"Mimikyu, start with a Curse, Hone Claws to boost your power and finish with Protect; Porygon-Z start with Conversion, Rain Dance to cool us off and finish up with your own Double Team!" Mimikyu conjured a pin and drove it into himself, putting a curse on Nova. He then brandished his shadowy claws and stood his ground. Porygon-Z changed its typing to Ghost, performed a dance that made rain fall on the battlefield and conjured several Porygon-Z clones.

Nova's Tackle and Double-Edge attacks were ineffective on the now-Ghost-type Porygon-Z and the rain-weakened Eruption made one of the Porygon-Z clones vanish and Mimikyu blocked the move with his Protect. The Camerupt felt the pain from Mimikyu's curse. Lovely's Superpower was ineffective on Mimikyu due to the latter having Ghost as one of its types and lightning struck the protection shield when it went up.