Things really started to turn around for Ash in Sinnoh. Compared to his previous teams, his Sinnoh team was much stronger. Ash really began to shine as a Trainer here, too, taking on a Chimchar ...

evolves into Honchkrow using a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Candy Gligar...evolves into Gliscor using a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Candy Sneasel...evolves into Weavile using a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Candy Porygon2 ...