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Nuregami was indeed feeling the poison, though it's confusion made it less noticeable. Not by much, though. Lykas could see he was suffering by now but if he could get one more good hit in, he could call the battle and heal his partner. "Nuregami, try and get another Aqua Tail off on it." He called. If this failed, he would have little choice but to recall the Milotic before he completely succumbed to the poison. Nuregami heard the call but whether or not he made sense of it was unclear to Lykas just yet.

((Same as before for the roll))

Lykas nodded. "I have no intention of using him again until that poison has been dealt with." Lykas assured the woman, recalling his severely weakened Milotic at the same time. "Sorry to put you through that, Nuregami. Thanks for toughing it out." He told the Pokeball in his hand.

"You might have been a warm up but you were a good opportunity to really see what I'm up against. I can only assume how difficult the coming challenges are." The hybrid told her before turning and beginning the trek up the stairs to what he assumed would be another battle platform.

"As matter...of fact...I am." Lykas huffed. ~Am I really this out of shape?~ He thought as he reached toward his belt. He had decided the moment he saw that Darmanitan who he was going to battle with. He was familiar with that Pokemon; Moreso than he would like to admit after the events in Unova way back when and while he felt that a bruiser would be a good choice to match a bruiser, he released Chinami the Dewott into the field. She was agile and evasive as well as having the stamina to keep going for a while as long as she didn't get hit too many times.

"I made...a bad decision...in the last battle. So if you don't mind...I'll start this one." He said, rubbing his shaken hand now that his Pokemon was out. It still hurt slightly. This guy had one hell of a grip. "Chinami, begin by showing off your Swords Dance." He instruction, his breath finally returning to him enough that he wasn't gasping when he spoke any more.

The Discipline Pokemon nodded and drew her scalchops from her fur obi, a thin blade of water energy emerging from the center of each before spreading out as she opened her fans. She danced. Vigor and determination rose deep within her. She felt as if she could take on the world now. She was ready.

That flash. Lykas recognized it but couldn't place what had caused it. He could swear he'd seen it somewhere before but what was it?! "Chinami, dodge!"He ordered, quickly. The Dewott did as instructed, jumping back to avoid the attack but when Darmanitan hit the floor, chunks of polished stone flew up from the impact, some of them large enough to actually hurt. Okay, that wasn't as bad as it could have been but there could be no taking chances here. Even one hit from this beast would likely end Chinami's run in the battle.

"Razor Shell. Hit from as far away as you can. You absolutely must maintain distance in his battle." The hybrid instructed. Chinami nodded and lashed out, slashing at the Fire-type from just close enough to hit it.

Chinami was unable to evade Darmanitan's wild strike, snatched up and slammed around, thoroughly pummeled before Lykas could think through a reaction. And he'd been right. She was done. Barely capable of standing after the beating she'd just taken, Chinami struggled to continue fighting even as Lykas recalled her. "That's a powerful Pokemon you've got.." He noted, mentally surveying his list of current party Pokemon.

"Okeanos, you're up!" He called, releasing his Clawitzer from it's ball. "Use Water Pulse." Forging a buzzing sphere of water and sound within it's larger claw, the Howitzer Pokemon fired it with a bang of compressed water, slinging the thing like a liquid bullet at Darmanitan.

"Aqua Jet!" Lykas called out. Okeanos responded with a whistle from his larger law, compressing water within before firing it from the rear it. Racing forward with the force of it's jettisoned water, the Clawitzer blazed out of range of the Darmanitan's attack, coming in hot from the ape's other side. Kicking into a sawblade-like spin as he drew within striking distance, the lobster creating a spinning blade of water with it's own body as the center of the impact.

Lykas nodded calmly. "Thanks for the compliment." He said after recalling Okeanos. "And I have an idea how to deal with defense."He noted before heading up the stairs. He had Tallulah with him today. Not the most powerful attacker, normally, but her ability made her a danger to many targets. The Seadra was one hell of a Sniper, after all. For now, though, the objective was to climb these accursed steps.