Shocking! The winner of the 15th Martial Arts Tournament's Gold Belt is actually a Pokémon Trainer specializing in Ghost type Pokémon, is that true?
Goldenrod Port
Roy was watching the news about the Martial Arts Tournament on his Communicator while waiting for the ship to arrive.
Seeing that the female reporter had accepted his thunderous advice, nearly a million people had already viewed the post.
Roy couldn't even imagine how much Popularity Points he would get this time.
Just as Roy was about to turn off the Communicator, another message appeared on Roy Communicator: a crystallized pillar of light that had suddenly appeared in Communicator Paldea Deep Crater.
Crystallized light column?
Could it be...
Roy clicked on the title page.
At the very top of the news article is a photo taken by a journalist who risked his life to capture it at the edge of a pillar of light in Area Zero of the Paldea Deep Crater.
The image depicts a Pokémon with a robust crocodile-like body covered in layers of Red rectangular scales. Bright yellow flames surge on both sides of its neck, and most notably, a solitary fireball Pokémon floats above its head.
Skeledirge?
Roy immediately recognized this Starter Pokémon, which was exclusive to the Paldea region and had the Ghost type and Fire type.
She was nicknamed "Fiery Red and Strong Mom".
The Skeledirge can also benefit from his Ghost Power buff, and it's one of the Pokémon he plans to exchange for using Pokémon Trainer Contribution Points.
However, Trainer Contribution Points can only be redeemed for the Starter Pokémon from Johto, Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Region. Poké Ball from other regions are not available on the redemption page.
Otherwise, Roy would definitely have exchanged for a Fuecoco's Pokémon Egg.
Unlike ordinary Skeledirge, the body of this Skeledirge in the picture shines with a dazzling light, just like crystal.
On his head was a crown, in front of which was a huge heart-shaped crystal, and on either side of the heart-shaped crystal were two white wings.
Roy:???
Is this the Skeledirge with the Fairy Tera Type attribute?
No?
Is Terastallization about to appear in the world?
Roy has already encountered three of the four major battle systems in the Pokémon World.
Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax.
Now all that's missing is the last Terastallization system in the Paldea region.
How should we describe the Terastallization battle system?
Terastallization is a phenomenon unique to the Paldea region, which causes Pokémon to shine like jewels and wear ornaments of the corresponding type on their heads.
For example, the Terastal Ghost series of ornaments is a crown made up of small tombstones, with a small Ghost type covered with a white cloth on top.
The Terastal Poison type is represented by a skull and a cross symbol composed of two bones.
Of course, all of this is predicated on the Pokémon Trainer possessing Tera Orb, a special item that only a select group of recognized Pokémon Trainer in the Paldea region can own.
One crucial point is that the Tera Orb doesn't take up space in the Pokémon's inventory; the Pokémon Trainer only needs to hold it to trigger the Terastallization Pokémon.
To change Tera Type, you need to feed it a dish made with Pokémon of the desired type's Tera Shard. In the next battle, the Pokémon will then be of the corresponding type.
This is much more generous than battle systems where you can only use your ultimate move once per battle and it consumes Pokémon items.
You agree, right? Z-Moves?
Furthermore, after Terastallization, when Pokémon uses a move of the same Tera Type, the move's power is doubled, while retaining the Pokémon's original type bonus.
Take Pikachu as an example. When a Pikachu of the Electric type crystallizes, its Thunderbolt attack will be twice as powerful. If the Pikachu of the Flying type crystallizes, the power will remain at 1.5 times.
In terms of damage resistance, they are also consistent: Electric-type moves normally only deal 0.5x damage to Pikachu, while Ground type moves deal 2x damage to Pikachu;
However, when Pikachu crystallizes into its Flying type, Electric-type moves will deal double damage to it, while Ground-type moves will not deal any damage.
Furthermore, after Terastallization, the Pokémon gains a Tera Blast move, which unleashes Tera Type energy attack.
It automatically compares its own attack and Special Attack, and uses the one with the higher value to deal damage to the opponent.
Of course, there are many other abnormal states that follow, such as those after Terastallization...
(There are too many Terastallization things, including Stellar, and Ability effects... I won't go into detail here, but just remember the corresponding skills after changing attributes. Don't worry if you haven't played this game before, I'll explain it later.)
While Terastallization doesn't have the coolness of Mega Evolution, nor the visual impact of Pokémon reaching tens of meters in length after Dynamax, it still possesses a unique charm.
The previous three battle systems— Mega Evolution, Dynamax, and Z-Moves— were more about enhancing the offensive player's versatility.
Terastallization, on the other hand, truly makes Pokémon offensive and defensive, allowing players to research various tactics, such as coordinated defense...
This is why many players praise Mega Evolution as cool, but in actual battles, they still tend to choose Terastallization.
For this reason alone, even without any sentimental appeal, Roy can still give it a "hot" rating.
The only thing Roy was unhappy about was that the Terastallization form looked a bit too perfunctory.
The Pokémon's entire body became crystallized, shining like a gemstone, and it wore a crown on its head, topped with a large crystal.
Who could possibly hold back like that?
However, Terastallization also has its drawbacks. Just like the Wishing Star required for Dynamax, the energy within the Tera Orb is also limited.
After the energy inside the Tera Orb is exhausted, it needs to come into contact with a crystal overflowing with Terastal energy to help the Tera Orb store energy.
Furthermore, the crystals containing the energy of the Terastal are unique to the Paldea region, so each time they are used up, they need to be stored in the Paldea region.
However, all of this is too far off now. The Johto a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Paldea, unless Giratina opens a Space-Time Rift to teleport himself there.
Otherwise, if he were to travel by boat alone, it would probably take him a month to reach the Paldea region.
"Buzz~~~"
Suddenly, a car horn sounded in the distance.
The sound of the ship's horn interrupted Roy's thoughts, drawing his attention to the sea.