"Specialized Bait Recipe?"
Looking at the reward provided by the cheat ability, Adrian's eyes first bulged wide, followed by sheer ecstasy.
If not for the presence of Clair and the Dragon Elder, Adrian would have wanted to pick up Dratini and kiss it several times, then dance together.
What is Adrian currently lacking the most?
Without a doubt, it was a bait recipe!
Not a general-purpose bait, but a specialized bait for a specific type of pokémon, or even an exclusive bait for a specific species.
But now, he had finally obtained it!!!
[Specialized Bait Recipe (Seal-type): A special bait with extremely strong attraction for Seal-type pokémon like Seel and Sealeo, while non-Seal-type pokémon are uninterested.]
When he saw the description of the bait recipe, Adrian had a look of utter confusion, thinking to himself, "I clearly caught a dragon, so why is the rewarded bait for Seal-types?"
Unfortunately, the cheat ability didn't have a Q&A function. Adrian could only secretly guess that it might be random and not entirely determined by the category of the pokémon caught.
"But Seal-type pokémon aren't bad either. The Kanto region has Seel and Dewgong, and besides those, there are Walrein and Primarina groups; they're all decent pokémon."
Adrian's heart stirred; he suddenly felt some anticipation for this bait.
Especially Primarina, which is one of the Alola region's Starters.
Most importantly, its appearance. I mean, which trainer wouldn't want to raise a Primarina?
"Hehe!"
Thinking of this, Adrian couldn't help but laugh.
However, remembering Clair and the Dragon Elder were still there, Adrian immediately restrained his smile. While pretending to observe the caught Dratini, he secretly checked the other reward he had gained.
Besides the bait recipe, the other basic reward, "Carbos," was undoubtedly an extremely precious item. Using it could increase a pokémon's base speed stat.
In the real world, speed didn't just mean priority; to some extent, it also affected evasion rates and battlefield initiative, making it exceptionally important.
Finally, Adrian looked at Dratini's status panel.
"Marvel Scale ability?"
Adrian's eyes lit up. "Not bad, not bad!"
Marvel Scale is Dratini's Hidden Ability. After evolving into Dragonite, it becomes the Multiscale ability, which significantly reduces damage taken when HP is full.
Although Dragonite is said to be able to circle the globe in just sixteen hours, its speed and agility aren't actually particularly outstanding in battle.
Coupled with its 4x weakness, although it's a symbol of strength, it's actually quite vulnerable.
But if paired with the Multiscale ability, Dragonite is equivalent to having a special "shield" at the start of a battle; general opponents would find it hard to one-shot it.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dragonite can fully use Dragon Dance to power up.
With Dragonite's base stat distribution and its bottomless movepool, once it completes its setup—even with just one boost—it becomes terrifyingly powerful, and sweeping a team isn't out of the question.
After all, this is a Pseudo-legendary pokémon!
If paired with the move Roost, the effect would be even better, potentially making enemies feel a suffocating despair!
Can't break through!
Simply can't break through!
Suppressing his excitement, Adrian continued to check Dratini's move list.
Regarding Dragon-type moves, it had Dragon Dance, Draco Meteor, and Breaking Swipe. It had physical attacks, special attacks, and setup—it was practically perfect.
Especially the move Breaking Swipe, which gave Adrian a pleasant surprise.
Because this is a fearsome move that not only attacks the opponent for damage but also lowers their Attack stat.
"This Dratini's moves are quite a mix!"
Looking further down, Adrian saw five status moves covering various types.
If counting Dragon Dance, then out of this Dratini's eight moves, six were actually status moves.
However, unlike Pichu, Dratini's status moves weren't underhanded; they were quite sunny and bright.
Safeguard is a move that protects oneself from status conditions.
Haze is a move that resets all stat changes to zero, which can break an opponent's setup strategy.
As for Mist, it's a move that prevents one's own stats from being lowered.
Finally, there were Rain Dance and Sunny Day, two completely opposite weather moves.
But now, they appeared on Dratini at the same time.
"This Dratini might have an exceptional talent for weather control."
Adrian rubbed his chin, calculating.
According to the Pokédex, Dratini's evolution, Dragonair, emits a mysterious aura. At the same time, it stores massive energy within its body and can concentrate its power into the crystal-like beads on its neck and tail to manipulate the weather.
When its whole body is enveloped by the aura and begins to glow slightly, the surrounding weather changes accordingly.
Therefore, since ancient times, Dragonair has been regarded as a divine dragon that governs the weather by people engaged in agriculture.
Although Dratini is not Dragonair, because they share the same lineage, it more or less possesses some of Dragonair's abilities, though it's not enough to manifest them while still young.
However, the talent of this Dratini in front of Adrian was clearly more prominent.
Even without evolving, it was already somewhat reflected in its moves.
"Keep fishing!"
Although he was very satisfied with the first Dratini, just to be safe, Adrian decided to catch the remaining two Dratini first. After getting the rewards, he would make a final choice based on their status panels.
So, after patting the first Dratini's head, Adrian turned around and started fishing for the second Dratini right in front of it.
[Caught Dratini, rewarded with 1 Extreme Speed TM.]
The cheat ability's prompt appeared, and Adrian's eyes lit up. "Extreme Speed?"
Extreme Speed: A Normal-type move. It charges at the opponent with lightning speed to attack, allowing for a priority strike.
Extreme Speed is a priority move, but it's not an ordinary one because its priority is +2, higher than common priority moves like Aqua Jet, Bullet Punch, and Mach Punch.
Most importantly, its power is also high.
According to the game's settings, its power is 80, which is twice as strong as the 40 power of Bullet Punch and Mach Punch.
Immediately after, this Dratini's status panel also appeared.
[pokémon: Dratini]
[Type: Dragon]
[Ability: Shed Skin (By shedding its skin, it sometimes heals status conditions)]
[Moves: Dragon Dance, Dragon Breath, Dragon Tail, Twister, Extreme Speed, Aqua Tail, Wrap]
"Shed Skin ability?"
Adrian raised an eyebrow.
A Dratini with the Shed Skin ability evolves into a Dragonite with the Inner Focus ability. Not only does it prevent flinching, but it's also immune to the Attack-lowering effect of the Intimidate ability, which is quite good.
As for the moves, this Dratini was also quite good.
However, the only move that caught Adrian's eye was Extreme Speed.
Patting the second Dratini's head, under the murderous glares of the first two Dratini, Adrian fished for the third Dratini without a hint of hesitation.
[Caught Dratini, rewarded with 1 Dragon Cheer TM.]
The cheat ability's prompt appeared, and Adrian's eyes lit up again.
Dragon Cheer: A Dragon-type move. It raises morale with a dragon's shout, increasing the critical hit ratio of all allies except the user.
If the ally is a Dragon-type pokémon, the critical hit ratio is significantly increased.
Obviously, this is a move very suitable for Double Battles and Max Raid Battles. Its effect is similar to help, but it's even more powerful.
Because help can only help one at a time, but Dragon Cheer can inspire a whole group at once, making it a proper area-of-effect move.
Immediately after, the third Dratini's status panel appeared, and its ability was also Shed Skin.
Regarding moves, besides mastering Dragon Cheer, this Dratini also mastered the powerful Dragon-type offensive move Outrage, making it a solid damage dealer.
Seeing that Adrian had caught all three Dratini, Clair knew the crucial moment had arrived.
"Adrian, which Dratini will you choose?"