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"Anyway, I don't think this school is anything great," Misty said with a pout, looking displeased.
Relying on so-called theoretical levels to determine a Trainer's skill means the Trainers taught by this method will have poor adaptability and only average control over real combat situations.
If a real battle were to break out, they would likely shatter at the first touch. Even if they truly graduated from this school, they would only be cannon fodder at the Indigo League.
"Only someone who hasn't attended this school would say that. Although I'm at the bottom here, it's equivalent to being a Trainer who has earned two badges. I wonder what level this lady is?" Joe's face showed a hint of displeasure when he heard Misty slandering his school.
Even if he was at the bottom of this school and looked down upon by many, if he were outside, he would still be a Superior Trainer.
"Me? I'm the Gym Leader of the Cerulean Gym. If you want to talk like that, then let's have a real battle. Let me see how strong you, the owner of two badges, really are," Misty said coldly, showing no signs of backing down.
"Cerulean Gym? That weakest Gym? I easily won against it in a simulation battle." Joe said, opening the computer in front of him, then selected Weepinbell, which defeated the opponent's Starmie with two Razor Leaf attacks.
Seeing this, Misty's forehead creased with a '#': "How can data on a broken computer be compared to a real battle?!"
"It's not that different from a real battle…"
"Wait, Joe, was what you just used a Pokémon simulation battle?" Just as Joe was about to accept the battle with Misty, Ash suddenly spoke.
Joe nodded, somewhat confused, not knowing why Ash would ask such a question.
"Can you freely set levels, held items, and abilities for simulation battles on this?"
"That's right."
"Can I play for a bit? I've never played anything like this before." Ash's eyes sparkled with interest upon hearing this.
He had actually heard about computer simulation battles, specifically from the experts in his group chat.
This kind of thing couldn't compare to real combat at all, as it was turn-based, essentially a 'you go, I go' battle, which couldn't match the unpredictability of real combat.
However, it could be used to develop tactics. Tactician Ash developed many of his tactics through simulation battles, then went into the real world to catch Pokémon and reproduce the tactics from the computer.
This is also why it's said that in terms of theoretical knowledge, Champion Ash doesn't even come close to him, because he is the pioneer of theoretical knowledge.
Ash had heard a lot about computer simulation battles in the group chat but had never seen one in person. Seeing it for the first time today, he couldn't help but feel a little eager.
"Of course, I'll teach you… Here you set the difficulty… Here you adjust the Pokémon… Here you choose the Pokémon's held items…" Seeing Ash's interest in the computer simulator, Joe enthusiastically began to explain how to operate it.
Brock and Misty exchanged glances. They were a bit confused as to why Ash, who always preferred real battles, would be interested in a simulator.
After Joe's introduction, Ash sat in front of the computer, then operated the simulator. After configuring his Pokémon, he directly selected the second difficulty level – Elite Four level!
On the computer simulator, one can freely choose Pokémon, adjust levels, moves, and held items. After configuring the Pokémon, one can select the difficulty. Each difficulty corresponds to different levels and Trainer command skills.
For example, in Elite Four level difficulty, Elite Trainers from various regions will appear, and their Pokémon generally have levels above seventy, with top-tier team composition and command skills.
The Pokémon used for challenges can only be at most the same level as the opponent, so there's no possibility of using a level one hundred Pokémon to overpower them.
But even so, if one can adjust the challenge Pokémon's levels to match those of Elite Trainers, there is definitely a much higher chance of winning than facing an Elite in the real world.
After all, in the real world, Trainers who possess Elite Four level Pokémon are extremely rare. Under an absolute level gap, all tactics are futile – this is a common perception in reality.
Therefore, in the real world, many people who cannot defeat Elites but feel their skill is comparable to Elites, those self-confident individuals, believe that as long as their Pokémon's levels meet the standard, they would not lose to so-called Elite Trainers.
The difference between them and Elites is merely the Pokémon's levels, not the Trainer's command skills.
Thus, the Alliance created this 'Pokémon simulation battle' on computers, allowing even ordinary Trainers to challenge Elite and Champion Trainers by adjusting their Pokémon's levels to match the Elite and Champion tier.
The Elite and Champions in the computer are programmed with the battle strategies of real-world Elite and Champion Trainers. Although not as good as real people, they are extremely powerful AIs.
Many people adjusted their Pokémon's levels to match the Elite and Champion tier and were still utterly defeated by the Elite and Champions. Only a few Trainers who understood the AI's mechanisms or were already very powerful could clear this difficulty.
This also made many people realize the gap between themselves and Elite and Champion Trainers. Was the difference merely the Pokémon's levels? Not only that, but there was also a significant difference in the Trainers' command abilities.
If you can't even beat the AI, don't even think about challenging real Elite and Champion Trainers. This was the original intention behind creating this simulator, but later, this computer simulator also became popular in various Pokémon academies.
Because using a simulator for student training is extremely low cost and can achieve good results, why not?
But Joe didn't expect Ash to choose Elite Four level difficulty right away. How confident in himself was he!
"Hey! Wait a minute, Ash, did you make a mistake? That's Elite Four level difficulty. Pokémon levels are generally above seventy. The Pokémon you just chose won't be able to beat them!" Joe kindly reminded him.
Ash's chosen Pokémon were two Hippopotas, two Aron, one Ferrothorn, and one Gyarados. Their held items were Sandstone 2, Shell Bell 2, Choice Scarf 2, and their abilities were Sand Stream 2, Sturdy * 2, Iron Barbs, and Intimidate.
Gyarados and Ferrothorn were both level seventy, but Hippopotas and Aron were only level one. This was why Joe thought Ash had made a mistake.
Even if the difficulty wasn't chosen incorrectly, what was the point of bringing two level one Aron and two level one Hippopotas?
Moreover, Joe had only vaguely seen the six Pokémon Ash chose. Besides Gyarados and Gengar, he didn't know the others. Those Pokémon didn't seem to be from Kanto.
"Whether I can win or not, I'll only know after trying. Just watch." Ash said, having already clicked 'Start Challenge,' and a burning fire seemed to ignite in his eyes.