>>50566525Doesn't really. We see what balls are made of and tumblestone ore doesn't affect the pokémon (some even hide underneath it) until it's shaped and fitted into an apricorn, but KO'ing a pokémon will still make it shrink.
I'll just say, if you'd paid attention at ANY stage over the past 26 years this shit's been a thing, you'd have learned enough by osmosis that this shit wouldn't be the world-shattering, brain-breaking event it's clearly been to you.