Relying on Victini’s charging, Lilligant’s body achieved tremendous growth.
Just imagine, others cast Energy Ball to increase the proficiency of this skill, thereby practicing their control over Grass-type energy.
Due to the limitation of stamina, a Pokémon would be panting after firing seven or eight of them.
Not to mention that the gathering of elemental energy, to a greater or lesser extent, causes damage to the Pokémon’s body.
For example, with Flamethrower, if used at a high frequency, black flames will emerge from the Fire-type Pokémon’s mouth.
In comparison, Lilligant has no such concerns.
If she fires tens of thousands of Energy Balls in a day and her body is damaged, Victini just needs to touch her, and she is immediately restored to factory settings.
The skill experience Lilligant gains from one day of training is hundreds, or even thousands, of times that of other Trainers.
Over time, Lilligant’s potential has been elevated, and the elemental energy within her has undergone a qualitative change.
Her mastery of various moves has reached a point of pure perfection.
To condense an Energy Ball of that size.
It would normally take a gap of five or six seconds.
And Lilligant?
In the blink of an eye, in less than a second, she instantly completes the entire process from calling upon Grass-type energy to shaping it, and then to the skill’s effect.
And that is just for the Energy Ball move.
In two years, Eric did not just let Lilligant practice the Energy Ball move.
Combined with the daily training arranged by Eric, and from time to time, accepting battles from travelers and Trainers in Eindoak Town.
It is not Eric bragging, but with just Lilligant alone, under proper tactical arrangements, he is confident in achieving a decent ranking at the tournaments in various regions.
You say she can’t win the Champion title?
That is hard to say.
According to Eric’s Pokémon energy level assessment, the Pokémon of Trainers participating in major tournaments are generally between level 20 and 40, with few exceeding level 40.
But Pokémon battles are not just about the numbers.
Excellent Trainers are adept at utilizing the various mechanisms brought by moves to deal damage far exceeding the Pokémon’s energy level.
Having only Lilligant means a singular strategy, making it easy for others to counter.
For example, Tobias’s Darkrai from the anime.
Eric feels that Darkrai’s level should be close to 80, but it hasn’t broken through that level yet.
In terms of stamina, although it cannot be compared with Victini, the energy reserves of Legendary Pokémon are equally bottomless.
It is precisely by relying on these two points, plus Tobias’s tactical arrangements, that he was able to pull off a one-versus-six, or even a situation where he swept the entire tournament using only one Pokémon.
If he hadn’t run into Ash, Tobias might really have swept the entire tournament with one Pokémon.
The current Lilligant is certainly no match for Tobias’s Darkrai.
At least her energy reserves cannot support her in fighting six battles.
If it were Victini.
Eric would be confident in sweeping six, or even, like Tobias, sweeping the entire tournament.
This is the powerful confidence that the Mythical Pokémon brings to Eric!
“Would you like to have a Pokémon battle to exchange pointers?” After the battle ended, David found Eric and expressed his desire to make friends.
“Sure.” Eric naturally welcomed this; more friends mean more paths, after all.
And when he learned from Eric that he only had two Pokémon, David was truly shocked: “No wonder you were able to train Lilligant to that extent.” Don’t think that level 70 is low.
Trainers in this world also have a concept of levels, but it is not as clearly distinguished as Eric’s.
In general battles, people will only say ‘that Pokémon’s level is very high’.
But what exactly ‘very high’ means here is hard to say.
Different regions have their own different standards of strength.
Like David, his starter Pokémon Infernape has been raised for 4 years, but the level is still only around 40.
This does not mean that David has a problem with his training.
Pokémon levels are influenced by many factors.
The three most important points are, first, the Pokémon’s own aptitude, second, the resources obtained after birth, and third, the bond between the Trainer and the Pokémon.
Why are Trainers’ Pokémon mostly stronger than wild Pokémon?
The bond is truly a very critical thing.
It sounds a bit mystical.
But the bond is real.
Theoretically speaking, as long as the bond is strong enough, a Pokémon can even unleash several times, or even ten times, the power to respond to its Trainer.
The best example is Ash’s Pikachu.
That is truly, both the lower and upper limits are too outrageous.
When weak, Pikachu couldn’t even beat a level 5 Snivy.
When strong, even Arceus, Pikachu can shock Him.
However, Eric feels that the bond between a Trainer and a Pokémon is likely also a special ability.
A power that a Pokemon World Human can awaken, similar to Psychic, Dragon Tamer powers, Viridian powers, and Aura.
Put that way, that terrifying amplification and support is not strange at all.
Those abilities that David does not possess.
This is not Eric’s speculation, but rather Victini can clearly sense that he is not a power user.
As such, without special bloodlines or talents, all David can provide to Infernape is resources and battle experience.
In the real world, battles do not grant experience points to level up Pokémon.
But battles can maximize the stimulation of a Pokémon’s potential and accelerate their growth.
According to Eric’s judgment, without special encounters, Infernape’s limit is probably growing to around level 50.
Don’t underestimate level 50.
Most wild Pokémon, in a situation where they can only satisfy their own basic needs, are few that can reach level 40, and the vast majority will only reach level 30 in their entire lives.
Level 30 is the stage where the final evolutionary forms of most Pokémon are at.
So, looking at the wild, are there many final-form Pokémon?
The answer is, not many.
In one area, in one Pokémon group, there is only one final-form leader.
The situation in games where Pokémon levels get higher as the game progresses does not exist in this world.
Additionally, level 70 is a huge threshold.
If we say that Superior Trainers can raise their main Pokémon to level 50 by relying on resources and a large number of battles.
Then to improve again, what is needed is no longer just resources, but depends on the Pokémon itself.
The path after level 50 is very difficult for ordinary Pokémon to continue.
Eric’s Lilligant’s aptitude is definitely not high; it can only be said to be average.
Her limit, even with the help of Victini’s infinite energy, can at most break through the threshold of level 70.