Khaall

Glad you enjoy the story so far. Nah, the team's theme isn't unpopularity, even if it might seem like that. As he gets more fame, riches, and wins more events, he'll get more popular (stronger) Pokemon. I'd say the theme of his team is 'Synergy'. Even if it isn't a Double Battle, each team member will setup or take advantage of the Pokemon before them. Like the synergy between Swift Swim + Drizzle. (All of them will also have their own solo strategy to reset the battle's momentum if the opponent interrupts his grand strategy)

The battle was plenty balanced besides the range advantage, imo. I dunno what you mean by "breathe through machines", but Delibird realistically only took two hits. They were powerful hits, yes, but comparing that level of defense to a Tyranitar is wild. And Rattata also only took three attacks for a loss. This battle seems dramatic because I wrote it that way but in hindsight its a pretty low-tier fight. Also, Delibird really isn't moving that much, its just in the air. Even in Rattata jumped up there, she can't move mid-air so its extremely difficult to actually hit Delibird if it's trying to dodge. But it's all good. Hope you find what you're looking for! 😁👍🏽

I know I wrote something about the power of friendship, but that's just his thoughts. It isn't true. His real lose condition was the very first move; Snowscape. Not only does it increase Delibird's defense, but it slows down Rattata considerably, further decreasing her attack power since she heavily relies on speed to do damage. The reason the battle started out as a massacre was because Rattata's speed hadn't been really affected by the snow yet. But notice how the moment it starts kicking in, she starts losing. Caelan could've won if he was more ruthless, but alas, he was trying to be fair by not kicking Delibird when it was seemingly down.

She honestly could've reached Delibird as she is now. But the snowy weather makes her juuuust slow enough for Delibird to simply move out of the way.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, you're too kind :)))))) btw, you pointed out an old line, so i deleted it. when i make those changes, it erases all the other paragraph comments after that. but it's okay, i saw all of urs before they were removed.