>>28217396I think it's a combination. If you gain 100% Friendship with your Starter, it changes it's appearance and gains boosted stats at the start of the battle with the equipped Z-Stone.
You get a exclusive Z-Move fitting that starter (sure look like to be true) leaks. Rowlet3 is lauching one big arrow into the sky that splits into a rain of arrows, Litten3 is illegal dirty play with it's trainer throwing in illegal wrestling weapons such as folding chairs and tables for it to use before climbing a ladder and launching itself using a frog-splash. Popplio3 will undo it's hair and sing opera, controlling a ocean of water and wrecks the enemy.
