At that moment, on the Battle Arena below Fang Yuan, Max, and Haruka.
Two Trainers were each commanding a Poochyena and a Marshtomp in battle.
Poochyena was a small canine Pokémon with exceptional endurance. This Poochyena was currently taking advantage of that endurance, repeatedly using Double Team to confuse Marshtomp before launching sneak attacks.
Compared to moving through mud or water, Marshtomp was clearly much slower on land than this reasonably well-trained Poochyena.
So, under the Double Team tactic, Marshtomp had already been hit twice by Poochyena. No wonder Max said that Poochyena held a huge advantage.
"How could that be? Poochyena clearly has the advantage!"
After Fang Yuan refuted him, Max looked back at the field.
How had Marshtomp seen through its opponent's movements? It was obviously still on the back foot!
Fight, fight!
As Fang Yuan and Max debated, Haruka eagerly leaned over to listen.
Her younger brother was even more interested in Pokémon than she was. Though he was still young, he had already learned plenty of Pokémon knowledge from books and from watching their father Senri's Gym battles.
Max always acted like he knew everything and took great pride in his knowledge.
Now that someone had contradicted her brother, Haruka immediately switched into spectator mode, intending to see who was right.
Fang Yuan nodded. "That's true for now, but do you know why Poochyena's movements can confuse Marshtomp and leave it struggling to respond?"
Max said, "Of course it's because Poochyena is faster. Compared to fighting on land, Pokémon like Marshtomp are faster when fighting in water and mud."
Fang Yuan smiled slightly. "That is true, but it isn't the key point. Kid, do you know about Abilities?"
Max froze. "Of course I do! And I'm not a kid!"
"Then can you determine from the dark