"Thanks for your hard work, Slowking. Get some rest now!" Rather than feeling discouraged that his attack had been broken, Liu Qing looked delighted. It had exposed the flaws still present in his combination move and given him a chance to improve it. After recalling Slowking, he took out his fifth Poké Ball, glanced at the panting Cacturne on the field, and tossed it with a slight smile. "Scizor, go!"
As the Poké Ball opened, Scizor's tall, deep-red figure appeared on the field. Scizor brandished both pincers and assumed a fighting stance, looking fierce and eager for battle.
A Slowking that knows Magic Coat, and a Steel-type Scizor immune to poison. If Liu Qing's last Pokémon is the same, my Toxic Spikes strategy will have been pointless! Aji thought as he watched Scizor appear. Still, he held the advantage, so he remained composed and confident, issuing the first command. "Cacturne, Pin Missile!"
Cacturne is clearly at a type disadvantage now, but Aji hasn't switched Pokémon. Either none of his remaining Pokémon have a clear advantage over Scizor, or he wants to wear Scizor down and scout out its moves to give his next Pokémon a better chance of winning! Watching from the edge of the field as the battle resumed, Moe silently considered the possibilities.
"Scizor, break through!" As though to prevent Scizor from dodging, Cacturne's Pin Missile closed in from all sides, seemingly leaving no escape route. Yet Liu Qing showed no concern at all. Instead, he wanted Scizor to charge straight into the barrage.
Scizor did not hesitate at Liu Qing's command. With a flutter of the wings on its back, its body became a red streak, hurtling toward Cacturne. As it flew, it made small shifts up, down, left, and right, weaving past one Pin Missile after