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Chapter 274 Cattleya: Qingyu's guidance is truly amazing! (4k)

When asked to connect by Qingyu, Gadalia hesitated for a moment before pressing the connect button.

As Qingyu said, reviewing the situation alone won't be very effective.

From the opponent's perspective, one's own weaknesses are more obvious, and judging from Qingyu's confident demeanor, he must have some skill; at the very least, he must have discovered the problems with his lineup.

Soon, a sweet female voice came from Qingyu's live stream.

Good evening, Qingyu.

Although the relationship between the two was definitely not very good because of Zhu Lan, Jia Deliya still maintained her noble lady persona in the live broadcast room and took the initiative to greet her after connecting with her.

[What an adorable voice! Cattleya is so cute!]

[I've disliked Teacher Yu for a long time. She even bullies cute kids like Qi Shu and Gadria! She's done so many bad things!]

[Hmm? Wait a minute... why did Cattleya call Yu-sensei by her first name? Did they know each other before?]

【It's not impossible, isn't it? Teacher Yu is said to have lived in Sinnoh before, and Cattleya is also from Sinnoh, and she's our Champion's best friend...】

The audience's attention quickly shifted to an odd angle, and the density of comments soon surpassed the peak of the previous battle.

Sure enough, the comments section immediately becomes much more active whenever a pretty girl appears...

Seeing this, Qingyu coughed lightly, then took the initiative to bring the topic back:
"Long time no see, Cattleya."

"Now that the main character has appeared, let's do a thorough review of the space team you just used."

Qingyu casually confirmed that the two knew each other, which was not something to hide. After all, their seats were next to each other during the Dragon Attribute Master Tournament, and no one would believe that they didn't know other veteran viewers.

Of course, today's focus is clearly still on the modification plan for Cattleya's space tactics.

"it is good."

After replying with a single word, Gadriya was the first to express her confusion—

"If I had known you could use Venusaur and Charizard, should I not have taken back Miss Gothic?"

According to Gadriya, she withdrew Miss Gothic at the start of the game to avoid the side effects of yawning, which gave Qingyu the opportunity to deploy his lineup.

Perhaps she should have been more decisive and believed in the bond between herself and Miss Goth?

Even if it's dozing off, it still has at least one more chance to make a move.

Sleep is actually a very mysterious and abnormal state; you can wake up at any time.

"Hmm... it's hard to say."

Qingyu smiled confidently and quickly offered an explanation:

"If you catch other teams with insufficient firepower, you can do this, but for Team Sunny, it's easy to break through the durability of Miss Gothic and Bronze Bell."

"Whether it's Coalossal's fire breath or overheating after a sunny day, or Incineroar's slam, both pose a great threat to Miss Gothic."

"Even if they stubbornly refuse to leave, they've already opened up the magic space. The bronze bell alone still can't stop their output."

Yawning itself serves to deter opponents. In fact, even without yawning, if Gadria were to use a fire breath attack to lower the opponent's health, she would still have a lot of trouble.

Coal Tortoise is both a weather setter and has some crowd control abilities, while also dealing explosive damage.

How can someone have such a perfect weather forecaster!

"If you play Gothic Lady at the start, it's easy to get stuck in this situation. Even if you manage to step on the opponent's shadow, it's still difficult for your side to handle it."

"So my suggestion is that Miss Gothic's appearance can be postponed for a while, to test the opponent's specific lineup first, and then look for an opportunity to break the deadlock."

Shadow Tag is indeed a very powerful ability, but each Pokémon with this ability uses it in a different way.

For example, the more overpowered Wobbuffet can force opponents to play rock-paper-scissors in singles, which is very exciting and was once locked in the ban list in unofficial rules.

Mega Gengar is actually more suitable for Caitlyn's strategy. It is a stationary turret with extremely high output, and with its speed, it can reliably gain the initiative in most situations.

It even has its own signature moves of destroying songs and sharing the same fate, and in most cases it can guarantee a one-for-one exchange, which is terrifying.

The result was that the most common Gothic Miss was in a slightly awkward position, lacking in both output and speed, and her role in doubles was more inclined to be a Trick Room support.

It can be used in conjunction with a damage dealer to control the field, or it can be paired with the "Shadow Step and Song Extinction" combo to form the classic "Shadow Step and Song Extinction" system.

After listening to Qingyu's words, Gadalia thought about it and realized that it made sense, so she stopped dwelling on it.

Qingyu quickly spoke again:
“Actually, I think your understanding of the space team is already very good, Cattleya. The only problem now is…”

"Single-attribute lineups are too difficult to defend against, especially the rather awkward Psychic attribute!"

Qingyu spoke earnestly.

It's not that he has any prejudice against these attributes; he's just stating objective facts.

From the perspective of type advantages and disadvantages alone, the Psychic type is not that great. Its offensive capabilities are extremely weak, and it has no way to deal with the Dark type. Its performance on the defensive end is also only average.

The Psychic attribute is characterized by having many powerful support moves, such as Trick Room, Double Wall, and even Hypnosis.

Having such an attribute as a support character can undoubtedly greatly expand one's skill pool.

Of course, some Pokémon can learn a whole bunch of these moves even if they don't have the Psychic type...

For example, the long-haired troll, with its Dark and Fairy attributes, can not only get two walls for free, but also possesses the god-tier support ability, Mischievous Heart.

With Cattleya's naturally powerful psychic abilities, her Pokémon can also receive a considerable boost in strength during actual battles, making it a piece of cake for her to take the Elite Four title.

However, if Gadria wants to go even further, relying solely on her old friends with their superpower attributes won't be enough.

Of the Unova Elite Four that Qingyu knew, apart from the Fighting-type Renwu, the Ghost-type Wanlong and the Dark-type Lanting were both very effective against her.

Forget about Dark-types, Wanlong immediately becomes docile whenever it encounters a Ghost-type!
"..."

After Qingyu said that, Gadriya immediately fell silent.

Her reason for configuring such a lineup is simple: most of these Pokémon are ones she owns, so there's no need for any additional learning curve to use them.

At the same time, in actual combat, she can also use her superpowers to temporarily enhance their strength.

This alone is enough to make her more inclined to choose a Psychic-type Pokémon.

Not to mention that each of them has the ability to create magical spaces, which can also confuse opponents.

However, as Qingyu said, single-attribute lineups are at a great disadvantage in team defense.

While Gadriya was pondering, Qingyu quickly seized the opportunity and continued:
What is the core of a space team?

"In my opinion, the strength of Trick Room teams lies in giving some powerful but slow Pokémon a stable chance to gain the first move, which is terrifying."

As they spoke, Qingyu reopened the lineup editor, placing the Pokédex information for Coal Turtle and the Artificial Cell Egg in the center of the screen. "Can you tell anything?"

Qingyu quickly smiled and asked the audience a question.

[Aside from being extremely slow, it seems like its other base stats are pretty good?]

[Now that you mention it, it's true. If you remove the Speed ​​stat, Torkoal is basically a well-rounded fighter, isn't it?]

[So artificial cell eggs have such stats? They have good damage output and excellent durability, it's just that their speed is a bit of a drag...]

[But as Teacher Yu said before, a low speed isn't a disadvantage once it reaches a certain level. Pokémon with this kind of distribution in a Trick Room team are terrifyingly strong!]

Even if a late-blooming Pokémon were to appear, it wouldn't seem much stronger than them. It can't be just my imagination, right?

After a period of training by Qingyu, the overall level of the audience has gradually improved.

Therefore, they quickly discovered what Qingyu wanted to show them.

"That's right, that's the strength of the space team."

Qingyu smiled slightly and continued.

"By using Trick Space to turn an absolute disadvantage in speed into an advantage, even a slow creature like Coal Tortoise can reliably gain the first move and fully demonstrate its combat power."

"Moreover, apart from the support role responsible for creating space, the requirements for other damage dealers are actually very low."

"If we don't just stick to the Psychic type, then Torkoal, Rhyhorn, or even a fast attacker can be used to save the day."

"In short, as long as you make good use of the strengths of each Pokémon, everyone can play a Trick Room team!"

Upon hearing this, the comments section erupted in laughter.

[Got it. I'll use my superior understanding to build a spatial team for ranked matches. If I lose, I'll blame Teacher Yu for teaching me wrong!]

[Master, I understand now! As long as a magic space can be created, it can be considered a space team!]

[No wonder Coach Yu always liked to bring a supportive partner to doubles for a while; so that's the reason behind it all. He kept it a secret for a long time...]

[That seems to make sense. If you encounter a team that's significantly faster, wouldn't it be disastrous to use a Space Twist to gain the initiative and have the opponent completely overwhelmed?]

Despite the teasing comments in the live stream, Gadalia didn't seem to care.

Her focus was on—

Qingyu is absolutely right!
Adding a Pokémon like Torkoal, which is ridiculously slow, to a Trick Room system would not only give you more advantages during sunny days, but also make your initiative more secure.

Just like the predicament I was in during the battle, if I used Trick Room at the start, the entire team wouldn't be able to find anything faster than it...

This is even with my team deliberately slowing down. If it were a normal team, seeing Torkoal with the double boost of Trick Room and Sunny Day, wouldn't they be completely dumbfounded?
Cattleya felt a moment of disorientation.

She realized that she might have been overthinking things.

Although it's a thought that anyone could come up with, she might not have realized it if no one had pointed it out to her.

In fact, many gym leaders and Elite Four level trainers are like her, because they have achieved good results in developing a certain type, so they subconsciously tend to use these Pokémon.

However, if the goal is to become a champion, trainers need to overcome the weakness of over-reliance on a single attribute in order to break through the Elite Four on the road to becoming a champion.

Aside from a certain Hoenn substitute champion who often neglected his duties to participate in the Grand Contests but whose strength was terrifying, she had never heard of any other single-attribute champions in this era...

As the current leader of the Battle Frontier, she possesses the ability to command various Pokémon.

Once you understand this, the strategy for optimizing your lineup becomes instantly clear.

more importantly--

Qingyu's idea is not only useful in the game, but also effective in actual combat.

Whether it's suddenly pulling out a Pokémon of a different type when you're known as a psychic, or changing your strategy on the spot and using a team that targets the opponent's type, you can achieve unexpected results.

Once the perspective broadened, Cattleya's eyes instantly brightened.

"I see……"

Cattleya muttered something to herself.

Although I'm very reluctant to admit it, but...

I did learn something useful from Qingyu.

No wonder so many trainers from other regions are also watching his live streams.

It seems this guy isn't entirely useless after all!

At first, Cattleya was undoubtedly very resistant to the idea of ​​giving Qingyu a reward or even connecting with him online.

But after actually learning something...

Well, it’s so sweet!

Even through the screen, Qingyu could clearly feel that Gadalia's mood had improved a lot, and her tone of voice sounded more energetic.

Qingyu simply smiled in response.

This should ease the tension between the two of them a little, right?
Then, he quickly added a few more words:
"Actually, the choice of space setter and support in a space team is also very important. While Bronze Bell is certainly a good choice, there are other excellent options as well."

"For example, the Abbot, which is quite common in some regions, has the hidden ability Psychic, which allows it to create a Psychic Terrain upon entering the field, making it immune to most of the opponent's priority moves."

"Besides being able to create space, the female Aissa can also use the 'Look at Me' move, which can help teammates share the firepower."

"With 'Watch Me,' the space hand that appears alongside it can ignore provocations and safely open up a magic space to quickly complete its plan."

"Of course, the main reason is that it also has superpower attributes. You should be able to get used to it quickly, and even capturing one in real life would be a good choice."

"As for other options such as Zhihui Xing and Qiqilin, they are all fairly standard."

Qingyu said a lot in one breath, leaving not only the comments section but also Gadalia a little confused for a moment.

She knows a bit about most Pokémon, but she's not so clear about more specific things like abilities or moves they can learn.

No wonder everyone calls him Teacher Yu; he certainly knows far more than the average trainer.

Wait a minute... He's only been a trainer for less than half a year, right? Has he memorized the entire Pokédex?

No, memorizing the entire encyclopedia isn't difficult for someone with superpowers like herself who has developed her brainpower to a certain level, but being able to instinctively organize her memories into knowledge points and speak them out like Qingyu is something she simply can't do...

So how exactly did Qingyu do it?
This question quickly lingered in Cattleya's mind.

(End of this chapter)