"First you confused Rhyperior, then used Toxic Spikes to stop me from switching Pokémon—or rather, to poison whichever Pokémon I sent out. A pretty good strategy. But if I had a Poison-type Pokémon, those Toxic Spikes would be useless, wouldn't they?" Liu Qing said slowly, meeting Aji's provocative gaze. Inwardly, he admired Aji's tactics. The moment Aji realized Nidoking couldn't match Rhyperior's strength head-on, he had changed his approach. Under these circumstances, no matter how strong Rhyperior was, if that strength couldn't be brought to bear, wasn't that huge body just a sitting duck?
"You're right, Liu Qing. But from what I've found, you don't seem to have a Poison-type Pokémon that can clear away Toxic Spikes!" Aji looked thoroughly confident. When Liu Qing offered no rebuttal, he felt certain his guess was correct: aside from Gengar, whose Ability was Levitate, Liu Qing had no other Poison-type Pokémon. That finally put Aji's mind at ease. He turned back to the field and immediately launched his attack. "Nidoking, keep attacking with Superpower!"
"Rhyperior, I believe in you! Use Arm Thrust!" Liu Qing was on the back foot now. As Nidoking began its attack, he could only hope Rhyperior would hear his command and fight back, or regain its senses completely.
Glowing red, Nidoking charged rapidly around the field like an armored monster, repeatedly slamming its body into Rhyperior. Despite Liu Qing's shouted encouragement, Rhyperior initially did nothing, taking the first impact and then the second without resistance. On the third, however, Liu Qing's encouragement finally had an effect. As Nidoking charged in again, Rhyperior's arms shone white, and it reached straight for Nidoking.
"Nidoking, dodge!" Aji had been watching Rhyperior closely throughout Nidoking's assault and immediately shouted a warning. Nidoking ducked, trying to evade Rhyperior's grasp, but it was a moment