It doesn't get much more titanic than this. Two former Godlike champions clash in the first round. What better way is there to start off a season than with a match worthy of the finals? Well, it's too bad that the heroic Ash, multitalented though he might be, is no match for the Horn of Valmar. Melfice has a massive edge in speed, to the point of constantly getting three turns to two of Ash's. Not that the Vandalier can even hit Melfice, as he deals almost all of his damage with his physical attack and thus will have no luck tagging Melfice with those strikes. Move Block and Sshhh! shut down Ash's skillset, leaving him defenseless to either a brutal blitzing or a crippling defeat from Melfice's status attacks.