After the shield was activated, Steven and Alex released their first Pokémon at the same time.
A silver-colored Metagross with golden claws and an "X" mark on its face appeared as Scizor at the same time.
Metagross was more than 2 meters tall and looked somewhat threatening with his freezing cold look.
Alex, who saw the information from Metagross, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "Eh, WHAT‽‽"
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Pokémon: Metagross (Shiny)
LV: 47
Type: Psychic/Steel
Ability: Light Metal (Hidden Ability)
Gender: Genderless
Potential: Diamond
Moves:
- Take Down [E], Confusion, Magnet Rise, Metal Claw, Pursuit, Bullet Punch, Miracle Eye, Zen Headbutt, Scary Face, Psychic [E], Agility, Meteor Mash [E], Hammer Arm
- (Perfect Talent) Earthquake [M], (Perfect Talent) Rock Polish [E]
- (TM) Ice Punch, (TM) Thunder Punch, (TM) Light Screen, (TM) Reflect, (TM) Protect, (TM) Sandstorm, (TM) Facade, (TM) Brick Break, (TM) Rock Slide, (TM) Psycho Cut, (TM) Rest
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"Diamond, LV 47, 4 Expert rank moves and 1 Master rank move? What kind of fcking monster is that? I also think that two Expert rank moves weren't there at the first meeting, and the [Earthquake] wasn't on the Master rank yet," thought Alex when he saw this monstrous Pokémon.
When thinking more carefully, he thought about a thing that had bothered him for a long time. "Why does an Innate Talent move disappears when a Pokémon reaches Diamond rank? From 3 to 2. But it wouldn't make sense if the old Innate Talent move suddenly becomes difficult to improve after the potential upgrade. Hmmm, Steven probably knows that, but I have to ask it inconspicuously because I can't really know which moves have improved."
Alex gave a wry smile and said, "Steven, your Pokémon got stronger really quick. I guess even my Elite-rank Pokémon don't get stronger this fast."
Steven saw that Alex had already half guessed what Potential his Metagross has.
"Hehe, as you might have already guessed, my Metagross is an SS-rank Pokémon, so he has not yet stopped leveling very quickly. I did a little research and found out that Metagross should begin to level up slowly only after reaching the Champion ranks."
Alex felt like Steven trusted him for telling him these relatively secret things him and felt that Steven was really a good friend. Although most likely nobody would dare to rob Steven Stone even if he has an SS-rank Pokémon, it is still not beneficial to talk about it everywhere.
"Wow, this is the first time I've seen an SS-rank Pokémon. What's so different about it from an S-rank Pokémon?"
"Huh! You don't know? I always thought that it is general knowledge for high Alliance members. Almost all high Alliance members know about it."
"Really? Nobody told me."
"Most probably because you haven't met and talked to many high Alliance members yet."
Alex nodded in the reply. He is really still a newcomer to the Alliance. He only knows Professor Wählder, whom he has not asked about this topic yet.
"Hmm, I really should talk with Professor Wählder more often and ask if I have any questions." thought Alex.
Steven looked at Alex thoughtfully and started explaining it to Alex while bringing out his inner coach's persona.
"The first thing you need to know is how potential affects leveling up and Move Mastery speed. Do you already know how it affects leveling up?"
"Yes, I noticed that when the Pokémon has reached the lower limit of its potential, it starts to level up more slowly. For example, I have an A-rank (Silver) Pokémon whose leveling up speed has been slower than my other Pokémon after reaching LV 35. Although it can still level up, it is getting slower and slower."
Steven looked surprised when he heard Alex.
"Alex, did you figure that out yourself?"
Alex said in an amused and bit of fake proudful tone, "Of course. With my superior intelligence, I was bound to find it sooner or later."
Steven, who heard this, started laughing.
"Hahaha! Alex, I think you can find out the rest by yourself. You won't need my help."
Alex started smiling and said in an aggrieved tone, "You are really mean to me, your only friend."
Steven just lightly smiled when he said, "Ok, let's move on, my only friend."
Both Metagross and Scizor, who had been listening to the whole conversation, couldn't help but show an annoyed expression.
When they saw the expression of the other Pokémon, they started talking to each other and gossiping about their trainers.
Steven started to speak with a serious expression, "Ok, Alex, since you already know about the level increase, I'll tell you about Move Mastery."
"As you already know, every S-Rank Pokémon has 3 moves which can improve much faster than other moves. It can also improve all other moves faster. For example, an S-Rank Pokémon can improve normal moves faster than an A-rank Pokémon."
"Now then, let's talk about the question you have about rank difference. The disparity between S-rank and SS-rank is large. First of all, every move except two will have the same improvement in speed as the three special moves of the S-rank. In addition, there will be two moves that will be improved particularly quickly."
"And by quick, I mean ridiculously fast. With enough training and equipment, 1 of these moves can be brought from Expert Rank to Master Rank within 1 and a half months."
Alex showed a surprised expression when he heard it. "Wait, does that mean that every move by Metagross is now an Innate Talent move and two moves are even better." thought Alex with a bewildered expression.
"This is completely ridiculous."
Steven, who could understand this emotion, said, "Yes, I can understand that it sounds very unrealistic, but that's the truth. The difference is really immense between S-rank and SS-rank. The difference is similar to B-Rank (Bronze) and an S-rank Pokémon (Gold)."
Alex knew that Steven didn't lie about it and had spoken with honesty.
Now that Alex had heard the benefits of the Diamond Potential, he couldn't do anything but be happy to have such a Pokémon himself.
"Hmm, Combusken shouldn't have a problem with reaching Diamond rank as long as I go according to plan. Bastiodon, Eevee, Gardevoir should be difficult but not that much. Especially Bastiodon and Eevee, who have a good basic potential, should have no problem getting to the Diamond rank. Although it will take a while, these 4 Pokémon should reach this rank after a few years."
"Crobat and Scizor on the Diamond rank shouldn't be impossible but really difficult. It may only be possible with an item from a Full-Blood Legendary Pokémon."
"Ditto should probably only have a chance with Mew genetics. If I find something like that out of the way. I don't know myself where Team Rocket will find it and whether they have already found it."
Alex, the analysts, noticed that the Diamond rank is not ridiculously difficult to reach for most of his Pokémon.
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[EN]: Next chapter, Alex v/s Steven. Who do you think will win?? Will it be Steven with superior Pokémon or Alex with the help of his instant tactics? Welp, even if Alex loses, he already has an excuse prepared :p
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Alex, along with Steven, noticed that Scizor was showing an annoyed expression when both happened to glance in their direction.
Scizor had an expression like, "Can you finally stop talking and start this fight."
Steven, who also saw that his Metagross was similar to Scizor, also stopped talking.
Both Alex and Steven showed an understandable look to each other and moved towards the opposite ends of the battlefield, protected by the protective shield.
Although the physics of people in this world is better compared to Alex's world, it is not like they will be fine after being hit by an Elite Pokémon's attack. And it may even kill you if it hits a critical place like the head.
Alex, who saw the excitement of Scizor, couldn't help but think, "Why are you so excited to get beaten up? Do you really think that you can win just because I have good tactics? Or do you think that you are not much weaker?"
7 levels may not look like much, but it's a big difference. Along with a move on Master rank, Alex never believed for a second that Scizor had any chance to win.
He also didn't have any specific good tactic against this monster.
His old good two Scizor's tactics are also entirely futile.
Metagross will easily defeat Scizor before he can reinforce himself. And [Sandstrom]'s hiding tactic is totally pointless against a Psychic-type Pokémon.
Steven saw that Alex was ready and started the count down.
"3,2,1, START!"
Alex and Steven started giving their commands at the same time.
"Scizor, jump in the air to glide."
"Metagross, use Earthquake."
Steven, who heard Alex's command, showed a surprised expression, but it didn't affect his confident face.
Scizor, who can't really fly due to his weight and also because he's lost his Flying-type, can still glide.
Unfortunately, Alex knows from experience that an [Earthquake] can be used for a long time after reaching the Expert Rank. So, in the end, he is only delaying the inevitable. Also, the fact that Scizor doesn't have a good non-melee move except [Roost] doesn't help.
Metagross started using [Earthquake], and the ground started shaking.
"Metagross, while you keep Earthquake, start preparing Psychic."
Alex saw how Metagross kept his [Earthquake] while preparing for his next move, showed a grave expression.
Master rank moves are really special.
When Steven saw the Metagross almost finished preparing [Psychic], he smiled and said, "Metagross, use Psychic to knock Scizor off the ground."
"Scizor, use Protect and then glide towards Metagroos and start preparing Brick Break."
Metagross used [Psychic] and hit against Scizor's [Protect] shield.
Scizor's shield lasted only for a second before it began to break.
After the shield broke, the rest of the power of Metagross's [Psychic] hit Scizor. Scizor was struck and knocked to the ground after being hit by Metagross's [Psychic].
Scizor fell to the ground and was only 5 meters from Metagross's [Earthquake]. He had passed out immediately after the hit, and you could find blood coming out of his mouth.
Alex knew that [Earthquake] would do more damage the more near the user is. But he didn't think that Scizor would be defeated by 1 hit.
But after a few seconds of thinking, he thought that it actually made a lot of sense.
The damage received from a Master rank [Earthquake] of an Elite Pokémon that has the advantage very high level, along with the maximum damage retained in the attack, should not be undervalued.
Alex quickly went to Scizor and started healing him with a [Hyper potion].
After he healed Scizor, he called him back to the Pokéball and started thinking about what to do next.
After a few seconds of thinking, Alex said to Steven, "Steven, I don't have a Pokémon that is anywhere near as strong as your Metagross, so I'll give up this fight. But we can still continue the training fight. I would recommend that you let another Pokémon fight which is less strong than Metagross."
Steven, hearing that he won, had a lively expression when he said, "Good fight, Alex. Even though you lost, I'm not really that strong. Although my Metagross is really strong, I only have 2 Elite Pokémon. And my second Elite Pokémon is not that strong like my Metagross."
"You really only have two Elite Pokémon? Hmm, but it doesn't matter much. With this monster like Metagross, I don't think you can lose. Let's go on."
Steven and Alex released their next Pokémon.
Crobat and Skarmory appeared on the battlefield at the same time and began to move into position.
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Pokémon: Skarmory
LV: 43
Type: Flying/Steel
Ability: Keen Eye
Gender: Male
Potential: Shallow Diamond
Moves:
- Leer, Peck, Sand Attack, Metal Claw, Air Cutter, Fury Attack, Feint, Swift, Spikes, Agility, Steel Wing, Slash, Metal Sound
- (Perfect Talent) Taunt [E], (Perfect Talent) Sky Attack [E]
- (TM) Toxic, (TM) Roost, (TM) Flash Cannon, (TM) Substitute, (TM) Facade, (TM) Swords Dance, (TM) Fly, (TM) X-Scissor (TM) Sandstorm
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Alex, who saw this information, couldn't help but ease up a little.
It was only 3 levels higher and had no Master rank move. It doesn't seem to have trained his two Perfect Talent moves long, so he's not completely ridiculously strong for now.
"Hmm, this will be a relatively easy fight. If Steven didn't have this Metagross, I would have probably won a 3 v/s 3."
3 minutes later, Steven, who was completely outplayed by Alex, looked at his unconscious Pokémon.
Although Steven lost, he lost because of the simple tactic of this world, which annoyed him a bit.
Alex's tactic in this fight was simply to use the Crobat's [Shadow Ball] and stay out of range of Skarmory's close combat.
Steven saw this quickly and gave Skarmory the order to use [Agility] 2 times to become as fast as Crobat. But during this time, Skarmory had already taken a lot of damage thanks to his mediocre HP and Sp. Def.
After that, Alex let Crobat continue to use [Shadow Ball] and made it a fight of knocking down the opponent unconscious first.
Unsurprisingly, Crobat won the fight.
Alex took advantage of Steven's confusion and Skarmory's weakness perfectly and won this fight easily.
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