With preparations underway to get himself in par to take more challenges, Arthur felt that he should at least try one colossal battle to see where he currently stood. He didn't stack it against him though, he much preferred winning rather than losing, so he made sure to do some research to push his chances. This first meant that he needed to review what he had on hand: a maxed out Kindler class and one Pokemon of each class. Since he needed six Pokemon for this fight, he equipped two of his other active Pokemon into classes. If it came down to Koro-sensei being the last one, he would most likely forfeit. The little musician never really leaned on any particular class (though he felt that he should just equip him in Support eventually).

With maxed Kindler, he at first thought that he should try to find a grass type to match up against, but then he realized that one of the bonuses meant he could hit super effectively against fire type Pokemon. Since not all of his Pokemon are fire type or have fire type moves, it made more sense to match up against a fire type instead. This, however, left one problem. Kanya was a grass type, so he was weak to fire. He was also the second sweeper of the team, so losing him would be losing half of their fire power (how many times had he thought of the word fire? Quite a lot).

Well, since this was a test run, Arthur felt like he wanted to see how long Kanya would last, and maybe their combined attacks would take down the enemy faster before it could KO him. He also had Rou to heal up any of the damage he could take, so...maybe this seemed possible. Maybe he didn't even need to bring out Buru and Mugan.

Taking in a deep breath, he decided that these preparations would have to do and locked it in. This transported him into the battlefield, which was...

Burning all around. He shouldn't be surprised, but also wow he was glad he had Kindler on right now. He was also not surprised that Kanya immediately started firing off complaints.

<What are we doing here? Just to suffer?> he muttered and looked like he was about to collapse on the ground before realizing that the ground was burning. <Seriously though, why am I here?! Do I look like a fire type to you? You could've used the dragon!>

❝Mugan is a tank! You need to work with Gou to hit the Magby fast and hard.❞

Sprigatito made a noise that was something between a growl and a hiss. <Fine! Where's this Magby so we can go home?>

Before Arthur was able to speak, there was a thick smoke that billowed in from the horizon. From the haze, a huge silhouette made itself visible, before stepping out of it and revealing a...very large Magby. It let out a cry that for some reason sounded deeper and lower than he expected, and then it only clicked in Arthur's mind that this was what the game meant when it said Colossal Battle.

<...please don't tell me that's the Magby.>

An HP bar stretched out above the fire type's head, not that the Pokemon could see it.

<Don't see any other Pokemon that we should be fighting.> Gou went into a fighting stance, ready for orders.

Rou, on the other hand, let out a yawn before walking a little forward. The heat from the burning surroundings was making her sleepy. <Well, come on then, team. Get to whacking so that we still have time for napping.>

The Magby let out something akin to a roar before releasing another thick layer of smoke. The Smog quickly covered the battlefield, and not only did it reduce visibility, but it also made it hard to breathe. Kanya was particularly affected since it was considered a poison type move, according to Arthur's UI, so he quickly ordered him to use Quick Attack to jump onto the rocks above the smog. The others did the same, and Arthur had to find some other means to get aboveground. For now though, through a fit of coughing, he managed to shout, ❝Gou, Flame Wheel! Rou, support Kanya!❞

The three Pokemon, which were on the rocks, moved into action as the Magby's attention was split between them, unsure of where to look. Kanya moved first, running along a cliffside until he got close enough to plot a pathway, bouncing on the rocky walls and then using it as way to propel himself towards the Magby. The Sprigatito didn't really think about how to land, though, so the Vulpix had to come in with her own Quick Attack to grab her teammate by the scruff and get themselves to safety. Well, that was the plan, but this was a first for Rou and she didn't angle it right, so she more of collided into the cat and they tumbled onto a rocky cliff face before their bodies halted on dry grass. They both groaned before Kanya started to complain again (<What kind of support was that?!>)

Further away, Gou groaned and shook his head. <That stupid cat...> the colossal Magby was looking towards the direction of his two teammates, so he had to divert it. Spotting a rock formation that was shaped like a curved path, he took in a deep breath before breaking into a run, and then jumping to form a Flame Wheel. He then used the curved path to gain added momentum before leaping at its edge, the trajectory ending with a slam onto the Magby's head. The Pokemon let out a cry of pain as the Chimchar uncurled himself and grabbing onto the red fur, as there was nowhere near he could jump away from.

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SPOILER: Click to show

{Breakdown}

Chimchar - Sweeper - 154/200 HP

Link to Roll
Core Ability: None
Action: Used Flame Wheel against Magby
Battle Log:
- Took 30 DMG from Strain
- Took 16 DMG from Magby

Sprigatito - Sweeper - 134/200 HP

Link to Roll
Core Ability: None
Action: Used Quick Attack against Magby
Battle Log:
- Took 30 DMG from Strain
- Took 36 DMG from Magby (Supereffective)

Vulpix - Support - 134/150 HP

Core Ability: None
Action: (No action, too busy bickering)
Battle Log:
- Took 16 DMG from Magby

The Magby was far from done with this battle. Now that it was on the ground, it curled itself up before cloaking itself in fire, and then suddenly that was somehow enough for it to gain momentum and start moving like a wheel, first away from the trio before finding a wide enough area to do a sharp turn and charge right at them. It was terrifying! Everyone on the field thought it so since Gou's Flame Wheel was already pretty impressive, what more of a semi-truck sized Pokemon doing the same thing? Somehow though, with its size, it was moving slow enough to move out of the way if one crossed enough ground, but even if they were not in the direct line of fire, the flames spreading from the wheel were also enough to do damage.

There was also the matter of the wind created from the sudden movement, snuffing out fires in the plains while spreading others elsewhere and above. All of the Pokemon made sure to find cracks within the spiraling rocks to avoid the brunt of the attack, but they were definitely taking damage, and Arthur was getting nervous. Using the ranged voice command, he told his Pokemon to try to get above ground again - he had spotted a very suspicious, large boulder sitting on a cliff. That could be their next plan of attack and hopefully bring their battle much closer to a close (with Magby's HP still sitting above 1/4th, he was pretty sure this fight was going to draw out for a while longer).

After some huffing and puffing, he managed to spot his Pokemon able to climb to where he pinned on the battlefield. Rou gave some more healing to Kanya, who at the second time was more appreciative (very demure, very mindful) compared to his first reaction. They were all clearly winded, but it was not like Arthur expected this battle to be a walk in the park. ❝On my signal!❞

The Magby eventually uncurled and got itself walking upright. It was stomping on its stomping grounds, eventually making its way to where the boulder on the cliff was right above it.

❝Now!❞

Gou and Kanya, using Flame Wheel and Quick Attack respectively (Arthur was not ashamed of being a Pokemon spammer, but he hoped that the grass cat was able to handle the constant speeding), then launched themselves at the boulder, with both of their hits combined knocking it over and landing squarely on top of the Magby's head. A roar shook the burning plains, but it was a sound that motivated Arthur for that final push, or perhaps a sudden wave of victory.

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Chimchar - Sweeper - 55/200 HP

Link to Roll
Core Ability: None
Action: Used Flame Wheel against Magby (indirectly)
Battle Log:
- Took 30 DMG from Strain
- Took 25 DMG from Magby

Sprigatito - Sweeper - 103/200 HP

Link to Roll
Core Ability: None
Action: Used Quick Attack against Magby (indirectly)
Battle Log:
- Took 30 DMG from Strain
- Took 45 DMG from Magby (Supereffective)
- Healed 58 DMG from Rou

Vulpix - Support - 55/150 HP

Link to Roll
Core Ability: None
Action: Healed Kanya with Ember
Battle Log:
- Took 20 DMG from Strain
- Took 25 DMG from Magby