In the first battle, Scizor managed to give Cynthia a real headache.
Despite having lost the ability to fly and wearing heavy armor, Scizor was far from slow.
Although its Speed stat was only 65, under Aaron's training, Scizor used Agility almost throughout the entire battle!
It seemed to have turned Agility into an instinct, able to unleash a burst of speed and move at any moment!
Just like that, Scizor easily disproved Caitlin's earlier claim that Bug-type Pokémon had poor stamina.
After all, using Agility consumed a great deal of stamina!
Togekiss held the advantage in the sky, yet nearly fell victim to a surprise attack powered by its opponent's explosive speed!
Swords Dance! Agility + Bullet Punch!
The power unleashed by that combination nearly overwhelmed Togekiss, who was stunned by its opponent's speed.
Fortunately, Cynthia reacted quickly.
With Extreme Speed, Togekiss instantly widened the gap and climbed higher!
Then it took advantage of Aura Sphere's perfect accuracy to launch a continuous barrage of harassing attacks!
Scizor unleashed Bullet Punch again and again to fend off the Aura Spheres, but landing those attacks had never been Cynthia's goal.
She was merely using them to restrict her opponent's room to maneuver and disrupt Scizor's acceleration and movement rhythm, preventing it from unleashing another burst of speed!
Then came a terrifying Heat Wave!
Just as Aaron had anticipated, Togekiss did indeed know a Fire-type move!
The moment that powerful, wide-ranging Heat Wave was unleashed, everything changed.
Red firelight enveloped the entire battlefield. Under the extreme heat, the arena looked hazy, the distorted air overlapping and intertwining chaotically like a rumpled curtain.
Scizor finally took a massive amount of damage!
Bug + Steel meant a quadruple weakness to Fire!
That attack was super effective!
Having exhausted too much stamina through repeated uses