Reviewer: Axolittle Signed
Date: December 20 2023
Title: Chapter 1: Introduction.
Urm aktually
+3 STAB 0 0 atk lv 48(meteor mash learn level) serious lucario VS 0 hp 0 def lv 60(wild tapu lele level) tapu lele is a guarantied ohko
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also Olivia is a skill issue, sure dgleam to take out the gible and honchkrow in one turn, but you have PSYCHIC TERRAIN BOOSTED SUPER EFFECTIVE STAB PSYCHIC but noooo you use neutral moonblast when psychic would have outsped and OHKOed 100% of the time, assuming olivia does not knot lucario's levels and statspread, psychic would be miles better than moonblast. If thats not a skill issue i dont know what is
also natures madness halves health, so cant really do much to knock out lucario, psychic would 100% be better than natures madness here
and thats all for now. idk mb ill analyze another battle, mb Iris and the beartic, that one sounds the most wrong after this one lol.
Author's Response: So, fun fact and I don't know how this changes the math, but the Lucario is only level 29 and was bred with the move Meteor Mash. I referenced that the boys' mother was a former ace trainer and is currently a move tutor, so her having bred the move onto Rylee made sense to me.
Also, the Pokémon depicted in this story used the movesets available to them in USUM's generation (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lucario_(Pok%C3%A9mon)/Generation_VII_learnset#By_leveling_up). Lucario couldn't even learn Meteor Mash naturally until Gen IX, which this story was written long before came out.
As for Olivia's move choices, I mean, yeah she could have easily OHKO and won the match, but her Trail Challenge is meant for Trial Goers who have Pokémon around level 30 if I remember correctly. Despite the state of the world they are in, she is one of the few trainers that still wants fun and engaging battles. She handicapped Lele because it was more than twice the level of the trainers she should be facing as the island Kahuna, and after seeing how well the youngest boy battled, she didn't want to end it like that, she wanted to give him a chance to win (since that's technically her job).
Also, again, as this is the wild, uncaught Tapu Lele from USUM (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ruins_of_Life), her moveset would be Nature's Madness, Extrasensory, Flatter, and Moonblast. She wouldn't even have Psychic for the fight.
Still, thanks for fact-checking and calling me out had I been wrong. I put a lot of research into making sure the numbers and math worked out properly, so you doing this makes me feel completely validated for doing as such lol
For this chapter, I don't think I gave anyone IVs, but Rylee is level 29 with the ability Inner Focus and a Jolly nature, and knows Metero Mash, Bone Rush, Power-Up Punch and Detect
In the chapter that focuses on her, she's level 43 with all the same stuff above, and the Skrelp she fights is level 45 has the ability Adaptability, and knows Hydro Pump, Aqua Tail, Double Team, and Gunk Shot. The hot weather mimic the effects of a Sunny Day, lowering the power of Skrelp's water moves, and I don't have it's nature in my notes, so assume something neutral.