You Fly into a Rage, I Snack on Sunflower Seeds

A bipedal rhinoceros Pokémon, seemingly covered head to toe in red rock plates, with hands like two long hammers and a tail like a meteor hammer, landed in the arena.

An old acquaintance.

He had seen it in the Battle Tower Tournament finals last time, the massive tank that had been taken out in under a minute.

—Rhyperior.

The heavily armored monster caused quite a few spectators to cry out the moment it landed.

In their eyes, a Pokémon like Beedrill was nothing more than a free meal for Rhyperior.

For a moment, the audience erupted in complaints, thinking Heiduo was all show and no substance, randomly using Pokémon despite his undeserved reputation.

However, some spectators who had seen Beedrill run circles around Dragonite during the Battle Tower Tournament immediately voiced differing opinions. Still, those who did not believe them mostly laughed them off.

They were so furious that they held their breath, praying Heiduo would show these country bumpkins what a Beedrill truly was.

[Pokémon: Rhyperior / Gender: Male / Level: 65]

[Ability: Solid Rock / Type: Ground + Rock / Trainer: Loa]

[Moves: Horn Drill lv6 / Hammer Arm lv6 / Rock Wrecker lv6]

[Superpower Horn Strike lv6 / Rock Blast lv6 / Earthquake lv6]

[Fire Punch lv5 / Thunder Punch lv5 / Iron Tail lv5]

Pure offense. It had not trained a single boosting or transformation move, which meant it had never intended to defend from the start.

No, Loa had never intended to let Rhyperior defend from the start!

Even with such an excellent Ability as [Solid Rock].

[Solid Rock] reduced damage from super-effective moves by one quarter!

In other words, Grass-type and Water-type moves that would originally deal quadruple damage now dealt triple damage, while Fighting-type, Ground-type, Steel-type, and Ice-type moves that would