At this point I think the anime is purposely doing this. they make it challenging, and it makes sense with the pokemon setup strategy, but then when the rematch comes its like wtf that doesn't make. they kinda rush these battles now. why cant they do it like b4, I know that their were some gym rematches that ash had were two part episodes. aside from this the episode made no sense, halfway through battle when ash used talonflame against avalugg, why did it go down so quickly. even without its ice body, in the previous match they put its huge defense to work, but here it was nothing really?!, then with abamasnow, greninja had less difficulty with this then avalugg and it got hit with wood hammer. then ash greninja comes in against mega abamasnow and it easily defeated it. this frog thing is cool and all, but ash learns nothing if its used all the time. personally I think their trying to end this as quickly as possible cuz its an entirely new team of writers for the new series and they want to get it started.