Hau'oli City, Pokémon School.
Although everyone had noticed the difference between Li Wei's Electrium Z and Ash's Electrium Z,
Mallow, Sophocles, and the others never managed to figure out the right answer.
There was no question about Ash's Electrium Z; he had just used it that morning.
Li Wei had also used Electrium Z with Zeraora in the Master League.
In the end, they stopped dwelling on it, because Li Wei officially began the lesson.
"A Z-Move is a powerful move that brings a Trainer and their Pokémon onto the same wavelength..."
"The stronger a Trainer's physique, the stronger the Z-Move they can unleash..."
That was the case with Kiawe's and Ash's Z-Moves.
"Of course, a Trainer's strength determines a Z-Move's upper limit, but Z-Moves also have a lower limit."
"Because they draw on the Trainer's strength, Z-Moves can generally only be used once per match."
Li Wei had chosen his wording carefully: generally.
Under less-than-general circumstances, it wasn't impossible for Ash to unleash Z-Moves one after another...
Just a few days earlier, Ash had used Gigavolt Havoc twice in succession, once in the afternoon and once that evening.
"Pokémon status moves draw on Z-Power to add new effects on top of their original effects..."
"Z-Moves are divided into general-purpose Z-Moves and exclusive Z-Moves."
"Among those discovered are Snorlium Z, Incinium Z, and Decidium Z..."
"Ash, as one of the few people in our class who have used a Z-Move..."
Li Wei called on Ash.
"How do you feel when you and Pikachu use a Z-Move?"
Ash immediately stood up. "I have to be in tune with Pikachu and think about putting all our strength into it!"
"Very well said."
Li Wei nodded approvingly.
"The essence of a Z-Move is the powerful resonance between a Trainer's and their Pokémon's energy,