"Eh... Intimidate, huh? I was wondering why a Johto native didn't have a single local Pokémon, but you've shot yourself in the foot!"
Heiduo watched Luxray continuously release its intimidating presence toward Braviary in the sky, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. 🐯☹ 🎁♣
Intimidate had always been an excellent Ability for restraining the opponent's physical attackers. Most physical attackers found it exceptionally troublesome when facing an opponent with Intimidate.
However, there had never been a creature without weaknesses, nor an invincible Ability!
"Caw—!!!"
A piercing eagle cry rang out. Its sharp eagle eyes brimmed with fighting spirit, while its powerful body hovered in midair, stirring dust from the ground with the lightest flap of its wings.
As Intimidate's forced reduction of the opponent's Attack took effect on Braviary, blue light signifying lowered stats flickered around it. Yet another light—orange light representing raised stats—appeared on Braviary as well!
Title adjustment!
The tsundere Eagle King of the long-suffering Elite Four, a level sixty-two Braviary with the Defiant Ability!
You dare Intimidate me?!!!!!
Defiant activated!
Its Attack dropped by one stage, then rose by two!
"Eh! Why did its stats increase?"
"It's the Defiant Ability! I've seen it on Primeape and Farfetch'd!"
"It could also be Competitive. That Ability can raise stats when they're lowered too!"
"So Braviary can have Defiant or Competitive! I learned something today! I thought it only had Sheer Force and Keen Eye."
"A Hidden Ability, a Hidden Ability! The one-in-a-hundred kind."
The onlookers all stared at Braviary in the sky in surprise, then wore expressions of having learned something new.
Some were even impatient to go back and tell the classmates who had not come, or show off on the forums.
Chihaya bit her lower lip. Braviary actually had Defiant—something she had not known. She had