Pokémon: A Guide to Love and Growth
Chapter 335

Pokémon Strategy and Raising

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The Sinnoh Region was the earliest site of creation, and the inhabitants who lived in Hisui 2,000 years ago fell under the category of "Ancient Sinnoh People."

In the game version "Arceus," a Hisui side quest mentioned "the pharmacy in Cianwood."

In Cianwood City in the Johto Region, the Secret Medicine Shop had been open for 500 years, placing it within the period when Hisui's tribes dissolved-the last 500 years.

Lorelei had said that the end of Hisui's civilization was more than three hundred years ago. That lined up.

At this thought, much of Shen Qi's shock at the appearance of Hisuian Braviary faded.

They had revived Aerodactyl and Kabutops from 200 million years ago. What was so special about Pokémon from a few hundred years ago or A Thousand Years Ago seeing daylight again?

However, Braviary had not actually gone extinct. Its modern version was simply different from its Hisuian form.

"Lorelei, was this Braviary an ancient form you found in some remote corner?"

"No, it was revived. The old Braviary population gradually disappeared through natural selection."

Compared with their modern forms, a large proportion of Hisui's Pokémon had actually become weaker, either through worse type combinations or worse base stat distributions.

Braviary, for example, was Normal/Flying-type in its modern version, while the Hisuian version was Psychic/Flying-type.

Modern Braviary was immune to Ghost-type attacks, whereas the Hisuian version was not. Instead, it gained another weakness, along with increased resistance to Fighting.

In terms of typing... the difference could not be called enormous, but its base stat distribution really fell apart.

Hisuian Braviary had a base Speed of only 65. A fully evolved Flying-type with 65 base Speed was truly slow.

Even an unevolved Doduo had 75 Speed.

On top of that, Hisuian Braviary took the Special Attack route, yet

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