Of course, Qingyu had no idea what had happened over in Galar, nor did he know that a handsome, dark-skinned guy had quietly set his sights on him.
After defeating Leon and giving the battle a brief review, he launched straight into a few more ranked matches.
Perhaps because this was doubles, there weren't many high-ranked players who regularly climbed in this format, so most of his subsequent opponents were fans Qingyu recognized.
The matches gradually grew more ridiculous.
First came an expert using a Trick Room team and Amoonguss to counter his Gravity and Hypnosis strategy, followed by a few little geniuses hoping to deal with Espathra using priority moves.
However...
When building the team, Qingyu had already worked out different answers to all sorts of lineups.
So you like using Amoonguss, huh? You like charging in with Talonflame's Brave Bird, huh!
"Turn the tables, Tsareena!"
When Qingyu sent out this Pokémon, whose lack of presence until now had led the viewers to overlook her entirely, his fans suddenly realized-
[Holy shit, did Teacher Yu beat Leon with just three Pokémon? He even had a Tsareena sitting unused in the back!]
[So what exactly does this Pokémon do? I've never seen one in Kanto.]
[I think it's a Grass-type Pokémon first discovered in Alola, with widespread populations in Galar and Paldea too. Apparently, some beauty salons use her as a selling point...]
[Are these beauty salons... legit?]
Tsareena really was fairly unfamiliar to Trainers from most regions.
Even though the Galar Region theoretically had habitats for her, the Stony Wilderness was relatively dangerous, with many wild Pokémon capable of Dynamax nesting nearby, so few people had actually seen one.
But once Tsareena took the field, they quickly understood her role.
[Wait... why did Talonflame become unable to use Brave