Grassy terrain, light screen, silver wind
Battle Study with Professor Wesley!
âWell Iâve talked about Dual Screens a little in the past, so let me send you over to those notes first thing. But those other moves, thatâs interesting...
âGrassy Terrain is a more recently discovered technique. It started with the refining of Solar Beam into the more manageable Energy Ball; the raw energy of plant life, condensed into an attack. More and more refined, and soon that energy could be dispersed in a productive way instead of just fired off; spreading raw life energy across the field, to sort of temporarily terraform the space.
âIn a more condensed space - a private one-on-one, as an example - it can completely alter the scenery, obscuring the world around you, climbing the walls, even hiding the ceiling if youâre battling indoors. This can do a lot for you, the most obvious of which being increasing the strength of Grass-type attacks while itâs active. But, being raw life energy, anyone standing in it also gets their booboos kissed each turn. Not much, you wonât be good as new after a few minutes in this juice, but maybe itâll keep you from kissing dirt, which can be enough in a fight. Energy holding the ground together also softens moves like Earthquake.
Galar has really figured this move out, with their native Rillaboom having mastered the same innate abilities as one of Alolaâs much lauded guardians, and their version of the technique also poses less danger of permanently altering the terrain by spreading the energy more thinly, without reducing its effects. Plenty of other Pokemon can learn the technique - mostly the type you could mistake for simply being plants. The closer to nature, the better, clearly. But nobodyâs beating Rillaboom or Tapu Bulu for mastery.â For now. In science, there was always a âfor nowâ at the end of your thought.
Shifting topics entirely, Leo had to click around a few folders on his tablet, and a short sip from the nearest small glass next to his work desk. Then he slumped back in his seat, a scowl covering his lips.
âLord above, this move is odd. Itâs one a trio of techniques, maybe among the most ancient, and we really donât know that much about it. It, Ominous Wind, and Ancient Power share some traits. Theyâre relatively low in base power, quick to exhaust, but rarely - I canât emphasize that rarely enough - give the user an incredible temporary boost to its physical and mental abilities. The best anyone can surmise is it being some form of ancient chant that maybe helped life evolve in the first place, by pure chance. Rocks, insects, and the concept of a soul definitely predate most everything else on this planet. Short of maybe water. But water didnât need any extra help back in the day.
âAs for its appearance, itâs a well-named move. A gust of wind carries glittering silver scales, or feathers, or whatever your body has handy to hit the opponent. It doesnât do much damage, but Iâve seen it pose some pretty good knockback in a fight. In case you need space in a pinch.â