Pokemon: Master Of Tactics

Magmar looked at one of his subordinates and gave him a signal with his eyes. That Magmar nodded and came forward. He stood up in front of Alex's group and took up a fighting stance.

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Pokémon: Magmar

LV: 32

Type: Fire

Abilities: Flame Body

Gender: Male

Potential: Deep Bronze

- Ember, Leer, Smog, Ember, Smokescreen, Feint Attack, Fire Spin, Clear Smog, Flame Burst, Confuse Ray, Fire Punch

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Alex only has one Pokémon that has a similar level as the opponent. Next, he looked towards Eevee, who is at LV 31.

"Hmm... Eevee, this fight is yours. But this time, I am warning you not to harm the Pokémon unnecessarily if it is unconscious. We will have a real problem this time if you don't control yourself."

Eevee, who heard this, had a serious expression when she said, "Don't worry, Leader. I'll never do anything that can harm our family.

"All right, I'll trust you."

Eevee, who has not been able to execute Alex's order correctly many times by getting lost in her instinct, was touched by Alex's solid trust in her. She felt that Alex really trusted her, even though she has disappointed him so often.

Even though she really tries to follow Alex's instructions, it is really hard for her to suppress her instincts while fighting.

Fortunately, it's not that bad anymore, and Eevee can keep her emotions under control for most of the time.

"Hopefully, I think too much" thought Alex as he gave Gardevoir a signal with his eyes to prepare the teleport if necessary. Although he believes that Eevee can control herself in this situation (where she either kills or permanently injures the opponent), he still wanted to play it safe.

Eevee went in front of Alex's group and got ready to fight.

Alex looked at the Magmar and said, "Are you ready?"

Magmar nodded and stood still in his fighting stance.

"3,2,1, Go!" Spoke Alex, giving the signal to start the fight.

Magmar started preparing a move almost immediately.

"Eevee, use Toxic."

Magmar finished first and used the move Lava Plume.

Fire energy was built up and quickly extended in all directions. And everything within approx 12 meters of this attack was hit.

Eevee, who was only around 8 meters away, was hit and suffered good damage.

Although Eevee would later become a tank for Alex's group, now, as an Eevee, she is not very good at taking the attack. Her average Sp. Def and poor HP values are not optimal for this role.

Together with her low Attack stats and swiftness, she is not ideally suited for that kind of fighting in this form.

Eevee endured the damage and used Toxic, which Magmar tried unsuccessfully to dodge. Magmar was hit by the Toxic, but he didn't seem to panic about it.

Poison-type attacks from a Pokémon that is not at a much higher level or a Poison-type Pokémon is not that dangerous.

Magmar seemed to be satisfied with the damage he dealt and started to prepare the same move again.

"Eevee, use Work Up and slowly start running away from Magmar."

Magmar and Eevee started preparing each other's move almost simultaneously. Though Eevee was a little bit late.

After a few seconds, Eevee successfully used Work Up while slowly running away from Magmar.

Magmar also finished his move and used Lava Plume again.

Like last time it dealt damage in the whole surrounded by Magmar within around 12 meters.

Unfortunately for him, Eevee had started running away from Magmar before this. That's why the distance was more than 15 meters between them, and Magmar couldn't hit Eevee.

Alex, who saw this, still didn't think Lava Plume was a bad move. On the contrary, he considered it a very efficient move.

First, this move hits all Pokémon within 12 meters and can even give the status effect of [Burning]. Alex also thinks from experience that this range of 12 meters can be increased if this move is trained on the Expert rank.

Although this move will probably never have a very long range, it is still a very, very powerful move in battles against multiple Pokémon. Especially against weak Pokémon that can be KO'd with one hit.

"Eevee, use Work Up again while you keep on evading."

Magmar, seeing Eevee avoid his move, was a little pissed off. He didn't think that this 'weak' Eevee could dodge his best move that easily.

His combat experience with a trainer was really very small and shallow. And usually, only a few Pokémon species fight with special tactics, so he could never discover this weak point.

He also has little combat experience because he is subordinate to the Pokémon that owns this territory. And most of the time, he doesn't need to fight for his food.

Magmar looked at Eevee and quickly started running in front of her. He was many times faster than Eevee and could quickly reduce the distance to 1 meter. Then he immediately started preparing a move.

Eevee finished first and started using Work Up again, as Alex told her. (at the same time, she started running away from him)

Alex, who saw this, couldn't help but feel sorry for Magmar, who doesn't have an Expert rank move and is therefore bullied by Eevee.

Magmar, who was finished a good bit later, used Smog on Eevee, who was more than 5 meters away.

Smog is a move that is easier to evade than Toxic but can hit more Pokémon more easily. That's why there are still a few trainers in this world who prefer this move.

Magmar began to spread a large cloud of poison quickly towards Eevee.

Unfortunately, Eevee was too slow and not far enough away to dodge this move and was hit and poisoned by it. Crobat, in comparison, could avoid this relatively sluggish move just with his speed alone. But Eevee, who is not very fast, couldn't dodge.

Alex, who saw this, didn't show an annoyed expression but a slightly happy expression.

"Eevee, use Facade."

Now that Eevee has been poisoned and strengthened herself with Work Up, Alex is excited to see how much harm she can do to Magmar.

Magmar, who took time to realize that he had hit Eevee, gave a grin and began to prepare for his next move.

Eevee successfully prepared her move first, and her whole body started to light up with Normal-type energy.

As a rule, this is also one of the disadvantages of close combat moves under the Expert rank. That is, even after you have prepared the move, you cannot use it immediately and must first come into range.

Although you can move again with the move after preparing it, it is very uncomfortable.

Magmar, who was back in range of Lava Plume, used this move again and met Eevee, who was running in the pure direction.

Eevee, hit by the move, got the [Burned] status effect along with her previous [Poisoned] status effect.

When he saw that Eevee now had two status effects, he was surprised to see how the Normal-type energy of Eevee's body light up and began to increase.

"Why can the move Facade be activated more than once? If that is really the case, this move is even better than I thought, especially in some particular situations. Hmmm... Though it depends on how much improvement will two statuses create. I will test it more closely later." thought Alex when he saw the effect of the Facade.

Eevee looked very hurt, and Alex would estimate that she had no more than 40% HP left.

But even with these injuries, she began to run in the direction of Magmar and used Facade.

Eevee's whole body was surrounded by Normal-type energy when she slammed Magmar with her body. Magmar tried to evade but was hit in the head due to him trying to dodge.

A critical hit!

Magmar showed a very painful expression after being hit and was thrown more than 15 meters away. As his body flew across the ground.

Eevee's tiny body that could fling Magmar so far away showed how much power this move had.

Magmar's slightly deformed head began to bleed as he lay unconscious on the floor with stars in his eyes.

Alex saw how Eevee had defeated Magmar with only one hit and saw how Magmar was injured even more and couldn't help but think,

"I will definitely test this move."

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