Chapter 329: The Ultimate Battles in the Future
The reason Terrance chose Bug-type was because he valued Bug-type Pokémon’s growth potential!
When it comes to Pokémon like Caterpie and Wurmple, it’s not an exaggeration to say they grow the fastest!
With proper training, they can form a basic fighting force in as little as a week, even starting from scratch. With a month’s training, they can develop impressive skills.
The growth speed of Pokémon like Caterpie and Wurmple is quite rapid, but on the flip side, they tend to hit a bottleneck quickly, making further progress more challenging.
But that doesn’t matter! A Gym battle doesn’t require the Gym Leader to go all out and use their strongest Pokémon. The primary purpose of a Gym is to screen for outstanding Trainers for the League Conference. It’s an institution designed to test Trainers, and most of the challengers are rookies!
If most of the opponents are rookie Trainers, what’s the point of using overly strong Pokémon? You’d still have to hold back, so why make it harder on yourself?
Bug-type Pokémon, which can form a fighting force in a short time, are undoubtedly the best choice for Terrance. More importantly, Pokémon like Caterpie and Wurmple are incredibly easy and inexpensive to train. At the same time, the resources required to raise a Growlithe and a Caterpie are completely disproportionate, so this is another advantage.
Besides, for high-level battles, Terrance has Beautifly.
To handle most strong challengers, Beautifly’s presence in Fallarbor Gym is more than enough!