Chapter 576: Too Focused on Moves
Chuya had indeed mocked the Kubfu Alliance's competitive level before, but that didn't mean they knew nothing about this year's Kubfu League champion.
As a team that had qualified for the Champions Cup, studying the seed teams from the seven major leagues was a mandatory task for every player.
Except for Arthur, who took a leave of absence right after winning his own league...
They might have looked down on Kubfu verbally, but in action, they had honestly collected quite a bit of information.
A classic case of talking tough but being honest in action.
So, although they had stumbled earlier, failing to anticipate Arthur's ridiculous real-combat strength, once they entered the competitive phase, they were actually quite familiar with Arthur's arena style.
This left Future Yuzuru's die-hard fan feeling extremely disillusioned.
What's going on?
You all supported Miss Hanyū so much before, why are you shrinking back at the slightest setback?
You guys are the worst batch of fans I've ever seen!
"Miss Future Yuzuru will not lose!"
Equally disillusioned but still refusing to face reality was the opponent who had previously sparred with Forrest—the one who had introduced Future Yuzuru with a long string of titles.
Watching Arthur's Flygon easily suppress Arcanine, who was also on cooldown, he found it very hard to accept.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"That's Miss Future Yuzuru! She is—"
Forrest decisively interrupted his chanting.
Otherwise, that string of titles was really too long, and Forrest didn't want to hear it again.
"So, the longer the title, doesn't necessarily mean the higher the win rate."
The Sakura Alliance trainer flushed red.
How proud he was introducing the "Miraculous Forest Maiden" before, how awkward his face was now.
Forrest smiled inwardly: So don't pop the champagne at halftime, why don't you understand?
At this moment, Arcanine finally broke free from the little dragonfly's suppression, roaring and jumping away quickly, but anyone with a discerning eye could see he was clearly flinching.
Arcanine was a bit dazed by the beating.
Because he had never seen Arthur and the little dragonfly's style in Sakura before!
Sakura's professional league this year continued their traditional arena style—emphasizing move exchanges and move development.
Each of the seven major leagues had its own characteristics. For example, the Hoenn League emphasized bonds, with many Mega Evolutions; the Kubfu side was known for emphasizing tactics and type matchups.
And Sakura's distinctive feature has always been developing more uses and forms for moves!
This characteristic was reflected in Future Yuzuru herself—
For example, she tried combining Poltergeist with modern technology;
Or she developed the Divine Crane Triple Strike based on the traditional Extreme Speed.
These were all her innovations in move usage!
In the past, in Sakura's arena battles, everyone competed and gambled mostly on this kind of innovation and wisdom.
However, all of this revolved around one keyword: Moves!
In the traditional concept of Sakura people, the most important thing in a Pokémon duel was undoubtedly the exchange of moves!
This was the royal road!
But unfortunately, Arthur wasn't a player who followed their royal road.
"Little Dragonfly, keep attacking!"
Even though neither side had moves available, the little dragonfly fought incredibly aggressively, leaving Arcanine struggling to cope.
Another attack!
The little dragonfly first swayed left and right, deliberately flapping her wings violently to create a lot of noise, interfering with Arcanine's judgment.
Then she dashed forward quickly, catching the opponent off guard with a powerful tail whip, smacking Arcanine in the face and sending him flying again!
"Arcanine, fall back, use Safeguard first to cure the confusion!"
Future Yuzuru's command was still calm so far.
But it was evident she didn't have much experience dealing with this situation.
In Sakura, few people made the cooldown period the focus of their tactical offense.
Or rather, apart from Kubfu, which had been plagued by Arthur for two years, there were currently few competitive trainers in the world who would elevate cooldown period kiting to a tier-one status.
Cooldown period, just stall it out, right?
Shouldn't victory be decided by moves?
Can you one-shot me without moves?
Before this, many people thought this way.
Thus, seeing the disillusioned expressions on these people's faces, Aaron, Leo, and other Kubfu trainers felt secretly delighted.
Ha! Didn't expect that, did you? You have your day too!
But to be honest, they used to think the same way...
Until they became teammates with Arthur this year, they learned that some people's Pokémon really couldn't be judged by common sense.
Their lethality in close combat often had nothing to do with moves!
It only depended on who the trainer was...
Crack!!
Another crisp sound!
Arcanine's cooldown was clearly over, but his Safeguard was interrupted!
The little dragonfly completely suppressed Arcanine in just a few seconds. This crisp sound was the third time her tail had sent Arcanine flying hard.
This time, Arcanine spun in the air like a giant furry top.
"Too focused on moves. Once at a slight disadvantage during cooldown, the battle becomes completely unplayable."
"This girl still doesn't understand kiting. She should have retreated decisively as soon as Extreme Speed ended, instead of going up to clash with Arthur's Flygon."
"Still too young."
Aaron and Leo discussed unscrupulously on the side, making the members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team frown deeply, wishing they could kill these two with their eyes.
They anticipated that Arcanine would lose to Flygon during cooldown, but they didn't expect the gap to be this big!
They initially thought Future Yuzuru could stall through the cooldown period safely.
"Arcanine, use Flame Wheel to knock the opponent away first!"
Fire-type move: Flame Wheel!
In one sentence, it's a budget version of Flare Blitz.
Also charging at the opponent while enveloped in flames, its power and speed are inferior to Flare Blitz, but the cooldown is faster, and there's no recoil damage.
Future Yuzuru also had her unique development for this move—Sakura people were really good at developing Pokémon moves!
When Arcanine used Flame Wheel to impact, he could detonate the surrounding flames in advance, but the acceleration effect wouldn't disappear.
The impact and explosion were still one-time, but the acceleration effect could be renewed slightly for a period.
This allowed Arcanine to potentially create distance again after knocking the little dragonfly away!
This time, Arcanine was really scared.
He didn't want to be spun like a top by this terrifying Flygon anymore!
Wait until I create distance and clear the confusion, then I'll use ranged moves to wear her down—Arcanine swore secretly in his heart.
However—
"Tank it, and use Rock Tomb at the same time!"
Arthur expressed: Daga kotowaru! (I refuse!)
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