To be fair, there was nothing particularly wrong with the prevailing views in the Pokémon world.
Judging purely by base stats, Sableye was completely unsuited to being a damage dealer, and its defensive performance fell somewhat short of acceptable, too.
It was not even fast enough. On paper, it simply had no business battling!
But when it came to evaluating a Pokémon, stats were only one relatively important factor at most.
Otherwise, Slaking, with its base stat total of 670 that practically put it in the realm of gods, would not have been so overlooked in this world.
By that logic, Mega Mewtwo X should have been on the same level as Mega Rayquaza.
Of course, as for the reality...
Those who knew, knew!
No need to drag a certain Genetic Pokémon through the mud today!
In short, while Arceus, the great creator, had shut the door on Sableye winning through stats, it had also left a "secret passage" open.
With its Hidden Ability, Prankster, and an array of utterly obnoxious status moves, Sableye had a place even in battles between titans.
In his previous life, plenty of players would instinctively frown the moment they saw this thing facing them.
Status moves with +1 priority were simply too devastating in double battles.
Of course, it was no slouch in singles, either.
Right now, for instance, Kieran was facing a predicament created by Sableye.
How could a Pokémon be this mean?!
While he was thinking of a way out, the swiftly executed Mean Look had already sunk into Sentret.
Under Mean Look's effects, black energy soon rose from its body, temporarily blocking the red light used to recall Pokémon into their Poké Balls.
Unless it used a special switching move, Sentret could not be recalled.
But under the effects of the