Was Misty ever a good battler in the show?

[weedle_mchairybug]

Didn't she have some sort of battle in the third movie?

Oh she did have a battle all right. In fact, she even gave the imaginary Mantine a run for its money.

 

[Vernikova]

Oh she did have a battle all right. In fact, she even gave the imaginary Mantine a run for its money.

Her Goldeen didn't put up such a good effort against Kingdra though. That's one Pokémon that didn't help her much in any of her matches I think. Though she did quite well with Corsola.

 

[pokemonloverXD]

No, obviously, she was horrible

 

[weedle_mchairybug]

No, obviously, she was horrible

Err, if she was "horrible", then please explain how she even managed to get to Top 8, if not Top 4 of the Whirl Cup (latter probably most accurate, given the fact that Trinity lost to the Feraligatr trainer who in turn became champ as a result), or heck, how she was even able to give that imaginary Mantine a run for its money during Movie 3 (and considering how those "imaginary pokemon" were directly stated to be unbeatable due to being imaginary, even giving it a run for its money is something.)?

 

[Faline]

In my opinion. I believe she was a good battler even at this point, Now that she's a gym leader which makes her more powerful to hear and to tell. She's a water type genius and in some episodes back in R/S/E like the Togepi Mirage Episode. Her Gyrados actually ruled the villains. :)

 

[ORegan]

If Misty (as well as Brock) were actually decent battlers, how would the show show off how awesome Ash and his Pikachu were? To be fair, most of these loses *mainly against Team Rocket* are more or less plot devices so Ash can come out victorious from a situation where even Gym Leaders would fail.