Tsareena are often considered a beautiful pokemon, and undoubtedly many trainers appreciate their resemblance to a human woman in figure, especially in the legs. But despite their appearance, Tsareena are certainly not the sort of dainty beauties they are portrayed as in poetry; many serious trainers ignore them, but others have learned to shudder at the name. For while Tsareena are far from the strongest pokemon, and rarely perform well in sanctioned matches, one who meets a Tsareena trainer on the road should be warned of their reputation for fighting dirty.

Pokemon battles (or at least, pokemon battles as modern sportspeople understand the term) are not simply the contests of raw power and speed seen between wild pokemon, but competitions which rely on trainers to draw out their pokemon's full power, and Tsareena do everything in their power to disrupt the opposing trainer's ability to do so. While they kick at the enemy pokemon, Tsareena often use a few stray leaves to seal said pokemon's trainer's hands shut, restricting their ability to access both important strategic items and their other pokeballs, or even to return a beaten foe. Some will even try to seal the trainer's mouth, forcing the enemy pokemon to fight on instinct alone.

These tactics, admittedly, are less effective than they sound; Tsareena seal with leaves, not clamps, and trainers rarely need more than a few seconds to free themselves. But in a pokemon battle, these few seconds can be the difference between victory and defeat, and an untimely encounter with a Tsareena has sent many trainers on a humiliating, unarmed journey back to a pokemon center or worse.

Tsareena, for their part, do not see these tactics as cheating; they simply play to win.