Pokemon: Master of tactics

After Alex took care of all of the rookies' challenges to the top 10, he directed his focus to the top 10 fights.

He had wasted enough time with these mediocre trainers and finally wanted to get to the most important part.

Alex looked at the top 10 rookies and said with an impassive tone, "Ok, you can now challenge a rookie with a rank higher than you."

He observed that more than 5 out of the 10 had no interest in challenging others.

Only the 3 rookies showed some interest, besides Elise, who was already in her desired place.

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1: Elise

2: Arthur

3: Jasper

4: Simon .

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Arthur seemed to be contemplating. After a few seconds, he made a decision and said, "I want to challenge Elise."

Elise just gave a tender smile as she started walking up to the trainer's position on the battlefield.

Arthur showed a slight nervousness when he walked to the opposite side of the battlefield and released his Pokémon.

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Pokémon: Arbok

LV: 21

Type: Poison

Ability: Intimidate

Gender: Female

Potential: Shallow Silver

Moves:

- Empty, Wrap, Poison Sting, Bite, Glare, Screech, Acid, Crunch

- (Innate Talent) Poison Fang [E]

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Alex saw the strength of Arbok and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

In contrast to when Alex was a rookie, these rookies had an extra week to prepare for this tournament.

This made it possible for most Pokémon to evolve with enough training and good food.

But because of this, Koffing's trainers had a major disadvantage.

Koffing evolves to Weezing usually at level 35, so it should be almost impossible for them to win this tournament with their not evolved form.

When Alex thought about it, he understood more clearly why Simon was only in 4th place even though he was among the first 3 to conquer their Pokémon first.

Although Koffing is not a weak Pokémon, it has a big disadvantage against the other Pokémon when he fights them.

The stats of all other Pokémon are much better, so every Koffing's trainer has to fight a disadvantageous battle.

Koffing has base stats of 340, which is really low compared to his opponent, who might have already successfully evolved.

Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, and Golbat have base stats of values: 413, 442, 448, and 455, respectively.

While having better stats is not necessarily the most important thing in a fight, it can give you a solid advantage.

Alex saw how Arthur had evolved his Ekans into an Arbok before this fight and immediately understood why he was in the 3rd rank in the original list.

He could have been on an even higher rank if it was not for his innate talent move not being very suitable for this tournament.

Arbok's Expert-rank move is not really bad. It's just that it might not be very effective here.

3 of the 5 Pokémon species you get to choose as a starter Pokémon are Poison-type.

In addition, all three are the most popular Pokémon pick, so this move is almost useless against most trainers here.

Alex still showed a curious look. 'Let's see how much improvement Elise has made in these 2 weeks.'

Elise only looked briefly at Arbok, who gave a deadly hiss and a stare that would scare others when she came out of the Pokéball.

Elise showed a gentle yet confident smile and called out her Pokémon from his Pokéball.

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Pokémon: Fearow

LV: 23

Type: Normal/Flying

Ability: Sniper (Hidden Ability)

Gender: Male

Potential: Shallow Gold

Moves:

- Growl, Peck, Leer, Pursuit, Focus Energy, Fury Attack, Aerial Ace, Mirror Move

- (Innate Talent) Feather Dance [E], (Innate Talent) Tri Attack, (Innate Talent) Drill Run [E]

- (TM) Protect

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Alex didn't show any emotion on his face but was very surprised inside.

What surprised Alex wasn't the level but that Fearow had two moves on the Expert-rank moves and achieved the Shallow Gold potential.

Getting two Innate Talent moves on the Expert-rank within 14 days is almost impossible for an ordinary trainer.

This pace is only a bit slower than Alex and a lot faster than normal trainers, which really showcases her talent as a trainer.

Even with an S-rank Pokémon, it is not so easy to train the moves on the Expert-rank so quickly.

But Fearow being on the Shallow Gold rank was what really surprised Alex.

For a novice Pokémon trainer, it is very common to not have enough money to buy good items for their Pokémon to absorb during their first evolution.

Alex also had the same problem. He could only give Zubat Taurus's blood for 500 TR Points and missed the golden opportunity to improve the potential of Zubat.

'Hmm... She has to have a good amount of money to buy an item that can improve her Fearow's potential. But according to background information, she grew up in an orphanage. So where did she get the money from?' thought Alex.

Alex was more and more convinced that after this tournament, he should do a little test with the help of Gardevoir so that he doesn't choose a spy as his third subordinate.

He stopped thinking about it and focusing his attention on the fight that was had just beginning.

Elise gave her commands gently and showed a very calm demeanour in this intense fight.

She once let Fearow use [Feather Dance] to greatly reduce the attack power of Arbok.

Arbok used [Poison Fang] after hearing Simon's command and successfully poisoned Fearow.

Elise was not nervous but at ease.

She said in a light tone, "Fearow, use Drill Run until this Arbok can stand no more."

Simon tried to prevent that but had no way avoiding it.

Fearow was faster and had a better attack move. Arbok just couldn't escape her unavoidable doom.

It only took Fearow two [Drill Run] to defeat the Arbok and win the fight.

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