Rayquaza is a pretty strong opponent, but he lacks hand to hand skills. Ridley’s just too powerful for Rayquaza. Rayquaza can fire some pretty nifty beams that can even destroy whole cities! Of course Ridley’s fireballs aren’t to be underestimated. This is a tricky match for Ridley, but in the end he wins. Ridley wins.
Update! Now I think that Rayquaza has what it takes to win this round. He has a large array of power attacks. Energy balls, lasers, and even close range combat abilities; Rayquaza possesses them all. Ridley is strong, but his defense his weakness and Rayquaza’s hard hitting attacks would defeat him. Rayquaza wins.
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Rayquaza is actually really strong in melée combat. His physical strength is equal to his energy powers and he can learn some deadly physical attacks
He is powerful, but his arms aren’t big enough for him to really engage in hand to hand combat. Plus I found Ridley to be a bit faster which could result in beam spams
rayquqza wins
Battle of the dragons!