Astraea recalled his Starmie, then sent out his fifth Pokémon.
"Go, Metagross!"
Pokémon: Metagross
Gender: Genderless
Type: Steel, Psychic
Ability: Clear Body (In battle, a Pokémon with this Ability cannot have its stats lowered by moves or Abilities from opponents or allies.)
Aptitude: Red
Basic Moves: Omitted
Egg Moves: Omitted
Held Item: Weakness Policy (When the Pokémon holding this item is hit by a super-effective attack, its Attack and Special Attack stats rise by two stages.)
"Weakness Policy?"
"Interesting."
Lu Ze smiled and continued directing his Electivire to use Thunder.
Thunder was an excellent move. Not only was it powerful, but it was also extremely fast in Rain. Even Metagross could not evade Electivire's Thunder.
Although Electric-type Thunder could not deal super-effective damage to Metagross, it was not resisted either.
It was only a Weakness Policy. If he knocked it out in one blow, then even if Weakness Policy activated, it would be meaningless.
Thunder hit, and Astraea's expression darkened.
He could not understand why Lu Ze had not chosen a move that had a type advantage against his Metagross.
Could Electivire possibly not know Ground- or Fire-type attacks?
How was that possible?
Weren't Fire Punch and Earthquake common moves for Electivire?
He had watched Lu Ze's battle videos before.
Or rather, as the foremost genius of Dragon Nation's younger generation and a star Trainer... breeder in the hearts of Dragon Nation's people, Lu Ze had plenty of battle videos online.
Whether they were videos from various competitions or Pokémon Gym battles, they could be found online as long as one looked for them.
In 1080p, too.
Confused as he was, after Metagross was hit by Thunder, Astraea chose to have Metagross change the weather.
A sandstorm swirled through the field, dealing some damage to Electivire as well.
Electivire curled