After Hawlucha Fainted, the Grassy terrain ends. And the giant ant still stands.
It also gained an Attack boost from the Max Kunckle, and I already know my next Pokèmon.
"Okay Thwakey... You're Up again!"
Thwakey once again, Enters the field. And Grassy Terrain surges back into the giant stadium...
"That Durant is definitely living by a hair..."
Though still dynamaxed, I doubt it can survive a Priority Grassy Glide.
"Thwakey, end that giant bug with a Grassy Glide!."
Thwakey then, with the priority boost from the Grassy terrain surges forward.
But Thwakey then hits the Durant with the Grassy Glide. And..... I wait for the Durant's Dynamax to end...
I look back up at it and i see it still... There.
"....."
"....."
"....."
"...Thwa-?"
All four of us stay silent... Like, Okay.. i guess its a Quadruple resist and that Durant has a defence and health boost... But like why?
Mayor Samsa scratched the back of his head kinda feeling a bit awkward considering that he also knew that Durant was already living by a hair..
"Uhm... Durant use Max Flutterby, Knock out Thwakey.."
Durant then summons a mass of Butterflies going after Thwakey. The monkey couldn't dodge the giant attack and got hit by the full brunt of the attack..
While Durant was a hairs way from fainting, it still had the Firepower of a Max Move, its ability, and its Item...
Grassy Terrain was kinda a double edged sword here.. since Durant would have fainted ages ago without the terrain's recovery...
(Trivia: Life Orb's recoil is calculated by the HP before Dynamax, not after... So because of the Doubled HP dynamax, Life Orb essentially has 5% or 1/20th recoil damage... In Dynamax And Grassy Terrain heals each turn for 1/16th essentially canceling out the recoil.)
The move hit the Thwakey hard and after the dust settled... It fainted.
"FU**!"
"Whoa whoa.. language there boy... But I'll let it slide..."
That was.... Embarrassing, though atleast Honedge won't be dealing with a Dynamaxed Pokèmon... When it enters..
The Ant finally shrinks down to its normal size.. now incredibly inaccurate thanks to Hussle...
But that's negated by Honedge's No guard so...
Err....
"Durant use Iron head. Get one last hit in before you go!"
The ant rushes forward and headbutts the red sword and a metallic clank happens on impact.
The absurd defence of Honedge with Eviolite made the absurdly amped attack not make any significant damage.
"Honedge... Steel Beam.."
Honedge then fires a white beam... Reducing its own health to half... And finishing off the ant
"Well... That whole ordeal doesn't matter.. I'm winning this match.."
Mayor Samsa nods, he seems to be in agreement as he sent out his last Pokèmon.
"Okay Lokix.. its your time to shine."
Lokix is one of Mayor Samsa's main Pokèmon.. though its actually at a really high level, its level is brought down to 16 due to an item..
Since its base stats aren't that good for a fully evolved Pokèmon, and the fact that it acts more as a finished rather than a main damage dealer in his main team. It makes it a good damage dealer for lower badge teams..
"Lokix. First Impression!"
Lokix then, with great speed hits Honedge with Immense speed. Though its a resisted hit, with Lokix's Tinted Lens ability. The resistance is negated.
Though unsurprising, Honedge didn't even feel it much. Now at a quarter of its HP.... It just needs to tank U-turns since I won't be using any attacking moves so a Sucker Punch from it is not happening.
"Honedge. Use Toxic"
In response to the first impression I order Honedge to use toxic... Despite it being inaccurate, with Honedge's No guard it directly hits.. Badly Poisoning the Lokix.
Mayor Samsa sighs..
"Well can I forfeit? Or do you want to enjoy your first win?"
I nod in response as i happily said
"Of course I want to enjoy my win... A win is a win."
Mayor Samsa nods, and Orders Lokix
"Lokix, use U-turn..."
The Lokix complies, already used to sometimes becoming the sandbag to many young trainers because of its exploitative moveset.
"Like... Why not just give me Knock off in my Teamsheet..."
The Lokix said inwardly..
It did have a good reason... Lokix was simply too strong with it, while it had it... Almost noone earned a Gym badge for the first time in the Samsa City's Gym. Most are already in their 4th or more before challenging this Gym..
So Mayor Samsa had to intentionally nerf his team to be filled with holes for new trainers to exploit.
Though the Mayor himself gets a lot of headaches from the sets.. it was a necessary sacrifice so that his Gym is more of a fair fight..
The battle dragged on... Honedge just spamming Rest, and Lokix U-turn.
Eventually though Lokix succumbed to the poison damage, which netted Shoto's win...
"Why do i even have such a moveset on my debut match..."
The Honedge said inwardly, as it didn't expect to be given such a moveset by its trainer on its first ever match..
She'll get revenge eventually alright...
"Well. Thats the first match done... I wanna take a break dang.."
Shoto Slumps to the Floor and sat down..
"Well kid.. Let's meet back up after are Pokèmon are back fo full health for the 2nd match okay?.."
I simply nod... I still had to win one more battle before I win the badge I still have a strategy up my sleave..., and a prediction.
I'll be going back to the waiting room first though.
I recall Honedge and head into the waiting room.
I gave my Pokèballs to the nurse and she headed off to take care of them..
I did take back Bagon's Pokèball and Released it out..
And I was met with headbutt to the chin.
"OU-"
The headbutt had a lot of force in it.. definitely a sign that Bagon was in a bad mood.
"Ba-ba- grrr..."
I think it's annoyed that i didn't bring with me into the battle...
"Sorry little guy. You'll have your shot eventually..."
The Bagon then charges... Hitting my Abdomen with another headbutt. I clench my Stomach in pain.
And the little dragon just straight up left, pouting while i walked around
" Yeah... I think i can see where Julia is coming from now.."
TO BE CONTINUED
(Authors notes: 2-4 chapters of the battle still left. I won't spoil how kany though hehe. You'll know the outcome sooner or later.)
(Authors notes 2: This is such a pain to post 2 chapters a day... I might just not do it again so I can focus on Quality for Quantity.)
(Authors notes 3: Thanks for the Comments and that one guy that gave a power stone and review!, i appreciate the support and I hope I do improve and become a better writer so I can do this premise justice.)