As Incineroar took the field, Wang Lingran sent out her own Pokémon as well.
The Pokémon Wang Lingran chose was Alakazam from the Breeding Garden.
As a Psychic-type Pokémon, Alakazam had an extremely diverse move pool.
In particular, the two Grass-type moves, [Energy Ball] and [Grass Knot], could both deal quadruple effective damage to Rhyperior.
Given Alakazam's offensive power, either move would be enough to take Rhyperior out in one hit if it landed.
"What a pity."
Wang Lingran could not help feeling disappointed when she saw that Lu Ze had chosen Incineroar rather than Rhyperior.
But had Xiao Ze once again read her intentions in advance?
Wang Lingran shot Lu Ze a suspicious glance, but Lu Ze had already commanded his Incineroar to attack.
Both Pokémon were at the second stage of Elite Four level, but Incineroar's Dark type countered Alakazam's Psychic type.
In terms of type matchups, Lu Ze held the advantage in this battle.
"Fake Out!"
Without hesitation, Lu Ze had his Incineroar use its signature move.
Incineroar let out an excited roar, swiftly appeared before Alakazam, and smacked it hard across the face.
Not only did it deal double effective damage to Alakazam, it also caused Alakazam to Flinch.
"D-D Golden Hook Arm!"
Wang Lingran's heart jolted, but she quickly came up with a solution.
Use [Encore]!
That way, Incineroar would be unable to attack, since Fake Out would fail if used a second time.
Then she could attack Incineroar or switch Pokémon.
But before she could give the command, Incineroar's [D-D Golden Hook Arm] struck Alakazam and sent it flying.
This Incineroar from the Breeding Garden—or rather, all Pokémon capable of priority attacks like Fake Out—had received training from Crawdaunt.
Under Crawdaunt's instruction, they might not have excelled at much else, but they were exceptionally