"Go, Spiritomb!"
"Go, Crawdaunt!"
Pokémon: Spiritomb Gender: Female Type: Ghost type, Dark type Ability: Pressure (When using moves against a Pokémon with this Ability, more stamina is consumed.) Aptitude: Red Aptitude Basic Moves: Omitted Egg Moves: Omitted
The two of them sent out their Pokémon at the same time.
What surprised Cynthia was that Lu Ze had actually sent out Crawdaunt?
Had he predicted that she would send out Spiritomb?
Cynthia was a little surprised, but she was not flustered.
After all, Lu Ze's team did not have any particularly powerful Fairy-type Pokémon.
And her Ghost- and Dark-type Spiritomb had only one weakness: Fairy type.
So there was nothing to worry about even if he had sent out Crawdaunt.
Cynthia was not worried about her Spiritomb, but Lu Ze was rather concerned about Crawdaunt.
After all, Spiritomb's Destiny Bond had left a deep impression on him.
"Crawdaunt, Crabhammer!"
As soon as the two Pokémon took the field, Lu Ze immediately commanded Crawdaunt to attack.
With Aqua Jet boosting its speed, Crawdaunt rapidly closed in on Spiritomb.
Spiritomb's true body was an Odd Keystone, so it basically had no mobility to speak of.
"Sucker Punch!"
However, lacking mobility did not mean Spiritomb could not act.
Just like with Sucker Punch, Spiritomb charged forward directly with its Odd Keystone.
The two Pokémon rushed forward at the same time and struck each other almost simultaneously.
However, both moves dealt very little damage to the other.
Crawdaunt resisted Dark type, so Sucker Punch could only deal half damage to it.
At the same time, although Crawdaunt's Aqua Jet had its power increased considerably by its same-type Adaptability boost—
The move itself was not particularly powerful to begin with.
Its main purpose was to quickly get in close.
Then follow up with another