>>34452558>When you beat Plumeria after she kidnaps Yungoos she just leaves with Yungoos anyways>When you beat the two aether employees at aether paradise they refuse to give you information and just leave anyways>When you beat Ghetsis he doesn't give a shit and threatens Lillie anywaysSee, I always kind of figured the loser was literally at the mercy of the winner's Pokemon, which is why criminals would actually yield even if they had no sense of honor like regular trainers. But SM seems to do it's best to remove that notion.
So yes, an actual tool that can reliably dispatch people seems incredibly useful in this universe, since a fire breathing monster apparently can't do the job.