| desc | - After winning the Twinleaf Festival's annual tournament, Ash was given, as well as a trophy, the chance to battle Palmer in an exhibition match. The match was one-on-one and Palmer chose his powerhouse Rhyperior to battle. In response, Ash chose Grotle as he realized that Palmer would be ready to counter his normal strategy of using speed attacks and decided to focus on power instead.
Rhyperior proved to be a very tough opponent, being able to withstand Grotle's attacks due to its Ability and giving the Grove Pokémon a very tough time. However the tables seemed to turn when Rhyperior forced Grotle to swallow an Energy Ball, giving it a major power boost. Using this Grotle was able to cause significant damage to Rhyperior, but Grotle was simply unable to stand up to the massive attack power of Rhyperior and was defeated.
Rhyperior's known moves are Rock Polish, Sandstorm, Rock Wrecker, and Megahorn, and its Ability is Solid Rock.
- Palmer's Dragonite has only made a brief appearance in the anime. In its scene, it only appeared to help announce Palmer's arrival in Twinleaf Town when he arrived for the annual festival.
None of Dragonite's moves are known.
- Palmer's Milotic made a cameo appearance alongside its Trainer during the opening of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where it was seen battling Cynthia's Garchomp.
Milotic's known moves are Protect, Water Pulse, and Ice Beam.
- Cresselia's known moves are Psychic, Calm Mind, Shadow Ball, Moonlight, Ice Beam, Signal Beam, Lunar Dance and Psycho Shift.
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