Even Spike Cannon was a non-STAB Level Eight Move.
Cloyster's base Attack stat wasn't even over a hundred.
So before a max-level STAB Aura Sphere, these cones of air formed from Normal-type energy held no advantage whatsoever. Even in terms of numbers, they fell far short of the latter.
For a moment, it was impossible to tell which one was the Skill Link move.
The explosions continuously shook both sides' ears. Smoke enveloped them, while flashes of light flickered one after another within it like stars in the night sky.
Lorelei had originally wanted to move closer and shorten the distance, but upon seeing this, she didn't dare.
The explosive aftershocks wouldn't be fatal, but they could easily blast someone away and send them sprawling.
—Whether she fell wasn't important. The point was that it could burn her skin and singe her hair.
Hair and skin were a woman's lifeblood!
Before long, Lorelei's heart sank, as though something had vanished from it.
She knew that meant Cloyster had been taken out.
What terrifying damage!
Lorelei knew perfectly well why Cloyster had lost. Like the Jynx with its abysmal physical defense, Cloyster's special defense was terrible, practically paper-thin. It was only natural for it to lose against Lucario's super-effective [Aura Sphere].
What she hadn't expected was that Cloyster couldn't even withstand a portion of the opponent's move.
In Lorelei's mind, most of the Aura Spheres had collided with Spike Cannon, and only the remaining portion had struck Cloyster.
But that wasn't actually the case.
Lucario had long mastered the ability to continuously double its Aura output. Unlike moves limited in scale, as long as Lucario had enough energy in its body and spent enough time charging, its Aura Sphere had no limit in scale.
So, strictly speaking, what had struck Cloyster