That left no room for Rotation, rendering Furret's Run Away useless.
Furret entered the field and used Coil on the spot, raising Attack, Defense, and accuracy.
Shen Qi had not even known Furret could use a Poison-type Buff Skill...
Opportunities to use buffs in battle were hard to find. Leaving such a huge opening would get you hit.
Fearow's Aerial Ace struck Furret. Furret took the damage head-on to buff up, then recovered some HP with Leftovers.
Furret followed up with Double-Edge, a Normal-type move with 120 power that inflicted recoil damage after hitting.
The powerful same-type move had an astonishing effect. Combined with the earlier buff, it knocked a full 6% off Fearow's Barrier Points.
Furret wanted to charge again, but Fearow used Fly to evade.
Since Double-Edge missed, Furret took no recoil damage, while Leftovers continued restoring HP.
This was Qian Hui's core tactic: have Furret take hits to power up, recover HP with Leftovers, and use the powerful Double-Edge.
In lower-tier Regular Races, this strategy really could win prize money.
But the opponent had three Pokémon left. Furret could not keep this up, and Dugtrio, who came afterward, had no way to deal with Seaking.
Qian Hui lost.
It was a bit of a shame, but there was nothing to be done. It was purely a gap in raw strength.
In the next match, Iron Pipe was even more outmatched.
Of the two outstanding teachers leading the Yangbeila Branch School team, one faced Butch, while the other faced Iron Pipe.
Iron Pipe had five Pokémon, one of whom had yet to fully mature.
After the opponent had one Pokémon selected, there were still six left, making seven Pokémon brought into the competition in total.
With a four-to-six disadvantage in Pokémon numbers and a level disadvantage as well,