Pokémon: Girafarig, Lv65... Types: Normal + Psychic... Ability: Inner Focus... Moves: ...
Girafarig!
Well... not every Pokémon could develop Fusion Technique Skills or comprehend "Force Domain Power"... but Yong had now experienced firsthand that even someone as talented as a member of the Elite Four couldn't guarantee that every partner would grow as strong as expected...
That was precisely why improving one's strength became slower and slower the further one progressed.
Even among trainers at the Elite Four level, setting aside the most crucial difference in energy levels, the number of Pokémon they had at that level was another major measure of the gap between them.
Raising a full team of six Elite Four level Pokémon really was far too difficult!
Resources, talent, training, time!
A person's energy was limited, after all.
Perhaps only truly extraordinary talents like Steven, Cynthia, and the future Leon could glimpse the splendor at the very pinnacle of the Pokémon World.
While his thoughts wandered, Cynthia sent out her first Pokémon down below!
Well, well, she finally wasn't leading with Togekiss...
But the Pokémon she sent out was decidedly unfriendly to Mr. Lucian.
Spiritomb...
Spiritomb!
Against Girafarig, this wasn't merely a matter of type advantage... it was an outright mismatch!
Normal + Psychic... against Ghost + Dark...
Tsk, tsk. Cynthia really wasn't playing nice!
Yong thought, feeling rather strange.
He suddenly realized that Cynthia's Pokémon seemed to have excellent matchups against all of Sinnoh's Elite Four teams...
Milotic countered Fire types...
Rock and Fire types countered Bug types...
Dark types countered Psychic types...
And against the final member's Ground types, Cynthia seemed to have Roserade, plus Milotic...
Yong shuddered. The more he thought about it, the scarier it became!
The match began!
It was painful to watch...
This was arguably the least entertaining