Xia Chi was a little surprised as he looked at the round, rocky Pokémon across the battlefield, whose appearance differed slightly from an ordinary Golem.
It was actually an Alolan Golem!
As a special form of Golem, Alolan Golem still had the Rock type, but its Ground type had been replaced by the Electric type.
A device resembling a railgun launcher grew from its back.
Apart from that, its characteristics were much like an ordinary Golem's.
Its physical attack and defense were formidable, but Special Defense and speed were its weaknesses.
And those two areas happened to be Misdreavus's strengths.
But how to defeat this Alolan Golem wasn't the key issue.
What Xia Chi really needed to do was use it as a stepping stone to let Misdreavus accumulate enough stacks of [Mark of Fear].
Then he could pull off the miracle of sweeping three opponents-or even four-with a single Pokémon!
The appearance of the two Pokémon also set the spectators below whispering.
Wasn't that freshman's main Pokémon supposed to be Floragato? Why had he sent out Misdreavus?
Was he using it as cannon fodder to wear Golem down, then leaving Floragato to finish the job?
Among those discussing the battle, almost no one had any faith in Misdreavus, apart from Lin Lange, whose expression was complicated.
Having experienced it firsthand, she knew very well that his Misdreavus was no cannon fodder.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield.
Perhaps Wang Linpeng felt that picking on a junior was unfair, or perhaps he was deliberately yielding the first move.
After the battle began, he didn't give an immediate command, instead waiting for Misdreavus to act.
Giving me the first move?
Then I won't hold back.
Xia Chi decisively commanded, "Nasty Plot!"
A free chance to power up was too good to pass