Perhaps it was because Pokémon Champions had been the first to bring Mega Evolution, a phenomenon unique to Kalos and the Hoenn Region, into the spotlight, allowing more Trainers to learn about it.
Less than two months had passed since the game update, yet quite a few Ace Trainers at this Masters Tournament had already caught on and begun experimenting with this practical method of dramatically boosting their Pokémon's combat power on the spot.
Not just Qingyu, but probably most of the audience had never expected this.
But on second thought, it did seem pretty normal...
The Master Rules didn't prohibit this power in the first place. If everyone used it, that amounted to a kind of balance-and indirect publicity.
Qingyu understood that.
However, the short preparation time had also exposed another problem-
Their choices of Mega Pokémon were all over the place, but most probably hadn't had time to study them carefully. They had simply focused on their main Pokémon, figured out the basics, and brought Mega Evolution to this Masters Tournament as their trump card.
Those among the Top Eight who hadn't used it yet might simply be keeping it under wraps.
But with such rushed preparations, luck clearly played a major role.
Sabrina, for example, had been lucky. She already had an Alakazam and a Gengar as partners, and after a brief adjustment period, she had ultimately chosen Gengar as her centerpiece.
As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Gengar already had a tremendous advantage against Psychic-type opponents. Add the practically broken effect of Shadow Tag after Mega Evolution, forcing opponents to stay and fight, and it could easily take them out, allowing Sabrina to breeze through even the Top Eight.
Finding a way around Mega Gengar's almost unsolvable Shadow Tag in such a short time was no easy