After returning to the Pokémon Center and handing all his Pokémon Balls to Nurse Joy, Yong carried Larvesta back to his room, still thinking about the Elite Tournament.
Steelix was currently the strongest member of his team, and the one he could rely on most.
Steelix was the solid backbone of the entire team!
In the training ahead, the focus would remain on strengthening Steelix's defenses and physique, striving to become a true behemoth in the near future!
Next came continually deepening Steelix's understanding and mastery of Ground-type energy, further refining that trump-card move!
As for Steel-type energy, that went without saying!
Steelix had swept through opponents with Iron Tail all along and already wielded Steel-type energy with ease. After all, following evolution, even Steelix's body was made of steel!
Marshtomp came right after Steelix!
This tournament had exposed plenty of problems with Marshtomp as well.
First, Marshtomp's moves offered too little coverage! Opponents could exploit that far too easily!
Yong felt he needed to expand Marshtomp's repertoire next. After all, Marshtomp had an outstanding talent for learning moves, and failing to make good use of it would be a terrible waste!
Second, there was an imbalance!
Marshtomp's understanding of energy had surged ahead, but battles revealed that the amount Marshtomp could actually use was tiny! That understanding had advanced far beyond what Marshtomp could control!
It was both strange and a shame!
All that power, with nowhere to put it!
He could only call it a mixed blessing!
The moves had grown more powerful, but Marshtomp's overall strength had failed to keep up!
For Marshtomp, there was only one crucial goal next: evolution!
With Primordial Stone Milk now being added to the food, Marshtomp's body simply couldn't absorb such an enormous amount of energy!
The constant supply of high-quality