[Holy shit, Rain Teams have this many combinations? Lesson learned!]
[Now this is the real Flame Mantra! Rain Team bros, why are you recording? Hurry up and stand there dumbstruck!]
[It's not just Rain Team players who need to record this. As a Steel-type specialist, I feel like I need to study it too. So many of these are Steel-type Pokémon!]
[Garchomp: ??? What do you mean Crawdaunt knows Dragon Dance when I don't? Consider this your Dragon Rush warning!]
[Politoed: I might lose out on Tailwind and Hurricane, but I've got the toxic three-hit combo of Perish Song and Hypnosis! Underhanded tactics are king!]
[As expected of a man with "water" in his username. I hereby dub you the godfather of rain!]
The Rain Team breakdown prompted by Nessa made the chat even livelier.
Still, they could hardly be blamed for getting so excited.
Before this, what kinds of teams had Water-type specialists been putting together?
The same old Pelipper, a few Pokémon with [Swift Swim], then a few Water-type Pokémon they liked. Done!
It wasn't just ordinary Trainers doing this. Gym Leaders and even Water-type members of the Elite Four did the same!
You could say their strength lay in their Pokémon's individual power, their ability to give commands in battle, or their rapport with their Pokémon.
But it was hard to praise their team compositions for having any real depth!
Perhaps nobody had felt this way before Xia Chi's breakdown, but once this storm of tactical innovation swept across the world, as it was certain to do...
Professional Trainers everywhere might have to start competing along these lines!
Although Nessa seemed eager to keep talking, two more viewers were still waiting.
Xia Chi ended the call without hesitation.
Then the call notification sounded again, and the second