January 18, Sunday.
By the time Qingyu returned to the Sunshine Gym, it was already afternoon.
Before he started his livestream, there was another very important matter he needed to settle-
What tactics would the gym use next week?
Last week, he had already used Sableye and Riolu with the Prankster Ability. If he kept using Whimsicott this week, just like in his livestream, it would feel a little stale.
Whimsicott actually had quite a few tactics available to it.
After all, this thing could learn an enormous number of status moves, and it also had Prankster, a god-tier Ability for a support Pokémon.
In his previous life, Whimsicott had always ranked very high in usage in ranked Double Battles. It even appeared frequently in restricted formats.
That was how it had earned the nickname "Black-Hearted Cotton."
(Genuine Black-Hearted Cotton.)
It had a place on classic teams built around Beat Up, Tailwind, and even Sunny Day.
Whenever you couldn't decide on a support Pokémon for Double Battles, you couldn't go wrong with Whimsicott.
But Gym Challenges weren't quite the same as ranked matches in an online game. What could Whimsicott do under Single Battle rules?
Wait... it actually does have something special going for it.
With Prankster at its core, it had no shortage of obnoxious moves.
On the offensive, it had priority +1 Leech Seed, plus faster Substitute and Protect to stall for time. On the retreat, it could support teammates in the back with Tailwind, then slip away with U-turn...
Using Whimsicott to test them really wasn't out of the question.
Conveniently, last week's lesson had been on switching. This week, he could teach them about the importance of speed in battle.
If he gave these Naranja Academy students, with their vacant stares and utterly innocent eyes, a