At noon, after the special training, Fang Yuan was already sitting in the Pokémon Center.
As expected... the special training ended with Eevee losing its ability to battle. This half-day had really exhausted the little guy.
"Number 18, Fang Yuan."
Hearing the broadcast notification, Fang Yuan stood up and went to pick up Eevee.
The Pokémon Center was indeed a magical place. Watching Eevee become lively again, Fang Yuan took it in his arms.
Immediately afterward, Eevee climbed up Fang Yuan's arm to his shoulder, then stretched out its claws, seemingly wanting to open Fang Yuan's backpack.
"Not now."
"Eevee..." Eevee's paw pads stopped, and it pouted.
"Don't worry, we'll eat after lunch."
When leaving the Star Glory Battle Club, Uncle Shan had Fang Yuan and Eevee collect their share of Seven-Horn Berries for the day. Although Eevee didn't know what Seven-Horn Berries tasted like, it was still something to eat, so it was looking forward to it.
After lunch it is then.
Hearing Fang Yuan say this, little Eevee looked forward to lunch even more and began to urge Fang Yuan.
"How nice..."
Looking at the carefree Eevee, Fang Yuan also sighed, wishing he could have that kind of mentality.
After each high-intensity special training, even when eating the cheapest snacks and watching the most unnutritious anime, Eevee could be very happy and quickly forget the day's troubles.
But he was different, he was under a lot of pressure to prepare for the Little Phoenix King Cup.
"Is it because I've been single for too long? Could Dad be right?" Fang Yuan ate lunch with this question in mind, and finally returned home with Eevee.
There shouldn't be anything going on at the Star Glory Battle Club today, so Fang Yuan and Eevee had the afternoon to themselves.
Although the special training in the morning had been very hard, time was money. Little Eevee had just finished eating the Seven-Horn Berry when Fang Yuan pulled it over for a talk again.
Or rather, a mental interrogation would be more appropriate.
"Eevee?"
Looking at the picture Fang Yuan picked up, Eevee widened its eyes in confusion.
It was a blank piece of paper with two Pokémon drawn in a divine style.
Eevee pointed its trembling paw at the Pokémon below, asking Fang Yuan if it was itself.
"That's right, the Pokémon standing on the ground is you, and the Pokémon flying in the sky can represent all Flying-type Pokémon."
"I've been thinking, after learning Bite, combined with your speed and Ability, you won't have to be afraid of Ghost-type Pokémon anymore, but besides that, have you noticed that if the opponent is a Flying-type Pokémon, you will be very passive without any long-range attack methods?"
Eevee nodded thoughtfully.
"Also, regarding this morning's special training, I've summarized that if the opponent's speed is faster than yours, you also don't have any good means of countering."
Eevee nodded again.
And suspected that Fang Yuan was targeting it.
Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said, "So, facing these two problems, I think it's necessary to add an extra special training. This way, we'll have another trump card, and our chances of winning the battle will be greater."
"Eevee~" Eevee chirped, asking what exactly he planned to do.
"Speaking of which, I was inspired while doing problems..." Fang Yuan grabbed a Physics Exercise Book from the table and opened the first page.
It was a question about centrifugal force.
Centrifugal force is a virtual force, an inertial force that causes rotating objects to move away from their center of rotation. Simply put, it's an effect caused by rotation.
Fang Yuan thought of a tactic from the anime because of it.
Counter Shield, also translated as Double Team Shield.
This is a tactic developed by the anime protagonist Ash in the Diamond & Pearl Series. This tactic successfully prevented Melissa, a top coordinator and gym leader, from using Hypnosis with her Ghost-type Pokémon, becoming the key to Ash's victory. Even Melissa, as his opponent, greatly admired this tactic and named it.
Counter Shield can be used for both attack and defense. In essence, it is also the application of rotation.
It uses the Pokémon's rotation in place to prevent the move from being concentrated in one direction, instead covering a very large area, transforming a damaging move into an offensive and defensive move.
Ash's inspiration for this tactic came from his companion Dawn's Contest Spectacular performance. The simple performance, from another perspective, was that the move completely wrapped the Pokémon's body without any blind spots. Thus, this small idea became the source of Ash's inspiration.
After that, this tactic shone brightly at the Lily of the Valley Conference, and was also learned by Ash's rival Shinji and companion Brock, and extended into many uses. It can be said to be one of the few tactical skills shown in the anime.
Perhaps this skill is not uncommon for some experts, but it can definitely help Fang Yuan and Eevee now, becoming their new trump card.
"If you can also complete this tactical skill, then even if you face opponents who are faster than you or flying in the air, you can have very good counterattack methods."
After Fang Yuan explained the principle of Counter Shield to Eevee, Eevee showed a blank expression.
What move should be used to complete Counter Shield?
You can't use Quick Attack, can you?
"Of course, it's best to use a release-type attack move, but you can't learn those fancy moves at all. Let me think, Swift is okay, but even if you can learn Swift in the short term, it's estimated that it will be difficult to use it proficiently..."
"The most important thing is that you still have to learn Bite, so don't even think about Swift, give it up."
"I think Sand Attack is good, after all, you are already quite proficient in using the Sand Attack move. Although Sand Attack has no lethality, it has a very strong interference effect on Pokémon. Think about the previous battle, Snorlax lost the rhythm of the entire battle because of your Sand Attack, allowing you to win easily."
"This kind of interference... plus the inertial force given by rotation, may not be used for attack or defense. If used well, it is definitely an excellent counterattack method."
"And the enemy will definitely not think that Sand Attack can be used like this!"
The more Fang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt it was worth a try. Little Eevee's control over Ground-type energy was still good, as could be seen from its understanding of the Sand Attack process.
However, there is still a difficulty, that is, Sand Attack is a status move, and there is still a big difference from release-type attack moves such as Flamethrower and Thunderbolt. How to use Sand Attack to complete the Counter Shield tactic still needs further consideration.
"Ee..."
Listening, Eevee patted the ground with its tail, yawned, and said that it was unwilling to use its brain.
Just arrange everything! "Then it's happily decided, let's go, let's go downstairs and try it first." Fang Yuan said excitedly.
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