"How is that possible?!" Shen Qi's eyes widened.
Psychic counted as a major move. No matter how capable Alakazam was, there was no way he could use Psychic and seamlessly follow it with Ally Switch at the same time.
Just now... Blaziken hadn't taken any damage!
The Psychic had been fake. Sabrina had used her Psychic-type powers to simulate the move's appearance, solely to make Blaziken and Decidueye attack the wrong targets.
In fact, after Alakazam entered the field, all he had done was use Ally Switch, then a second Ally Switch.
Simply by exploiting his image as a powerhouse special attacker with frail physical defenses, Alakazam had toyed with Wude and his Pokémon, leaving them scrambling.
Decidueye in particular had wasted over ten seconds running back and forth.
Grass-types had an advantage over Ground-types, but Decidueye still took damage in the sandstorm.
Alakazam, meanwhile, had 100% barrier points.
This Alakazam had the ability Magic Guard.
He wouldn't take damage from indirect effects such as weather, abilities, or status conditions.
Through his ability, his held Air Balloon, and the sandstorm weather, Alakazam had actually become a member of the sandstorm team that no outsider would have expected.
"Cough..." Wude coughed violently, and the intensified type energy around him subsided.
Blaziken returned to his normal form. Sabrina had stalled out his Mega Evolution time just like that.
Spikes formed from type energy pierced Runerigus's body. Thanks to his Leftovers, he still had 2% barrier points, but standing between Decidueye and Blaziken, he had no more room to maneuver.
In that case... Curse!
By sacrificing half his maximum HP, he cursed Decidueye. Starting next turn, if Decidueye didn't leave the field, he would lose a large amount of HP each turn.
Since Runerigus had less than half his maximum HP remaining, he