Blaziken

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Blaziken
National Combusken - Blaziken (#257) - Mudkip Hoenn Combusken - Blaziken (#6) - Mudkip
Japanese name	Bursyamo
Stage	Stage 2
Evolves from	Combusken
Evolves to	None
Generation	Third
Species	Blaze
Type	Fire / Fighting
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	115.0 lb (52.0 kg)
Ability	Blaze

Blaziken (バシャーモ, Bashāmo^?, Bursyamo) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar^[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Blaziken in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.^[2]

The name Blaziken is a portmanteau of the words blaze, an intense or bright flame,^[3] and chicken, a domestic fowl.^[4][5] The name Blaziken refers to the species as a whole, as well as individual specimens in the games, anime and manga.

[edit] Characteristics

It has flames burning on its wrists that will blaze intensely during its battles. Its legs also allow it to leap over skyscrapers many stories high. After years of using martial arts, its feathers may burn off from the intense heat in its body. Newer, healthier feathers will grow in their place.^[6]

[edit] In the Pokémon video games

One of the things consistent among most of the Pokémon games—spanning from Pokémon Red and Blue on the Nintendo Game Boy to the Nintendo DS game, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, is the choice of three different Pokémon at the start of the player's adventures; these three are often labelled "Starter Pokémon". Players can choose a Water-type, a Fire-type, or a Grass-type Pokémon indigenous to the region; an exception to this rule is Pokémon Yellow (a remake of the original games that follows the story of the Pokémon anime), where players are given a Pikachu—an Electric-type mouse famous for being the mascot of the Pokémon media franchise.^[7]

Blaziken is the Stage-2 evolution of Torchic, the Fire-type choice in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Combusken evolves from Torchic, at level 16. By evolving into Combusken, it gains highers Stats, and becomes a dual-type of Fire/Fighting. It also changes the Move List that Combusken can learn, as Torchic can only learn Flamethrower and Fire Spin,^[8] while Combusken and Blaziken learn Sky Uppercut and Blaze Kick.^[9] When Combusken evolves, a metamorphic change within a Pokémon caused by gaining experience in battle,it changes ^[10] into Blaziken, the Stage-2 (final) form, at Level 36.^[11] When Blaziken evolves from Combusken, and higher stats.^[12]

Blaziken has a great amount of potential in competitive play. It has decent Speed stats, as well as very high Attack and Special Attack stats, making it a great offensive weapon.^[6] However, it only has average Defense and Special Defense stats, though this can be used to Blaziken's advantage with moves such as Endure, Reversal, and Counter at its disposal via breeding.^[6]

[edit] In the Pokémon anime

Screenshot of Episode 467, "Ash vs May! The Last Battle", showing the battle between May's Blaziken and Ash's Sceptile.

The Pokémon anime series and films are a meta-series of adventures separate from the canon that most of the Pokémon video games follow (with the exception of Pokémon Yellow, a game based on the anime storyline). The anime follows the quest of the main character, Ash Ketchum^[13]—an in-training Pokémon Master—as he, May, Hikari, and several other companions^[13]) travel around the fictitious world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners, Pikachu, Blaziken,^[14] and Pochama.^[15]

A Blaziken in Episode 267, "Pop Goes the Sneasel!", inwhich the group are on their way to the Johto Silver Conference, meet Harrison, a trainer entering the conference also, from Littleroot Town, in Hoenn. Harrison used his Blaziken, a Pokémon native to his home region, to capture a wild Sneasel that was disrupting the opening ceremony of the conference.^[16]

In, Episode 273, "Playing with Fire!", Ash and Harrison both progressed to the quarter finals of the tournament, but were pitted against each other to reach the semi finals. The two trainers took part in a six-on-six battle, with Ash's final Pokémon being his Charizard, while Harrison's was his Blaziken.^[16] The battle continued in Episode 274, "Johto Photo Finish", inwhich the battle between Charizard and Blaziken began. The two Pokémon battled fiercly, but eventually Ash's Charizard fainted from the damage takien from Blaziken, sending Harrison into the semi finals.^[16]

In the seventh feature film, Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, Ash and his companions met several powerful trainers, including Rafe, a male trainer with a powerful Blaziken. Ash used his Pikachu and Torkoal, to have a double battle with Rafe's Blaziken and another trainer's Blastoise, but eventually lost the fight.^[17]

May's Combusken evolved into a Blaziken in Episode 467, "Ash vs May! The Last Battle". Team Rocket had attempted to steal a group of Pokémon, belonging to co-ordinators, from the competition, but were stopped by May's Combusken, which then evolved. May then went on to use her Blaziken in the final Contest battle against Ash's Sceptile, ending in a draw. May and Ash were awarded co-winners, before May left to participate in the Johto Regions Contests.^[18]

[edit] In other media

Blaziken in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Sapphire, a female protagonist of Pokémon Adventures (a manga series based on the Advanced Generation games), has a Torchic, named Chaka, that she received from her father, Professor Birch.^[19] Chaka evolved into a Combusken during Sapphire's battle with Brawly, the Dewford Town Gym Leader,^[20] and then evolved again into a Blaziken while training for a battle with Winona, the Fortree City Gym Leader.^[21] Chaka was first used in battle, in Chapter 183, "VS. Torchic", against Ruby, Sapphire's rival.^[22]

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game similar in goal to a Pokémon battle in the video game series; players must use cards (with individual strengths and weaknesses) in an attempt to defeat their opponent by "knocking out" all of his cards.^[23] The game was first published in North America by Wizards of the Coast in 1999, until Nintendo USA started publishing the series in 2003.^[24]

Most Blaziken cards are typical, Stage-2 Pokémon cards, and are primarily used to battle other strong cards (such as Stage-1 Pokémon, like Raichu, or Stage-2 Pokémon, like Charizard).^[25] Blaziken appear in the EX: Ruby and Sapphire (appears twice), EX: Team Aqua vs. Team Magma (as Blaziken EX), EX Emerald, EX Holon Phantoms, and EX Crystal Guardians sets.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Blaziken as a species
• Serebii.net’s 4th Gen Pokédex entry for Blaziken
• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke - Blaziken Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
• Smogon.com - Blaziken Tactical Data
• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Blaziken Previously hosted by Wikibooks