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Name: Zapdos
Attributes: Electric + Flying
Ability: Pressure
Level: Level 79 (Peak Elite Level)
Facing such a Zapdos, Eddie actually only sent out four Pokemon to fight. The other eight Pokemon were no longer here as they had other tasks.
Eddie's decision to leave these four Pokemon to fight was based on long-term consideration. When combined, they could almost completely counter Zapdos.
Mega Garchomp was a Ground + Dragon-type Pokemon. If the opponent wasn't the Legendary Zapdos, Electric-type moves would be almost completely ineffective against it.
But even if Zapdos could use Electric-type moves to cause damage to Mega Garchomp, the damage would probably be greatly reduced.
Pikachu and Mega Sceptile both had the Lightning Rod Ability, which was even more effective against Zapdos than the Ground-type immunity.
Unless Zapdos could instantly burst out with enough electrical energy to overload their bodies, there was no way Zapdos could cause much damage to them.
However, Zapdos was at the peak Elite level at this time, while Eddie's Pokemon were all Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon. It was probably impossible to burst out electrical energy that could overload Pikachu and Mega Sceptile in an instant.
Unless it had been charging for a long time, maybe it could be done, but that wouldn't be called an instant burst, and Eddie wouldn't just watch it power up.
As for Mega Gengar, it was left to interfere with Zapdos and protect Mega Sceptile. As for how to interfere and protect, the operations below would show.
"Mega Garchomp, Stone Edge! Restrict its movements!"
"Mega Sceptile, Dragon Pulse! Pikachu, rush over and use Sweet Kiss!"
"Mega Gengar, first use Reflect Type, then Confuse Ray!"
While Zapdos was still hesitating whether to attack, Eddie had already given the order.
"Roar!"
Mega Garchomp and Mega Sceptile both roared like dragons, and then the former stomped its feet, causing dozens of sharp stones to burst out from the floor, while the latter continued its dragon-like roar, sending shock waves from its mouth toward Zapdos.
Although the densely packed sharp rocks were aimed at Zapdos, they were more intended to restrict its flight range.
As long as Zapdos didn't want to be hit by the sharp rocks, it could only fly according to the gaps left by the 'sharp stone formation'. This was equivalent to restricting its flight trajectory and making it easier for Eddie to predict its actions.
Zapdos was a Legendary Pokemon. Legendary Pokemon weren't stupid and even had intelligence similar to that of humans.
It saw through Eddie's intention at a glance and naturally wanted to use its moves to smash these rocks, but it couldn't.
Because the attacks from Pikachu, Mega Sceptile, and Mega Gengar were coming.
Now that the attacks were coming, it had to avoid them.
As for Zapdos, although Eddie had commanded three Pokemon to attack from different directions, it was confident that it could dodge them.
It flew backwards, avoiding Pikachu's interference attack with relative ease, then flew to the right again, avoiding Mega Gengar's attack, and then flew to the left again, confidently intending to avoid Mega Sceptile's attack.
Then Dragon Pulse hit it accurately.
"Kree!"
Although it was a little painful when being hit, Zapdos didn't care about that. What it cared about was why it was hit when it was confidently dodging the attack.
"It's simple. When you dodged the attacks, you also dodged the sharp rocks. I had predicted your evasive flight trajectory, so it was normal for you to be hit."
Yes, it was a very simple thing, and Zapdos actually knew it, so it had just planned to destroy these sharp stones.
But when Eddie attacked, it subconsciously tried to dodge the attacks first, so it was hit.
"Kreeee!"
Among the three Legendary birds, Zapdos had the most aggressive temper. Seeing that it was hit, or rather tricked, even though the attack just now wasn't very painful, it was still angry.
It didn't care about anything and just used the Discharge move, releasing a dazzling and powerful electric shock to attack everything around it.
When Zapdos used this move, the range was very large, and it seemed that the entire floor would be covered.
In this case, not to mention whether the surrounding sharp rocks would be shattered by it, Eddie himself and even Ash and Lt. Surge would be electrocuted by it.
It should be like this...
"So, I sent these four Pokemon to fight after careful consideration. Lightning like yours cannot spread."
Eddie adjusted his non-existent glasses on his face and spoke quite proudly.
The lightning from Zapdos did not spread out—it was confined to a certain area.
Pikachu and Mega Sceptile were seen standing on either side of it, happily absorbing electricity.
Mega Garchomp was responsible for taking on the lightning missed by Pikachu and Mega Sceptile, ensuring that Zapdos's lightning couldn't spread and hit Eddie himself.
Anyway, to Mega Garchomp, these stray lightning strikes posed no threat at all, just like a tickle.
As for Mega Gengar, it was using Hypnosis to disturb Zapdos.
Although it was a little difficult to hypnotize a Legendary Pokemon, it wasn't impossible.
Furthermore, even if it couldn't completely hypnotize Zapdos, it would be enough to keep interfering with it. This was Mega Gengar's original mission, which was to interfere with Zapdos.
The lightning was absorbed by Pikachu and Mega Sceptile, and even the lightning that leaked out was resisted by Mega Garchomp, and Zapdos itself was constantly disturbed by Mega Gengar.
The tactic of wanting to knock Eddie down in an instant in a rage just now had completely failed.
This was what Zapdos was thinking, but since it had failed, it had to try another way.
"Kreeee!"
It gathered its strength, stopped its Discharge attack, and pecked at Mega Sceptile!
This was Peck, a Flying-type move, which was very effective against Grass-type Pokemon like Mega Sceptile.
It originally wanted to use the more powerful move Drill Peck, but if it used that move, it would have to rotate itself.
This was a huge motion, and Eddie would definitely have his Pokemon retreat when seeing it do this.
So it chose Peck, which had less power but was simple, direct, and not slow.
The purpose was to injure Mega Sceptile.
It finally understood that the most crucial parts of this battle were the two Pokemon with the Lightning Rod Ability.
Pikachu was a pure Electric-type Pokemon, so the damage done to it by Flying-type moves would be reduced, so it chose to injure Mega Sceptile first.
It had a good idea—first injure Mega Sceptile, and even if there was a breakthrough point, then continue to attack Mega Sceptile and defeat it.
Then defeat the next one, one by one.
Or, after defeating these two Pokemon with Lightning Rod, it could even ignore Lt. Surge's situation and directly launch a lightning attack that could cover the entire floor, electrocuting Eddie himself, and it would also be the winner.
It must be said that the Legendary Pokemon was worthy of being a Legendary Pokemon, and its wisdom was indeed quite impressive.
However, Eddie had already anticipated its idea.
Zapdos suddenly stopped its Discharge attack and started to use Peck on Mega Sceptile. This was really sudden and could create a sneak attack effect, and Mega Sceptile really couldn't react and dodge this attack.
But as it looked at Zapdos's sharp long beak ready to hit it, Mega Sceptile laughed.
Zapdos suddenly felt something was wrong, but the attack had already arrived and it couldn't stop.
And the next moment, it knew why Mega Sceptile was laughing.
Because, in front of Mega Sceptile's body, Mega Gengar appeared there at some point and took the attack instead of Mega Sceptile.
"Mega Gengar already used Reflect Type before. After using this move, its type will become the same as yours. In other words, its current type is Electric + Flying."
"Even though Mega Gengar has poor physical defense, the power of a Flying-type move attacking it will be reduced by half, so it won't cause much damage if it takes this move."
This was the role of Mega Gengar in this battle—to interfere with Zapdos and protect Mega Sceptile.
When Zapdos used Electric-type moves, Mega Sceptile could protect Mega Gengar. When Zapdos used Flying-type moves, Mega Gengar could protect Mega Sceptile. If the two cooperated like this, Zapdos wouldn't be able to defeat them instantly!