However, very few moves could lower Special Attack. They had severe limitations, such as only working on the opposite sex or being learnable by certain Pokémon, so they were generally difficult to learn and use.
In this situation, it would have made sense to switch to a Pokémon with high special bulk or exploit Chatot's low Defense and Special Defense with a powerful attack. But she had already sent out all three of her Pokémon, so that was no longer an option.
In that case, her only choice was the one among those three with high Special Defense and Special Attack. Even so, it surely couldn't withstand a special attack from Chatot after Nasty Plot had raised its Special Attack to the limit. (After all, in the real world, even Pokémon with exceptionally high special bulk, like Mr. Dota and Umbreon, could go down to one or two Heat Waves or Hyper Voices after Chatot used Nasty Plot just once.) Then all I had to do was take Mismagius down with a special move before its own special attack came.
Even if Chatot went down, I still had two Pokémon left to send out.
Unfortunately for her, she was already cornered. Ah, she didn't have earplugs.
"Chatot, Hyper Voice!"
"Meowma, we're not afraid of their attacks anymore! Get close and launch a fierce assault!"
Then Chatot unleashed a special move boosted by the same-type attack bonus, while Nermer tried to stand against it.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, that's incredible! What a deafening sound...! Whoa, all that noise is affecting us too...!"
Indeed. Everyone in the venue-the spectators, the commentator, even the referee and the opposing trainer-was covering their ears.
(Hmph, I knew something like this could happen. That's why I came fully equipped with earplugs.)
Hadn't this guy already gone beyond