Ash was talking with Liam between battles and saw a familiar face. He told Liam his name was Tobias, and that he met them in the Sinnoh League. Ash also explained that according to the rumors at the Sinnoh League Lilly of the Valley Confrence was that Tobias won every gym battle using only one Pokémon, and that during the conference, there was only one battle where he had to use a second Pokémon. So far in this tournament, those rumors persisted. The Prelims came to an end, The prelims was sixteen brackets of trainers, the top two of which moved on. In the first round, each trainer was permitted the use of two Pokemon. Liam had done research on his opponent's prelim battles, as well as his battles in the Sinnoh League tournament Ash mentioned. He found that Ash was that one trainer who made Tobias use his second Pokémon, and it took all six of his Pokemon to accomplish it. Liam had to bring his A game to the first fight. 1 RP 17 RP 2 Ash Ketchum 18 RP 3 RP 19 Liam Coleman 4 RP 20 Tobias 5 RP 21 RP 6 Tierno 22 RP 7 RP 23 RP 8 RP 24 RP 9 RP 25 Trevor 10 RP 26 RP 11 RP 27 RP 12 RP 28 RP 13 RP 29 RP 14 Shiranui Tsukiko 30 RP 15 RP 31 RP 16 RP 32 RP [list] [*] Ash defeated his first opponent's Lucario and Swilrix using Pikachu and Muk [*] Tierno used Raichu and Blastoise to defeat Chestnaught and Talonflame [/list] [color=black][s]1 RP [/s] [/color] 17 RP 2 Ash Ketchum 18 RP 3 RP 19 Liam Coleman [color=black][s]4 RP[/s][/color] 20 Tobias [color=black][s]5 RP [/s] [/color] 21 RP 6 Tierno 22 RP 7 RP 23 RP [color=black][s]8 RP[/s] [/color] 24 RP [color=black][s]9 RP[/s] [/color] 25 Trevor 10 RP 26 RP 11 RP 27 RP [color=black][s]12 RP[/s] [/color] 28 RP 13 RP 29 RP 14 Shiranui Tsukiko 30 RP 15 RP 31 RP 16 RP 32 RP