Shen Qi had told Blissey that, because of things like cosmic rays, her underlying stats had changed. Her Attack and Defense had risen to impressive levels, while her supposedly high HP, Special Defense, and Special Attack had dropped somewhat.
The drop in Special Attack did not matter, since Blissey did not deal damage with special attacks. What hurt most was that her Speed had barely improved.
Here, "Speed" in terms of base stats was related to running and movement speed, but only related; it did not correspond exactly to action speed.
"Speed" also included reaction speed, how quickly moves were executed, and so on.
In the time Blissey took to use Brick Break, a fast Pokémon might be able to use it twice. That was an absolute difference between Pokémon species.
So what!
Blissey had never been discouraged. She had asked Blaziken for advice about fighting.
If a move's proficiency exceeded 100%, it would produce effects beyond the ordinary.
For example, suppose Blissey and Blaziken were at the same level and both used Brick Break with 100% proficiency.
Then Blaziken would definitely strike first, and would be much faster than Blissey.
After all, that was the difference between a base stat of 80 and one of 55.
But if Blissey's Brick Break proficiency exceeded 100%, reaching 110%, 120%, or whatever point began to produce a qualitative change, she might be able to enhance that move in a special way, shortening its execution time to make up for the difference in Speed.
So!
Train hard!
"Chan?"
During her training, Blissey discovered a blue figure lying beside the small pond, back facing upward, with visible wounds.
It was a Wooper, a common Pokémon native to Island 6. He appeared to have passed out.
In the pond, Goldeen was swimming around anxiously.
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