Chapter 664: Unpredictable Punches Knock Out the Old Master
Against Royal Rapidash, the head coach's strategy was very straightforward: Never engage them in the field they are most familiar with!
This was a team with mature but rigid tactics.
Only by breaking the routine could they find a glimmer of hope!
For this, even taking some shocking risks was worth it.
So Aaron made a bold risk investment right from the start!
Luckily, he succeeded!
After the first Hypnosis, the rhythm of the whole round quickly fell into his hands.
Because he could take advantage of Decidueye's sleeping time to let Milotic finish the Coil she hadn't enjoyed earlier!
Although the opponent's willpower was strong and he forcibly woke up after only a few seconds, Milotic, having completed one buff, was no longer afraid of a slight type disadvantage.
More importantly, Coil not only boosted Attack and Defense but also increased Accuracy!
After Coil, Milotic's Hypnosis became faster and more accurate!
Repeatedly stacking Coil and then using Hypnosis was a classic routine in amateur leagues.
The reason it was only popular in amateur leagues was that in professional leagues, players had fast reactions and Pokémon had rich combat experience. Normally, closing eyes to dodge hypnosis was standard operation.
But unfortunately, reaction speed tends to decline with age.
Aaron was going to be unsportsmanlike today and compete in reaction speed with the old comrade opposite!
"Hypnosis!"
"Decidueye, close your eyes!"
"Cancel, Aqua Tail!"
Repeated feints, repeated reaction tests.
Making the old comrade opposite very uncomfortable, wishing he could jump up and warn Aaron to behave!
But this tactic, although ugly, was really effective!
Abandoning traditional operations, predictions, and games, the experience advantage of the veteran player seemed particularly pale at this moment.
Just purely competing in reaction speed!
Hypnosis? Not Hypnosis? Hypnosis!
Decidueye repeatedly opened and closed its eyes. Over time, even it vaguely sensed: Does it feel like my master's reaction is always a beat slower than the opponent?
Soon Milotic told him: It's not an illusion!
Hypnosis hit again!
"Milotic, fall back, Coil again!"
This time the opponent knew he couldn't stall anymore and was forced to switch Pokémon.
Letting Milotic charge up two Coils, her Aqua Tail might be able to slash through his whole team...
However, one wrong step leads to another.
Switching first directly handed over the dominance of the match.
Then Aaron pursued relentlessly, and unexpectedly won the opening match with a perfect shutout score!
With an age difference of half, he won by a full three points!
This result was undoubtedly unexpected for the Sinnoh audience.
At the same time, the Kubfu fans and audience cheered excitedly, not forgetting to continue spamming the official livestream chat.
"Thanks, Oracle! Unlimited mana!"
"This is a victory from the mysterious power of the East!"
Although Starlight and Frost suffered slight losses in the subsequent two singles matches—Captain Leo was sniped, and Elara, who rotated in, although having innovative playstyles, couldn't withstand the strength suppression of the veteran player and was even shut out in return.
However, after entering the doubles segment, Starlight and Frost quickly regained their ground!
In the doubles segment, which tested the creativity of rookies the most, Starlight and Frost taught Royal Rapidash a good lesson again!
Whether it was the tacit cooperation of the sisters Ivy and Bianca, or the spiritually rich tactical changes of Bella and Justin, Royal Rapidash was caught off guard.
Watching this series of suppressions, the other three Kubfu teams in the rest area fell silent.
"Why does it feel like they're fighting a completely different team from the one we fought?"
Coincidentally, all three Kubfu teams had encountered Royal Rapidash this year.
But their feelings when facing this team were clearly not like today!
Where did the problem lie?
Until Forrest first saw some clues.
"They seem not to be playing the system they are best at?"
Others gradually understood upon hearing this.
"Why does it look more and more like unpredictable punches knocking out the old master?"
"Is it really unbreakable if the punches have no pattern?"
"Maybe... Royal Rapidash is really afraid of this?"
They looked at each other, feeling complex and indescribable for a moment.
It wasn't that they didn't expect Starlight and Frost to win; in fact, everyone had quite a bit of confidence in Starlight and Frost.
But originally, this confidence was mostly placed on Arthur alone!
For the other players and segments of this team, everyone didn't have such sufficient confidence.
However, watching the matches over these two days, whether against Nine-Tailed Fox or Royal Rapidash, Starlight and Frost's performance in regular singles and doubles refreshed people's cognition again and again!
They were truly growing from a team that could only rely on Arthur to carry alone into a strong team with precise strategic vision and reliable execution!
In just a few days, Starlight and Frost solved the problem that the other three Kubfu teams couldn't solve!
Although the scene in the arena looked a bit embarrassing, even a bit amateurish, like abandoning structured tactics to fight a brawl.
But in the end, Starlight and Frost won both doubles matches!
It didn't matter if the fight was unstructured, winning was enough!
This time, the teammates once again established a lead for Arthur before the Captain's Match started.
"Looking at it this way, if they make it to the finals, they might really be able to compete with Grand Master."
Serena crossed her arms and muttered.
Previously, when Arthur carried alone, although everyone trusted his individual ability, they weren't particularly optimistic about the future of the entire Starlight and Frost team.
Because Grand Master's Steven was equally terrifying individually!
Counting on stabilizing points from Steven in the Captain's Match? That uncertainty was too great!
However, as the loser's bracket matches progressed round by round, the expectations of Kubfu players and audiences for miracles gradually became higher and higher!
In the first two rounds of the loser's bracket, Arthur proved with two shutouts and one solo sweep that he wasn't defeated by one loss, still that windy boy!
Then against Nine-Tailed Fox and today against Royal Rapidash, the others in Starlight and Frost also proved they were definitely not accessories relying on Arthur to win while lying down!
The overall temperament of this team was becoming more and more spirited as the matches progressed!
Today, they once again pushed the Sinnoh sole survivor, who had triple-killed Kubfu teams, to a desperate situation!
Holding a two-point lead, Arthur walked onto the Captain's Match stage.
And now, the pressure came to Royal Rapidash.
Before the match, they released a poster saying: Starlight and Frost, you're next.
But now, the fans were all anxious.
This "next" seemed to be turning into a metaphysics like "next time for sure"?
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