Milotic did not last long under Scizor's fierce assault.
Although it had traded blows with Scizor early on in a seemingly "evenly matched" battle, its attacks still seemed somewhat feeble against the steely body afforded by Scizor's Steel typing.
Moreover, Scizor's attacks were powerful, with nothing reducing their damage. Despite Palmer's excellent commands allowing Milotic to hold its own against Scizor for quite some time, Scizor ultimately defeated it by a certain margin.
It was worth mentioning that Xia You had also been fully involved in directing this battle.
Without his involvement, Scizor would still have won eventually, but it could not have defeated Milotic so quickly. Xia You had certainly taken this battle seriously enough.
And Palmer and Milotic's strength certainly warranted that effort and deserved his serious attention.
Seeing Milotic lose the first battle in such a manner, the announcer exclaimed, "Milotic has actually lost! And in the close-quarters combat it excels at, no less! This Scizor is simply incredible! I've never seen anyone defeat Palmer's Pokémon so easily before!"
Those words alone revealed the impression Palmer had given people before this.
Powerful, commanding respect, and rarely defeated, let alone at such a disadvantage.
Perhaps before today, even Palmer himself had never imagined his Pokémon would be defeated like this.
Perhaps Palmer had heard about a powerful Pokémon Trainer who had cleared the Battle Frontier's other four facilities within two days and had taken him seriously enough, but he certainly would not have expected this Trainer to be so formidable that even his Milotic was no match.
Xia You's strength had simply exceeded his imagination.
However...
Only upon hearing the announcer did Xia You belatedly come to his senses.
This Milotic specialized in close combat?
*No wonder my Scizor had some trouble dealing with it just now, forcing