180 Chapter 60 : Espeon vs Nidorina (1/2)

When Slowking and Alakazam teleported away, Espeon and nidorina began their fight.

Espeon and nidorina ran in the direction of opposite to that of Slowking. While they run away from the possible battlefield of electabuzz and nidoking, Espeon kept sending stars from the swift attack at nidorina.

She countered it by sending poison sting from her mouth which has nullified the swift attack and even almost hit Espeon.

The move managed to destroy her swift meant only one thing. Her ability wasn't poison point but rivalry.

Nido line have two main abilities. One is poison point and another is Rivalry. They possess either one of the two ability. The two were of equal strong but the fact that the poison sting can completely overcome swift meant that rivalry trait was in effect.

They can also have a hidden ability but this is not known to Espeon.

Poison point was the ability of many poison Pokemons. Whenever a Pokemon comes in direct contact of another with poison point, he has some chances of getting himself poisoned.

But this nidorina has rivalry ability. Whenever she encounters Pokemon of similar sex then her attack power increases. Of course it also has a weakness too.

If the opponent is of different gender then the attack power of nidorina gets decreased by a fourth of the attack power.

Earlier Espeon felt their strength was similar. she thought to drag for as long as possible since they would want to preserve power to help their companions in the later battles.

But when the swift attack was destroyed it showed this nidorina had Rivalry ability and her attacks would be stronger according to her trainer, Alex.

But this wasn't enough to discourage her, she was a psychic type and had type advantage against the poison Pokemon.

Nidorina kept sending poison sting at Espeon who easily dodged the attacks meanwhile Espeon retaliated with psychic attacks but she managed to roll over them or around them.

Although not fast enough, she had instincts which she acquired in her life in the wild. This saved her from psychic attacks. But it could easily tire her out. She was meant for power not speed or stamina after all. Her nidoqueen form was sturdy, not nidorina.

They continued their attacks on each other until they were far enough from electabuzz and nidoking. they don't want to be hurdle or burden to their companions in the next battle round.

Nidorino attacked Espeon with fury swipes. Most of the wild nidorina had only close combat moves and very few long range ones.

Espeon on the other hand had both close range and long range attack moves so she doesn't get stuck if any one type of attackdoesn't work or doesn't have the opportunity to attack.

The fury swipes were dodged by double team and she retaliated with iron tail but nidorina stepped sideways meeting the attack hit the ground.

Espeon swept her tail sideways after hitting the ground and nidorina was smashed through a small tree making it fall from the impact.

This made a dust cloud rise and when it settled down, nidorina was out of view. she had hidden herself from Espeon's vision.

The place they fought was in the middle of a forest. The trees and shrubs around them provide enough places for nidorina to hide herself and attack when her guard is lowered.

When she lowered her guard, nidorina sneaked to her blind spot and sent Espeon flying with the double kick. She targeted her vital organs.

This hurt her but she managed to prevent the kick from hitting any important part of the body and affecting her overall functioning.

When she rose to her feet, nidorina once again hides in the outgrowths and waited for the right moment to attack again.

Espeon was hit hard from the last time she lowered her guard. she wasn't going to give her opponent another chance and used her psychic to destroy all vegetation around herself. she wants to destroy all hiding places around to prevent nidorina from her sneak attack.