Raven's Duraludon

**Raven's Duraludon** (Japanese: **レイベンのジュラルドン** *Reiben's Duraludon*) is Raven's first revealed Pokémon, and appears to be one of her main Pokémon alongside Cinderace, often seen walking beside his Trainer.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

Duraludon first appeared where he was first seen walking beside his Trainer. He listened to the story of Ho-Oh's Sacred Flame and joined Raven and Dwayne when they went to retrieve it from a territorial Sneasel.

Duraludon and Dwayne's Totodile battled against Sneasel's cronies: Machop and Machoke when they blocked their path. Raven orders Duraludon to use Stone Edge on Machop while Dwayne orders Totodile to use Water Gun on Machoke. Totodile and Duraludon knock out Machoke and Machop with a Slash and Steel Beam, and respectively, and along with Raven, rush towards Dwayne. He appeared willing to battle Sneasel, but Raven chose to use Cinderace instead.

During Raven's Full Battle against Dwayne at the Silver Conference, Duraludon was selected as her fifth Pokémon, facing off against Dwayne's Heracross. Heracross uses Arm Thrust, but Duraludon uses Stone Edge to stop Heracross dead in his tracks, and after Heracross gets blasted by the attack, Duraludon follows up with a vicious Hyper Beam, which knocks Heracross out of the battle. Dwayne's next Pokémon is Roserade. Roserade starts with Bullet Seed, but a Dragon Pulse attack from Duraludon easily pushes through the seeds. Dwayne orders a Petal Dance, but Duraludon manages to withstand the attack, and as Duraludon continues to get engulfed by the attack, Raven commands a Steel Beam, and the attack blasts through the petals and strikes Roserade right on her head, knocking her out, and leaving Dwayne with only one Pokémon remaining.

After a deep breath, Dwayne chooses Latias as his final remaining Pokémon, which shocks the audience and the announcer screams out in surprise. At the stands, Jade leaps out of her seat in surprise at seeing Dwayne in command of a Legendary Pokémon, and back in Pallet Town, Edge and Roberta stare in awe at Latias's presence. Raven also becomes shocked at the sight of the Legendary Pokémon, and Latias giggles at everyone's reaction to her sudden appearance. Dwayne orders Latias to use Dragon Breath, but Duraludon blocks the attack with Stone Edge, before using Hyper Beam, but Latias manages to fly upwards and dodge the attack. With Duraludon unable to move due to Hyper Beam, Latias approaches him at a face-to-face distance, and defeats the Steel-type Pokémon with a point-blank Dragon Breath attack.

### **Hoenn Again**

During the finals of the Ever Grande Conference, Duraludon was chosen as Raven's first Pokémon during her Full Battle against Dwayne, facing off against his Crawdaunt. Crawdaunt uses Dark Pulse, and Duraludon counters with Hyper Beam, creating an explosion of light that reaches high into the sky. The explosion knocks out both Crawdaunt and Duraludon instantly.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Duraludon appears to have a strong bond with Raven, often being seen walking besides her whilst traveling. Duraludon is also an extremely durable and reliable Pokémon, being capable of defeating two of Dwayne's Pokémon – Heracross and Roserade – in rapid succession, while simultaneously withstanding several powerful attacks, such as Roserade's Petal Dance, relatively unscathed.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.