Except for a few Pokémon with the potential to Gigantamax, most Pokémon will have all their moves transformed into corresponding type-specific Max Moves when they Dynamax.
Among the eighteen powerful Max Moves with strong additional effects, Max Airstream is absolutely one of the most practical.
The reason is simple: its additional effect increases the speed of the Pokémon on your field after use.
The strength of any move is closely related to the environment.
In his past life's games, the main mode was doubles. Even in an era where preemptive turns were taken to the extreme and had to compete with Pokémon like Regieleki whose Speed stat was as high as 200, such a move that unconditionally boosts the speed of both you and your teammates while also dealing significant damage was naturally explosive.
Thus, Max Airstream established its dominant position in the Sword and Shield era.
(Deja Vu!)
And now, he finally has the chance to see how shocking the power of Max Moves can be in reality.
A Dynamaxed Pelipper, over ten meters tall, just flaps its wings lightly, causing layers of dust to ripple across the ground.
"Shiftry, Snarl!"
Before the Max Move arrived, Milo adjusted his straw hat and calmly gave a command.
Dynamaxed Pokémon can ignore status conditions like Encore or Flinch, but ability effects remain the same as before.
Shiftry stood still, emitting a deafening roar that caused slight damage to Pelipper while also interfering with the energy in its body.
As Pelipper's wings flapped continuously, a strong current formed at this moment, rushing towards Shiftry.
"Max Airstream is extremely powerful. Even if Shiftry uses Snarl to interfere, it seems there won't be enough stamina to withstand another hit..."
Aiden roughly estimated that under similar strengths, this Shiftry would definitely be KO'd!
No sooner had he spoken than Max Airstream directly hit the opponent, blowing it dozens of meters away and sending it plummeting from a great height.
Looking at Shiftry's rolled-back eyes, Aiden knew his guess was right again.
After knocking out yet another main Pokémon, another of Milo's Poké Balls on the big screen went dark, bringing the score to 4:2.
If they couldn't withstand the pressure brought by Dynamaxed Pelipper, there would be no hope for a comeback.
Therefore, Milo quickly made adjustments.
He revealed another high-end ball, and purple energy similar to Nessa's gradually appeared beneath his feet as he stood firm.
"Launch a magnificent counterattack, Flapple!"
After a similar process, another mountain-like giant Pokémon appeared on the field.
A green giant snake mostly hidden behind a huge apple appeared, but instead of being intimidating, its appearance seemed somewhat comical.
Gigantamax Flapple, making a dazzling entrance.
[Max Moves are so cool!]
[Why doesn't our Unova region have such a powerful regional phenomenon? It's unfair!]
[Lance has something to say; why is this thing considered a dragon?!]
Flapple is a Grass/Dragon dual-type Pokémon, and not only it, but the entire family of fruit-chewing worms are noble dragons.
Just absurd.
But...
"Under the circumstances of Nessa switching her Dynamax main Pokémon, having the Dragon type may not necessarily be a good thing!"
Aiden's gaze became somewhat strange.
"There's no need to keep watching; Nessa is going to sweep through the team at lightning speed."
Trainers at the gym leader level in this world are indeed exceptionally gifted, and understand after just a few pointers.
His gaze focused on the black figure on the screen.
Meanwhile.
Staring at the towering Gigantamax figure behind Milo, a confident smile unconsciously spread across Nessa's face.
Sure enough, at a time like this, Mr. Milo would choose to trust his ace.
Because of this, the battle could be considered already over!
"Pelipper—"
Nessa took a deep breath and her eyes turned incredibly serious.
"Max Geyser!"
[What? Didn't Pelipper lock itself into a move? How can it use a move other than Max Airstream?]
[Your Choice Specs are not so selective!]
[But the referee didn't object, so it should be fine. Teacher Azure, do you know why?]
"I can testify that this is absolutely within the rules of the battle."
Noticing the chat questions, Aiden briefly explained.
According to Dr. Magnolia's research, the principle of Dynamax is to use a special energy unique to Galar that distorts space to form a visibly large phantom around the Pokémon.
This is the fundamental reason why most status changes are ineffective against Dynamaxed Pokémon—they aren't attacking the real body…
It's clearly a substitute attacking. What does my locked move have to do with it?
Of course, this effect has its pros and cons. While ignoring the lock from Choice Specs, the damage boost provided by it naturally becomes invalid.
However, for the current situation, the impact doesn't seem too significant.
Since Flapple is one of the members of the four-times weak to Ice family, facing the impending Max Geyser, it instinctively felt a threat to its life.
"Max Guard!"
Milo could only reluctantly give a defensive command, but Pelipper's next wave of attacks soon came once again.
Unwilling to gamble that Flapple's energy was sufficient for two consecutive uses of Max Guard, Milo decided to fight back with a super-strong sour move.
For Pelipper, it was far from fatal.
Next, biting cold winds carrying piercing icicles launched a fierce attack on Flapple!
Boom—
With just one move, Flapple's Dynamax was instantly shattered, leaving it exhausted.
After consuming the last bit of Dynamax energy, Pelipper's giant phantom quickly dissipated, and its actual body returned to the field.
The spectator stands of Turffield Stadium were utterly silent. After about five seconds, they realized what had happened and burst into cheers much louder than at the start!
Even though Milo still had one Pokémon left unused, everyone knew the winner had already been determined!
The subsequent situation was as expected.
After some symbolic resistance, all of Milo's Pokémon were completely knocked out.
"The victor, Hulbury Stadium Leader, Nessa!"
Cheers echoed throughout the arena.
...
"Not bad, no wonder she's a high-level player from our live stream!"
Watching the whole match, Aiden also breathed a sigh of relief.
My advice was somewhat useful after all. Indeed, once her mindset opened up, Nessa's strength significantly improved.
[To secure victory, Miss Nessa chose...]
[There must be a mastermind behind her. Such quality tactics must have been taught by the streamer!]
Aiden was already used to the accusations in the chat.
The fact that these unconventional tactics produced excellent results in Nessa's hands shows that, to some extent, battling ideas are interconnected.
As long as you win, it's a good tactic!
"Since the match is over, let's end today's live stream~"
Just before turning off the broadcast of the Galar ranking battle, Aiden inadvertently glanced at the big screen in the arena.
Nessa's lineup hadn't changed much from before.
The only variable was that she didn't bring her ace Drednaw this time, but instead switched to another common swift hand in the rain, Kingdra.
Although it wasn't the Starmie he recommended, it might actually suit her team better.
Wait...
Besides the rain, Kingdra has some other interesting tactics, right?
Aiden thoughtfully confirmed the content of the gym's assessment for the following week in his mind.
Last week's Spore Breloom unsurprisingly received countless "positive reviews." Obviously, everyone, like chat, didn't like purely tactical battles.
So this time, let's add some intensity and go for some super-violent tactics!
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