Crawdaunt rushed forward, but although Moltres was not particularly fast, it still successfully returned to the sky—its home ground—before Crawdaunt arrived.
[Blast Burn] had been released precisely so it could take to the air. Moltres was not a Pokémon with no battle experience.
Moltres lowered its head and looked at Crawdaunt below, its eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Moltres opened its beak and unleashed [Flamethrower] once more.
Crawdaunt quickly dodged, forced to run from the pursuing [Flamethrower].
Lu Ze felt a headache coming on as he watched.
Although Crawdaunt's Special Attack was not bad, physical attacks were clearly its specialty.
But when it could not even touch Moltres, it could only rely on its Special Attack.
"Older Brother Lu Ze's Crawdaunt is so strong!" Ash said in amazement as he watched the battle before him.
"It can actually battle a Legendary Pokémon!" Trevor was equally surprised.
Compared to the two of them, Clemont was much more excited.
Although Crawdaunt's battle style differed greatly from that of his Pokémon.
The battle between Crawdaunt and Moltres was still immensely helpful to him.
Just like the two exchanges they had just witnessed.
Against Moltres—or any Flying type Pokémon—the first priority was to knock it out of the sky.
After all, the sky was the Flying type Pokémon's home ground.
Along with the advantage of attacking from the air...
So when facing a Flying type Pokémon, it was best to drag it down first, preferably onto one's own home ground.
After all, he was a Gym Leader. He faced all kinds of Pokémon, so he naturally needed more experience battling different Pokémon.
And a battle between powerful Pokémon like Crawdaunt and Moltres.
Was simply the best possible learning material for him.
The battle between Moltres and Crawdaunt continued.
Or rather, Moltres continued relentlessly attacking