In the Trainers' lounge, information on the Sinnoh Elite Four scrolled across an electronic screen.
Compared with the Trainers who came to challenge them, the Elite Four of each region were far less mysterious, with some of their information publicly available.
Whatever Pokémon they raised behind the scenes was their own private business, but their usual teams were common knowledge.
They appeared at all sorts of events, exhibition matches, and ranked battles.
Besides, with their strength, they hardly cared about revealing their lineups. Take the even stronger Champion Cynthia, for example: everyone knew that her ace was her Garchomp.
Yet after all these years, she still held her position as Sinnoh Champion, and no one could shake her from it.
After a brief discussion, Lucian and Aaron made it onto the final shortlist.
Since quite a few of Xin Mu's Pokémon were Steel-type, Fire and Ground, which were strong against Steel, were ruled out first.
Xin Mu's mainstays were Meownei and Regirock. Psychic-type moves had no effect on Dark types, while Rock was strong against Bug. In terms of type matchups, these two were the better choices.
However, Bug was strong against both Grass and Dark. Although Meownei's Protean meant she did not need to worry too much about typing, she was still inherently better at using Grass- and Dark-type moves.
"Psychic types can be tricky, but considering the other type matchups, I think Lucian would be a better choice."
That was their final conclusion. Psychic-type Pokémon might have all sorts of unusual abilities, but their attacks dealt only half damage to Steel types and had no effect on Dark types. Although they were strong against Fighting types, Steel typing could make up for that weakness.
Water, Rock, Fairy, and Dragon had no direct type interactions with Psychic. Taking everything