But even after Gallade took the field, it failed to hold on for long in close combat and was defeated by the opposing Cinderace.
"Libero Ability?"
Sui Yan frowned slightly. If it had the Libero Ability, this would be rather troublesome.
Especially in a battle like this, where Pokémon were not limited to four moves.
If the Libero Ability was used well, it could gain type advantage against anyone, while everyone else's attacks would be resisted.
It was an extremely annoying Ability.
However, it was not without countermeasures.
His own Pokémon simply needed broad offensive coverage.
Just like now. Cinderace had just used Shadow Ball to defeat Gallade, so it was currently Ghost-type.
It was weak to Ghost-type, Psychic-type, and Fairy-type attacks.
Under these circumstances, Sui Yan chose Arcanine.
"Arcanine, Extreme Speed, then Psychic Fangs!"
Extreme Speed was a Normal-type move and could not damage the currently Ghost-type Cinderace.
However, Sui Yan had never intended to use Extreme Speed to hurt Cinderace. The key was Psychic Fangs afterward.
He was merely borrowing Extreme Speed's speed.
The moment Arcanine entered the field, it charged straight at Cinderace.
Psychic Fangs landed, dealing super effective damage to Cinderace.
Although Cinderace reacted quickly, it still only used a move and changed its type after taking the hit.
Snarl!
Cinderace changed type, becoming Dark-type.
But Sui Yan's lips curled upward.
During Gallade's battle against Cinderace, he had not sent Gallade out merely to be sacrificed, nor had he simply been probing Cinderace's Ability.
He had also been observing Cinderace's fighting style.
Users of Abilities like Libero and Protean were extremely familiar with the type chart.
Even Lu Ze's Porygon was the same.
When attacked, they would usually choose a type that was immune to the attack.
For example, Cinderace had chosen Dark-type rather than Steel-type