When the red glow of defeat flashed across the screen, Blue wore a complicated expression. Sitting at his computer, he was already a little dazed from the beating.
How had Teacher Yu figured out his entire Sunny Day Team over the course of their battle...
Although his tactics had indeed come from Teacher Yu's Sunny Day Team tutorial, he had added plenty of ideas of his own.
The rotations between two weather setters, for instance, and the addition of Heracross and Rhyperior were all choices he was proud of. They would be especially crucial against Blaine, who was equally skilled with Sunny Day.
Originally, he had only wanted to try his luck at sparring with Teacher Yu and improve his lineup along the way. Who could have imagined he would end up losing like this?
And it wasn't as though his play had been all that bad. He had certainly made a few mistakes, but that was part of the mind games. Teacher Yu had simply predicted every single move he made, leaving him looking like an idiot...
The loss was fair enough, but Blue still couldn't help wondering-
Teacher Yu doesn't actually have some ridiculous long-distance mind-reading ability, does he? Why else did it feel like he knew every move I was going to make?
Looking back now, Teacher Yu seemed to have controlled the tempo from the very first switch, using switches alone to break through his nearly airtight dual-weather-setter strategy.
Then he had suddenly revealed his trump card, Stealth Rock, catching Blue completely off guard. That seemingly casual move had directly changed the course of the entire match.
He had still been guarding against Teacher Yu's Snow Team and Alolan Ninetales, yet somehow his own lineup had collapsed first?
At that thought, Blue couldn't help sighing.
Ultimately,