Chapter 36: Improving Ability Values
When Lin Chuan saw Yaya’s level, it was exactly as he expected, at level 19. If it was an ordinary Charmander, it would have been killed instantly by the dragon claws.
Fortunately, he was smart and courageous, using his speed advantage to avoid being hit by Yaya's dragon claws. Yaya's speed was not slow either, reaching 273, the same speed as when he was level 8.
In addition to Yaya, the Bronze Mirror Monster is also level sixteen, and its double defense is also very high, both reaching more than three hundred. If it is heat-resistant, Lin Chuan will need at least four sparks to defeat it.
In addition to the data panels of Yaya and the Bronze Mirror Monster, Lin Chuan himself has also reached level 12. After all, he just upgraded yesterday and he only had one battle today, so it would probably take some time for him to reach level 13.
It can be seen that Lin Chuan's special attack has reached 379. With such a high special attack at this level, fighting against opponents of higher levels is as easy as eating and drinking for Lin Chuan.
The speed ability value has also reached 367, but Lin Chuan is not sure about the level of the Wood Gecko. After all, they have not fought together yet, and the system cannot display the data of the Wood Gecko.
Because Lin Chuan was lazy all day today, it is estimated that the Wood Gecko is already around level 14, and its speed ability should be similar to his.
Today's battle allowed Lin Chuan to see the advantage of speed, which is an essential ability for fighting against opponents of higher levels.
Afterwards, Lin Chuan looked at the last battle score. Although it was still B-, the final battle value was close to fourteen hundred. Combined with the battle value accumulated before, the total battle value directly exceeded two thousand.
Lin Chuan didn't rush to add points, but looked at the output column. He wanted to see the specific situation of today's battle.
After clicking on the detailed output, it was found that in the entire battle, only the bronze mirror monster's mental power caused an output of more than 100. However, this output of more than 100 still caused Lin Chuan to lose almost one-third of his physical strength.
Looking back now, he did feel hurt when he was hit by the telekinesis. If this move happened twice again, Lin Chuan would have to kneel down, which would still be very dangerous.
Apart from the bronze mirror monster, Yaya did not cause any harm. And because Zack later gave Yaya the vitality fragment, it directly restored half of Yaya's physical strength. After Lin Chuan defeated Yaya again, it was equivalent to gaining more than 200 combat points for no reason.
Lin Chuan looked at his combat value of more than 2,000 and thought about how to improve it this time. He didn't have any new moves yet, and his proficiency in dragon breath and sparks was enough for the time being, so he was not in a hurry to improve it.
In fact, 2086 combat points may seem like a lot, but if you use all of them to increase special attack, you can only increase it seventeen times at most, which means seventeen points of special attack.
379 plus 17 points of special attack can't even reach 400 special attack value, the effect is minimal.
But if Lin Chuan improves other ability values, since these ability values have not reached the limit, 1 point of ability value only requires 5 combat points.
With this calculation, it is most cost-effective to improve other ability values, and the best among them are defense and special defense, because they can reduce the opponent's output and improve the combat score in disguise.
For example, if Lin Chuan's special defense reaches 300 this time, then in order to defeat the Bronze Mirror Monster's telekinetic moves, he will need to release telekinesis more than four times, which will definitely earn him dozens of more combat points.
His current defense ability value is only 153, which can be said to be very low. It is much worse than special attack. He is completely a squishy one.
Lin Chuan plans to improve both defenses first, and then improve other ability values, starting with the defense ability value.
153……163……173……183……
As Lin Chuan clicked to increase the defense ability value, the defense continued to increase, and it was easily increased to more than two hundred, and the combat value consumed was very little.
As the defense capability value increased, it reached 267, and then Lin Chuan stopped. This was because when it increased from 266 to 267, the consumption became 15 points, which meant that further improvement would be the limit.
It is actually enough to improve the defense ability to the limit. Breaking the limit consumes too much energy and is not cost-effective. You must prioritize improving special attack and speed.
Lin Chuan still felt a little distressed about wasting 15 combat points, but the system would not remind him in advance whether he had broken through the limit, so he could only judge by the consumption of combat points.
A defense capability value of 267 is already very high. You should know that the defense of Yaya at level 19 is only 278.
Improving the defense capability value consumed 580 points of Lin Chuan's combat value, which really made Lin Chuan feel sad.
Compared to defense, Lin Chuan's special defense is relatively higher, reaching 170 points. Lin Chuan looked at the combat value of more than 1,000 left and continued to improve his special defense ability value.
170……180……190……200……
Lin Chuan discovered that the values for increasing special defense and defense were the same. Lin Chuan spent 565 combat points to increase the special defense to 283. He guessed that if he increased it further, the consumption would increase to 15 points, so he decisively stopped the improvement.
Although it is only 15 combat points, it is better to save as much as possible. If he can regret it, Lin Chuan would like to get back the 15 extra combat points consumed when improving the defense capability value.
After some consumption, there are only 941 combat points left, and increasing the special attack can only increase it by 7 points. Lin Chuan calculated that at least 2,800 combat points will be consumed to increase the special attack, and then it will become consuming 240 combat points to increase one ability value.
In other words, Lin Chuan can upgrade 24 times before it becomes 240 combat points consumed once.
So Lin Chuan had an idea. Every time he accumulated 480 combat value points, he would increase the special attack by 4 points. Then he could divide the increase into six times. After six times of increase, he would know accurately that the consumed combat value would be doubled.
There are now 941 combat points left. Lin Chuan plans to increase the special attack by 4 points first, and then slowly accumulate combat points until it reaches 480 points.
This makes calculations easier, and the remaining combat value can be saved to improve other ability values.
Then Lin Chuan directly spent 480 combat points to increase his special attack ability value from 379 to 383 points, leaving 461 combat points.
Lin Chuan doesn't plan to continue improving his special attack and will wait until he accumulates enough combat value next time.
"What should I improve next?" Lin Chuan looked at the other ability values. He felt that the attack also needed to be improved. First of all, Charmander would also learn some fire-based physical attack moves.
For example, Flame Fang is a fire-type attack move, and the power of Flame Fang is as high as sixty-five. Although Lin Chuan's attack racial value is not excellent, it is not bad either.
If I remember correctly, Charmander needs to evolve before it can learn Flame Fang. Before it evolves, it must wait until it is above level 16 to learn it.
But don't forget that the system can allow Lin Chuan to comprehend the moves in advance, so it is entirely possible for Lin Chuan to learn Flame Fang before evolving.
After having Flame Fang, if the attack ability value is too low, the damage may not be as good as Sparks, but if the attack ability value is high enough, it will be much stronger than Sparks. Before he learns other powerful fire-type special attack moves, Flame Fang will be the strongest fire-type move.
Lin Chuan now understands that simple output has many shortcomings, and only with diverse moves and means can one deal with stronger elves.
If Lin Chuan had not learned the dragon breath, he would not dare to fight even if he met Yaya, because it is impossible to defeat the dragon-type Yaya with just the spark moves.
With the Flame Fang, Lin Chuan will have some means to restrain Pokémon with high special defense abilities in the future. The restraint of Pokémon is not just about attributes. Some Pokémon have very high special defense but poor defense, while some Pokémon are the opposite, such as ground-type Pokémon.
With the experience gained from improving special defense and defense, Lin Chuan spent 460 combat points to increase his attack ability value to 267 points. Although it is still far behind special attack, it is not weak anymore.
Finally, there was only 1 point of combat value left, and it was almost consumed again. At this time, his overall ability value had a huge improvement.
Although this will increase the ability value so much at once, the ability value difference reward will be reduced in future battle scores, but the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.
What Lin Chuan was worried about was whether the changes in himself would arouse Kaliya's suspicion. He hoped that his appearance would not change too much.
