
He also never caught any Water-type Pokémon. Meltan also exists as his first ever Steel-type, as well as his first ever officially caught Mythical Pokémon. Breaking Old Trends: The first team of Ash's that lacks the regional bird Pokémon, with Rowlet instead filling the role and having been raised by a flock of them.Melmetal decided to go with Ash when it saw its trusting nature and understood that it wanted to stay with Rowlet.Naganadel really wanted to be with Ash when he saved it from Team Rocket and showed it how PokéBalls work.Incineroar came with Ash when he didn't leave its side when it was depressed about its mentor's passing.Lycanroc joined Ash when he helped it learn a new move and used it to defeat a wild Pokémon in battle.Rowlet decided to join Ash and became his other partner because he saved it from falling then brought it some food to eat when it got hungry.The Alola team all joined Ash because of the kind things he did for them.Even the lowly Rowlet is shown capable of defeating things bigger than itself consistently and Incineroar was even able to defeat Kukui's seemingly unstoppable Incineroar as a Torracat even after taking a nasty beating following Kukui's Incineroar boosting itself with Bulk Up and without the need to evolve mid-fight.

Not to mention it has among its ranks a special form Pokemon, a Mythical Pokemon and (temporarily) an Ultra Beast with all three being powerhouses on their own right.

note Lycanroc's dialogue is translated as using male pronouns in SM126, while all of them wear amulets for their Ultra Guardian attire compared to the ribbons usually equipped to Pokemon officially female, which implies that Incineroar, Rowlet and Lycanroc are all males. The best the others get are implied hints. Nebby, Naganadel and Melmetal are biologically genderless however. Ambiguous Gender: Besides Pikachu, none of the Alola team have confirmed genders.Ash's Alola team as seen in the Pokémon Journeys reunion (minus Naganadel)
