"Let me just confirm: in the pick-four-from-six matches, contestants aren't allowed to use their own Pokémon, right?"
"That's right. Every team must use the Pokémon provided by the organizers, so this Meowscarada's incredible strength won't come into play this round."
The commentator checked with his partner. Of course he hadn't forgotten the rules; they were simply working together to liven up the atmosphere.
"That's a relief. I spent all evening after work yesterday thinking about it, and I still couldn't figure out how to counter this Meowscarada. If Meowscarada could compete in the pick-four-from-six matches too, this tournament would be utterly hopeless."
Xin Mu and the others had little involvement in the Pokémon selection process, as the organizers had already divided them into sets of six for each team. Teams with fewer points got to choose a set first this round.
The order didn't really matter. It was essentially a blind draw, and even those who chose first wouldn't know what lineup they were getting.
If anything, that spared them the agony of indecision.
"Shedinja, Gengar, Chansey, Skarmory, Gliscor, Vaporeon... seems pretty good. What do you think, Brendan?"
Joining Xin Mu and Meownei for this stage was Charizard's Trainer, Lü You. Before Xin Mu had suddenly joined the team, she had been their mainstay, and her command skills were among the best.
"It is pretty good. Shedinja's Ability is wonder guard, which makes it excellent for defensive coverage. We could easily build a Substitute, Protect, and Toxic strategy around it."
Looking over the Pokémon information provided by the organizers, both Lü You and Xin Mu felt they had been fairly lucky. Shedinja looked weak, with low stats across the board, giving the impression that a single touch would kill it.
But Shedinja had wonder guard-or, to use the more official