Roselia
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| Roselia | |
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 National Illumise - Roselia (#315) - Gulpin Hoenn Dodrio - Roselia (#094) - Gulpin Sinnoh Subomie - Roselia (#026) - Roserade |
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| Japanese name | ロゼリア (Roselia) |
| Stage | Basic |
| Evolves from | Subomie (from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl onwards) |
| Evolves to | Roserade (from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl onwards) |
| Generation | Third |
| Species | Thorn Pokémon |
| Type | Grass / Poison |
| Height | 12' (0.30 m) |
| Weight | 4.4 lb (2.0 kg) |
| Ability | Natural Cure / Poison Point |
Roselia (ロゼリア Rozeria?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. It is one of the few Pokémon whose names is the same in all languages.
Roselia's name is a portmanteau of rose and rosalia, a type of melody. The species of flower, Azalea may be another influence of its name. Another possible root of its name might be the country Bulgaria, famous for its Rose Valley.
In a demo a of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl played at PokéJungle, a new Pokémon made its appearance. It is named Rozureido, and is the evolved form of Roselia, as Ken Sugimori, the Pokémon designer, said a while ago on the Pokémon Garden site, now Ken Sugimori says that there may be a pre-evolved form of Roselia. It's revealed to be Subomī.
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[edit] Biological Characteristics
Roselia appears to be a sentient plant. Its main body is green, and it has three spikey growths on its head. It carries two roses like giant pompoms: one blue and one red (Compare with Jumpluff). Physically, Roselia is a very small plant Pokémon with tiny, featureless legs covered by a single-leaf “skirt”. (Compare with Gardevoir's body.)
Roselia is defined mostly by its flowers in many cases. The flowers give off a relaxing fragrance that brings serenity to living things. The stronger its aroma, the healthier the Roselia is, and a Roselia that drinks nutritionally rich springwater blooms with particularly lovely flowers. It is therefore found in wild areas untouched by human presence.
The flowers, as well as the rest of Roselia’s body, are also its weapons for battling. First of all, Roselia’s trademark flower aromas have the effect of making its foes careless when battling. Not only that, but the aroma is an attack, Aromatherapy. This attack heals Roselia and its fellow teammates of all status ailments, Such as Sleep or Paralyze. (Compare with Chimecho's Heal Bell). Pokémon in the wild sometimes find it valuable to try and steal the flowers on Roselia’s arms, so Roselia shoots out sharp thorns hidden within its flowers as projectiles at any opponent. These thorns are also used in Pokémon trainer battles. Also, the thorny growths on this Pokémon's head contain a potent poison that wounds any opponent, gradually weakening them. Another way it uses its flowers are in the move Petal Dance, in which it dances with a storm of petals striking the foe. This move, however, is risky for Roselia: upon attacking with Petal Dance the second or third time, it will become extremely fatigued, causing it to become confused. Another method of attack, for Roselia is to use Growth to sharpen its Special Attack stat, then use Petal Dance, Magical Leaf, which always hits without taking into regard the foe's evasiveness, or Giga Drain, which replenishes hit points equal to half the damage inflicted.
[edit] In the Pokémon video games
Roselia is a relatively common Pokémon in the Ruby and Sapphire versions, but not in Emerald, Firered, and Leafgreen. It can also be snagged in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Generally, Roselia is an underused Pokémon. It has very good SP. ATTACK and SP. DEFENSE, but it has abysmally low HP and DEFENSE, making it an awful Grass-type, since they are well known for their vast amounts HP and powerful attacks. It also has a very large set of moves it learns naturally and learns a new move exactly every four levels.
Its dual-type Poison-traits are what bring Roselia into its own, as it learns several which attacks which make it a good Annoyer type. It learns attacks such as Stun Spore, Grasswhistle, Toxic and Leech Seed. Its best use relies on its ability to learn these attacks and to breed them onto other pokémon who may have the battling ability to use them more then Roselia itself, such as Blissey
It also has a high chance of having the ability Poison Point, which may poison the foe when Roselia is attacked.
One notable trainer who uses a Roselia is Wally, a character in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, who you battle before you reach Ever Grande City. It is male and at level 44 on the first encounter. After you beat the Elite Four, its level increases to level 47 the first time, 50 the second, 53 the third, and 56 on the fourth and thereafter. Roselia is better known as a Pokémon used in Pokémon contests.
Ken Sugimori had hinted that Roselia might get an evolution in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and on July 20, 2006 the evolution, Rozureido, was revealed that Roselia evolves with the Light Stone.
He also hinted that Roselia might even get a pre-evolution, which it did in the form of Subomī, and is thus the only Pokémon to have received both a pre-evolution and evolution in the same generation.
[edit] Animé Appearances
[edit] Notable Episodes
Episode No. - Pros and Con Artists
Episode No. - Win, Lose or Drew
In these episodes one of May's opponent, Drew, has a Roselia. Drew appears with Roselia in several other episodes as well, including the Kanto episodes.
Roselia pretty much shows up in every episode that Drew is in. Although, a Roselia that was owned by the Victoria Winstrate appeared in "Candid Camerupt". It lost to May's Beautifly.
[edit] In other media
Roselia has yet to appear in the manga.
Roselia has only appeared twice in the game, as Basic Grass type Pokémon:
- EX Dragon
- EX Legend Maker
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
[edit] External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Roselia as a species
- Serebii.net’s 4th Gen Pokédex entry for Roselia
- . /pokedex/roselia.shtml Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Roselia Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Roselia Tactical Data
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Roselia Previously hosted by Wikibooks
