After thinking it over, Shen Qi banned Masquerain, whose purpose was unclear.
Whoosh-
Masquerain suddenly grew excited. Across the vast arena, she gazed deeply at Shen Qi with tears in her eyes.
In Pokémon Contests, Masquerain could put on a truly outstanding performance, but on the battlefield... sorry.
Her 70-62-82 defensive stats were not quite enough. With a Special Attack base stat of 100, she might get one shot off before her opponent took her out.
Her only real highlight was the Ability Intimidate, an absolutely top-tier Ability.
Even so, Sayaka could not pull off switching rotations for defensive coverage, and there were other, stronger Intimidate users. Masquerain had always occupied an awkward position on the battlefield.
She only got to participate because Sayaka had just six Pokémon. There was no reason not to use her and waste a slot.
But... someone actually banned me today!
Masquerain was deeply moved, almost flying over to give Shen Qi a couple of kisses.
Neither the powerful Lurantis nor Vespiquen got the honor of being banned, but I did!
Masquerain made a heart!
Masquerain loved you!
"Shen Qi," Sayaka called across the arena, "you can't just go easy on me like that."
She knew her Masquerain did not have much fighting power. Anyone who had watched Sayaka versus Lisia would not have banned Masquerain.
"I'm not going easy on you," Shen Qi replied. "I have physical attackers on my side."
Outsiders did not know about the Blissey who defied common sense, but Golurk and Lopunny were indeed physical attackers.
Intimidate counted as a top-tier Ability in the games, and the same was true in reality.
In the games, Intimidate triggered once each time the Pokémon entered battle. In reality, there were opportunities to trigger this passive skill multiple times without switching Pokémon.
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