Chapter 227: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 102

A very standard rain team, although generally, one should add some Electric-type attackers and Grass-type defensive Pokémon.

However, it is indeed much more scientific than Nessa's lineup.

"All Water-type Pokémon, is this actually a good thing for my lineup..."

Theoretically, Garganacl poses a huge threat to them, but more than half of the Pokémon in his team are weak to Water, making the defensive line very easy to break through.

His lineup is still a bit on the defensive side; if he doesn't handle it well and gets broken through, he will lose particularly miserably.

Although Qingyu could accept losing to Wallace, but...

Defaulting to losing before even trying is too spineless!

After Qingyu made his calculations, he locked in his lead.

Toxapex!

With the opponent's lineup, if he could bring a Ferrothorn, he would definitely make Wallace feel what despair is.

It's just a pity that because he isn't playing a rain team, he didn't bring that thing and could only use Toxapex to hold the field.

Wallace's side had a very conventional lead: Politoed.

Politoed, as a C-tier character and rain brother identical to Pelipper, also possesses the unique skill of bringing rain upon entry.

The Drizzle ability triggered instantly, and light rain began to fall over the in-game field.

【It's about the same as Nessa's rain team; Water-type Gym Leaders only know this one trick, right!】

【Toxapex can also benefit from the rain; not bad.】

【The same Drizzle ability as Pelipper? Which of these two Pokémon is better to use, Teacher Qingyu!】

"Although both are weather setters in rain teams, Pelipper and Politoed differ slightly in functionality."

"Pelipper has stronger offensive capabilities; whether it's Hurricane output or Tailwind helping other teammates speed up, the benefits are very intuitive."

"As for Politoed, because the moves it can learn are more skill-intensive, its ceiling is extremely high."

It mainly lies in Perish Song, so it is more suitable for doubles and theoretically possesses infinite possibilities.

In his past life, there was a professional player who excelled in the Perish Song system; even against the meta, they could still win the championship relying on their trump card, the rain Perish Song.

Qingyu explained while immediately giving commands:

"Toxapex, Toxic Spikes!"

"Politoed, Weather Ball!"

Two voices fell simultaneously; Politoed successfully took the lead relying on its speed advantage, blasting out a Weather Ball full of Water-type energy.

Toxapex took this attack with its face, losing only about 1/4 of its health; it was painless and itchy.

Subsequently, the first layer of Toxic Spikes was thrown out, and the area around the field near Politoed's feet was soon covered in poison-stained spikes.

At the same time, the effect of the Black Sludge item carried by Toxapex triggered, quickly restoring some of its stamina.

【This is too tanky, right? Even a rain-boosted Weather Ball is just scraping it?】

【Watching the streamer's broadcast too much, I thought the opponent would start with an underworld sleep move!】

【Fun fact: Toxapex can learn Recover; with Politoed's current scraping power, it wouldn't die even if it hit it for ten years...】

"So, it's time to switch, right?"

Qingyu muttered to himself while thinking about Wallace's next move.

The opponent's best friend Steven is a master of entry hazards, so it's impossible for Wallace not to know the importance of removing them in singles.

"In that case, the one switching in will be..."

"Tentacruel!"

"Come back, Toxapex."

Qingyu decisively recalled Toxapex first and sent out Glimmora, the same one used by Paldea Champion Geeta.

Wallace's command was a beat slower, and he also made a rotation adjustment.

And following that, just as Qingyu had predicted, Tentacruel, which isn't afraid of stepping on poison, appeared!

【At? Cheating?】

【666, not even pretending anymore; Teacher Qingyu, when are you going to publish a textbook on battle psychology? I'll definitely buy it!】

【It's also quite reasonable, after all, the only ones on Wallace's side not afraid of Toxic Spikes are Gyarados and Tentacruel.】

Gyarados has the Flying type, so it won't step on spikes even when entering the field.

As for Tentacruel, in the face of the same Poison type, Toxic Spikes naturally won't have any effect, and it even absorbed a portion.

However, for Qingyu, the purpose of this Toxic Spikes had already been achieved.

"Sure enough, I caught it."

A mysterious smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Qingyu's mouth.

Even if the comments didn't know, how could he not know what Wallace was thinking by sending out Tentacruel?

"Tentacruel, Rapid Spin!"

Wallace quickly gave the command.

Tentacruel quickly began to rotate in place, spinning so fast it created afterimages.

As its tentacles extended, the spikes on their side of the field were soon lifted from the ground by the continuous rotational force.

Rapid Spin, a very common means of clearing entry hazards.

This was the true purpose of Wallace sending out Tentacruel.

And because he knew that the Toxic Debris ability of Geeta's Glimmora was very troublesome, Wallace's Tentacruel didn't attack but focused on clearing the spikes on his own field.

However, since Qingyu had anticipated this move, he had naturally thought of a countermeasure in advance.

At the same time, Qingyu decisively spoke:

"Glimmora—"

"Earth Power!"

The moment it heard the command, Glimmora acted immediately, directly driving the accumulated energy into the ground.

In an instant, the ground began to emit a booming roar.

Because the coverage of the move was almost the entire field, Tentacruel had no possibility of dodging and was instantly submerged by the triggered Earth Power!

Want to remove entry hazards?

Go talk to my Earth Power! ===== CHAPTER 229 =====