Once the battle began, both teams quickly appeared on the screen.
"What kind of team is that?"
The moment Flint saw Teacher Yu's team, he scratched his head and blurted out the question.
He's even using Slaking? Isn't Hoenn's Gym Leader Norman pretty much the only person in the world who uses that thing?
"Has Teacher Yu come up with another new strategy?"
Aaron wasn't sure either. He stared fixedly at the screen, his brows unconsciously drawing together.
At first glance, none of these Pokémon look particularly special, and most of them aren't even that strong.
"Wait!"
Only Lucian, who knew Psychic-type Pokémon better than the others, realized something was wrong.
After his mind raced for a dozen seconds, he quickly reached a conclusion:
"We absolutely have to watch out for Teacher Yu's Slaking!"
Both Alolan Raichu and Medicham were Psychic types.
In other words... they might well use an extremely obscure support move that was crucial for Slaking.
Skill Swap!
Even Lucian hadn't thought of it right away.
If Slaking hadn't stood out so much and prompted him to consider Teacher Yu's intentions, he might never have remembered the move.
He wasn't familiar with Alolan Raichu, but Medicham was one of the Pokémon he frequently used himself.
"If Medicham swaps its Pure Power Ability onto Slaking..."
After murmuring to himself for a moment, Lucian's gaze turned resolute.
"We absolutely cannot let him pull that off!"
"Hiss-"
Only after Lucian's reminder did Flint and Aaron both suck in a sharp breath.
"Holy crap, he's even brought out a Huge Power Slaking?"
"That's Teacher Yu for you..."
That kind of idea really wasn't something an ordinary person could come up with!
As Qingyu studied Lucian's team, he too fell deep into thought.
Bronzong, Sigilyph, Slowbro, Gallade, Medicham, and Espeon.
Judging