Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

Xia Chen is currently ranked 39th, and theoretically should be the ninth challenger to choose his opponent.

Everyone has different preferences when choosing opponents, so he felt that choosing one of these five shouldn't be a big problem.

Hopefully, the first eight people won't select all five of them.

With that in mind, the first match of the positional exchange game had already begun on the battlefield.

The guy ranked thirty-first is a senior in college who specializes in the Trainer class, and his preferred type is Water, a popular and powerful type.

He chose the seventeenth-ranked trainer who specializes in fire-type abilities.

Although this format is slightly unfair to the challenged side, in reality, the challenger's overall win rate is not high in the monthly reshuffle matches.

Firstly, the challenger is inherently stronger.

Secondly, as an excellent trainer, one must be prepared to face opponents who have a type advantage over them. Naturally, they also have their own experience and methods for playing against opponents with the opposite type.

Learning how to become a master of type reversal is also an important lesson for trainers.

If you don't even have a way to deal with an opponent with the opposite attribute, then you don't deserve to stay on the school team.

Clearly, this Fire-type specialist trainer has ample experience in fighting Water-type Pokémon.

…………

Strictly speaking, it's not entirely accurate to call her a fire-type specialist, because her team composition is a standard sunny day team.

Ninetales, Venusaur, Charizard—each Pokémon plays a crucial role in this team.

The first Pokémon to be played is Ninetales with the [Dawn] ability.

As soon as they entered the arena, the sunlight above the battlefield intensified.

The challenger doesn't seem to have a weather setter with the Rain ability, and its lead Pokémon is a Swampert.

Although both Water and Earth types are effective against Nine-Tails, anyone with a little battle knowledge knows that the most important thing at this moment is to regain control of the weather.

Clearly, both trainers had considered this matter.

So, one of them had Swampert cast [Rain Dance], while the other took the opportunity to quickly recall Ninetales and switch to Venusaur.

Not every Pokémon can cast Rain Dance as quickly as Milotic, especially when it changes the terrain where Sunny Day already covers the area.

Before the weather on the battlefield had completely changed from sunny to cloudy, a huge and robust Venusaur appeared on the battlefield and began to prepare its Solar Beam.

Undoubtedly, Water and Ground is an excellent type combination, except against Grass-type moves and Freeze-Dry.

Under sunny skies, Venusaur's chlorophyll ability is triggered, and the charge time for Solar Beam is extremely short.

The event was so brief that no one knew whether the weather had changed from sunny to rainy beforehand, or whether Venusaur's solar beam had hit Swampert first.

But even if Swampert releases Rain Dance first, it will inevitably be beaten up by Sun Beam, and it's not impossible for it to be instantly killed.

After all, there's a significant difference in strength between the 18th and 31st ranked players, so the strength of their Pokémon is bound to vary, not to mention the Grass type's four-fold advantage over Water and Ground types.

Helpless, the challenger had to recall Swampert, which hadn't finished casting Rain Dance, and replace it with his second Pokémon, Golem.

With Swampert's demise, the sky, which hadn't completely cleared up, finally brightened again, meaning the challengers had completely lost control of the weather.

…………

In reality, Team Sunny isn't that afraid of Water-type Pokémon. As long as they can control the weather, Team Sunny has almost no difficult opponents.

So, having taken control of the weather, it was time for Venusaur to shine.

Although the Water/Bug type Golisopod is not inferior to Venusaur in terms of type, the speed difference between the two is too great.

Golisopod is inherently slow, not to mention its opponent is Venusaur, whose ability is Chlorophyll.

So, after the tough-skinned Venusaur took a harmless head-on hit, the pace of the battle completely shifted in the favor of Team Sunny.

The battle against Golem took the longest time of the entire match. After Venusaur carefully defeated Golem, the remaining two were much easier to defeat.

When the fight with the opponent is almost over, a single use of Photosynthesis Heal will bring Venusaur back to health. On a sunny day, the amount of Photosynthesis Heal is astonishing, and Venusaur's condition is almost never deteriorated.

The most dangerous moment was when the sunny day ended, when Venusaur's speed suddenly dropped, and the opponent took the opportunity to use Rain Dance.

However, after Nine-Tails took back the weather, everything returned to normal.

Ultimately, the first round of the rematch ended with the school team decisively defeating the challengers 3-0.

The challenger walked off the battlefield somewhat dazed. He hadn't expected that in such an advantageous match, he would be led by the nose the whole time and lose so badly.

The result did not surprise the others. Although the format seemed to favor the challengers, in reality, the challengers' win rate has been less than 30% over the years.

It can only be said that there is indeed a hurdle between the school team and the outside team. It may seem like there is only a difference of a few places, but when you actually compete, you can find the gap between the two sides in the game.

The following matches were largely the same; although the challengers chose what they considered their easiest opponents, the results were often disappointing.

After the first eight matches, only two challengers managed to defeat their opponents and switch positions.

Next up is Xia Chen's match.

Most people have only heard of this junior student who is currently making waves this month, but have never actually seen him.

So, as the audience watched the match preview on the big screen in the arena, the noise from the stands gradually grew louder.

…………

"Holy crap, how come this junior is so amazing? He went from zero to 39th place in just one month after the start of the semester? Doesn't his Pokémon need any rest?"

"Take a break, take turns resting, because he often beats his opponent with just one Pokémon before the others even get a chance to play, so his ranking efficiency is naturally high."

"They're already close to making the school team in their freshman year. I'm a senior and I haven't even made the top 500. The gap between people is bigger than Rayquaza and Caterpie!"

"Stop talking, buddy. That's just how the world is. Everyone has their own destiny. Xia Chen will definitely become someone like the principal in the future."

"I wonder if we can win today. If we do, the record of making the school team in just one month might never be broken."

"It's hard to say, but regardless of whether he wins today or not, I doubt anyone can break his record of breaking into the top 39 in a month. Xia Chen is starting to pick his opponents. Let's see who he chooses."

"Fifteenth place. Lin Bin? Does anyone know anything about this guy?"

"Holy crap, this guy is my classmate. He's a junior in the Trainer program, a master of Fighting-type Pokémon, and his main Pokémon are Blaziken, Kommo-o, and Gallade."

"Tsk tsk, Xia Chen is also ranked sixth. He can't bully Dragon-type trainers, so he comes to bully Fighting-type trainers. But this guy is ranked fifteenth, so he's not so easy to deal with."

"Indeed, the guy who initially thought that water could overcome fire and defeat others is long gone. The ranking gap between these two is even bigger, more than twenty places apart. It feels like Xia Chen would be better off picking someone with a lower ranking."

"I would say that everyone has a chance, but Kommo-o-Tai is probably completely out of options."

"Stop chatting, the battle is about to begin."

As they spoke, on the battlefield, Xia Chen and his chosen opponent stood on opposite sides, waiting for the match to begin.

Because the twenty matches had to be played in one day, the schedule was tight and time was limited, leaving little time for the two sides to communicate after the match.

With the referee's whistle, the match officially began.

"It's decided to be you, Flame Chicken!"

"Come out, Minas!"

Xia Chen and Lin Bin simultaneously threw out Poké Balls, two flashes of white light appeared, and their starting Pokémon entered the arena.

They are Blaziken, with its slender and upright body and orange-red color that looks like it's burning with flames, and Milotic, with its stunning appearance that captivates all beings.

…………

Lin Bin frowned slightly; this starting lineup matchup wasn't exactly favorable for him.

Blaziken, a Fire/Fighting type, is not weak to Fairy-type moves, but it is vulnerable to Milotic, a Water-type move in the opponent's lineup.

He had assumed that Xia Chen would start with Sylveon or Kirlia against a Fighting-type opponent, but it turned out to be Milotic, which counters Blaziken.

No, it wasn't just by chance; it was read.

Xia Chen anticipated his prediction and deliberately started Minas.

But so what?

Lin Bin smiled slightly.

My young junior, today I'm going to show you that when there's an absolute difference in strength, attribute advantages are completely useless!

My Blaziken has reached Elite Rank 1, and its strength far surpasses Milotic's!

He commanded in a deep voice, "Blazing Chicken, use Quick Attack to charge over there!"

Chapter 200 My Milotic has such a big mouth, so what if it can spray water?

? (3.4k810)

Lin Bin's Blaziken's ability is Speed ​​Boost.

In a game, if we were to rank all the features, we would...

Aside from legendary Pokémon-exclusive super-specific traits like [Original Sea] and [End of the Land], the Acceleration trait undoubtedly ranks among the top tier in terms of strength.

The only traits that can surpass it or be compared to it are probably the excellent traits like Sunlight Rain, Hercules, Mischievous Heart, Free Spirit, Painted Skin, or the nerfed Gale Wings.

Of course, since the applicable scenarios are different, the skill pools required are also different. These characteristics are all different and it is difficult to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses.

In this real-world Pokémon world, the acceleration trait is equally powerful.

Because there are no turns or similar numbers in the game, acceleration is not a fixed increase of one speed level at the end of each turn.

When a Pokémon with the Speed-Up ability appears on the field, the Speed-Up ability is already active.

In a sense, this is more practical than something that only takes effect at the end of the round.

Of course, the trade-off for this is that in the real world, the increase in speed ability is definitely not as high as in the game.

At the level of an elite Blaziken, a three-minute fight would be roughly equivalent to using Rapid Movement once.

Even so, a high-speed movement that doesn't require release and never dissipates is still very practical.

Moreover, this is not the upper limit of the acceleration feature.

In battles where both sides are evenly matched, the Speed-Up ability might not be so terrifying because it requires frequent switching of Pokémon on the field.

However, if there is a large gap in strength between the two sides, the Blaziken with [Speed ​​Up] that can always dominate the field will become a heartless machine for crushing weaker opponents.

In Lin Bin's eyes, the template for this battle is the latter.

So even though Blaziken's type was weak against him, he fearlessly commanded Blaziken to use Quick Attack to charge forward.