Ground-type Pokémon were weak to Water to begin with. On top of that, Marowak was slow, leaving no chance of dodging a wide-area move like Surf.
At least we forced her to bring out Lanturn. That made it worth it! the Trainer from Magic City thought with a pang as he watched Marowak disappear beneath the flood.
As far as they knew, Lanturn was Bu Fangqin's only Pokémon with a type advantage over Ground-types. Once they took Lanturn down, the remaining battles would be much easier.
That was why the Trainer from Modu Pokémon University had come prepared to face Bu Fangqin's Lanturn.
"Go, Torterra!" As he threw his Poké Ball, a two-meter-tall Torterra appeared on the field, flowers and grass growing across its back.
This was another starter Pokémon, the final evolution of the Grass-type Turtwig. Though called a tortoise, it actually looked more like a giant Shieldon, and it was a dual Grass- and Ground-type.
That gave it a type advantage over the Water- and Electric-type Lanturn as well.
"Modu Pokémon University really came prepared! Isn't this targeting a little too obvious?" Quite a few spectators had already begun commenting from the stands.
This was the College League, a test of each university's overall strength, not a competition held to target one particular university or individual. Arranging Trainers and Pokémon specifically for that purpose made their win-at-all-costs approach far too obvious.
"Torterra, Earthquake!" Torterra's Trainer shouted the moment it entered the field.
The ground trembled slightly, a sign that Earthquake was about to strike.
Yet faced with such a powerful Ground-type move, Bu Fangqin merely smiled, without the slightest trace of worry on her face.
"Lanturn, Bounce!" Only when the shaking grew stronger and stronger, to the point that loose stones were being jolted into the air, did