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"This doesn't look like a rare rank Pokemon.", said Ryker in a slow voice. The whole Kanto team was silent after the match. Lance and Arcanine did their best but they could not deal serious damage to Aggron.
"Yes, but we must defeat it to win the battle. You are up next.", said Axel.
"I know", growled Ryker and moved up to the stage.
Ryker threw his Pokemon and out came Magmar.
Ryker may be the joker type with an arrogant personality but he had worked really hard with Magmar. He was the 3rd strongest after Axel and Lance in the Kanto team.
Before Ryker came up to the stage Axel hold up his arm and said something to his ear.
"Let the battle begin!!!"
"Aggron, use 'Earthquake'", said Steven with a confident look.
Without any instruction from Ryker, Magmar started to run to the opposite side and successfully dodged the attack. 'Earthquake' was a wide range area move. Most of Aggron's moves were physical type which required it to be in close proximity to the opponent.
But Magmar was smart to dodge it. Ryker had already told it to do this if it used 'Earthquake' as he was 90% sure that Steven would use this move. This saved a valuable second for Magmar to act and it was able to dodge the attack.
But the battle was not over yet.
"Magmar, use 'Lava Plume'"
This attack covered a wide range area and hit Aggron with it. But Aggron was not severely injured. Its Sp. Defense seemed to be very high. Normally, Aggron would have a high defense but low sp. Def but this Aggron was trained well.
"Magmar, use 'Smog'"
"Aggron, use 'Screech'"
Magmar sent out a mist of poison gas to poison the target but was cleverly countered by Aggron's horrible 'Screech', which not only spread the lethality of poison mist but also lowered Magmar's defense by a chunk.
Steven was playing it carefully. He still had 2 more opponents after Ryker. He cannot let Aggron be poisoned this fast. For Steven, this was not a battle but a war. He had to strategize every move.
Seeing no way out, Ryker went on the offensive, "Magmar, now use 'Fire punch'"
He didn't want to be in close proximity to that monstrosity but Magmar's moves were also close combat type. 'Lava plume' consumed massive stamina.
Just as Magmar hit it with 'Fire punch', Aggron responded with 'Iron tail'.
Both of them made contact but only Magmar was thrown on the ground. Aggron with almost half a ton of weight didn't even flinch. This gave Aggron to use another move, "Use 'Iron defense'"
Suddenly, its steel-like body shined with a glow. 'Iron defense' boosted its already high defense.
Magmar with low defense from 'Screech' was hit by 'Iron tail' which caused massive damage but Ryker was adamant. He told it to use 'Fire punch' again.
"Aggron, 'Iron tail' again", said Steven. He was now confident that he would win against Ryker. Magmar was already injured from the last 'Iron tail'. He was hoping that the next Pokemon would be a bit more difficult than Ryker.
But Magmar surprisingly avoided the attack and struck with 'Fire punch' which made Aggron roar in pain.
ROARRRR…..
Aggron had been burnt by Magmar's attack.
Magmar's had an ability 'Flame body', which makes the opponent burn if it comes in contact with Magmar with 30% accuracy. Lava Plume also had 30% chance of being Burnt while 'Fire punch' had 10% chance of burning the body. These chances were to happen only if the attack and the ability is mastered but Ryker was spamming those attacks since the beginning of the battle, so it was bound to happen. Ryker just got lucky with that 'Fire punch'.
Due to 'Lava plume', the whole surrounding was in flames and the ground was black due to being burnt, so the chances of Aggron being burnt increased. Before the start of the battle, Axel had told Ryker the same thing.
"Ryker, you cannot win this battle, so make that Aggron tire and prolong the battle. Make it so that it could hardly battle the next match."
Axel had given his strategy to Ryker and he was not arrogant to think that he could win against Aggron. So he was going to do exactly that.
"Magmar, use 'Belly drum'", said Ryker.
"What the hell is that kid doing?", shouted Boris
'Belly drum' would half the HP of the user but raise the attack to the maximum. Since the move was not mastered fully, it would not raise the attack to such heights but in the current scenario, it would make a difference.
However, Magmar was already injured by 'Iron tail', decreasing its HP would now be suicide.
Magmar rapidly slammed its chest with both hands, injuring itself but also increasing its anger and attack. But the next sentence of Ryker shut Boris up.
"Now, Magmar, use 'rest'"
If the move 'Rest' was not fully mastered it would not increase the user's HP to the maximum. Not mastering it would also not let the user wake up when it wants which would be disastrous in the battle.
Ryker could not do anything for the first part except for practicing the move for 2 months which he did. He mainly focused on this move more than others. In fact, Magmar had already learned 'Rest' when he had caught it. So, the mastery of the move was at in acceptable level.
But for the second part, he didn't need to worry due to Magmar's hidden ability 'Vital spirit'.
'Vital spirit' was one of the most broken abilities in the real world of Pokemon. It only had one function. It would not let the Pokemon sleep. This not only applies in battle but also outside of battle. Just imagine, if you don't have to sleep 8 hours a day for your whole life, how much progress would you have?
This was what 'Vital spirit' did. If the ability is mastered fully, the Pokemon could choose to sleep or not as per its wishes. That means it could not sleep and train 24 hrs a day if it wants to. Mastering it would also construct the Pokemon's body in such a way that the Pokemon would need any sleep.
As of right now, Magmar had not mastered this ability and very few Pokemon master this ability as it is very hard to do so. But if it is in battle, it could wake up fast if it uses the move 'Rest'.
Which was what Magmar did. With the help of 'Rest', its HP was now around 60%, with 'Belly drum', its attack has been raised to a good capacity and now it was time to deal with the burnt Aggron.
"Magmar, use 'Focus blast'"
"Aggron, reply it with 'Iron tail'"
Aggron tried to block it with 'Iron tail' but was hit with 'Focus blast' in the end. 'Focus blast' was a fighting-type move that was 4 times more effective against Aggron.
The battle went on for 5 more minutes. Ryker wanted to extend it long to take the effect of Aggron burnt condition. At that time, Magmar used 2 'Focus punch', 1 'Fire punch' and 1 'Lava Plume' but it was defeated in the end when Aggron used 1 'Iron tail' and finished it up with 'Hyper Beam'.
'Hyper beam' took time to charge and it took a lot from the Pokemon. So, Steven only wanted to use it as a last resort. But he had to defeat Magmar fast if he was to win this war.