Sinnoh League Battles

===Yazmyne vs. Jackson===
	 		
	Yazmyne		Win
	Jackson		Loss
Yazmyne’s first Pokemon for the battle is her Luxray, and Jackson surprises her by calling out Blaziken, his strongest Pokemon, at the onset. Yazmyne wonders why Jackson would call out such a powerhouse so early in the battle. The referee begins the battle, and Yazmyne begins by having Luxray use Discharge, which spreads across the field. Blaziken uses his speed to dodge the electrical attacks and strike Luxray with Blaze Kick. Luxray gets back up and glares at Blaziken, triggering his Intimidate ability that lowers Blaziken’s attack power. Jackson is quick to compensate by Mega Evolving Blaziken. Blaziken subsequently releases an inferno with Flamethrower. Luxray dodges the attack and jumps into Wild Charge. Blaziken jumps around waiting for Luxray to strike until he quickly evades with a slight boost in his step. The emcee explains that Blaziken’s Speed Boost ability is activating. Luxray keeps attacking with his Wild Charge, but Blaziken continues to dodge with fine acrobatics until he bashes Luxray's exposed stomach with Blaze Kick. Luxray gets angry, but Yazmyne gets him channel that anger by building energy with Charge. Luxray complies and builds his electrical power. Wary, Jackson orders Flamethrower, and Luxray endures the attack. Blaziken keeps pressing on his Flamethrower until the attack erupts in an explosion. Luxray has taken a lot of damage, but he is still standing. He fires on Blaziken with an empowered Discharge. Blaziken’s Speed Boost activates again, but even he cannot dodge the increased magnitude of Luxray’s electrical assault. Luxray follows up with another Wild Charge. Blaziken recovers from the attack and clashes with Luxray with Blaze Kick. The collision is explosive with fire and electricity bursting on the other side of the opponent. After Blaziken and Luxray end up on the side of the field, Luxray wavers collapses first, unable to battle. 
The crowd is riled from the intense quality of onset of the Full Battle. Yazmyne recalls Luxray on a job well done. As she considers her next Pokemon, Blaziken continues jumping around with Speed Boost kicking in again. Yazmyne calls on Altaria. Ethan compliments the choice as Altaria as a stronger advantage over the Fire/Fighting Blaziken, but Cody reminds him of that troublesome Speed Boost. 
Blaziken attacks first with Flamethrower, and Altaria negates the attack with Dragon Breath. Not wasting any time, Yazmyne has Altaria release a Draco Meteor. With his speed and jumping abilities, Blaziken is easily able to avoid the incoming attack. However, he is airborne just like Yazmyne wanted, and Altaria rams the exposed Blaziken with Sky Attack. Jackson orders Blaziken holds onto Altaria as they both crash onto the ground. Altaria struggles to break free. Yazmyne orders Dragon Breath, but Blaziken reacts first and blasts Altaria away with a direct Flamethrower. Altaria is able to recover, but Blaziken follows up but kicking Altaria toward the wall with Blaze Kick. Stubborn, Altaria refuses to crash and manages to regroup himself before he crashes. Altaria immediately returns to the sky and fires down a Dragon Breath. Blaziken runs across the field, enhanced by his Speed Boost to dodge Dragon Breath when Altaria tries to track him. Altaria descends and attacks repeatedly with Sky Attack. However, Blaziken keeps getting faster and faster, dodging effortlessly before striking Altaria's chin with another Blaze Kick. Sighing, Yazmyne concedes and she orders Altaria back into the sky. In the air, Altaria releases a Perish Song that presents itself as a black-purple wail echoing across the entire battlefield that disturbs Blaziken and the audience in the front. Ethan is curious about the appearance of Altaria’s Perish Song, as it is markedly different from the way it was presented during the Grand Festival. Jillian reasons that Altaria was using Perish Song as part of an appeal, but now she is using it for the sole purpose of battle. Jackson is also irritated by the wailing, and he orders Blaziken to silence Altaria with Brave Bird. Blaziken executes and his final attack knocks Altaria out of the sky, unable to battle. 
Yazmyne proudly recalls Altaria. Meanwhile, Blaziken suffers not only from the recoil effects of Brave Bird but also from the lingering side-effects of Perish Song. The emcee insists that the longer Blaziken stays out the more Perish Song will hurt and eventually Blaziken will be rendered unable to battle, which was Yazmyne’s plan from the start. Jillian says it is a brilliant strategy but questions Yazmyne’s choice to use it so early. Ethan believes Yazmyne didn’t have a choice. Blaziken was too strong and Speed Boost was making him too fast. Therefore, Yazmyne needed a way to force a recall and thereby “reset” Mega Blaziken. Cody still wonders why Jackson chose Blaziken first. 
On the field, Yazmyne is disappointed to have needed to use Altaria, but she can’t worry about that now. Her next choice is Espeon. Jackson, wanting to save Blaziken for the end, recalls him and sends Drifblim into battle to counter the Psychic-Type Espeon. Espeon immediately strikes Drifblim with her ghostly Hidden Power for a super-effective attack. Drifblim shrugs off the damage and retaliates with Will-o-Wisp. Espeon doesn't try to dodge the blue calls of fire. She takes the attack, but she is not burned to Jackson’s surprise. Espeon’s Magic Bounce ability activates, and the flames of Will-o-Wisp turn back on Drifblim and burn him. Drifblim suffers from the damage as the emcee explains Magic Bounce to the crowd, a rare and Hidden Ability of Espeon. Tobias watches closely from the stands. Jackson then decides to attack with pure offense and orders Ominous Wind. Unable to dodge the wind-based attack, Espeon takes the full force of Ominous Wind. She holds her ground and manages to respond with a blast of Psychic. Espeon follows up and attacks with Iron Tail. Drifblim uses its balloon body to float around Espeon’s attacks, but the real goal was to only for Espeon to get close so she could land the normally inaccurate Zap Cannon. The super-effective blow deals critical electrical damage to Drifblim. Yazmyne orders Espeon to end the battle with a final Iron Tail. Jackson calls on Drifblim who is prepared. Yazmyne is curious and then frightened when Jackson commands Explosion. Drifblim erupts in a massive explosion that engulfs him and Espeon. When the smoke clears, Drifblim and Espeon are both unable. 
Yazmyne personally collects Espeon who is sorry to have lost. Jake is impressed with Jackson who is not only overpowering Yazmyne, but out-thinking her as well. Ethan says that none of them would have expected Blaziken to emerge first, so it threw off Yazmyne’s strategy to handle Jackson as well. Cody says that Yazmyne is currently being out-played, and her most strategic assets in Altaria and Espeon have been defeated easily. After seeing Yazmyne in action for so long, he knows she can turn it around but doesn’t know how. 
Yazmyne places Espeon back on the ground, and relies on her final three Pokemon to have to win her this battle. Yazmyne calls on Lopunny next. Jackson summons a Lickitung. The battle begins and Lickitung uses Power Whip. Lickitung’s tongue glows green at is stretches fast and hard to attack Lopunny. Just as fast, Lopunny dodges, but she has to dodge each of Lickitung’s attempts as he retracts and fires his tongue with great speed. The emcee notices the small craters in the ground when Lickitung hits it, complimenting the Normal-Type’s power. Lopunny goes on the offensive with Bounce and strikes Lickitung with heavy fast kicks. Jackson orders Lickitung to burrow its longue into the ground and then use Thunderbolt. Lickitung executes and his technique creates an electric field that zaps Lopunny. Yazmyne notes it as an incredible contest tactic. Lickitung continues to user Power Whip. The ground underneath Lopunny begins to rupture, but she jumps high with her powerful legs to dodge. Lickitung's tongue is still very long and it catches Lopunny as Jackson subseqently orders Wrap. Jackson commands Thunderbolt, and Lickitung electrocutes Lopunny with their direct connection. Lopunny endures and blasts Lickitung in the face with Ice Beam. Lopuynny breaks free and uses another Ice Beam on Lickitung's tongue to freeze it. Lickitung's tongue becomes very heavy as it smashes into the ground, unable to roll it back up. Lickitung flounders trying to unfreeze his tongue. Lopunny uses a third Ice Beam to freeze Lickitung in place and freeze the entire battlefield into an ice rink. Lickitung Mega Punch on his own tongue to break the ice on it and himself free. Yazmyne subsequently recalls Lopunny, having served her purpose. 
Yazmyne sends Buizel into battle, a questionable choice considering that Lickitung knows both Power Whip and Thunderbolt. Lickitung chases after Buizel with Power Whip. Buizel is able to easily slide and glide on the ice to dodge Lickitung's attacks and strike him twice with Power-Up Punch that also increases Buizel's power. Jackson orders Lickitung to dig his tongue into the ice and use Thunderbolt. Lickitung executes, causing ice chunks and electricity to burst from the ground and attack Buizel. Buizel defends himself with Whirlpool, which he quickly releases unto Lickitung, trapping and damaging him in a swirl of water for several seconds. Jackson orders Lickitung to destroy the Whirlpool with Thunderbolt. He does, but Jillian knows what will happen next. Buizel quickly shifts into Aqua Jet and pounds Lickitung in his gut. Buizel drills Lickitung into the the stadium wall, unable to battle. 
Jackson recalls Lickitung for Wormadam despite a clear type disadvantage. Buizel attacks first, striking hard with a fast Aqua Jet. Buizel bounces off Wormadam and summons a Whirlpool. Wormadam recovers and counters with a tornado stream of Sandstorm. The collision generates mud that rains across the battle field. Buizel is able to move effectively on ice but not on mud, causing him to slip. Ethan says that Jackson is still countering Yazmyne, and Jillian says that this isn’t really a League Battle it’s one long Contest Battle between different sets of Pokemon and no timer. Yazmyne has Buizel attack with another Aqua Jet. This time, Jackson has Wormadam defend with Stone Edge. Wormadam causes rock pillars to burst from the ground in a jagged pattern. Buizel tries to spiral to evade the rock pillar, but he ultimately crashes into them and stumbles to the ground. Wormadam floats to the recovering Buizel and Attract to immobilize him by making him fall in love. Yazmyune’s commands are now fruitless, and Wormadam swoops up Buizel in Sandstorm before he crashes into the ground. 
Frustrated, Yazmyne recalls Buizel, unable to even risk losing him. Yazmyne sends Lucario to battle Wormadam. Jackson is ready to exploit Lucario's vulnerability to Attract immediately, but Lucario is unbothered. He uses his aura to repel the hearts. Yazmyne commands Bone Rush. Careful to avoid the mud, Lucario generates two bones and attacks. Wormadam uses Stone Edge. Wormadam glows causes rock pillars to burst from the ice and attack Lucario in a jagged formation. Yazmyne tells Lucario to smash the rocks. Lucario skates around the mud and smashes any pock pillar in his path with his bones. He then attacks Wormadam with his bones. Wormadam fires off a Shadow Ball, which releases multiple black orbs on Lucario. Lucario calmly endures the attack without flinching. Yazmyne commands Dragon Pulse, and Lucario summons a large cosmic dragon that crunches Wormadam in an explosion that renders her unable to battle. Both trainers are now down to three Pokemon, but two of Jackson’s have yet to even battle. Jackson’s fourth Pokemon for the battle is his East Sea Gastrodon that Yazmyne admires for its polished coat. 
Lucario attacks first with Dragon Pulse. Gastrodon is prepared, and it summons a Muddy Water defense in the form of a whirling water tornado. Dragon Pulse is blocked completely. Gastrodon follows with Surf, summoning a wave that rushes for Lucario, who cannot hope to dodge due to the size of the attack. Yazmyne has Lucario use Copycat. Lucario glows blue and generates his own wave of Surf that clashes against Gastrodon's. However, Gastrdon jumps into the remains of both waves. When the water levels, Gastrodon reveals its self glowing light blue and building power. The emcee explains Gastrodon's Storm Drain ability, which activated when hit against Lucario's Surf. Copy remarks that Jackson is simply one step ahead. Refocusing, Yazmyne orders Bone Rush. Gastrodon uses Surf again, but considering the height of the wave, Yazmyne has Lucario jump over and continue to attack Gastrodon. Gastrodon retaliates by using a dome shield of Hidden Power, just like the one Espeon uses, giving Yazmyne a taste of her own medicine. Lucario is forced to back away, and Gastrodon fires its Hidden Power onto Lucario. Ethan notices the anger and excitement on Yazmyne’s face. Cody exclaims that Yazmyne is finally facing her equal. In almost every battle he's seen Yazmyne fare again, she maps out her victory like a foregone conclusion, but now she is being pushed and the outcome is uncertain. In such a battle, Jillian wonders what would have happened had Jackson gotten past of the appeal stage of the Grand Festival. She can’t help but truly consider that he’d been the one holding the Ribbon Cup. 
Lucario responds to Yazmyne’s emotions and fires a Dragon Pulse. Gastrodon generates a Muddy Water defense, but Lucario directs his Dragon Pulse into the center of the whirlwind, an opening in Gastrodon’s defense. The energy dragon crunches Gastrodon and explodes its Muddy Water. After the water clears, Gastrodon showcases its Recover to heal from all the damage to Yazmyne’s angst. Lucario is still determined, and Yazmyne commands Ice Punch. Jackson orders Muddy Water. This time, Gastrodon uses all the water on the field to ensnare Lucario in a makeshift whirlpool. Yazmyne herself lauds Jackson’s tactics to fill the field with water for this one final attack. Lucario is simply unable to escape and when Gastrodon stops its attack, Lucario falls on the ground unable to battle. 
Yazmyne recalls Lucario and she must send in Lopunny. Jackson recalls Gastrodon for Rampardos. First the first time in a long time, Yazmyne truly panics at the unraveling of Jackson’s strategy against her. Cody explains to his friends, Gastrodon will be sent back out when Yazmyne is forced to send out Buizel after Lopunny is defeated. Buizel’s water attacks won’t hurt Gastrodon, who will hand Jackson the victory. Jake notes that Yazmyne is done, disappointed because he wanted to beat her. Tobias looks away and leaves, marking that she was the only he thought could give her a challenge. 
Yazmyne decides to take the battle to the next level, and Mega Evolves her Lopunny, adding a new dynamic to this battle. Rampardos starts with Screech, which especially irritates Lopunny due to her sensitive ears as her defenses are lowered. Rampardos then charges in with Head Charge. Lopunny in absolutely furious, and she uses that anger to repel Rampardos with Ice Beam. Lopunny continues to re-freeze the field. Unable to move effectively, Rampardos resorts to Rock Slide, summoning boulders from the sky to attack. Yazmyne makes a prediction, as she could have Lopunny jump to dodge, but she’d be prey to Rampardos’ own jump and Head Smash combination. Yazmyne insists she’s done playing Jackson’s games. Yazmyne orders Lopunny to kick the incoming rocks. Lopunny complies and ricks the rocks onto the immobile Rampardos, which Jackson did not anticipate. It is Rampardos who takes the impact of its own attack. Lopunny then acts on her natural aggression and unleashes a vicious assault of High Jump Kick on Rampardos that immediately renders him unable to battle. 
Jackson subsequently returns Gastrodon to battle, and Yazmyne surprises everyone by recalls Lopunny for Buizel. Ethan, Cody, and Jake don’t understand, but Jillian reminds them that battles often orchestrate around the momentum between the trainers, but Contest Battles are different. They are about sucking the opponent into one’s own strategy, tactics, and appeal often suddenly, subtly, or over the five minutes, and this is a Contest Battle for both Yazmyne and Jackson. She says that since the start of the battle, Yazmyne had been completely sucked into Jackson’s battle strategy. She says none of them realized it until now, but Yazmyne’s complete strategy of allowing her opponent to dictate battle play is also her greatest weakness. Jillian says that when most trainers go into battle, they consider their Pokemon’s strengths, but Yazmyne is the opposite; her strategy mission is to exploit weaknesses and any holes in her opponents' strategy immediately. In his own words, Cody says that Yazmyne plays at her opponents' pace, but she manipulates it at her discretion to maintain an advantage in the battle. However, that means Yazmyne doesn't generate own pace and is thus exposed when she isn't given any pace. Jillian says Yazmyne relies on steadiness, preparation, and defense culminating in a final combination or a final offense which has worked tremendously in her favor. She is all about frustrating and countering the opponent. When Yazmyne is left nothing to counter or if she is being countered, she is helpless and she herself will be frustrated. Cody says that is why Yazmyne often struggled against Zachary as he rarely gave Yazmyne pace to manipulate. Jackson has figured Yazmyne's flaw, which is how he has dominated the battle so far. Jillian acknowledges Yazmyne’s strategy is often overwhelming, quick adaptation, detailed knowledge of her own Pokemon, awareness of the opponent’s typing and physiology, and fierce intelligence that Yazmyne herself may very well be unaware of crux in her tactics. 
Ethan says that it doesn’t change Yazmyne’s decision to send Buizel into battle. Cody says it does based on what Jillian just said about the true nature of strategy in a Contest Battle. Furthermore, Yazmyne is deciding to create her own pace by embracing Jackson's strategy, which might be even scarier.
Jackson and Gastrodon wait for Buizel to attack first. Yazmyne happily goes first and orders Aqua Jet. Buizel dashes toward Gastrodon in a coat of water. Gastrodon is waiting to be struck, but Buizel suddenly circles around Gastrodon until he gets behind him to land a surprise Power-Up Punch, hitting hard. Buizel gains power and follows with Whirlpool. Gastrodon is ready to be struck, but Buizel controls the trajectory of his Whirlpool and has it only circle Gastrodon, confusing it and Jackson. Yazmyne goads that this is what Jackson wanted: for Buizel to use Water-Type attacks to exploit Gastrodon’s Storm Drain. However, she will control how she uses her Pokemon's power. Jackson orders Gastrodon to jump into the Whirlpool. Buizel pulls back the Whirlpool and dissipates it to Gastrodon’s surprise. Buizel then Gastrodon's exposed underbelly with Power-Up Punch and with more power than the last. Gastrodon uses Recover to replenish its health. It then attacks with Surf. Buizel is initially struck, but Yazmyne orders Buizel to ride the wave with Aqua Jet. Buizel executes and bursts his way into the air to prepare an attack from the sky. Buizel swipes against the air with Sonic Boon. Gastrodon generates a Muddy Water, which absorbs the attack and then continues strike the airborne Buizel, knocking him to the ground. Buizel recovers as Gastrodon maintains its defense. Yazmyne sees a second chink in Gastrodon's defense. She has Buizel swipe Gastrodon low with Sonic Boom that knocks Gastrodon off balance and into the air. Yazmyne orders Buizel to attack quickly with Power-Up Punch twice. Gastrodon must absorb the attacks, and it retaliates with a -Type Hidden Power. Buizel charges into the attack with Aqua Jet, and the coat of water acts as a buffer to absorb the impact. Buizel then emerges with light damage and attacks Gastrodon with a final Power-up Punch. After the fourth boost in power, Buizel is able to knock out Gastrodon. 
The crowd cheers, and Yazmyne takes a deep break and says that Jackson has only one more Pokemon left. Jackson recalls Gastrodon for Mega Blaziken. Cody tells his friends he realizes why Jackson opened the battle with Blaziken. Compared to the rest of his team, Blaziken is on a whole other level, so he opened with Mega Blaziken to get an early sweep of at least two of Yazmyne’s Pokemon, then the rest of his Pokemon would knock out the remaining members of Yazmyne’s team without having to handle the full force of all six of Yazmyne’s Pokemon. Blaziken was recalled, so if Yazmyne’s remained four Pokemon despite Jackson’s remaining team, they will still be exhausted, allowing Mega Blaziken to deal the final attacks. Ethan says it is brilliant the exact reason Jackson never used Blaziken in the first three rounds of the championship: to not reveal Blaziken's true offensive capabilities.
Buizel is shown very tired from his encounters with Lickitung, Wormadam, and Gastrodon, but he is ready to continue. Jackson has Blaziken attack first with Flamethrower, and Buizel uses Whirlpool as defense before firing it at Blaziken. To everyone's surprise, Mega Blaziken fearlessly approaches the Whirlpool and slices through it with Slash. Buizel instinctively jumps away with Aqua Jet without a command, but he is airborne. Yazmyne is amazed Blaziken can move effectively on the ice. Blaziken jumps after Buizel, but Yazmyne orders another Aqua Jet, so Buizel has the speed to evade. Speed Boost kicks in and the emcee notes that it’s only a matter of time before Speed Boost gives Blaziken the speed to catch Buizel despite Aqua Jet. Regardless, Blaziken goes after Buizel in midair with Brave Bird. Spiraling against the other, Buizel barely manages the space to evade with another Aqua Jet. Yazmyne notes Jackson isn’t give her the space to make a tactical command. Buizel uses Sonic Boom, which swipes and briefly stuns Blaziken. Buizel seizes the small interval and traps Blaziken in a Whirlpool. However, Blaziken tears through the Whirlpool with Blaze Kick and safely lands. Blaziken then cockily challenges Buizel for his best shot upsetting the Sea Weasel Pokemon. Yazmyne orders Buizel to perform their strongest combination of use Whirlpool and Aqua Jet. Buizel executes and the multiple boosts from Power-Up Punch make the water thicker, and Jackson admits that Blaziken will not survive a head on collision. Speed Boost kicks in for the Fighting-Type, and Blaziken is ready to dodge, but Jackson orders Slash. When Buizel finally attacks, Blaziken's claws glow and lengthen. He sticks out one claw that disperses Buizel's water combination in a dazzle with the utmost precision upon interaction. Buizel is shocked while Yazmyne is rendered speechless. The audience is astounded as well, while Bertha simply muses that the future of trainers is simply bright. Blaziken tears through Buizel's combination until he is able to catch Buizel in his grasp. Too stunned to make a command, Yazmyne merely watches as Blaziken torches the Sea Weasel Pokemon with a mighty Flamethrower.
 
Buizel is rendered unable to battle and Yazmyne recalls him. Cynthia notes the sharpness and accuracy required to disperse such a thick coating of water in targeting the center of the swirl. She believes that Jackson's Mega Blaziken could give her and Garchomp a great fight. 
Despite Jackson’s early lead, both trainers are down to their last Pokemon as Yazmyne returns Mega Lopunny to battle. Noticing Blaziken’s strength, Lopunny is a lot less jumpy and more cautious. The two Mega Pokemon stare each other down before Blaziken rushes in with Blaze Kick. Lopunny bends back just in time to dodge Blaziken's fast attack, but then she catches Blaziken’s other leg and sends him crashing into the stadium wall. Lopunny shows a little sign of panic at Blaziken’s tremendous speed. Blaziken gets up and jumps back into action with another Blaze Kick. Lopunny uses her superior acrobatics to evade Blaziken, but Yazmyne tells Lopunny to counter Blaziken with High Jump Kick. Lopunny and Blaziken engage in a fierce kicking duel around the battlefield, creating shockwaves as they collide. However, only Blaziken is getting faster, and he earns two clean strikes on Lopunny. After the second strike, Lopunny regains her footing and hits back with Ice Beam, but it doesn’t do much damage. Blaziken attacks with an inferno of Flamethrower. Lopunny's legs glow light blue with Bounce and she kicks destroys the flames with a powerful kick. Blaziken trails Lopunny with more Flamethrowers. Lopunny jumps and uses her legs to tear through the attack and strike Blaziken hard. Blaziken refuses to be knocked down and uses another Flamethrower at close range. With little time, Lopunny uses her ears to defend against the attack. Jackson calls for a change on tactics. He orders Blaziken to attack with Brave Bird. Blaziken jumps dives on Lopunny while coated in a blue fiery aura. Lopunny fearlessly runs toward Blaziken and jumps over him at the last second in an overhead flip. She then fires an Ice Beam, which deals damage and cancels out out the Flying-Type move with the Ice-Type attack. Speed Boost again triggers for Blaziken and he swipes at Lopunny with a quick Slash. 
Lopunny gets up, and Cody insists there isn’t away for Yazmyne to win against Blaziken’s speed. Yazmyne orders Lopunny to “decorate” the field with Blizzard in a dance. Lopunny dances with Blizzard and suddenly the entire field is covered with a beautiful icy mist that Blaziken cannot see through. Yazmyne orders Lopunny to retaliate with Bounce. Within the icy mist, Lopunny deals a powerful kicking assault on Blaziken. She then throws Blaziken across the ice. Blaziken gets up and uses Flamethrower that dissipates the icy mist and continues toward Lopunny. The Rabbit Pokemon counters with Blizzard; however, the two attacks just miss each other and the opponent. Blaziken and Lopunny attack again with Flamethrower and Blizzard, this time colliding to create a spectacular tornado of fire and ice that reaches the sky. Blaziken then goes for Brave Bird, and Lopunny jumps high to dodge. Blaziken shifts into Flamethrower, and the airborne Lopunny uses her feet to kick the attack into nothing. Lopunny descends with Bounce and Blaziken jumps for her with Slash. They collide for an explosive impact. Blaziken counters an Ice Beam with Flamethrower when Lopunny freezes a portion of the field. Blaziken charges at Lopunny over and over with Brave Bird. Lopunny utilizes her refined dancing skills and acrobatics to dodge with impressive grace. Once more, Blaziken and Lopunny engage in another explosive kicking duel between Black Kick and Bounce across the ice battlefield. Jillian comments on the beauty yet ferocity of a battle on ice. Lopunny has adjusted to Blaziken's increased speed with her superior acrobatics, and both Pokemon land is able to land clean on the other. Blaziken compounds his Blaze Kicks with Slash, forcing Lopunny to use her ears for defense in their duel. Blaziken backs away and unleashes another close-range Flamethrower. Lopunny spins with Blizzard to coat herself in a sphere of wind and ice that absorbs the attack for her. Blaziken subsequently launches himself into a Blaze Kick, but Lopunny uses Bounce just in time to jump off Blaziken's foot and launch herself into the air. Jackson cheers that Lopunny is exposed and orders Brave Bird. Yazmyne thinks and orders Lopunny to strike Blaziken down with a High Jump Kick in a bicycle kick. Blaziken and Lopunny collide and a shockwave pulsates through the entire stadium. The collision generates a powerful force between the two in struggle for domination over the other, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats. Though both push hard, Lopunny benefits from gravity and she narrowly breaks through Brave Bird. Lopunny carries herself and Blaziken into ground, crashing. 
Lopunny jumps back from the center of impact and gets down on one knee as she leg had been hurt from the impact of the collision. The smoke clears to reveal Blaziken unable to battle, and he his normal form, defeated. Pushed to the edge in a hard-fought duel, Lopunny just sits on the ground and Yazmyne drops to her knees in disbelief as she won one of her toughest battles. Upon returning to her normal form and normal personality, Lopunny doesn’t like how filthy has become. Jackson comforts his disappointed Blaziken, and tells him that he battled excellently. Jackson and Yazmyne meet at the center with Blaziken and Loopunny and the pairs of trainers and Pokemon shake hands with Jackson wishing Yazmyne well in the semifinals. The quality of the match from start to finish causes the crowd to go wild, and most everybody stands on their feet. Cynthia and the other members of the Elite Four do not. When asked my Mr. Goodshow who very much enjoyed the match, Cynthia declares that it was an incredible encounter, but she wonders how Yazmyne will do against her next opponent, Tobias. The man in question is seen at the Pokemon Center watching the result with pleasure.
===Yazmyne vs. Abdul===
Yazmyne and Abdul emerge from underground for their battle. Everyone is astonished by Yazmyne's new attire, specifically for this match. Jillian acknowledges that this is Yazmyne's first time in the semifinals of a League Tournament, so this is arguably the biggest match of her career as a trainer. Win or lose, she wants to look her best. In the far end, Cynthia sits with Mr. Goodshow and the other members of the Elite Four. Cynthia recalls her match against Yazmyne between her Garchomp and Espeon where Garchomp was unable to secure a clean victory. Having never seen Yazmyne's full strength, she wonders what the girl has to truly offer.
The referee begins the battle, which will be a Full Battle on a grass battlefield. Abdul's first Pokemon is naturally his Darkrai, which the audience knows will present a daunting challenge for Yazmyne. However, Cody notes that Yazmyne is not worried in the slightest. Yazmyne looks to Espeon, and the two share knowing looks that they can win. Yazmyne decides to battle first with Electivire. Electivire can sense Darkrai's power and smiles evilly for daunting challenge at hand.
The battle begins with Darkrai executing a Dark Pulse and Electivire matches the attack with Thunder for a powerful explosion. Just as the smoke clears, Darkrai fires an Ice Beam. Electivire coats himself with Light Screen to halve the battle damage. Abdul commands Dark Void and Yazmyne orders Electric Terrain. As Darkrai prepares the attack, lightning envelops Electivire, who stomps the ground, causing the field to glow a golden yellow with electric sparks. Darkrai fires the black orb of Dark Void and the orb expands to surround Electivire and put him to sleep. However, the spark from Electric Terrain immediately awakens Electvire who is revved for battle. The emcee explains the effects of Electric Terrain that increases electrical power and prevents sleep for all Pokemon, thus shutting down Darkrai's Dark Void-Dream Eater combination. Yazmyne has Electivire uses Thunder again. Darkrai initially dodges, but Electivire spreads his Thunder across the battlefield and shocks Darkrai badly. Electivire jumps for joy, impressed by his incredible strength. However, he is disappointed when Yazmyne recalls him.
Yazmyne calls out her second choice, Spritzee. Cody scans Spritzee into his Pokedex. Cody says it's cute but even with Electric Terrain on the field, the Fairy-Type won't stand a chance. Ethan comments on the type advantage, but admits that Spritzee is still going up against a Legendary Pokemon.
When the match resumes, Darkrai speeds around Spritzee with Ice Beam, landing a direct hit, but Electivire's Light Screen is still in effect, and the damage is halved. Yazmyne then orders Spritzee to use their new move, Trick Room. Spritzee glows light blue and generates a transparent psychic blue room around the entire battlefield. With Trick Room in play, Spritzee showcases her new speed while Darkrai cannot move as fast. Spritzee then unleashes a blast of Thunderbolt onto Darkrai. The Thunderbolt is much stronger due to the enhancing effects of Electric Terrain. Darkrai recovers and attacks with Dark Pulse, but Spritzee uses Dazzling Gleam as defense and blitzes Darkrai with crescent blasts of Fairy Wind. Abdul begins to get angry as he realizes that his Darkrai is currently powerless. Spritzee speeds up to Darkrai and swallows it in a super-effective Dazzling Gleam. Yazmyne declares that Darkrai is most definitely a Legendary Pokemon, but he's still just a Pokemon, so there is no reason she could not come up with a plan to defeat it: Electric Terrain to neutralize Dark Void, which renders Dream Eater, useless, Trick Room to turn Darkrai's speed against it, Spritzee's Fairy-Typing to render Dark Pulse ineffective, and Light Screen to weaken Ice Beam. Cynthia listens and explains that it's more than that. Yazmyne is using her team to pick apart Abdul's Darkrai instead of just relying on one Pokemon.
Yazmyne orders Spritzee to use Fairy Wind again. This time, Spritzee whips up a massive silver and pink tornado that reaches the top of the Trick Room and swallows Darkrai whole, and damages it on all fronts. Abdul orders Darkrai to break out with Ice Beam. Yazmyne orders Thunderbolt. Spritzee executes a Thunderbolt, enhanced by Electric Terrain. Thunderbolt blends with the Fairy Wind and painfully shocks Darkrai. Yazmyne doesn't command Spritzee to end the attack. Rather, she waits for the attack to die naturally. When the storm fades, Darkrai falls out of the air, and plummets to the ground, unable to battle.
The stadium is frozen in silence until they all erupt in applause. Shaina is watching the match with her Uncle Byron and notes that only Yazmyne would be able to take out a Legendary Pokemon when no one else could. In the stands, Cody cannot believe Yazmyne took down Darkrai so easily. Jillian comments that Cody has always had it out for her cousin, and he should just acknowledge that Yazmyne is going to summon all of her experiences to take down Abdul and advance to the finals. A figure watches the match with an Umbreon, satisfied with the results so far, but he guesses that Adbul has more trick up his sleeve.
Abdul recalls Darkrai, and Ethan comments that no one knows about Abdul's five other Pokemon so he wonders how much Yazmyne could have prepared for the match. Abdul's second Pokemon is a Bronzong. Yazmyne scans Bronzong her Pokedex, reminded that she learned about it when she faced Lucian. Yazmyne also remembers Heather's Bronzor, and she used Elekid to defeat it years ago.
To begin the battle, Abdul commands Gyro Ball. Wary, Yazmyne commands a Dazzling Gleam defense. Spritzee is just quick enough to generate the protective light as Bronzong speeds up to her and attacks with its iton body. Bronzong's powerful attack slowly cuts through Spritzee's light defense and knocks her back. Spritzee recovers and uses Fairy Wind. Bronzong is fast due to the effects of Trick Room and it easily dodges all of Spritzee's crescent blasts. Spritzee shifts into summon a storm with Fairy Wind that swallows Bronzong. The Bronze Bell Pokemon takes damage, but it only takes seconds for it to counter the storm with another Gyro Ball by spinning in the opposite direction of the storm. Angry, Yazmyne commands Spritzee to fire a Thunderbolt, enhanced by Electric Terrain, but Bronzong Aegislash effortlessly blocks the attack with its own Light Screen.
Spritzee is getting tired from all her attacks with no success. Suddenly, the protective glow of Light Screen around Spritzee fades and Yazmyne realizes that Electric Terrain will fade soon as well. Adbul orders Bronzong to attack with Flash Cannon. Spritzee uses Thunderbolt, but Bronzong circles around the attack to strike Spritzee with a silver blast and send her crashing into her own Trick Room wall. Spritzee slides down, unable to battle.
Yazmyne recalls Spritzee with a smile, saying she did her part, privately adding that Trick Room was only for her to best Darkrai anyway. Yazmyne considers her next Pokemon and wonders about the way Bronzong uses Gyro Ball, similar to her Starmie's Rapid Spin. Yazmyne takes a guess and notes that she needs a Pokemon who can handle Bronzong's power and get through its defense. Yazmyne decides on Salamence.
Trick Room is still in effect, so Salamence is going to be very slow while Bronzong is still very fast. Bronzong manages to get the first attack and charges with Gyro Ball, but Salamence's red glare with Intimidate lowers Bronzong's attack power. Bronzong continues its attack and Salamence tightens his wings around him to absorb the blow. Salamence then follows by biting down on Bronzong with a super-effective Fire Fang. Salamance then bashes Bronzong into the ground with Dragon Tail. As Bronzong readies to continue, Electric Terrain fades from the field. Bronzong attacks with Gyro Ball, but Salamence releases fangs of Fire Fang to stop the attack and have it explode on Bronzong, who collapses, unable to battle. Bronzong is recalled, and Yazmyne recalls Salamance, knowing she'll need him later.
Yazmyne calls on Drapion and Abdul responds with Lucario, putting Yazmyne at an immediate disadvantage. Lucario attacks first with Aura Sphere. The attack comes in with blinding speed and Drapion barely has time to cut the energy ball in half with X-Scissor. It was only a feint, for Lucario rushes in, in front of Drapion and hammers at him with Close Combat. Lucario quickly falls back and glows red as his defenses fall, but it is not bothered. Yazmyne comments on how much faster Abdul's Lucario is. Cody says that Pokemon has been trained incredibly on speed with a perfect balance between special and normal attacking power. When Drapion needs a command, Yazmyne stumbles unable to think of a plan. Abdul orders Lucario to keep attacking, next with Extreme Speed, striking twice. Drapion tries to capture Lucario to no avail, but he lands an X-Scissor with Yazmyne's sudden command. Lucario recovers and fires an Aura Sphere. Drapion bites on the move with Poison Fang and eats the Aura Sphere to glow blue and gain tremendous power. Jillian recalls when Shaina's Bastiodon did the same. Drapion uses its new power to use an empowered X-Scissor. Lucario unleashes a powerful Close Combat to shatter the incloming X-shaped energy swipe. He then fires two more Aura Spheres from each paw that explode on Drapion and defeat him.
Yazmyne recalls Drapion on a job well done for Electivire. When the match begins, Lucario blitzes Electivire with Extreme Speed, sending him flying back. Lucario immediately follows up with an Aura Sphere, but Electivire quickly regains his balance and weakens the attack with a barrier of Light Screen. Electivire then releases a Thunder, which Lucario narrowly evades. At Yazmyne's command, Electivire then spreads his Thunder across the battlefield. Lucario dodges the electical bolts and charges in to attack with Close Combat. Electivire is prepared and counters with Focus Punch. Lucario, however, grabs Electivire's arm and flips Electivire and throws him across the field. Lucario then bombards Electivire with Close Combat. Angry, Electivire aims to grab Electivire with his tendrils. Lucario remains furiously elusive and Abdul orders Shadow Ball. Lucario cross his arms and glows black. He expands his arm and seven puble black orbs materialize and explode on Electivire. Electivire is unable to endure the assault, and collapses, unable to battle.
Cody remarks that Lucario is on a whole other level, almost as powerful as Darkrai. Jillian says that Yazmyne now is behind with three Pokemon. Yazmyne recalls Electivire and she sends Espeon into battle. Lucario releases six orbs of Shadow Ball to attack Espeon, who uses generates a shield of Hidden Power to defend herself. She then fires the ghostly orbs of Hidden Power. Lucario aims to dodge them with Extreme Speed, but Espeon is able to control the orbs to keep tracking Lucario. Lucario resorts to Close Combat to destroy the close orbs with rapid punches and kicks, but it leaves him exposed to an Iron Tail attack. Lucario uses his sharp senses to narrowly evade Espeon and circles her with Extreme Speed. Espeon generates a rainbow aura of Psychic about her. It expands the aura across the battlefield, and it stuns and damages Lucario. The negative effects of Close Combat take its toll and Lucario is critically damaged. Espeon then fires off her ghostly Hidden Power, which explodes on Lucario and renders it unable to battle.
Espeon licks her paws and stretches before returning to Yazmyne's side in a recall. Abdul and Yazmyne send out their next choices: Steelix and Accelgor. Accelgor