Gym Battle

It's been 1 day since I arrived in Rustboro, I took the opportunity to schedule a gym match, as soon as I arrived this gym leader is very busy, so I head over there.

Roxanne: "Mr. Cricket, what an honor to be able to meet you."

Me: "Nice to meet you too, um, you could call me Jim, Mr. Cricket is weird".

Roxanne: "Okay, but we're going to have to discuss the battle."

Me: "Is there a problem".

Roxanne: "Well, from what I saw from your Pokémon, they are way above mine, even compared to my main team, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Me: "I have 2 Pokémon that are in elite rank, do you have any experienced elite rank Pokémon?"

Roxanne's eyes start to shine strangely.

Roxanne: "Are they even new?"

Me: "Yes, i caught them after they hatched from eggs last year."

Roxanne: "AND THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE ELITE RANK?"

She gave a shrill cry.

Me: "Yes, can we start?"

It took a while for her to regain her composure, but I seized the moment. It's funny to see serious people acting this way.

Roxanne: "Yes,can i record the fight? I would like the fights to my students".

Me: "It's fine with me".

"Go Probopass!"

"Go Anteon!"

Pokémon take up fighting positions on opposite sides of the field.

Roxanne: "I don't think I saw this pokemon before".

Me: "I would have been surprised if you had seen it, it's the bug-type eeveelution, he's the first ever seen and thinking about it this is his first official battle, so feel proud you're making history".

Roxanne's mouth hits the floor, but soon recovers and calls her command.

Roxanne: "Start with Rock Tomb".

Me: "Dodge and get closer".

Several boulders pass it and it proceeds easily.

Me: "X-SCISSOR".

Anteon makes two cuts that form an 'X' in Probopass and the fly flies and collides hard on the wall.

Me: "The defense of your Probopass is ridiculous, it hardly caused any damage."

Roxanne is still shocked.

Roxanne: "Probopass defense? That attack was ridiculous, how is your pokémon so strong?"

Me: "He doesn't have it, it's his ability."

Roxanne: "Ability? I don't remember any that have that effect, in fact I didn't even understand what happened."

Me: "Yes, Anteon has a unique Ability, Professor Oak and I call it" Ant Force ", give him 3x more strength when he uses a physical movement".

Roxanne: "What a cheat ability!"

She says, still amazed, but soon recovers.

Roxanne: "Don't think you've won Probopass and I still have a lot to show, Probopass Lock-on, followed by sandstorm and Stone Edge".

Probopass is able to execute Lock-on and Sandstorm at an impressive speed and simultaneously, so the visibility of the battlefield is compromised and Sharp Stones start to appear. "

Me: "Use Protect and head towards the wall with Quick attack".

When the stones run out and he runs at an extreme speed.

Roxanne: "Rock Tomb".

The power is impressive, but useless if it doesn't hit, Anteon dodges it easily, thanks to Shedinja my Pokémon are good at dodging unexpected attacks and low visibility.

Me: "Rock Smash".

Roxanne: "Iron defense".

Once again Probopass is easily reached.

Roxanne: "Earthquake".

Me: "Fly".

Anteon shows that his wings are not just for decoration.

Me: "Go with Brick break".

This time Probopass couldn't endure it anymore and was knocked out.

Me: "Good start".

Roxanne: "Wow, I didn't even make your pokémon get tired, it's like you're just kidding me."

Me: "How did you come to that conclusion?"

I ask curiously.

Roxanne: "When you faced the Elite Four, you only used attacks to take down quickly, without letting opponents defend themselves, you seemed to have let me use several moves."

Me: "It was there, but I was just enjoying the game".

Roxanne: "Could you tell me what you think of Probopass?"

Me: "To be honest I was surprised with a Probopass at that level, it is difficult to see one reach elite rank and yours could challenge the elite four elite rank pokémons, as for the fight I was surprised at the speed that it can summon stones and the accuracy was also incredible, but you know ".

Roxanne: "He's a slow Pokémon, I know".

Me: "I saw that you trained him well in Lock-on and Sandstorm is a good move, I have to give you that, but against my Pokémon this alone is not enough".

Roxanne: "You said it was a good move, but what exactly is the problem?"

Me: "Well, I know that hiding behind a Sandstorm, using Lock-on to locate and throw stones is a good idea, but when reaching the elite rank, a Pokémon will have at least instincts, senses, a movement that can be used to locate or even a large area movement that can end this, except that from the time you used it and the speed of your Probopass, I knew it couldn't be too far from where it used the movements. "

Roxanne: "I tried to increase the speed and power of the blows that throw rocks, but as you said it is not an alternative that will always work, in fact I tried to combine with Gravity to decrease the opponent's speed, but Gravity and Sandstorm does not match very well all the sand goes to the ground. "

Me: "You shouldn't feel so bad, you are very powerful."

Roxanne: "Yeah, but I wanted to go further, it's been years since I've felt stagnant, I wanted to show the world the power of stones and I didn't want to depend on a Pokémon like Tyranitar, I want to show the world the power of my Probopass like this like you who do not need any pseudo-legendary to fight against people of champion rank. "

'Damn, I hate to see girls doing that look'.

Me: "I can give you some tips, I realized that your Probopass still has a lot of potential".

She looks at me with shining eyes.

Roxanne: "Really?"

Me: "Yes, have you heard about the myth that pikachus can fly?"

Roxanne: "Yes, but what does that have to do? It's from an old children's story where a Pikachu was supposed to fly."

Me: "I realized that a Pikachu can really learn to fly".

Roxanne: "How? And more importantly what does this have to do with Probopass?"

Roxanne is someone who loves knowledge even if it is not useful for Probopass she would love to know about how Pikachu can fly, so she looks at me with great expectation ".

Me: "Do you know the 'Magnet rise' movement?"

Roxanne: "Yes, but there is no way he can fly, the movement only serves to levitate using magnetism".

Me: "No, my dear, this is the most basic way to use this movement, as long as you have obtained control of it, a Pikachu can easily fly and a Probopass can be an electromagnetic Train".

This time Roxanne's mouth is so wide that a voltorb could fit.

Me: "Sometimes all that is needed is common sense".

Roxanne: "But how can you bring up an idea like that out of the blue?"

Me: "Out of the blue? I had this idea months ago when I thought of training a Forretress, his immobility was very discouraging and I thought of ways to get around it, in the end I wasn't really in the mood to train one, I'm happy that this idea don't be wasted ".

Roxanne: "I promise I won't disappoint you".

Me: "Speaking of which, I was disappointed because you didn't use the Mini-Noses to attack, I kind of expected this".

Roxanne: "What do you mean? He can control the Mini-Noses, but it doesn't do much to attack."

Me: "Are you sure? I'm almost sure you can use Mini-Noses to use elemental punches and" Tri Attack ".

Roxanne: "Now that you spoke I remember an old record that said that a Probopass used 'Fire Punch' I thought it was a joke, but now that you spoke and if it is true, Mini-Noses if used to attack don't would it be almost like having the support of another Pokémon? "

Me: "I'm glad I helped."

Roxanne hugs me with emotion.

Roxanne: "Thanks Jim, I thought I had reached my limits, but now I realize that I haven't even come close to that".

I say goodbye and follow my path it was a productive day.