Since they were going to compete in this year's College League, some things would have to be moved up.
Kirlia's evolution, for instance, and getting the whole team to Elite Class.
In fact, Kirlia's energy level had already passed thirty, but Kirlia had been holding back evolution all this time.
Xiao Ran hoped to do the same as at Entry Class and wait until Kirlia truly reached Elite Class before evolving.
That way, after evolving into Gardevoir, Kirlia's overall strength would leap again, perhaps even skipping the early stage of Elite Class and going straight to the middle or Late Stage.
There was little he could do about Kirlia for now, so Xiao Ran had to turn his attention to his other Pokémon.
Sylveon and Diancie had both reached Late Stage Entry Class. Compared with Sylveon, Diancie grew stronger more quickly, and there was no bottleneck to Diancie's breakthroughs.
In other words, advancing from Entry Class to Elite Class was no different for Diancie than advancing from early-stage to mid-stage Entry Class.
Sylveon had a harder time by comparison. Elite Class was a hurdle, and just like Kirlia, Sylveon would have to keep working until that hurdle was overcome.
So Xiao Ran focused his upcoming training on Diancie. As long as Diancie could break through to Elite Class, he would officially count as an Elite Class Pokémon Trainer.
As for raising Primarina and Milotic to Gym Leader Class, Xiao Ran did not dare think about that yet. Both Pokémon might already be at Late Stage Elite Class, but breaking through to Gym Leader Class was not something that could be done in a day or two.
Countless people spent their whole lives stuck at Late Stage Elite Class. At that point, apart from a handful of Dragon-type Pokémon, very few