Tracey arranged a place and hurried to work.
Before this, Shen Qi had only entered Fuchsia Gym and had never seen the battle field in person.
The sandy battlefield had to be as large as half a football field, giving Pokémon, who was good at long-range attacks and weak in body, room to pull.
When playing in the league competition in the anime, the field is also very large, but the difference is that the boundaries are different.
In reality, the battlefield is an irregular pattern, and the boundary lines are also tortuous.
It's a bit like the Racing project. The competition venue is in an unfamiliar wilderness and tests the ability to adapt to situations;
The battle arena will also be adjusted at any time and is an irregular area.
Shen Qi is located in the back half of the court. There is a simple building that looks like a shed, like a staff seat on the side of a football field.
The Viridian Gym staff is Team Seats at one end of the field.
As time went by, ticket holders entered the venue one after another, and the atmosphere gradually became noisy, with Unnerve rising like a tide.
When participating in the Racing competition, the Drivers entered directly into the Service Bay, which was some distance away from the auditorium. By the time Shen Qi came on stage, the audience was already full, and there was no such feeling of constant tension.
There is also a very crucial difference. When Driver is in the car and wearing Helmet, it will not be directly looked at by a large number of spectators. It can be out of the audience's field of vision after driving for a while. At most, it will appear after the game.
Pokémon Trainer in the duel event will directly become the focus of attention, and there are only two people in the venue.
Beep--
With the whistle, Tracey wearing Referee Uniform entered the court.
He is the person who won Best Placement as an agent for Gym Leader, and he will personally serve as the referee for this duel.
"Dear viewers, welcome to Viridian Gym to watch the match between Gym Leader Blue and Ranger Silver."
It's just a fight between two parties, not Regular Race, no Commentator, Tracey. After a simple opening, please invite the players from both sides.
On one side is Blue, Shen Qi whom I met at Island 5 last year. He still looks confident and calm with a touch of grandeur;
Then there is...Silver, one of the Gold and Silver versions of Protagonist, and "Rival" of the Role Play player who is also in the game like Blue.
Black Battle Outfit, red trim, brown-red hair slightly touching her shoulders.
Seeing Silver in real life matches the characteristics of Shen Qi in the impression, but he is much more mature than in games and anime, and he is already an adult man.
I thought there would be cheers and applause on the field, but in the end the atmosphere was not that lively. There was only discussion among the audience.
It can be seen that Tracey is nervous and his voice is trembling.
Not to mention Silver, who has never participated in Class T Competition and whose strength is unknown, Tracey's strength is far inferior to Blue, but now he is working as a referee.
It's weird if I don't feel stressed.
"Both of you, please perform the ceremony before the duel."
Before the duel, the two sides shook hands in a friendly manner in the center of the battlefield and said something like "please advise" to show sportsmanship and competitive demeanor.
Then, Blue and Silver turned around and walked in the opposite direction to two Identification Device.
Pokémon detected there and openly carried.
The rules are the same as Main Race. Both parties can carry at least 3 Pokémon and a maximum of 10 Pokémon. They will hide one of them and display the rest. They will have 5 minutes to consider disabling the Pokémon displayed by the opponent.
It also takes 5 minutes to prepare. Select at least 2 and at most 6 from your remaining Pokémon to participate.
Both Blue and Silver have sufficient numbers of Pokémon. In the end, it should be a battle with 6 each, which is a very standard competitive mode.
The big screen lights up, showing that both sides have brought 10 Poké Ball, except for one hidden Pokémon, leaving the names of the remaining 9 Pokémon on public display.
"Wow--"
"What a strong lineup, Champion deserves to be, and Gym Leader deserves to be our Viridian City!"
"The lineup of Silver and Pokémon is not bad either..."
"Hmph! Team Rocket must have obtained it through bad means before."
With the list of 18 Pokémon displayed, the intensity of the discussion on the spot rose to a new level of enthusiasm.
Shen Qi's eyes swept over the electronic display, and he thought it was normal. It was the same Pokémon they could see in the game and anime.
On the Blue side, there must be Kanto Starter Pokémon, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, and then Pidgeot, Arcanine, Alolan Exeggutor, Sandslash.
There is also Shen Qi in Island 5 Team Rocket Warehouse. See the Rhyperior and Gyarados he used.
I didn't see Porygon-Z, I wonder if it could be the hidden Poké Ball.
Interestingly, Silver brought Starter Pokémon, Meganium, Feraligatr, and Typhlosion from Johto, which happened to be opposite Kanto Starter Pokémon on the opposite side.
And Silver also has Rhyperior.
Giovanni mentioned in "Secrets of the Earth" that Rhydon can evolve specially. The first Rhyperior was helped by Silver to evolve Blue. It seems that he also made one himself later.
Weavile, this is also the signature of Silver, the relatively rare Pokémon, Shen Qi has only been seen at Sebastian.
Haunter, Seadra... these two have not yet evolved to their final form.
The last ones are Golbat, Magneton, Pseudo-Legendary Tyranitar.
Chapter 440 Select/Disable
On the big screen, 9 Pokémon names were displayed below the names of Blue and Silver, as well as 1 Poké Ball icon, indicating that both parties had hidden 1 Pokémon.
Tracey announced that it now has 5 minutes to decide the use of Ban, and ban the opponent's 1 displayed Pokémon
This is actually a change of direction BP process, namely Ban/Pick (ban/pick).
The Pokémon we hide is often very important. We don't want the other party to know about it and we don't want the other party to disable it, so we choose to hide it, which is equivalent to picking it in advance.
Compared with the waves of cheering at the Racing venue, the Finals venue was much noisier. The audience expressed their opinions within a limited time, and whether they guessed correctly or not in the end, there was always a special sense of participation.
Let Shen Qi evaluate... As for the pure panel, Kanto and Starter Pokémon are better.
Although the distribution of Base Stats is similar, the grass of Venusaur + Poison-type in Kanto is better than Pure Grass-type in Meganium.
Charizard and Typhlosion not only have the same sum of Base Stats, but the specific distribution is also exactly the same.
Charizard has more resistance, and also has 4 times more weaknesses of Rock. Typhlosion is a decent pure Fire-type.
It's hard to say 1v1 between them. Typhlosion has Rock-type's "Rollout", and Charizard can avoid damage with "Fly".
Of course, such a comparison is too theoretical, especially since we don't know what Pokémon and Level are like on both sides, and whether they have ordinary Ability or Hidden Ability.
Shen Qi can only be disabled from a strategic perspective.
After 5 minutes of thinking time, I really couldn't make up my mind, so I banned Tyranitar, the highest Base Stats on Silver. Sandstorm is a team player and has strong output ability.
From Silver's point of view, Blue's side...Rhyperior and Sandslash are banned. They are both members of Sandstorm Team to prevent our Sandstorm from taking advantage.
Or you can choose to ban one of Blue's Gyarados and Arcanine. These two are famous Intimidate players, and trigger "Intimidate" Ability to reduce our Physical Attack.
Five minutes passed in a blink of an eye. Neither side has made a choice yet. It is indeed a bit difficult. It makes sense to ban something.
Silver makes a choice first, but you can't see it yet. The results will be announced at the same time after both parties confirm.
In the end, what he disabled was Gyarados.
Really confused.
Silver here Tyranitar, Rhyperior are weak to water, Weavile, and Magnemite are weak to fire.
These are the main output players. Gyarados is banned probably because Gyarados can "Dragon Dance" and can be strengthened. I also have Typhlosion who plays the output position and is considered the main force. I am worried about being restrained.
Blue... The banned one is Weavile!
I didn't dismantle the Sandstorm combination. After all, Blue also has a combination that can intervene in Sandstorm's weather. First, I banned the Ice-type ultra-high-speed Attack hand Weavile that restrains Rock and ground.
The ban phase ends, and there are still 5 minutes left. Each side picks up to 6 and at least 2 Pokémon to start the battle.
Now it's time to predict your opponent's moves.
Silver can use the strong Tyranitar and Rhyperior to defeat Sandstorm. Then the opponent may prepare a combination of Sandstorm, or use Blastoise, Exeggutor, and Venusaur to attack the weak points.
Both sides have optional tactics... Once predicted and read by the other side, they will be at a huge disadvantage.
Pokémon Level is unknown, Ability is unknown, carrying Held Item is unknown, and we don't know what Pokémon the opponent chose to play.
What's even more frightening is that there is no 4-skill restriction in reality. Who knows what they each learned?!
"This is so exciting..."
The team selection is over, and then comes the preliminary preparation time for wearing Protector.
To participate in the Racing project, Racing needs to install Roll Cage, the most basic Energy Circuit for observing faults, and players must wear Racing Suit.
If it is Pokémon Racing Driver, you need to wear Protector and unfold a layer of Protective Barrier at critical moments to improve the survival rate of Driver when encountering an accident.
The same goes for battle events. Pokémon Trainer and Pokémon cannot really risk their lives. Everyone is carrying Protector.
Before the game starts, measure the physical fitness of Pokémon and Pokémon Trainer.
Assume that the HP of a certain Pokémon is calculated to be 100, then add 1000 points of Protective Barrier to the body surface. When the Durability of Barrier loses 100 points, that is, 10%, it will be regarded as defeated and the fate will be determined.
This technology requires the communication of equipment flying in the sky and equipment fixed in the field to achieve an effect that does not interfere with the opponent's actions and accurately stacks the Barrier value.
The battlefield is fixed, so it is possible to design it this way.
During the Racing competition, Driver was sitting in a car, moving in a wide range at super high speeds, and could not use Barrier's body surface in the battle environment.
After all preparations were completed, Drone flew over the battlefield, not just for the sake of battery life of Protective Barrier.
In addition, there is a large clock that is as big as a safe floating in the air.
That's "Infinity Energy Bell".
At the beginning of the game, each side can only send one Pokémon to follow Pokémon Trainer to fight. The aftermath of Infinity Energy will be absorbed by Infinity Energy Bell. After accumulating a certain amount, Infinity Energy Bell will sound, providing a more stable and abundant Type Energy in the venue.
At this time, both sides are allowed to have two Pokémon on the field at the same time.
The next time Infinity Energy accumulates, the bell rings and enters the 3v3 rules stage.
Therefore, a Pokémon battle includes changes from 1v1 to 2v2, and then to 3v3, which requires very high control and on-the-spot adaptability of Pokémon Trainer.
At the moment the bell rings, if we don't react in time which additional Pokémon should be sent to the field, but the opponent has already taken out a new Pokémon, we will be at the disadvantage of being one step behind.
Especially the limited-time battle is not turn-based, it is really Real-Time Action+Shooting. It is normal to take two or three attacks slowly and in vain.
It's no wonder that Professional Pokémon Trainer in a large number of battles wants to run Racing, in order to exercise Reaction Speed and balance in the pursuit of extreme speed.