"This Golem is really well bred."

  Ign Will's loud ents, Julian g the Golem with some admiration.

  It had qualifications, knew over a dozen moves, and had just used Rock Bst and Rock Throw effectively.

  Most Pokémon use Rock Bst to create new rocks and then blow them up. Only a few Pokémon with exceptional qualifications cause the rocks they made earlier to explode when they use Rock Bst again.

  In addition to blog Donphan's Rollout, the earlier Rock Throw served as a detonator for the Rock Bst.

  The oppo's strategy was clever, using Rock Bst to make Donphan hide behind the roed by Rock Throw. When the rock detohe damage from such cle was definitely more severe.

  "Wow, that's some serious strategy."

  "Unbelievable!"

  "High school students these days are so scary."

  "Why 't my Golem's Rock Throw be detonated? Which legendary Pokémon expin that?"

  The viewers were equally amazed by the tactics dispyed by the Golem's Trainer.

  "Donphan, use Earthquake!"

  Zosh was frustrated by the oppo's clever pn, but thankfully, Donphan wasn't knocked out by the explosion.

  In big public events like this, Pokémon moves aren't limited sihe battlefield has a massive energy shield strong enough to handle powerful attacks, like a pseudo-Elite level Earthquake.

  Donphan jumped high and then nded hard on the ground. The impact created a loud roar, causing the whole veo shake.

  Sirainers stand outside the energy shield, they are safe from the aftereffects of Pokémon moves.

  Golem let out a cry, as the Earthquake caused it signifit damage.

  "Finish it with Bulldoze!" Zosh shouted.

  Donphan steadied itself and charged at Golem, its two fro raised high, surrounded by powerful Ground-type energy, before crashing down onto Golem.

  Seeing this, the Golem Trainer's eyes fshed with determination.

  "Use Self-Destruct!"

  A blinding white light erupted from Golem, followed by a deafening roar. A massive fireball shot into the sky, and thick bck smoke engulfed the entire arena.

  When the smoke cleared, both Pokémon were unscious.

  "Donphan and Golem are uo battle; it's a draw," the referee announced.

  One of Donphan's long tusks had been blown off by the explosion, while Golem looked worse for wear, its rocky body covered in cracks.

  Zosh gred angrily at the opposing Traihen recalled Donphan and ha over to the medical staff, who would take it for treatment.

  The medical services at rge events are well-anized, and it's rare for Pokémon to suffer severe injuries due to slow treatment.

  "Self-Destruct is a ruthless move," someone ented.

  "Look at how battered his Pokémon is."

  "Is that Golem going to be okay?"

  "Self-Destruct really hurt a Pokémon badly; in some cases, it eveal."

  ents flew across the live stream.

  Self-Destruct is incredibly powerful—its base power is 200, pared to Hyper Beam's 150. While it deals massive damage, it also leaves the user badly hurt. Any Pokémon using Self-Destruds up seriously injured.

  Trainers who care about their Pokémon usually avoid letting them use Self-Destruless it's absolutely necessary or in a life-or-death situation.

  There's also a move called Explosion, which is even strohan Self-Destruct. If used, it oftes in the user being knocked out as well.

  If used effectively, a pseudo-Elite Pokémon could defeat ae Pokémon.

  Some extremist groups have taken to using Pokémon that know Self-Destruct.

  Iern Europe, where terrorist attacks are more on, several groups use Self-Destruct tet important cities.

  Pokémon that learn Self-Destruct are quite on, like Golem, Weezing, Forretress, arode. In particur, Voltorb arode, with Electrode being the evolution of Voltorb, have a natural knack for Self-Destruct.

  These two Pokémoen sought after by extremist groups because they deal more damage and take less harm when using the move.

  'If they 't win, they just blow up. They have plenty of Pokémon like this. Who dares to fight back?.'

  "This Trainer doesn't deserve to pete," Will said angrily, but Julian pulled him back. If he hadn't, Will might have frohe other Trainer.

  "You'll enter even tougher situations and more brutal ses than this," Julian said calmly.

  The world of Trainers has both light and dark sides, just like the real world.

  "Where there's light, there's also darkness," he tinued.

  "I don't care! I'm going to get stronger! If I see someone hurting Pokémon or using them for bad things, I'll definitely stand up to them," Will decred.

  "Alright, but don't be a hot-headed idiot. We are here to pete. You should cheer me on instead," Shen chimed in.

  "Shen, this is my dream, not just some school project," Will replied, feeling down.

  Meanwhile, Shen had already headed to the battle arena, not hearing him.

  Her rival approached, excitement shining in her eyes.

  "Machamp, I chose you!" Shen called, unleashiro Pokémon.

  Her oppo brought out a fiery Infernape.

  Will looked at the irl, notirikiures and strong build, simir to Shen's and remarked, "What's with girls nowadays? Why do so maiful girls prefer Fighting type Pokémon?"

  "Isn't it good to like Water-types? You'd think they'd choose something cute!" he added.

  Iy, more female Trainers do prefer Water-types than males, while Fire-types tend to attraale Trainers.

  Since over 90% of Fighting-type trainers are male, it's rare for women to choose Fighting Pokémon, especially beautiful ones.

  For many female Trainers, looks matter more than type. They often prefer Pokémon that are cute or charming.

  Of course, Lucario and Galde are exceptions; both are seen as attractive representatives of the Fighting type.