The Flying-Type Elite Four Aspiring to Master Dragon Types

The Flying-Type Elite Four Aspiring to Master Dragon Types

After all, this was the Pokémon Main Store, so there were plenty of ordinary Pokémon Eggs. Lu Ze took Su Tingxi through them one by one.

Pokémon: Drilbur

Gender: Male

Type: Ground

Ability: Mold Breaker (A Pokémon with this Ability could negate the opponent Pokémon's Ability in battle.)

Aptitude: Blue

Basic Moves: Mud-Slap, Rapid Spin

Egg Moves: Hell Roll, Slash, Stealth Rock

Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and he waved Su Tingxi over.

"Su Tingxi, Su Tingxi, come look at this! This one's pretty good."

Hearing that, Su Tingxi hurried over and looked at the Pokémon Egg with brown cloud patterns that Lu Ze was pointing at.

"This one? Brown cloud patterns? Ground type... could it be a Garchomp Pokémon Egg?"

Su Tingxi looked at Lu Ze with delight.

"Nope."

Lu Ze remained calm and did not reveal the answer.

"Then... is it a Flygon's? Didn't you say Flygon wasn't recommended?"

Su Tingxi scratched his head and asked in confusion.

"Nope."

Su Tingxi was even more confused.

"But aren't Ground Dragons just Garchomp and Flygon? If it's neither of those, what else could it be?"

Lu Ze smiled smugly. There was another Ground Dragon—Zygarde, the Z God.

"It's a Drilbur Pokémon Egg."

Su Tingxi was utterly dumbfounded. "Drilbur? What does that have to do with Ground Dragons?"

Seeing Su Tingxi's expression, Lu Ze felt thoroughly accomplished.

"Of course it does. What does Drilbur evolve into?"

"Excadrill."

"What type of Pokémon is Excadrill?"

"Ground and Steel."

"Then it has the Ground type and the title 'Drill Dragon.' Why can't it be a Ground Dragon?"

"Huh? That makes sense."

Su Tingxi was completely fooled by Lu Ze. Beside them, Sui Yan's face had turned red from holding back his laughter, while Tang Yunqin could no longer watch this nonsense and said helplessly to Lu Ze,

"Alright, stop teasing him. Hurry up and look at the Pokémon Eggs."

"Haha, alright."

Having achieved his goal, Lu Ze stopped messing around. He agreed with a laugh and continued helping Su Tingxi pick out a Pokémon Egg.

"Lu Ze, you're so boring..."

Only then did Su Tingxi realize what had happened. He spoke resentfully, but his good upbringing kept him from uttering a single curse word.

"Haha, sorry, sorry. But Excadrill really is pretty good. It could fill a role in Sui Yan's team similar to Conkeldurr."

Lu Ze explained, but inwardly he thought, Excadrill... Does Charizard have the Dragon type? Does Gyarados have the Dragon type? Does Aerodactyl have the Dragon type? Didn't I, the Dragon-type Elite Four, rent a Dragon-type team too? At the very least, their names have 'dragon' in them. ╮(ω)╭

Lu Ze continued looking down the list.

Pokémon: Trubbish

Gender: Male

Type: Poison

Ability: Stench (When a move dealt damage to an opponent, there was a ten percent chance of causing Flinch.)

Aptitude: Orange

Basic Moves: Poison Gas, Pound

Egg Moves: Haze, Curse, Autotomize, Rollout

Lu Ze froze for a moment. Its aptitude was pretty good, and it could serve as a Poison-type Pokémon, but none of their teams had a place for it. Besides, that Stench Ability was just too depressing.

Seeing Lu Ze pause, Su Tingxi looked at the Pokémon Egg with purple cloud patterns in front of him and asked excitedly,

"Then this must be a Dragon-type Pokémon Egg, right?"

Lu Ze came back to himself and glanced at Su Tingxi.

"No, this is a Poison-type Pokémon Egg."

Su Tingxi was somewhat disappointed. "Ah, okay."

Lu Ze patted Su Tingxi on the shoulder.

"The purple cloud patterns on Dragon-type Pokémon Eggs tend toward blue-purple, while Poison-type ones tend toward dark purple. It's not very obvious, but if you look carefully, you can tell. Of course, that's only true in some cases, not all of them."

"Mm, got it."

Su Tingxi nodded, and Lu Ze continued looking.

After examining quite a few, Lu Ze discovered that most were just ordinary Pokémon with average aptitude. There was nothing particularly eye-catching, or suitable for their teams.

A Pokémon Egg with pale yellow cloud patterns caught Lu Ze's attention.

"Hm? This Pokémon Egg?"

Pokémon: Eevee

Gender: Female

Type: Normal

Ability: Adaptability (Moves matching its own type would gain increased power, raising the bonus from fifty percent to one hundred percent.)

Aptitude: White (Congenital Deficiency)

Basic Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip

Egg Moves: Wish

This was Lu Ze's first time seeing a Pokémon Egg with White Aptitude. The last time he had seen one with damaged aptitude, it had been Green Aptitude.

Then he saw the words "Congenital Deficiency" afterward and understood. Come to think of it, there was an Energy Cube formula in his mind that could compensate for congenital deficiencies and damaged aptitude.

More accurately, it could no longer be called an Energy Cube, because the finished product was more like a pill. However, the cost was far too high. Every Berry required was exceedingly rare, and on top of that, it needed a Gracidea.

Although Gracidea were easy to obtain in the games, in the real world, they were flowers that only grew in Shaymin habitats. Shaymin had only appeared once during World War II, helping Dragon Nation win a battle before disappearing into seclusion.

After that battle, Shaymin had left behind some Gracidea, but so much time had passed that no one knew how many had survived.

Lu Ze shook his head helplessly. "What a pity. I can't really help, but fortunately, it's an Eevee. With Cutness as a move, it should still be able to win affection."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Lu Ze stare blankly at a Pokémon Egg, Sui Yan asked curiously.

"Nothing. Let's keep looking."

"Alright."

Sui Yan gave Lu Ze a puzzled look, then continued helping Su Tingxi search for Pokémon Eggs with purple cloud patterns so Lu Ze could identify them.

The four of them continued examining Pokémon Eggs. Although there were plenty with purple cloud patterns, most were Poison type, with the occasional Ghost-type Pokémon Egg mixed in. Unfortunately, they did not see any Gastly or Litwick Eggs, or Lu Ze would have made a move.

Even though Lu Ze was often frightened by Lu Ba's Gastly, whether in his previous life or this one, he had always loved that purple chubby guy with its bared fangs and incredibly cool grin.

"Could there really be no Dragon-type Pokémon Eggs?"

After searching for so long, Su Tingxi was already getting discouraged.

"What's the rush? If we can't find one here, we'll go to another store. Maybe the main store sent one down to a branch."

Sui Yan searched as he answered Su Tingxi's question carelessly.

"That's true."

Su Tingxi tilted his head, looking none too bright.

"Su Tingxi, come over here."

"Hey, coming."

Su Tingxi hurried over to Lu Ze, who had not even raised his head.

"What do you think of Altaria? This is a Swablu Pokémon Egg."

Pokémon: Swablu

Gender: Female

Types: Normal, Flying

Ability: Cloud Nine (The effects of any weather would disappear.)

Aptitude: Orange

Basic Moves: Peck, Growl

Egg Moves: Dragon Rush, Feather Dance, Defog, Tailwind

"That works. It gains the Dragon type after evolving into Altaria. Give me an analysis, will you? I always feel like your analyses are much more detailed and practical than what the teachers say."

Lu Ze glanced at Su Tingxi and thought, This kid has potential. My analyses are based on actual combat. Did he think all those sleepless nights I spent grinding rankings and testing team compositions in my previous life were for nothing?

And it was not only that Altaria gained the Dragon type after evolving. After Mega Evolution, it would gain the Fairy type too. When it came to I, the shame of Dragon types, had no choice but to sell my soul, defect to the enemy, and slaughter dragons, Mega Altaria had the most right to speak.

Ah, what a shame. Who knows when Mega Evolution will be discovered? It would make things much more interesting. Hm? It seems Dad's laboratory has a few Mega Stones. If I remember correctly... forget it. I'll sneak in and take a look someday. If that's really the case, things will be much easier.

As Lu Ze thought, a happy smile appeared on his face. Then he said to Su Tingxi,

"No problem. I'll start, then."

Su Tingxi looked eager. "Yeah, go ahead."

"First, among all the Dragon-type Pokémon, Altaria is one of the few defensive Dragons. Its offensive capabilities are painfully weak. You could say it ranks near the bottom among Dragons. Not only is it inferior to Dragonite, it is even weaker than Noivern."

"However, the upside is that its resistances are pretty good. The Flying type leans toward physical defense, while the Dragon type leans toward special defense, and its already solid defenses are another major advantage—aside from its stylish habit of eating Ice-type moves."

"Altaria is also excellent at support. As for its Ability, Natural Cure lets it absorb status conditions, while Cloud Nine is a great option against Weather Teams like Sui Yan's that live off Sunny Day."

"Whether it's coverage from Ice Beam, Moonblast, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Play Rough, Hurricane, and Dazzling Gleam, or using Perish Song, Haze, and Roar to counter boosting, Cotton Guard to bulk itself up, even Power Swap or Wonder Room to swap defenses—at worst, it can still use Heal Bell to cure its teammates' negative conditions. All of those are good options."

"Though as a Dragon type, failing to attack is shameful, Altaria can learn Dragon Dance. With its decent bulk and Cotton Guard, it can absolutely greed for boosts and stack Dragon Dances. For physical attacks, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Play Rough, and Outrage are all good moves. It can't really play hyper offense, but it's still workable. What do you think?"

"I don't know. What kind of playstyle should I use?"

Su Tingxi asked curiously. It had to be said that Su Tingxi was starting to agree with Sui Yan. Having an external brain was really nice.

"That depends. You can go with a Stall Team using Perish Song, Toxic, Roost, Rest, and Cotton Guard, or support with Heal Bell and Tailwind. You could even set up Sunny Day. For positional battles, use Dragon Dance. Altaria's coverage is still pretty good."

Lu Ze spread his hands at Su Tingxi. This completely depended on personal style and the opponent. If he ran into Cloyster and still tried to play a positional battle while greedily boosting, then he would just be asking to get beaten up. On the other hand, if the opponent led with Pelipper and set Rain, then under Cloud Nine, not only would the rain disappear, it would also give Altaria a chance to boost. That would make things much easier.

"Alright, then this one."

After hearing Lu Ze out, Su Tingxi happily picked up the Pokémon Egg and headed toward the cashier to pay.

To Su Tingxi, only a Pokémon with such a wide variety of playstyles was worthy of his status as a top student.

"Lu Ze, Lu Ze, come over here!"

Over there, Tang Yunqin called urgently for Lu Ze. No one knew what had happened.