Sabrina deliberately held back from running at full speed, luring Little Sheep closer before using "Power Swap."
Skills that directly reduced other drivers' power were against the rules, but swapping skills were permitted. Even "Trick Room," which let slower Pokémon move first, was legal to use.
"Damn it, is this how professional battle trainers operate?"
From using "Sunny Day" to counter Little Sheep's levitate tactics to this latest "Power Swap," Sabrina's style was far removed from that of conventional drivers. Rather, she was following Janine's battle-oriented approach.
Little Sheep's extra power boost vanished, and Chansey had to start stacking buffs all over again.
Buff skills increased their effects level by level, like drawing out skill pathways with type energy to build a tower of blocks. If the structure was unstable, the buff would be weak and short-lived.
After all the effort of stacking them so high and maintaining them until now, everything had been wiped out in an instant. Chansey was understandably frustrated at having to start over.
Her proficiency with "Work Up" was 70%. Until it reached 80%, she could not reach the theoretical limit of thirty uses.
After repeated consecutive uses, the skill pathways would become damaged and need time to recover.
Fortunately, Dodo had the "Download" ability, which raised their side's offensive stats based on the surrounding targets' defensive stats, sharing some of Chansey's burden of providing boosts.
With their powerful momentum broken, the cars behind caught up. Their order was now Autumn Leaves, Tuberose, and Sootopolis Shadow.
Clearly, they had been battling fiercely too.
"Why is this race so hard for me...?"
When the group assignments were announced, Shen Qi had thought he had drawn a good group. As it turned out, nearly half the group consisted of formidable contenders, and the Pokémon Park course was