The Abandoned Stealth Rock Strategy!

Night Slash.

A Dark-type move specifically designed to target sound-based moves.

Any Pokémon struck by this move would suffer hellish pain in its throat, rendering it unable to use any sound-based moves for a period of time, such as Roar, Hyper Voice, or Sing.

Geeta's Pokémon lineup.

It relied on Glimmora to set Stealth Rock and Spikes, then used Dragapult's exceptional mobility and Dragon Tail to force the opponent to switch Pokémon.

And when Dragapult's Dragon Tail could no longer force a switch.

There was also Cryogonal, a typical tanky Pokémon capable of stalling out poisoned opponents and draining their stamina.

This was a very standard Stealth Rock and Spikes strategy.

What few people knew, however, was that Pokémon like Cryogonal could also learn Roar, allowing them to rotate out Pokémon that Dragapult could not force to switch.

In fact.

Based on Jing He's understanding of this strategy, Cryogonal likely was not the only one among Geeta's remaining Pokémon that knew Roar.

But now.

Urshifu had tightly gripped Cryogonal by the throat, making it impossible for it to produce any sound and preventing it from using Roar for a time.

At the same time.

Urshifu had been poisoned after stepping on the Toxic Spikes and injured after crashing into the seemingly omnipresent Spikes.

No matter how things stood now, Geeta's Stealth Rock and Spikes strategy had worked.

"Cryogonal, Rapid Spin! Throw it off!" Geeta was also somewhat surprised when Urshifu suddenly appeared in front of Cryogonal.

So fast?

Only then did she realize.

The Psychic Terrain created by Indeedee had already vanished, and priority moves could finally take effect again. Urshifu had used Sucker Punch to reach Cryogonal so quickly.

However.

Cryogonal itself was a relatively slow Pokémon, so it definitely could not compare to Urshifu in speed.

But Cryogonal's