The double-damage Thunder Punch made the red Charizard wince in pain and stagger back several steps.
However, the red Charizard quickly recovered and retaliated with a Thunder Punch of its own.
The black Charizard chuckled, dodging the attack as though it had expected it all along.
"Breaking Swipe!"
Lu Ze spoke at the same time. Having dodged the red Charizard's attack, the black Charizard swung its tail and lashed it directly across the red Charizard's body.
"Tch!"
Seeing this, Li Shuqing clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Why did it feel like the other Charizard surpassed his Charizard in both speed and strength?
"Strange..."
Li Shuqing muttered, then decided not to continue trading blows head-on. He took out a Poké Ball and recalled his Charizard.
"Go, Greninja!"
Li Shuqing's third Pokémon was a Greninja.
The Pokémon best suited to dealing with Charizard now should have been the Slowking from earlier.
Whether it was Power Gem's quadruple damage or Water-type moves receiving same-type bonuses and dealing double damage to Charizard, both were excellent ways to handle Charizard.
Unfortunately, because of his own mistake, Slowking had been taken out directly earlier.
Thus, Li Shuqing could only send out Greninja, another Water-type Pokémon.
However, Greninja was only at the second stage of Elite Four level. Although it held the type advantage, could it make up for the gap in strength?
Pokémon: Greninja Gender: Male Type: Water, Dark Ability: Protean (Before using a move, a Pokémon with this Ability changes its own type to that of the move used.) Aptitude: Red Aptitude Basic moves: Omitted Egg Moves: Omitted Held item: Expert Belt (When the Pokémon holding this item uses a move that is super effective, its power increases by 20%.)
"An Expert Belt?"
Lu Ze smiled. The instant the black Charizard tossed out