is getting hit by his {{m|Thunderbolt}}, {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}'s mouth moves, but no sound comes out.

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[[Category:XY series episodes|130]]

[[zh:精灵宝可梦 XY 第129集]]