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The battle between Ash and Conway finally starts and will be taking place on a grass battlefield. It will be a three-on-three Pokémon battle. Conway chooses {{p|Shuckle}} as his first Pokémon and Dawn takes the chance to scan Shuckle with her Pokédex. Meanwhile, Ash chooses {{AP|Nowctowl}}. Conway is surprised that Ash is using different Pokémon than he thought he would. He had thought Ash would use Infernape because it had recently learned a new move. In the stands, knowing that Ash caught Noctowl in the [[Johto]] region, looks it up on her [[Pokédex]]. Barry, on the other hand, is surprised that Ash's Noctowl seems to be a [[Shiny Pokémon|different color]] from the other Noctowl. Conway starts the battle off by telling Shuckle to use {{m|Withdraw}}. Ash tells Noctowl to use {{m|Sky Attack}}, hoping that it would be enough to break through Shuckle's defense. While Noctowl is swooping down for the kill, Conway tells Shuckle to use Withdraw two more times in order to increase its defense. In the end, Shuckle's defense was too much for Noctowl and Noctowl is sent flying back. Shuckle then uses {{m|Power Trick}} to switch its Attack and Defense stats. Brock explains that because Shuckle originally had a high Defense stat and low Attack stat, it now has a high Attack stat and a low Defense stat due to the effects of Power Trick. Noctowl then uses {{m|Air Slash}} and Shuckle counters with {{m|Gyro Ball}}, which is able to break through the Air Slash and hit Noctowl. Noctowl falls to the ground and, having received critical damage, Ash calls it back.