"Forget Diancie for now. Take out Murkrow!" Xuan Yuan Nian said. She had figured out that Diancie was a defensive Pokémon with very limited ways to attack. They could simply leave it alone.
But Murkrow's Dark-type energy was giving her a hard time. If they did not find a way to deal with it soon, Hattrem, who had been trading attacks with Kirlia for some time, would run out of stamina.
"Right!" Song Yu nodded. Flaaffy immediately switched targets, turning its attention back to Murkrow.
Rather than rushing to finish Murkrow off, Flaaffy simply sent one Thunder Shock after another striking toward it. With the type advantage, just one more hit would be enough to bring Murkrow down in its current condition, even with Diancie using Guard Split on it.
"Isn't that enough? Murkrow will get hurt if this keeps going!" Watching Murkrow dodge frantically around the Battlefield, Xiao Ran spoke to Ye Ling beside him.
Almost all the Entry Class Pokémon they could send out had already taken the field. If they kept going, it would turn into a one-sided beatdown by their Elite Class Pokémon. Weavile, however, was still in the Entry Class. Unless she went out now, while Diancie still had enough stamina, she would hardly have a chance to show her full strength once the Elite Class Pokémon appeared.
"Mm!" Ye Ling nodded and recalled Murkrow into its Poké Ball under her opponents' astonished gazes.
"Ye Ling has recalled Murkrow! Is she trying to keep her Pokémon from getting hurt? Judging by its condition, Murkrow could have held on for a while longer. At the very least, it had a good chance of taking Hattrem down with it! I really can't call this a wise substitution."
"Oh, her next Pokémon is out! Weavile! It's a Weavile!"