"Things are looking difficult for Xiao Ze now."
At the sidelines, Ash watched the two Pokémon on the field with a grave expression. He was just as focused as before, but his earlier excitement had vanished.
"What do you mean?"
Goh, who had been cheering excitedly for Lu Ze, froze for a moment before turning to Ash in confusion.
"Xiao Ze's Charizard is already his last Pokémon."
"But Elite Four Cynthia still has a Garchomp that hasn't lost its ability to battle."
Ash looked at Charizard, which was fighting Lucario on the field.
"In other words, if Xiao Ze wants to win this battle, his Charizard needs to win one against two!"
"But without Mega Evolution, can Charizard really do that?"
Ash had a Charizard himself, so he naturally understood Charizard very well.
While Charizard had the type advantage against Lucario right now—
It would be at a type disadvantage against Garchomp afterward!
Dragon type resisted Fire type attacks!
Flying type moves also could not deal super-effective damage to Garchomp.
That meant Charizard's two same-type moves could not deal much damage to Garchomp.
Although Charizard had Dragon type moves in its movepool—
Before evolving into Mega Charizard X, Dragon type moves did not receive same-type attack bonuses.
They did not benefit from STAB.
Moreover, Garchomp also had Rock type moves in its movepool.
Rock type moves could deal quadruple damage to Charizard, a Fire-and-Flying type Pokémon.
It could be said that even if Charizard successfully defeated Lucario, it might not be able to defeat Garchomp even at full strength.
Not to mention Charizard after defeating Lucario.
Elite Four Cynthia's Lucario was not weak either. Even if it could not defeat Charizard head-on, it could still drain a great deal of Charizard's stamina.
The only good news now was that Garchomp