- 2
- Posts
- 9
- Years
- Seen Sep 24, 2014
The question is: Does Ash's Pikachu change his level at will and is it affected by stress?
Synopsis: Ash's Pikachu will be referred to as Achu for the remainder of this synopsis for reasons. The premise of the idea comes from how Achu for some strange reason can fight Pokemon that are fully evolved and win while he can fight lower leveled Pokemon and lose. There are situations where Achu is ill or damaged and cannot fight in a normal manner, these situations will be ignored because they don't fully represent the battle capacity Achu has when facing Pokemon of the same level. Achu has been under very close observation as to what level he has, yet people cannot seem to grasp it since he knows higher level moves, can fight higher level Pokemon on par, but can still lose to lower leveled Pokemon. How is this possible? Well it can be summed up as Achu having the inert ability to change his level as he sees fit. Now the question is why doesn't he just change it to a higher level? Pride is a simple answer to that question. Achu is much like his trainer Ash, thus the pride in fighting on an even plain satisfies him and gives him the opportunity to show his trainer how skilled he is in combat. There are out of battle situations where Achu is required to do something strenuous in order to complete certain tasks. These situations also cause Achu to level up and learn moves within a small time span. The opposite can be said when Achu is in a relaxed state thus allowing Team Rocket to be able to capture him with ease. Examples of all of these events can be seen throughout the Pokemon Regions Ash has traveled with Achu.