Shen Qi usually seemed perfectly normal. Who would have thought he longed for romance so much?
"No." Lorelei wagged her index finger. "A little boy as weak as you isn't my type."
"What are you talking about?"
Shen Qi collected himself. "Lorelei, how did I do just now?"
"You've improved quite a bit."
Setting aside the style techniques used for movement, there was the adjustment in Shen Qi's approach to Pokémon moves.
During his trial battle at the end of February, there had been no major problems with Shen Qi's basic understanding of type advantages or strategy. Chansey and Dodo stalled while Lilligant, who had Grass-type moves, buffed herself to increase her strength.
The problem was that he had underestimated minor moves, using nothing but powerful, relatively complex ones.
If a Pokémon wasn't strong enough or sufficiently proficient with a move, powerful moves took longer to execute. Never mind a delay of one or two seconds-even half a second could decide victory or defeat.
This time, Shen Qi's thinking had changed considerably. He knew to have Lopunny rush in and disrupt the opponent, not expecting him to deal damage, but combining the miraculous recall style technique with hindering moves to interfere.
Porygon's role was a special attacker, so there was nothing wrong with him continuing to use powerful moves he was highly proficient with.
Lilligant, in the back line, had used "Quiver Dance" last time, but switched to "Growth" today.
Of the two moves, "Quiver Dance" offered enormous benefits, raising Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed-all things Lilligant needed.
"Growth" raised both attacking stats, but Lilligant had no use for physical attacks, so it effectively only increased her Special Attack.
The shortcomings of "Quiver Dance" were obvious. It took too long to execute, proficiency was difficult to improve, and it