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Chapter 116 Do you guys think I'm not good at doubles?

After doing good deeds anonymously and quickly resolving the crisis of the treasure master Maoya Crab in the South 3rd District, Qingyu and his group soon returned to Xiaochi Town.

Perhaps because of the secret seasoning, Qingyu felt that Milerton was much faster on the way back.

However, since the original ability of the sweetener in the game was sprinting, it's normal for the speed to be increased.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything since they were already there, Qingyu ultimately decided to entrust most of the remaining sweeteners to Pipa for safekeeping, since Pipa was indeed more professional than him when it came to farming.

Of course, Qingyu also kept some sweetener seeds, who knows, they might come in handy in the future?
We set off in the morning, but returned close to evening.

After a quick dinner, it was time for my usual broadcast.

but……

Just as Qingyu turned on her computer, intending to open Pokémon Champion to see if there were any interesting Pokémon she could use for her livestream, she discovered that the game actually needed an update.

Driven by intense curiosity, Qingyu immediately clicked on it.

In the world of Pokémon, the stats of each Pokémon are generally fixed.

GF can't continue like it did in the previous generation, where it could nerf base stats and move pools in each generation, weakening the stat-boosting monsters from the previous generation that were created to sell the game, and calling it "balance," right?

I glanced through it, and there weren't any adjustment issues that he was particularly worried about.

The main content of this update is only one point—

More game modes have been added.

In addition to the default 6v6 all-player battle rule that Qingyu has always played, 6v3 singles and 6v4 doubles have also been implemented in this update.

"Oh? They've updated doubles?"

After quickly reading through the update, Qingyu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Unlike the games of the past, doubles, as an official competition rule, is not popular in the Pokémon world; in fact, it can be considered quite niche.

After all, both the highest-level Masters tournaments and the Superball regional tournaments use a mixed tournament format of 3v3 and 6v6, while there are basically no doubles matches.

The reason is also very simple.

In evenly matched games, doubles is much faster-paced than singles and demands a higher level of strategic ability from both sides. Even when at a significant disadvantage, there is still a possibility of turning the tide.

In the Pokémon world, mastering double battles requires a very high level of skill from the trainer. Furthermore, the requirement of having two Pokémon that can cooperate with each other raises the bar considerably, which explains the significant difference in skill levels.

However, it didn't make much difference to Qingyu.

He's quite good at creating entertaining content in both modes, so he's taking advantage of this update to bring something fun to the audience.

The hairy cliff crab I encountered today successfully reminded me of a very interesting doubles strategy.

The Wrathful Shell is a trait that triggers only when the user's health is low, and it can only be triggered a limited number of times.

So, are there any features that are simpler, easier to use, and have a higher potential?

Some brothers, yes.

This Pokémon happens to be Rock-type, just like Crab.

Since that's the case, let's try to replicate that strategy in the world of Pokémon!
……

When Qingyu finished updating and opened the live stream, there were already many viewers waiting in the chat.

[I just slid in and ate in the live stream!]

[From the Qishu Channel, who is the Azure Feather? Where is the bad guy who hurt the adorable Qishu girl?]

[Teacher Yu, have you seen today's version update? How about trying out some doubles?] Those who can be hanging around Qingyu's live stream are basically either trainers with some skill who are eager to improve, or genius teenagers who are just addicted to games and only want to play games.

They learned that the version updates were even faster than Qingyu's.

"Sure, let's try doubles today. Actually, I know a little about doubles."

Qingyu smiled and first offered a humble response.

[Teacher Yu even knows doubles? There seem to be very few trainers who can play doubles...]

[Only superpowered people would have the brains to play this game; I haven't even figured out how to play it in a one-on-one match yet!]

So what's the lineup today?

"Since we're playing doubles, let's try some interesting tactics today and use Onix to destroy our opponent's dream of climbing the ranks!"

After Qingyu finished speaking, he immediately dragged a giant rock snake into the team editor.

Onix, a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon, is one of the most cherished childhood memories of the Pokémon series and a dream Pokémon for many mountaineers and rock climbers.

Gym Leader Brock of the Kanto region, Gym Leader Chakro of Kalos, and even Elite Four member Shiba of the Indigo Plateau have all used Onix as their main unit.

However, its evolved form Steelix is ​​probably much stronger than Onix.

Why Onix? Can't it evolve further?

Steelix is ​​much stronger than Onix!

[Is the streamer trying to mess with the team? Anyway, the doubles score isn't a score, lol]

Onix, the new gym leader of Pewter City seems to really like using this Pokémon, but Bulbasaur and Squirtle are pretty easy to beat.

"That's right, today's lineup might be a bit more about gimmicks, but the strength shouldn't be low either."

"As for why it's Onix and not Steelix..."

"Because today we're going to use Onix's hidden ability 'Shatter Armor' as the core to design an unbeatable tactic!"

Shattered armor is commonly found in Rock-type Pokémon.

The effect is that each time it is hit by a physical attack, a part of its shell will be shattered, reducing its defense and body weight, thus greatly increasing its speed.

Other creatures possessing this characteristic include Skarmory, Mantle Rock, and even Dust Mountain.

When Onix evolves into Steelix, its rock body transforms into harder, less flaky steel, and Steelix naturally loses this ability, replacing it with the more direct Force ability.

Of course, Qingyu's choice of Onix has its own unique reasons.

In fact, this tactic can only be used by Onix; it's a strategy tailor-made for it.

Soon, Qingyu's team had set up their lineup and began their matchmaking journey.

Since the doubles mode had just been launched, many players naturally wanted to join in the fun. Since everyone was treated equally as a "newbie," Qingyu was matched with an opponent almost instantly.

It's an unknown trainer, probably not a game character I recognize.

However, his lineup did look somewhat familiar to Qingyu.

Gastrodon, Charizard, Arcanine, and the invincible king of the skies, the Dragon-type representative of Hoenn...

Now things are getting interesting, aren't they?

(End of this chapter)