Staring at Gothitelle, who had instantly lost its ability to battle and collapsed on the field, Caitlin couldn't help but furrow her brows.
She had miscalculated.
She never expected Aiden's Kingdra to have the Sniper ability, which was almost never seen.
No wonder he hadn't used Dragon Dance for reinforcement earlier but chose Focus Energy instead. She thought it was just a prediction that she would use Trick Room...
Now it seemed that from the moment he revealed his lineup, he had already set a trap?
Caitlin shook her head helplessly.
Back then, he was still a novice who didn't even know how to raise Pokémon, and Cynthia had to teach him step by step. Now, he has grown quite strong.
However, compared to me, he is still far behind!
"After Draco Meteor, this Kingdra's combat effectiveness will be discounted."
"So... I'll let Reuniclus use Calm Mind to buff, and prepare to sweep."
As everyone knows, powerful moves often come with side effects that are hard to bear.
And such a powerful dragon-type move like Draco Meteor is no exception to this rule.
Due to the recoil of the move, after each hit, Kingdra's output capability would temporarily drop significantly.
No matter what, it would give her the opportunity to reinforce herself!
However, at the moment she saw her trainer avatar throw the ball, Caitlin suddenly felt a surge of unease.
Her psychic instinct to foresee the future told her that the upcoming plot might not go as she wished.
"… It should be an illusion. How could I possibly lose to this guy?"
Caitlin shook her head and forcibly suppressed the overwhelming sense of unease that washed over her.
"Reuniclus, Calm Mind!"
Seeing Caitlin send out Reuniclus, planning to seize the chance to switch in and strengthen, Aiden couldn't help but smile faintly.
Still too naive, Caitlin.
Reuniclus is indeed a very troublesome Pokémon in the Trick Room system.
Apart from its extremely slow speed, Reuniclus's durability and output capabilities are both excellent.
It can learn many special attack moves to cover blind spots, has the excellent ability Magic Guard, and possesses the terrifying sustain provided by Recover.
And in the Trick Room system, its slow speed becomes an absolute advantage.
Therefore, once it finds an opening, there is definitely a possibility of sweeping the team.
However, for Aiden, it posed almost no threat.
"Kingdra, Draco Meteor!"
Without hesitation, Aiden made the same command again.
[? Consecutive Draco Meteors, huh? The power is only half of the previous one; hitting a strengthened Reuniclus with it probably won't do much damage...]
[Are you really stubborn enough not to switch, streamer? Reuniclus can learn Recover. If you can't take half its HP, it's all for nothing!]
While the chat started discussing whether his operation was problematic, the Pokémon on both sides had already begun their actions.
Due to the influence of Trick Room, Reuniclus completed its Calm Mind first, and only then did Kingdra's huge meteor arrive belatedly.
According to what the audience thought, Kingdra, having already hit Draco Meteor once, was already at the end of its strength. With this ebb and flow, it shouldn't be able to cause any effective damage to a specially defended Reuniclus.
However, the fact was...
A draconic meteor with no less pressure than before fell again, and the intense impact instantly emptied the opponent's HP!
[Holy crap? Is the game bugged? WTF is that]
[What the hell, is this the power consecutive Draco Meteors should have?]
[Two consecutive Pokémon were KO'd, is Kingdra really that powerful?]
Chat was stunned, countless question marks began flooding the live stream.
"Basic operation, don't overreact. I, Azure, will give you another lesson today."
Aiden chuckled.
Teacher Azure's battle class is now in session~
"Apart from the well-known effect of causing higher damage, critical hits actually have another rather niche but absolutely powerful effect—"
"Moves that land a critical hit can ignore the opponent's stat boosts, and even its own stat drops."
"This is the essence of this 100% critical hit tactic!"
Due to the effect of the critical hit, the previous Draco Meteor not only pierced through Reuniclus's Calm Mind boost but also completely ignored the weakening effect after using Draco Meteor.
Before going live, Aiden had also checked the information online.
This peculiar mechanism had long existed in reality and was first discovered by Professor Birch of Hoenn, but due to the rarity of practical cases, it remained unknown.
That's why the Pokémon world games also inherited this feature.
Because of its violent effect, Aiden dared to decisively keep Kingdra on the field to unleash a second fatal Draco Meteor.
As long as the firepower is sufficient, even without any stat boosts, it can obliterate everything!
After two main forces were consecutively KO'd, Caitlin felt her blood pressure rising rapidly.
"How could there be such a boring strategy!"
Almost without paying any cost, Aiden smoothly achieved a perfect 2:0 advantage start, and the duration of Trick Room was almost over.
Next, she could only send out her strongest firepower, Metagross, to forcefully trade blows with this Kingdra.
Even so, Metagross was also hit to a rather dangerous HP level by another Draco Meteor.
In front of the 100% critical hit Draco Meteor, even Steel types that resist Dragon moves aren't necessarily safe.
After being predictably cleaned up by Aiden's Pelipper, Caitlin's remaining lineup could only cling to life against Aiden's almost fully configured rain team.
With the final Sigilyph also finally running out of stamina, the prominent word "Victory" soon appeared on Aiden's screen.
"Phew—, luckily I'm one step ahead."
After taking a deep breath, Aiden glanced at the chat.
[Such a violent tactic, if it's this kind of Kingdra, I'm sure I can learn it too!]
[Did Teacher Azure use any strategy this time? Pure statistical dominance, it's true that even grandma can learn this]
[This kind of tactic is suitable for newbies like me, I'll vote for this strat!]
"In theory, this tactic isn't limited to a specific Pokémon. There are quite a few Pokémon with the Sniper ability."
Aiden added a couple of simple sentences.
"But the most suitable one is undoubtedly Kingdra."
Unlike the Talonflame taught some time ago, any Pokémon with the Sniper ability could theoretically replicate the previous scene.
However, since this is a numbers-first, pursuit-of-obliteration tactic, naturally, Kingdra, capable of unleashing high-power Draco Meteors and being a numerical monster itself, has the highest priority.
Kingdra's stat distribution is very balanced, with no weaknesses in any aspect, and its strengths are not particularly prominent either. In theory, it shouldn't stand out much in battles.
But if the balanced panel reaches sufficiently high values, it shouldn't be called a balanced panel, but rather a hexagonal warrior~
There aren't so many twists and turns, it's just that the numbers aren't enough!
Actually, Kingdra's balanced distribution is a bit far from reaching the level of a stat monster. It's just that various other factors combined to compensate for this flaw.
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