Tetsuya pondered for a moment, then opened his computer and began planning.
This world is a real world. A single-type team has a relatively significant advantage in training and battles in the early stages, meaning the training methods and resources are relatively unified, and the fighting style is also relatively simple.
Therefore, some Normal Elite Trainers will choose to train Pokemon of a single type to enhance their strength. After all, while training methods differ, they are largely similar, allowing them to quickly form combat power.
However, the more powerful a Trainer is, the less likely they are to only train one type of Pokemon. Even Dragon-types are paired with various secondary types.
There are many reasons for this. Firstly, there's the resource issue. It's difficult to guarantee you can provide sufficient training resources for at least six main Pokemon of the same type.
After all, the materials obtained during adventures are varied, and it's hard to ensure they are all needed for the type you are training. Even with mutual exchange, it's difficult to gather enough.
Especially for powerful Pokemon, the materials required for training are not easily come by, unless you are rich.
Secondly, there's the tactical issue. A single-type Trainer's tactics are relatively simple. Moreover, type advantage is a factor that cannot be ignored. In situations where strength is similar, type is one of the key factors determining victory.
A certain Flying-type Elite Four member explained this point very well.
Furthermore, it's difficult to ensure comprehensiveness with only single-type Pokemon, especially for Trainers who live in the wild. Lack of comprehensiveness means insecurity, which means death.
Based on his ideas, Tetsuya used the team composition from the game he played in his previous life to roughly categorize the Pokemon he would choose.
Simply put, it's like tank, assassin, warrior, mage, healer, etc., but not as clearly defined.
For example, a healer. Although Tetsuya really wanted to train a Blissey as the team's doctor, under the control of the Joy Family, this couldn't even be called a dream anymore; it was closer to a delusion.
So Tetsuya felt it was better to learn more relevant knowledge himself and be a human nurse.
As for Pokemon that can use Heal Pulse, they do exist, such as Gardevoir, which is at the top of Tetsuya's list of ten Pokemon he absolutely wants to obtain.
But the difficulty, while certainly easier than Blissey, isn't significantly better.
So the healer role is practically non-existent, unless Tetsuya gets incredibly lucky, otherwise he'll have to wait a long time.
Tetsuya first considered Pidgeot's role in the team and felt that Pidgeot might still be an assassin with insufficient damage for now.
Pidgeot can use Quick Attack in conjunction with various moves to strike enemies with speed, hitting once and then leaving.
At the same time, Pidgeot's mid-to-long-range attacks are not weak and can serve as long-range harassment, creating distance while dealing damage.
In the wild, Pidgeot can also be used as an excellent vehicle and scout for movement and searching.
It's just that the damage is indeed still relatively weak. After learning moves like Tailwind and Sky Attack later on, Pidgeot will truly have a way to instantly kill enemies of the same level, but not yet.
Therefore, Tetsuya believes that his second Pokemon now needs to be more like a warrior, capable of facing enemies head-on, with excellent melee ability and decent resistance, able to quickly defeat enemies.
This significantly narrowed down the options. Tetsuya frowned and made changes on his computer.
Because it's for melee, it's best to have the Fighting-type, or at least know Fighting-type moves. From this perspective, Lucario's pre-evolution Riolu is the most suitable, but the difficulty is too high, so he'll consider it later.
Nidoking is also good, but unfortunately, it evolves with a Moon Stone, which is even more expensive than a Fire Stone. Pass.
Scyther's body is too fragile, pass. Weavile is the same.
Poliwhirl, pass, for the same reason as Nidoking.
Golem is very good, but although Tetsuya knows it evolves from Graveler, he doesn't quite understand the specific operation. This is knowledge that is not publicly available, so he can only pass. Machamp is the same.
Snorlax, forget it, he can't afford to raise it, really can't afford to raise it.
Tetsuya kept eliminating options one by one, and in the end, he found that he was left with only two types of Pokemon to choose from—Electivire and Blaziken.
It's not that only these two meet the requirements, but Tetsuya selectively excluded some options, such as Hitmonchan (Hitmonchan) and the like.
The reason is that Tetsuya doesn't like them (not cool enough), well, nothing else.
As for Electivire, this is one of the few Pokemon whose evolution method Tetsuya knew from his previous life. After all, Tetsuya thought it was cool enough and specifically researched it: it evolves from Electabuzz holding an Electirizer.
And although the market price of Electirizer is not cheap, it's not prohibitively high either. Tetsuya estimated that ordinary Trainers don't know that Electirizer can evolve Electabuzz into Electivire.
And those who do know are not willing to buy Electirizer at a high price, as that would arouse suspicion. So the price of Electirizer remains in this awkward state.
This is good news for Tetsuya.
Overall, the investment in training either Elekid or Torchic is similar. Elekid eggs are cheaper, but require an Electirizer.
Torchic eggs are more expensive, but don't require any extra materials for evolution; normal training is sufficient.
Tetsuya stretched, looked at the time.
Simple filtering took an hour. It was already past nine o'clock. After all, there are simply too many types of Pokemon.
Closing the computer, Tetsuya took a shower and went to bed. He would wake up early tomorrow to exercise, sell the Fire Stone, and also visit the Black Market.
It's really busy.
Tetsuya thought drowsily, his mind a mess, and then he fell into a deep sleep.
The night passed without a word.
Tetsuya walked out of the bathroom; he had just finished his morning exercise.
Putting away Pidgeot, who had finished breakfast, Tetsuya slowly walked towards the Trade Center in the city center.
The Trade Center and the Bounty Hunter Center are located on the left and right sides of the Pokemon Center respectively.
Unlike the Hunters whose task is to obtain various raw materials for merchants to make items, the Trade Center primarily deals with training materials needed by Trainers.
Walking into the hall, a large screen came into view, densely filled with exchange and wanted information from various Trainers.
Below are computers, where interested trainers can search keywords in real-time to trade and exchange.
The Pokemon Forum is only for exchanging information and reaching preliminary trade intentions. Private transactions are certainly possible, but you bear the corresponding risks yourself.
Most trainers still choose to complete transactions at the Trade Center. Even though they have to pay a 1% guarantee fee, it's much better than getting scammed on their own.
Tetsuya first went to the appraisal counter to have his Fire Stone's purity appraised. Then, holding the appraisal certificate, he uploaded it to the Trade Center's backend and began posting information—"Selling an 89-quality Fire Stone. Payment can be cash, or cash + materials (Electric or Fire) mode."
Afterward, Tetsuya went to the waiting area and started browsing the forum while waiting for offers.
In the game, Electabuzz needs to be traded while holding an Electirizer to evolve, but the setting here has been slightly changed.
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