At the referee's signal, the Gym Challenge officially began.
Geodude raised its two enormous fists, rubbing them together as it floated fiercely toward Eevee.
Perhaps it was because of the magnetism within its body, but despite having a round body and no legs at all, Geodude could advance in little hops and even float briefly in midair. It really was incredible.
As a Normal-type Pokémon, Eevee actually had no advantage against Geodude. In fact, its attacks were weakened. Geodude's Rock typing meant that Normal-type attacks dealt only half damage, which was hardly good news for Eevee.
Geodude's hard body, on the other hand, was not only reliable armor, but could also deliver considerable power when using attacks like Tackle.
With one side strengthened and the other weakened by this type matchup, Eevee was undoubtedly at a disadvantage, which left Roxanne somewhat puzzled.
After all, as both a Gym Leader and a teacher at the Pokémon Academy, she understood type matchups better than the average Pokémon Trainer and would never deliberately send out a Pokémon with a type disadvantage. As the winner of two tournaments, Xia You should have understood that too.
Then why was he still using Eevee to battle?
Was he trying to practice battling at a type disadvantage?
Before she could think it through, the two Pokémon had already engaged.
Geodude used Mega Punch, each swing of its fists seeming to carry tremendous force and whipping powerfully through the air.
Eevee was not good at close-quarters fighting, so Xia You naturally would not let it clash head-on with Geodude. Instead, he used Eevee's advantage in speed and kept making use of the terrain to harass Geodude from different directions, trying to find an opening.
But Geodude swung its two huge fists, defending so tightly that it left not