Pokemon Journeys has kicked off the second match of the Masters Tournament, and with it has crowned the winner between Lance and Diantha in their big quarterfinals match up between champions! Ash Ketchum might have been spending this new anime iteration working his way through the World Coronation Series, and now he’s seeing the fruits of his labor as the eight top trainers in the world do battle to figure out the ultimate champion. With Leon and Alain having their battle in the previous episode, the quarterfinals continue with the battle between Kanto and Johto’s champion against Kalos’ champion.

I had Diantha winning this battle before it even happened but she knew she had it the bag the moment it became a 1v1 and once Lance’s Gigantamax ran out she called checkmate pure strategic genius Diantha is officially a top 4 champion since she’s in the semi-finals #anipoke pic.twitter.com/xe2zZ62fqt