Chapter 97: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 45

After the match finally succeeded in matching, the opponent's information popped up immediately.

"Azure Feather...?"

Nessa whispered the opponent's ID and quickly noticed the Breloom in his team.

A smile quickly blossomed on her face.

"Just right, a suitable opponent~"

"The rain team on the opposite side is so pure, the lead should be Pelipper, right?"

"So we can just lead with Breloom directly!"

While speaking, Qingyu determined his lead Pokémon at light speed.

The comments section quickly whipped up a storm of question marks.

【??? Why are you still leading with it when you know the opponent is Pelipper? Aren't you afraid of being blown away by a Hurricane?】

【If the streamer wants to play Breloom, just say so, don't make up so many excuses!】

【Are you really going to force Breloom out despite its four-fold weakness to Flying? Are you being a bit rebellious, Haki-Yu...】

"Don't be anxious, it's not like it's costing you points, what are you afraid of!"

"Our Master Breloom has plenty of martial virtue; its Attack base stat is as high as 130. A mere rain team is nothing to worry about!"

Qingyu smiled slightly, watching the screen load as the trainers' avatars entered the field.

Both sides quickly threw out their Poké Balls.

Sure enough, as he expected, Nessa's lead was the weather setter, Pelipper.

Due to Pelipper's Drizzle ability, the sky was covered by a layer of dark clouds the moment it appeared, and soon a light drizzle began to fall.

In the rain, besides the increased power of Water-type moves, Thunder and Hurricane also became almost impossible to dodge due to the weather.

As a Gym Leader, Nessa clearly knew this, so she gave a command immediately after the start:

"Pelipper, Hurricane!"

Given Breloom's fatal four-fold weakness to Flying, once hit by a Flying-type move, it could be said that even ten thousand lives wouldn't be enough to survive it.

So Qingyu spoke almost at the same time:

"Breloom, Spore!"

Breloom spread its arms, and together with the mushrooms on its head and tail, it sprayed spores that were difficult to detect with the naked eye in all directions.

Pelipper flapped its wings to fly high, preparing to gather power with the help of the storm, but found itself suddenly eroded by an inexplicable drowsiness, and its movements paused accordingly.

A few seconds later, sleepiness overcame its will, and Pelipper actually fell directly from the air.

【??? You call this having plenty of martial virtue?】

【This is too low-quality, using a naked sleep move right at the start!】

【No, this isn't Hypnosis; it seems like it doesn't need luck at all...】

"Of course this isn't Hypnosis, but our Mushroom-type Pokémon's 'Spore', a move that only the Child of Destiny can learn!"

【666, Mushroom-type Pokémon are here; are there also Cute-type, Cat-type, and Dog-type?】

【Such a dirty move, it's clear only the most wretched Pokémon could learn it...】

Unlike Hypnosis, which is easily dodged, Spore has a very wide range, and once the target is locked, it is difficult to avoid.

Of course, there are blind spots where it doesn't work on Grass-type Pokémon, those with the Overcoat ability, or those holding Safety Goggles.

Taking advantage of the opponent being asleep, Qingyu gave another command:

"Breloom, Substitute!"

By consuming a portion of its HP, Breloom created a clone very similar to itself and protected it in front, using it to block the opponent's next attack.

At the same time, because of the HP reduction, its Poison Heal ability was activated, and the lost HP bar began to recover slowly.

Toxic Orb + Poison Heal, a classic and unpretentious combination.

But very useful.

Since Substitute can at least block one attack, and Pelipper couldn't wake up immediately, Nessa decisively chose to recall it.

A weather setter needs to be kept alive as much as possible; even if it's asleep, bringing it back out can trigger the Drizzle ability to extend the rain.

Just as she was preparing to throw a Poké Ball again, Qingyu smiled.

He was waiting for this very moment!

"Breloom, Focus Punch!"

Thanks to Xiaxia Hu Tao for the tip.

Flop Diary 5.10

Fun Fact: Galar is based on the UK, so the Galar League's ranking battles and Champion Cup are benchmarked against the Premier League. You can clearly feel that local football atmosphere in the game, it's just a pity that both the game and anime plots are a bit lackluster...

However, Sword/Shield and the Diamond/Pearl remakes really put some effort into NPC tactical design. Many well-known tactics have appeared in the game, and Gardenia in the Diamond/Pearl remakes used this old tactic of the protagonist~ ===== CHAPTER 99 =====