Chapter 122: Star-up evolution, Pupitar · ★★! (3k! Bonus chapter for monthly votes, 317)
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So strong!
Seeing the effects of a Pokémon's star upgrade, Xia Chi marveled inwardly.
Since the system had activated, he had only seen two ways to raise a Pokémon's level cap.
One was the Legendary Pokémon-exclusive bond, [Legendary Shadow], and the other was the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon's [Late Bloomer] bond.
That alone showed how rare this effect was.
And upgrading stars would undoubtedly raise the ceiling for ordinary Pokémon without either of those special bonds!
Beyond that, the increase to their current level and the 20% boost to all stats would also greatly improve their immediate combat strength!
Honestly, after Larvitar's star upgrade, giving him a couple of items might let him fight alongside his big sisters Floragato and Misdreavus!
As for "choose a type to enhance," that was a new effect.
Xia Chi asked curiously, "What does enhancing a type do?"
[After enhancement, the damage the Pokémon deals/takes from that type will increase/decrease by 20%!]
That's useful!
It was like gaining almost half an extra same-type attack bonus, with a little resistance thrown in!
But then again, which type should little Larvitar enhance?
As everyone knew, Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon had a "mark of strength": they were very likely to have a quadruple weakness.
Dragonite and Garchomp, for example, were four times weak to Ice, while Hydreigon and Kommo-o were four times weak to Fairy.
Goodra... that disgrace to Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon didn't count!
Tyranitar, whose final typing was [Rock/Dark], likewise had a quadruple weakness to Fighting.
So, should he enhance the Fighting-type Attribute?
Reducing damage from Fighting-type Attribute attacks by 20% would almost bring that quadruple weakness down to triple!
For Tyranitar, with