Chapter 495

Facing Caitlin's lineup that couldn't be more obvious as a Trick Room team, Qingyu didn't need to hesitate for his starting lineup.

It seems that psychics are particularly fond of Trick Room teams, which may have something to do with the fact that this move can indeed play a miraculous effect in some situations...

But in front of Qingyu, Caitlin, who plays Trick Room, is like a new recruit.

The reason is simple—

In the Trick Room system, those who can grab speed with the Sun Team's Torkoal cannot be said to be none, but obviously Caitlin's side is impossible to do.

So, Qingyu can safely and boldly send Torkoal to start.

At the same time, its Fire-type moves have a considerable degree of restraint on Caitlin's two generals, Bronzong and Metagross.

As for the other starter, Qingyu didn't think for long before making a decision.

Giving up Charizard, who had been killing in the singles ranking before, he quickly locked onto Incineroar, who has stronger functionality.

As for the backcourt, they are Charizard and Venusaur.

Because the opponent has no Water-type Pokémon at all, Gastrodon also unexpectedly fell out of favor.

As for Scovillain, its positioning is slightly similar to Venusaur, so it was not chosen.

After locking the Pokémon used in this game, Qingyu did not forget to explain the opponent's thinking to the audience.

"Caitlin's obvious Trick Room lineup, if I'm not mistaken, should be Metagross and Gallade as output players, while Bronzong and Gothitelle are Trick Room setters and auxiliary players."

"The other Reuniclus, whether it is a Trick Room attacker or a shield, is not bad."

"As for Sableye, although it cannot use Trick Room, it also has its own irreplaceable auxiliary functions."

"Who starts, I'm really not sure, but I personally tend to let Gothitelle come up to Shadow Tag and control the field?"

"As for the other one... could it be Reuniclus?"

Qingyu thought for a while, and his tone gradually became affirmative.

【Auntie... refers to Caitlin, what kind of title is this, hahaha, raw but inexplicably appropriate!】

【Teacher Yu used his signature stunt again—the ability to predict the future like a cheat, it seems he is going to be serious, worthy of being a cute killer!】

Bronzong and Metagross are both Steel + Psychic attributes, and the disadvantage when facing the Sun Team is a bit obvious.

Unless this is a Heatproof Bronzong, otherwise it shouldn't be possible to start...

Gothitelle, as Caitlin's main force in reality, besides the ability to Shadow Tag and control the field at the start, Fake Out and the supporting Shadow Tag Perish Song system are also her specialties, so she must be guarded against.

As for Reuniclus, this thing is all-around, but there are not many tactics that can be used.

And besides it, Metagross and Gallade are mainly good at physical attack ability, and the pressure when facing Incineroar with Intimidate ability is extremely high.

Metagross is okay, the common Clear Body ability makes it difficult to be interfered with by opponents to lower stats.

But Gallade...

Unless Mega Evolution gains the Steadfast ability, otherwise honestly bring Sharpness, and then be intimidated by the Tiger God!

And this is obviously impossible in the current version, because "Pokémon Champion" simply didn't launch Mega Evolution...

The lineups of both sides were quickly determined, and the tall arena appeared on the screen. Qingyu and Caitlin's virtual images stood in front of the battle field respectively.

As the unyielding gazes of both sides met, four Poke Balls were quickly thrown out, and the starting Pokémon of both sides appeared brilliantly.

Caitlin's Pokémon appeared first. Unexpectedly, Qingyu only guessed half of it this time.

The start did have her ace Gothitelle, and the other one was Bronzong, who was floating in the air and revealing a weird smile.

As Gothitelle landed, the shadow under its feet quickly melted into a ball and had a trend of slowly expanding towards Qingyu's side of the field.

Only a very small number of Pokémon possess the Shadow Tag ability, which can do this.

【Teacher Yu actually has times when he fails to predict?】

【Say, is Teacher Yu doing it on purpose? I think it's because he's afraid that everyone will find out that he can actually predict the future, so he guessed wrong on purpose!】

【No need, the opponent is not weak either. Miss Caitlin is an elite trainer preparing to challenge the position of the Elite Four in Unova. It feels normal not to predict successfully.】

Undoubtedly, Caitlin is a good opponent.

At least this prediction, she won by a slight margin.

As long as Gothitelle is on the field to Shadow Tag, the ones on Qingyu's side will be immediately locked and cannot be replaced directly.

And the fact that she topped the Sun Team to use Bronzong also made Qingyu quickly confirm his idea—

It really is the Heatproof ability?

Bronzong has two good abilities, Heatproof and Levitate, both of which can offset one of its weaknesses.

In actual combat, because it can float itself relying on the magnetic field, avoiding part of the Ground-type move damage, so Qingyu guessed that Caitlin should also be based on this idea, so she chose the Heatproof ability...

Well, then it just happened to hit himself who plays the Sun Team.

This can also be considered a kind of intelligent matching?

If it were other water friends with slightly worse levels, Qingyu really couldn't say whether there would be fraud.

But if the opponent is Caitlin, it should be impossible. Almost certainly, the ability of this Bronzong is Heatproof.

Because her strength is not bad, plus the brains of psychics are generally good, it is impossible to top the attribute restraint and come up to be violently attacked by the Sun Team!

However, even if it was slightly beyond his expectations, Qingyu still quickly revealed a confident smile.

With the appearance of his two Pokémon, the battle form immediately had new changes.

As soon as Torkoal with the Drought ability landed, the sunlight overhead became more dazzling instantly, making the screen brightness significantly higher.

The weather changed to Sunny Day.

As for Incineroar, it revealed an evil smile immediately after landing.

Although because of its back to the screen, Qingyu and the audience couldn't see it at all, but judging from the performance of Gothitelle and Bronzong, they were obviously deterred by its Intimidate ability.

"The Intimidate ability, the effect in singles might be average, but it is very powerful in doubles."

"The reason is also very simple—it can intimidate the opponent's two Pokémon at once, as long as they are physical attackers, they will be affected!"

After Qingyu made a brief explanation, the countdown for the battle to start quickly entered the countdown.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out.

"Incineroar/Gothitelle, Fake Out!"

The moment the countdown ended, Qingyu and Caitlin spoke in unison, commanding different Pokémon to use the same move.

Qingyu's Incineroar targeted Bronzong, while Gothitelle targeted...

Incineroar!

Fake Out itself is a strange move that uses the situation where both sides are not ready when they appear on the field to suddenly strike, making the opponent flinch, and the speed of the move is extremely fast.

And Gothitelle happens to be a bit faster than Incineroar in speed.

So, Incineroar didn't have time to make a move, and was slapped in place by Gothitelle on the opposite side.

【Hahahaha, Teacher Yu, you have today too! During the gym challenge, the Tiger God didn't give other Pokémon less slaps!】

【Really, I absolutely don't believe that Caitlin said she hadn't watched Teacher Yu's live broadcast. This move is used too skillfully...】

【Such a decisive command, directly predicting Teacher Yu's operation, even if placed among so many "students" in Teacher Yu's live broadcast room, it can be counted as a high apprentice!】

Seeing this, Qingyu was not in a hurry.

This move was originally just a test, even if Gothitelle's Fake Out controlled the Tiger God, the damage caused was negligible.

Moreover, his Torkoal hadn't acted yet.

Since Caitlin didn't choose to open Trick Room in this first encounter, then what he needs to do is very simple.

The effect of Shadow Tag is indeed terrifying in battle. Once the shadow is locked by Gothitelle, it cannot be actively recalled into the Poke Ball through conventional means.

This heaven-defying effect that almost modified the underlying logic of Pokémon battles is possessed by only a very small number of Pokémon, and even a certain Chandelure died in the womb...

It also proves from the side how powerful the effect of this ability is.

However, Qingyu really prepared some "unconventional means".

"Torkoal, Yawn!"

Yawn starts, to show friendliness.

The target is of course Gothitelle, who possesses the Shadow Tag ability on the opposite side.

As a not-so-hard crowd control move, Yawn will make the opponent start to doze off one after another.

Pokémon in this state will soon be unable to resist the sleepiness and fall asleep directly.

Then, let others slaughter.

Simply put, it is to transfer the choice of changing people to Caitlin.

If you don't let Gothitelle leave the field, you will soon lose a combat power;

And if you choose to leave the field, it is also convenient for Qingyu to arrange normally on his side.

"Bronzong, Rock Slide!"

Seeing this, Caitlin also immediately added a command.

Bronzong does not have the ability to interrupt Torkoal, and even if Trick Room is opened now, Torkoal still has a certain initiative, at least it is faster than Gothitelle.

So, she decided to try her luck to see if she could interrupt Torkoal's actions with flinching.

This is also the main reason why Qingyu feels that the Sun Team has no problem encountering the Trick Room team.

Because the initiative is still firmly in his hands.

As a weather setter, Torkoal has its own output ability and crowd control moves, and its advantages are further amplified in the battle rules that do not limit 4 moves...

If Trick Room is opened, the first-hand Eruption combined with the decent output ability of Incineroar on the side, Caitlin's side should have no Pokémon that can hold it.

So Caitlin's thinking is relatively correct.

Currently, it seems that not opening Trick Room can at least let Gothitelle take the initiative.

The command sounds of both sides fell, and Bronzong took the lead in throwing countless broken stones.

It's a pity that its output ability was average, and it was intimidated by Incineroar once, so the damage caused was negligible.

Even if the attributes were restrained, it didn't grind much stamina from Incineroar and Torkoal.

It was not Serene Grace ability, so it didn't trigger the flinching effect of Rock Slide.

After blocking the attack relying on the solid turtle shell, Torkoal finally had no obstacles and immediately sprayed a mouthful of turbid white mist at Gothitelle.

Soon, Gothitelle's eyelids began to tremble, looking like it might fall asleep at any time.

In this regard, the barrage said:

【Routine operation, Teacher Yu uses such a not-so-dirty move as Yawn, I'm already too lazy to complain...】

【It's like this, I can guess that Teacher Yu must be hiding such tactics, so it's not strange at all!】

【Wait, why didn't the opposite side open Trick Room? Isn't this a Trick Room team...】

【Upstairs, if Trick Room is opened, Torkoal will kill everywhere, so it definitely can't be opened!】

【This Bronzong didn't eat? The power of Rock Slide is too low!】

【I feel it's not as good as the starting Metagross, directly giving Incineroar a second with Hammer Arm!】

【Then be replaced, don't underestimate the firepower point on Teacher Yu's side, Metagross can't hold Torkoal's terrifying power...】

After Qingyu's efforts, the level of the audience has obviously made a qualitative leap.

They don't need him to explain anything, the barrage comments discussed the ideas of both sides seven or eight out of ten.

Soon, the confrontation in the second round of command began.

"Come back, Gothitelle!"