Imogen eyed him a moment, trying to decide to share a bit of her battle strategy. "I take on all my battles like a dance, it's part of why I use an ocarina to give orders. I can match my tempo to the battle, it makes it easier for my Pokemon to evade and aim. And it adds to the mystery and makes it so my opponent can't know what I'm doing."

While faster opponents, generally, made for a better training. There was something to be said for precise timing on all things. She would rather know ahead of time how a Steelix moves, instead of having to adjust mid fight. He knew metal, she was getting pretty good at this Pokemon stuff. But... he did know a thing or two about metal, she had to give him that. Maybe she should use that.

"If you say so... but none of my Pokemon are very bullet-like. And I don't like the idea of some of my Pokemon fighting when taking any hit from Jasmine's Steelix might take them out instantly." Steelix was big and slow, but it could hit very hard, and Earthquake wasn't a move that needed much aiming. It was pretty much the part of the equation she had to think the hardest on, like Whitney's Miltank. "How would you try to take out a Gym Leader's galvanized conga line?"