Rald
- If you were looking for the character inPokémon Adventures nicknamed "Rald", seeEmerald (Adventures).
| Rald ラルドRald | |
 Rald | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Trainer class | Champion |
| Game counterpart | Brendan |
Rald (Japanese:ラルドRald) is an experienced youngPokémon Trainer who appeared inPokémon Battle Frontier.
History
Rald first appears inEnta Arrives at the Battle Frontier! whenEnta notices hisSceptile. He meets Enta and ends up becoming the energetic young boy's teacher, but refuses to go easy on him inbattles. He tells Enta to participate in theMulti Battle challenge in which Enta does. Rald witnesses this and has a practice battle with Enta using his Gyarados. The next day,Scott reveals to Enta that Rald was aChampion who made it in theHall of Fame.
InBattle Between Student and Master!, Rald goes to theBattle Dome where he battlesMitsuki. Rald manages to defeat him without any of his Pokémon taking damage. Later, he becomes Enta's opponent. They fight extremely hard and they are left with Sceptile and Vulpix respectively. Sceptile manages to survive the battle despite having a type-disadvantage. During the battle, Rald wins by forfeit as Enta did not want to see his Vulpix get hurt. InIntroducing the Frontier Brains, it is revealed that Rald lost a match with one of theFrontier Brains which motivated Enta to find the one who was responsible for this. InFinal Battle: Versus The Salon Maiden, Rald has one last battle with Enta before Enta challengesAnabel as his last Frontier challenge. Rald comes out on the top, but rewards Enta with aFire Stone for his Vulpix. Rald was last seen when he waves Enta goodbye, promising the young Trainer that he will battle him again one day.
Character
In contrast to Enta, Rald is calm and collected. He doesn't take Enta's headbutting habit too seriously and moves away every time Enta tries it. As Enta's teacher, Rald would give advice whenever Enta has trouble with something or doesn't know what to do.
Pokémon
This listing is of Rald's known Pokémon in the manga:
Sceptile is Rald's main Pokémon. It has helped Rald in many of his battles in theBattle Frontier.
Sceptile first appeared whenEnta admired it for being strong. Later, it was seen in theBattle Dome where it battledMitsuki'sGoldeen and easily defeated the Fish Pokémon. Throughout the battle, Sceptile did not suffer damage from any attacks. Later, it was the first Pokémon sent out against Enta when Rald battled him. It managed to deal some severe damage to Vulpix despite the type-disadvantage. When Vulpix was recalled, Sceptile went up againstIllumise next. Sceptile took some damage whenSilver Wind was used. Later in the same battle, it was sent out again while Enta sent out Vulpix. Once again, Sceptile dealt severe damage to Vulpix despite getting hurt byFlamethrower andOverheat which resulted in Enta forfeiting the match. When Rald battled Enta one last time, Sceptile was used once more against Vulpix where it managed to come out on top.
Sceptile's known moves areLeaf Blade andDragon Claw.
Rald sent outGyarados in a practice battle against Enta's Vulpix where it managed to defeat Vulpix.
None of Gyarados's moves are known.
Charizard was first seen battling withMitsuki'sShroomish where it was able to defeat Shroomish due to the double type-advantage it had. During the battle, it did not suffer from any of the opponents's attacks.
During the final practice battle withEnta, it battled against hisZangoose and won.Milotic became Charizard's next opponent. Due to the type-disadvantage, Charizard lost to Milotic.
None of Charizard's moves are known.
Rald sent outManectric against Enta's Tropius. Even though Manectric was able to overpower Tropius, it was knocked out at the same time as its opponent.
None of Manectric's moves are known.
Trivia
- Rald is based onBrendan and his name is a shortening of "Emerald". "Rald" is also one of the default names for Brendan in the Japanese version ofPokémon Emerald.
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