GC093

==Synopsis==
Justin executes excellent strategy to counter Winona's bird Pokemon.
==Summary==
Justin and Winona are ready for their rematch and take the elevated platforms for their 4-on-4 battle. 
Winona starts the battle with Altaria, who dominated Justin's team during their inital battle. Justin reacts by sending Plusle into battle as before. Unlike the first battle, Plusle is able to paralyze Altaria with Nuzzle and land Electro Ball, but Altaria still uses Dragon Dance twice. 
Justin recalls Altaria for Combusken. Combusken takes advantage of the pillars and Altaria's paralyzed status to hammer heavy Flame Charge attacks. Winona improves her timing to have Altaria dodge a Flame Charge to execute an Earthquake-Sky Attack combination. Unable to counter in time with Sky Uppercut, Combusken still grabs a hold of Altaria and unleashes a Fire Spin. Despite Combusken's efforts, the tactic is scantly not enough and Altaria paralyzes Combusken with Dragon Breath, which leaves him prey to a Sky Attack that takes him out of the battle. 
Justin sends Eevee into battle who builds off of Combusken's hard work. Eevee lands a Quick Attack first and counters an Earthquake-Sky Attack combination by jumping over Altaria and striking it with Iron Tail. 
Skarmory is Winona's second Pokemon, and it establishes Spikes. Justin takes a risk of recalling Eevee for Plusle as Spikes triggers. Prepared for Plusle this time, Winona has Skarmory use Sand Attack to blind Plusle and hammer attacks uninterrupted. Justin has Plusle intentionally take a Steel Wing, she she can latch onto Skarmory and use Nuzzle to paralyze it. Justin recalls Plusle for Eevee since sand is still in its eye. Skarmory is too paralyzed to handle Eevee's speedy tactics and is ultimately felled by a Shadow Ball. 
Winona sends in Pelipper third. As before, Pelipper fires Water Pulse but this time in a wave to wash away Eevee and disguise an Aerial Ace. Eevee manages to later disrupt an Aerial Ace with Quick Attack and send Pelipper crashing with Shadow Ball. Eevee aims to end the battle with an Iron Tail, but Pelipper defends with Protect as Justin wanted. Now, Pelipper cannot use Protect again. Justin commands Last Resort, and Winona commands her Hurricane combination. Eevee is consumed but still manages to unleashe its Last Resort, breaking away the Hurricane in the process. Astonishingly, Pelipper survives and defeats an off-guard Eevee with Aerial Ace. 
Plusle returns to battlem and she has no sand in her eyes upon re-entry. She endures damage from Spikes and immediately uses Agility to build speed. Pelipper slow down Plusle with Hurricane, which sends Plusle toward a pillar. Plusle bounces off the pillar and uses Spark. Pelipper defends with Protect, but Plusle stays on the barrier until it naturally fades. Plusle then paralyzes Pelipper with Nuzzle and defeats it with Electro Ball. 
Winona is down to her last Pokemon, a Swellow. Plusle starts the battle with Electro Ball, which Swellow bats away with Wing Attack. Plusle then uses Spark and Swellow willingly takes the hit, and it is paralyzed. Soon after, Swellow glows hot red with the Guts ability and alarming Justin. Swellow unleahses the power of Facade to take Plusle out of the battle. 
Justin's final Pokemon is his own Swellow. Even though Winona's Swellow has Guts, paralysis has still slowed it down. Justin's Swellow uses Peck repeatedly when Winona's suffers from paralysis. Winona's recovers and uses Air Slash. Justin's uses great acrobatics to dodge the initial blades of wind until one clips its wings and flinches Swellow, rendering it prey to Guts-enhanced Facade. Justin's Swellow survives and uses Wing Attack, but Winona's counters with Double Team. 
Winona's then uses Air Slash, and Justin's counters with Hidden Power. The ones are destroyed during the firing of attacks. When Winona's Swellow is stunned from paralysis, Justin has his Swellow use Hidden Power again. Winona's uses Wing Attack to deflect the orbs until the orbs actually freeze produce ice blossoms on its wings an after-effect of the Ice-Type Hidden Power. Winona's Swellow cannot fly properly and loses altitude. Justin's unleahses its new Aerial Ace. Winona's tries to use a last-ditch Facade. Justin has his Swellow only clip Winona's since he would not survive a direct collision against a Guts-Facade. Winona's Swellow crashes into the ground, where the Spikes explode on it and render it unable to battle. 
Justin hugs Swellow in jubilee. Winona congratulates Justin on a spectacular battle and impressive strategy. She proudly presents Justin the Feather Badge.
==Major Events==
*Justin defeats Winona in a rematch to win the Feather Badge
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (Grand Conquest). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Rachel
*Winona
*Referee
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Combusken (Justin's)
*Swellow (Justin's)
*Plusle (Justin's)
*Minun (Rachel's)
*Skitty (Rachel's)
*Altaria (Winona's)
*Pelipper (Winona's)
*Skarmory (Winona's)
*Swellow (Winona's)
Category:Grand Conquest
Category:Episodes with Gym Battles