Charizard's training plan.
In the World Championship, Charizard had used Solar Fire, formed through the fusion of Fire-type and Grass-type moves.
That move was based on the principle that the Sunny Day move contained both Fire-type energy and Grass-type energy.
Then, starting from that principle, Ethan had reversed the process and directly fused both energies, thus managing to create Solar Fire.
Everything had begun with the ability of Gigalith's energy core to absorb sunlight, and continued with Charizard's training until it managed to control sunlight and master the ability to launch the Solar Beam move continuously and instantly.
Now, having reverse-deduced the principle of the Sunny Day move and given form to Solar Fire, the development Ethan had reached on that move was already at a very advanced level.
Of course, the development Ethan had in mind for the Sunny Day move did not stop there.
In his conception, if Charizard managed to completely master Solar Fire and transform all its fire into true Solar Fire, then the Sunny Day Dragon technique, based on the Sunny Day move as its core, could undergo a new metamorphosis and become an even more powerful form: the Solar Dragon!
Naturally, all of that was still only Ethan's idea. For now, Charizard still could not control Solar Fire smoothly, so everything was still in the exploration stage.
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Lucario's training plan.
Now, thanks to training with healing moves, Lucario had already managed to master life energy.
After obtaining the Life Orb, Lucario had already begun some basic attempts with it.
However, the Life Orb was a very peculiar item, so Ethan never allowed Lucario to use it directly.
Instead, he had it apply healing moves onto the Life Orb itself, activating its power through the life energy contained in those moves.
For now, that method was producing very good results: after absorbing the life energy, the Life Orb was also strengthening Lucario's power.
Thanks to the power of aura, Lucario had already begun researching the Life Orb, and if it managed to master that energy conversion pattern, its strength would undoubtedly increase tremendously.
Of course, that only corresponded to the first phase of the research on the Life Orb.
In the second phase, Ethan planned to have Lucario learn the Skill Swap move, in order to exchange and obtain the Sheer Force and Magic Guard abilities, and continue deepening the study of the Life Orb.
Among them, the effect of the Magic Guard ability was to prevent any damage that did not come directly from an attack.
And the effect of the Sheer Force ability was to eliminate the secondary effects of moves in exchange for increasing their power.
Both abilities had something in common: they could nullify the damage the Life Orb caused to the Pokémon, while at the same time preserving the power increase it granted. It could be said that they were the most perfect abilities to combine with the Life Orb.
Once Lucario had those two abilities, it could use the Life Orb's power with far less restriction and understand more deeply the conversion between life energy and its own strength.
And once those two experimental phases were completed, in the third stage of the research on the Life Orb, Ethan planned to have Lucario directly absorb the life energy contained in the Life Orb, in order to experience even more directly the power housed within it.
In short, the study of life energy would from then on be Lucario's central mission.
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Magmortar's training method.
Regarding Magmortar, Champion Leo Cross had already developed a complete training system.
For that reason, Magmortar only needed to follow that plan step by step, and Ethan did not have to worry too much about it.
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Litwick's training method.
After obtaining the form of the Demonic Fire Shadow, Litwick's strength had improved enormously.
The conversion between life energy and Ghost-type energy was another of the breakthrough points Ethan planned to research next within his study of life energy.
And Litwick's most recent training still centered on deepening the capabilities of its own species, in order to constantly perfect the form of the Demonic Fire Shadow and, at the same time, gradually acquire greater control over life energy.
For now, Litwick's Demonic Fire Shadow form still needed the help of the life-energy Pokéblocks made by Shuckle.
If one day Litwick managed to master life energy, then it could deploy the Demonic Fire Shadow with its own strength, and that form would also be even more powerful.
On the other hand, mastering life energy might also be the key for Litwick to evolve. If it became Chandelure and then used life energy to deploy the Demonic Fire Shadow form, Litwick's strength would undoubtedly reach the level of the great combat powers.
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Rhyperior's training plan.
Its situation was quite similar to Magmortar's.
With Professor Harris's help, Ethan did not have to worry at all.
As long as it followed Professor Harris's training plan, Rhyperior would continue growing stronger without stopping.
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Tyranitar's training plan.
Among all of Ethan's Pokémon, Tyranitar could be considered the one with the strongest innate ability.
Since it was young, it had absorbed large quantities of Smooth Rocks, so its control over sandstorms was terrifying.
For that reason, even now, Tyranitar's sandstorm weather remained the absolute core of the entire sand strategy.
Under those circumstances, Ethan did not have too many new requirements for Tyranitar.
Only one: continue deepening the training of the sandstorm weather.
(End of chapter)