[PS: I didn't think that November would be busier than a weekday. Let's break out tomorrow!]
"Hey, the main perspective is the contestant from Ying State, Long Live My King. Everyone can see that this contestant has the title of Emperor above his head. He represents the champion of the last Pokemon Tournament, and is also the first contestant to win the title of Emperor in a Pokemon Tournament!"
"That's right. In the last competition, because His Majesty used a little bit of wit, many contestants didn't approve of his title very much and threatened to kick him out. However, Emperor still won the championship in the London Tournament, so his strength is unquestionable! "Sabenin said.
"That's not necessarily true!" Duan Xuan shook his head. "The London Tournament was the first Pokemon Tournament, and the rules haven't been changed yet. Players are still using the Four Mythical Beasts lineup, which leads to very few changes in the tournament."
"After the London Tournament, Emperor has already qualified to participate in the WCG Tournament, so he no longer has the opportunity to participate in other Pokemon Tournaments. This makes it difficult for him to have the opportunity to train himself through actual combat after the change in the rules."
"On the contrary, among all the contestants who won after that, they have experienced the test of the new rules. Some of them have even participated in seven or eight Pokemon Tournaments, so they have a lot of experience in choosing their lineup. This will become Emperor's fatal weakness!"
Duan Xuan's words were very reasonable. With the change in the tournament rules, the Pokemon Tournament was no longer a test of the contestants' ability to raise their Pokemon, but more of a contest of intelligence.
For example, in this WCG Tournament, if a contestant wanted to win the championship, he had to go through the top 16, top 8, top 4, and the final. There were a total of four Pokemon Tournaments.
All the competitions were 5v5 single Pokemon battles. According to the new rules, all Pokemon could only appear once in the competition. Therefore, after the market competition, the contestants had to prepare 20 different Pokemon to participate in the competition.
As a result, there was an extremely strict requirement for the lineup of Pokemon. If the strong Pokemon were brought out in the early stages, then in the later stages of the competition, the weaker Pokemon would have to be brought out.
However, if the contestants took out weak Pokemon in the early stages, they might die in the top 16. No matter how strong the Pokemon in the later stages were, it would be meaningless.
Therefore, how to arrange the troops was a very troublesome problem for all the contestants.
As a result, after the second leg of the International Championship, many matches became very chaotic. There were often cases where strong players who were favored in advance were directly eliminated by their opponents in the qualifiers, and their opponents were eliminated in the second round because they brought out powerful sprites.
In any case, the situation was very chaotic. None of the contestants knew how to arrange their troops.
However, there were always smart people in this world. Some of the contestants quickly discovered that in a situation where they couldn't determine the order of appearance of the powerful sprites, the combination of the sprites became very important.
This was because before the official start of the battle, players had to confirm the 5 Pokemon that would appear in the competition. After that, they could not change.
At the same time, the players also had the opportunity to change their sprites during the competition. Therefore, the players with these mechanisms realized that the lineup became very important.
Some elves looked very weak, but as long as they combined different lineups according to the characteristics of their skills, they could make these lineups strong.
Moreover, there were also some special formations that were specially used to restrain certain special formations. They were very targeted.
Previously, because the 4 Mythological Beasts + 1 formation was too invincible, it made it very difficult for these special formations to win even if they appeared. Therefore, the contestants didn't consider the problem of the formation at all.
However, with the change of the rules, the contestants didn't dare to bring out the strongest formation in the first place. Therefore, they had to develop all kinds of special formations.
Now, Pokemon had 250 different Pokemon. Each Pokemon had a different combination of skills. This meant that there was no limit to the number of variations that could be used.
In the previous leg of the competition, even the green caterpillar, which was recognized as the weakest Pokemon, had the opportunity to appear. Moreover, the effect was good, and it successfully tricked the opponent.
Because the green caterpillar's Silk skill had the effect of restricting the opponent's ability to use skills for 2 rounds, many players developed the Infinite Little Pokemon Substitution Style of fighting. At that time, the opponent had a splitting headache!
All in all, this reform was very successful. It made the lineup of the competition become full of infinite possibilities. It was no longer monotonous and boring. It had a huge effect on the promotion of the Pokemon competition.
Back to the main topic. Just as Duan Xuan said, My Emperor really did encounter trouble this time.
During the preparation stage of the competition, both sides brought out their own formations. My Emperor followed the rules and chose to use Super Dream as the core. It cooperated with the Violent Carp Dragon and other Pokemon to create an explosive formation.
The effect of this formation was very simple. It was extremely terrifying explosive damage, especially after Super Dream learned the Destructive Beam skill. Super Dream's killing power was at an explosive level. In the competition, there were often situations where a Destructive Beam could instantly kill an opponent with full HP. In short, it was very powerful.
"Oh, My Emperor's first match has exceeded the explosive formation. Duan Xuan, what do you think? Do you think this formation can win?" Sabenin asked curiously.
"That depends on how the opponent chooses!" Duan Xuan said. The competition gave the players a total of two minutes to choose their formation.
My Emperor's selection speed was relatively fast. In less than 20 seconds, he had brought out his formation. It was obvious that he had thought about it carefully before the match. However, the opponent was slower. A minute had passed, and he still hadn't brought out his formation.
"Good, the formation has finally appeared. It's the Frozen Ocean Style with Rogia as the core. This time, My Emperor might really lose!" Duan Xuan said directly when the opponent brought out his formation.
"Why are you so sure?"
"Because the Frozen Ocean Style is a relatively unorthodox style. This style mainly needs to cultivate Rogia's defensive specialty. Then, it uses the Nokia's ability to lock the opponent's HP for two rounds, as well as the Frozen Bird's ability to create a Freezing Field. It's a style that focuses on defense and counterattacks!"
"The Frozen Ocean Style has a prominent characteristic. It's stable. Anyone can fight it. As long as they can drag it out, their chances of winning will be higher. However, the Frozen Ocean Style is most afraid of Pokemon like the Water God that can be dispelled. Once the Frozen Bird's Freezing Field is dispelled, it will instantly explode. "
"You mean, this formation is especially afraid of Pokemon that can be dispelled? Once they encounter it, they will definitely lose?"
"Basically, that's right! My Emperor's formation focuses on critical hits. The requirement is to kill the opponent instantly. However, Rogia's characteristic of not dying for two rounds means that it is impossible for him to be killed instantly. Moreover, he can last for two rounds. This directly destroys half of the winning chance of the explosive style. "
"As a result, there are no Pokemon in My Emperor's formation that can be dispelled. This also destroys half of the winning chance!" Duan Xuan sighed and said, "This time, unless a miracle happens, I'm afraid that My Emperor will be defeated!"
"Originally, the choice of this explosive style formation was not wrong. This is because the explosive style can restrain 20% of the mainstream formation. It can even be on par with the other 60% of the mainstream formation. However, it just so happens that it encountered the last 60% of the lineup that can restrain it. There's really no other way!"
The reality was just as Duan Xuan predicted. After My Emperor saw the opponent's formation, he was completely dumbfounded. Although My Emperor tried his best to use all kinds of methods and successfully killed Rogia, he paid the price of three Pokemon. There was no way for him to continue fighting. He could only end his own competition in the top 16.
And My Emperor became the first defending champion in the history of WCG. He was directly defeated in the top 16. Naturally, it was impossible for him to obtain the title of My Emperor. He could only come back next year. However, the fastest time would be the year after next year. He would only be able to obtain the title of My Emperor after winning the championship for two consecutive years.
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