Dragonite took no damage from the strange force that struck him, but his Physical Attack and Special Attack fell sharply.
Under the combined effects of Burn and Memento, Dragonite's once-proud Physical Attack could hardly have sunk any lower.
"The outcome is settled. Ye Tian's Spiritomb has completely crippled Dragonite," Lu Luan declared.
Zhang Cheng nodded in agreement. Both of Dragonite's offensive stats had been drastically weakened, while his HP would keep falling under the effects of Burn and Curse. It was a fate worse than death.
After using Roost once, Dragonite recovered some HP, but the effects of Curse soon stripped away more than half of it.
Ye Tian recalled the fainted Spiritomb, then sent out a Pokémon Zhang Cheng had never seen him use before: Lucario.
With his dual Fighting and Steel typing, Lucario resisted Dragon-type moves and had little to fear from Flying-type moves either. He was an ideal choice against Dragonite.
Liao Wu's face instantly went pale when he saw Ye Tian send out Lucario. Lucario's presence did more than cause trouble for Dragonite—it disrupted his entire strategy.
Liao Wu had prepared several Fairy-type and Ice-type Pokémon to deal with Ye Tian's Hydreigon, but all of them were weak to Steel-type moves.
With Ye Tian sending out Lucario, Liao Wu was forced to choose other Pokémon to fight. That meant he could no longer put his strategy against Hydreigon into practice. If he could not deal with Hydreigon, defeat was inevitable.
Zhang Cheng had to learn the details of Ye Tian's Lucario. He had a feeling that Lucario would be one of Ye Tian's main Pokémon, someone he would certainly face when the two of them battled in the future. With his Steel typing, Lucario posed a deadly threat to Diancie.
The Detection System activated, and Lucario's