"Are you sure you want to enter the Tower of Waters?"
After placing the rest of my team back into storage, I was to enter the tower along the coast of Isle of Armor. I look at Miyagi, my Kubfu partner, and he looks at me with confidence. I remember what his namesake said:
"Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?"
Water flows, and water keeps. Water can be as hard as steel, or as flitting in air. Water is the element of balance.
I look at the tower gate keeper and gave a bow. "Hai."
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After facing the tower's master (in a pretty close fight), Miyagi and I inspected the scroll at the top of the tower. I can make no sense of it, but he apparently learned something from it, seeming to do katas that are reminiscent of a coursing river.
Suddenly he started to glow and began involving, and after a flash of blinding light in front of me is a burly Pokémon, moving with a grace not apparent for his size. I checked my `dex and Urshifu. Oh. Ursus and Shifu. Sweet.
After looking for the ingredients for Miyagi's Max Soup (with some unexpected assistance from Hop), Master Mustard issued a challenge for us around midnight. I honored the master's request and entered the backyard battle field.
The battle was pretty tough; while my team had some pretty good typing advantages, my levels were behind. I still haven't lost a Pokémon yet, but most of them were pretty much on the ropes. Besides, I knew that the master would Dynamax his last Pokémon, which would probably be his trump card. I did have a trick up my sleeve, I'm just not sure how well he would hold.
Rush★ , my Arcanine, finally took down his Corviknight, but with recoil it put him in the red. Finally, the master sent out his own Single Strike Urshifu, and on the turn he was about to Gigantamax, I send out what I believe to be the toughest armor in the world. He came into a G-Max One Blow, and I braced myself for it's impact.
Gryphadin★ the Green Skarmory only lost a third of his HP.
I breathed a sigh of relief and gave a smile. I now know my path to victory as I ordered my Skarmory to Roost. Being slower than the opponent, he suffered another G-Max One Blow; perhaps the master thought I would Dynamax as well (although I have a policy of not using Dynamax energy if I can help it, especially after knowing that it's starting to dwindle).
Gryphadin★ was able to recover the blows, and after three turns of Gigantamax onslaught, master's Urshifu was out of time.
The next turn I ordered my Skarmory to use Body Press, and while he suffered a Wicked Blow he was able to knock out the opponent in one hit and put an end to the battle.
The rest of the dojo was apparently watching our fight, and the after battle became a midnight feast. I think. Weren't those supposed to happen in boarding schools instead?
Well they are Galarian.
Oh ho, nice sting, cheeky Dialga. Let's scurry off for tea and crumpets and fish and chips.
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My mom has mentioned that the League had been asking when I will next participate in another match. Maybe I'll just lose to Leon when we have another match? Nah, he'll know if I rigged it, and besides, he seems to be happy in the Battle Tower.
So I flew there from home to Wyndon to fight in the next open schedule. I was slated in a bracket, and while I wished I could fight in my dojo uniform, I suppose some traditions can't be broken.
I fought a random challenger and then Raihan for the qualifiers, then squared off against Bea for the final round. The battle was pretty intense, with an especially fun match between my Poipole and her Grapploct countering each with Octolock and Venom Drench until the opponent was weak enough to finish with a Sludge Bomb.
The last match was between her Gigantamax Machamp and Katara, my Inteleon. She has had the Max Soup, and was capable of Gigantamaxing, so I figure, sure why not. I charged the energy for her to transform, and her tail became a perch for her to rain down upon her enemy. Needless to say, one G-Max Hydrosnipe was enough to blow through the enemy.
And with that, the tournament was over, and the next new batch of Galar champions was recorded in the Hall of Fame.
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TL;DR
- Had Miyagi, my Kubfu, evolve into a Rapid Strike Urshifu. It would be a weaker but different Keldeo (that's how I'll try it anyway).
- Finally finished main content of Isle of Armor. I'll still be back there for Max Mushroom and Diglett hunting, and the Sharpedo's are great for EV training.
- After almost half a year after my last league battle, I decided to do some actual championing again.