Chapter 412: The Sudden Assault
The moment the Clefable broke free from its flinched state, Chloe immediately gave the command.
"Use Ally Switch!"
Her opponent could also read Starlight and Frost's tactical intentions.
The Alakazam could not be left to be crunched by the Froslass!
In an instant, the Clefable and Alakazam switched places, with it now facing the pincer attack of the two Pokémon!
But Ivy and Bianca had anticipated this!
Since they were planning to take down the Alakazam, they naturally had to consider the opponent's cover.
"Ninetales, use Roar!"
Clefable, with its arms already raised, was prepared to tank the impact of the no-damage but forced-knockback Roar.
But the result was unexpected—
"My heavens! Starlight and Frost's coordination in this play is incredible! The one Ninetales sent flying with its Roar was its own teammate!" the commentator shouted with excitement!
That's right. The one Ninetales had knocked back was not Clefable; it had roared its own teammate, Froslass, away!
Ivy's command just now had been extremely deceptive. She had said to have Ninetales "sacrifice itself and block the Alakazam's attack angle," which made people mistakenly think its positioning was just to intercept a potential psychic blast.
But in reality, Ivy was feinting in one direction and attacking in another.
Her real purpose was to have Ninetales adjust its angle to line up Froslass and Clefable's position!
She had read that her opponent would use Ally Switch to evade this focus fire.
So, Clefable's position at that moment would be Alakazam's position a moment later!
Having been training with the team's top players, especially a certain genius main player who was close to an undefeated regular season in only his second year, the game-reading abilities of the sisters Ivy and Bianca had also improved by leaps and bounds!
Chloe's response was completely seen through!
Froslass was instantly pushed out by its teammate's knockback effect. While in the air, it had already opened its mouth, ready to attack.
The moment it arrived beside the Alakazam, its massive mouth bit down with the force to shatter stone!
The Dark-type move—Crunch!
Now, the Alakazam was in real trouble…
"Froslass, continue to pursue the Alakazam! Attack with all your might!"
"Ninetales, taunt the Clefable!"
Then, the two sisters split their tasks. One continued to hunt down the Alakazam, while the other sealed the Clefable's taunt.
At the last moment, Rosaline could only go all in.
"Alakazam, use Recover!"
She could only have her Alakazam forcibly use Recover in front of the Froslass, trying to save its life. But the moment it was cast, it was immediately grabbed by the waist by the Froslass and interrupted with a suplex.
Although Recover has a fast casting time, it's not an attacking move, so it can still be interrupted.
And Froslass was right in front of the Alakazam at this moment, its attention completely focused on it, preventing it from completing the recovery!
When a Pokémon focuses all of its attention on one thing, its opponent will most likely not be able to easily trick it.
Fortunately, this kind of interruption doesn't put the move on cooldown. Chloe immediately changed her command.
"Teleport!"
Then let's just run!
But at this point, the Ninetales pounced!
The Clefable, having been hit with Taunt, could no longer use Follow Me or Ally Switch for cover. The Ninetales immediately abandoned it and came over to help surround the Alakazam!
"Clefable, Meteor Mash!"
At this moment, Chloe also became ruthless, directly having her Clefable use the high-level Steel-type move, Meteor Mash, to hit the Ninetales with a doubly super-effective attack.
But Ivy accepted it.
"Don't dodge! Use Disable on the Alakazam again!"
The Ninetales took the full force of the falling steel fist!
But this time, her opponent had also predicted it.
"Alakazam, turn your head!"
The Alakazam directly turned its head, avoiding Ninetales's gaze and the red light in its eyes.
"Disable missed!"
But—
"Froslass, give it another suplex, then pounce and use Crunch!"
In the end, the Alakazam still couldn't hold on…
Although it had beautifully dodged the Disable by turning its head, in the end, the two sisters had forcefully taken it down with raw damage!
In the series of slow-paced exchanges before, the Alakazam had already taken a lot of chip damage and was not at full health. Then, it had been caught by Froslass in an unexpected, critical blow!
This had directly led to the Alakazam just desperately fleeing for the next dozen or so seconds, unable to contribute at all.
Originally, the Alakazam was supposed to use its high mobility and high damage to constantly harass and threaten the two sisters under the snowy weather.
But a sudden assault had instantly reversed the situation!
The referee raised his flag—
"Alakazam is unable to battle!"
At this point, the victory for Starlight and Frost in the first doubles match was basically sealed.
The commentators took the opportunity to praise them: "Watching Starlight and Frost's matches now, their players' command is becoming more and more seasoned! It's hard to imagine that this is actually a team with the youngest average age in the league."
Sage Hwang also chimed in, "So, are the new 'big three' of the Kubfu Alliance now to be led by Starlight and Frost?"
Soon after, Ivy and Bianca secured their victory.
Then, it was Bella's turn to take the stage with Justin.
Before they went on, everyone encouraged each other.
"If we win this match, we should be in a pretty stable position!"
"Let's go, let's go, let's go!"
And their opponents were the last of the Blaze Team's old "quirky four kings": Luke, the one who had cosplayed as a Gothita without shaving his leg hair, and this season's eventual Best Rookie winner after all the deferrals: Shawn!
This pair was a new combination for the Blaze Team this season. After all, at this time last year, Shawn wasn't even on the team.
But the two of them had an unexpectedly good chemistry, as if there was a strange reaction between them.
At the beginning of the season, Luke's partner had been occasionally rotated, but from the middle of the season onwards, this fixed combination had basically never been broken up.
The Pokémon they used were also relatively fixed.
But this almost-completely-revealed Pokémon combination had still maintained a very good win rate, which showed the strength of their lineup!
Their Pokémon were—a Gothitelle and a Mawile!
The Gothitelle was Luke's Pokémon, the evolved form of Gothita.
Unfortunately, Gothitelle's appearance is similar to that of a girl in a long dress, and its legs are completely covered by the black hem.
So, Luke had never cosplayed as a Gothitelle, which regrettably meant his haters didn't get a second chance to get his live stream banned…
And on the rookie Shawn's side, the Pokémon he was using was a Mawile.
The appearance of this Pokémon is a combination of beauty and the beast. They have an extremely terrifying large on the back of their head, like a monster from a horror movie, a long mouth full of ferocious fangs. And yet, their main body is just a cute and small doll-like mouth figure.
It combines both horror and cute elements.
A combination of a monster and a cute thing.
Facing such a pair, Bella and Justin didn't dare to be careless
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