The bigger the move, the more obvious the difference in execution speed became. With minor moves, such as the basic Normal-type moves "Tackle" and "Pound," Chansey could use them in a short time too.
Although she could not unleash minor moves instantly like fast Pokémon, it was still better than freezing up for two seconds.
"You need to learn to make flexible use of basic minor moves."
Basic moves of each type, such as "Ice Shard," "Water Gun," and "Ember," could always accomplish far more at crucial moments than their power suggested.
Against a Pokémon Trainer, a few shots of "Water Gun" might knock their barrier points below 90%.
Just now, Dewgong had casually used "Ice Shard" and broken through Chansey's "Brick Break."
This was not a matter of overwhelming her with levels, but a tactical approach of using minor moves to weaken and interrupt an opponent's powerful attacks.
"I see..." Shen Qi nodded quietly, acknowledging the lesson.
His experience as a veteran player gave Shen Qi judgment far beyond that of ordinary Pokémon Trainers, but the game's fixed move-calculation algorithms also constrained his ideas about the real world.
In the games, Pokémon were limited to four moves. To learn a fifth, they had to forget one of the previous four.
Naturally, that meant keeping moves with as much power as possible, at most weighing up whether their negative effects were too severe or their accuracy too low.
Those early basic moves with around 40 power might be discarded as soon as the second Gym.
For playing a game, there was nothing wrong with that thinking. Offensive Pokémon in ranked battles had their moves selected the same way.
In the real Pokémon world, thinking could not be so rigid. Real-time battles offered far too many variations and aspects to watch