Raven's Cinderace

**Raven's Cinderace** (Japanese: **レイベンのエースバーン** *Reiben's Aceburn*) is Raven's starter Pokémon, as well as her strongest.

## **New Era**

### **Background**

Shortly after becoming an official Pokémon Trainer, Raven received Cinderace as a Scorbunny as her starter Pokémon, and the two of them began training together, eventually causing him to evolve into Raboot, before finally, evolving into Cinderace, after which, Raven left Galar to travel through the Johto region.

### **Johto Journey**

Cinderace first appeared when Raven decided to call him out after deeming the wild Sneasel she was battling against stronger than she initially thought. The first attack Cinderace uses is Mega Kick, which Sneasel has no chance of dodging. Sneasel tries to counter with Throat Chop, but Cinderace dodges and counters with Flamethrower. Cinderace gives Sneasel Blaze Kick, knocking it down. Raven throws an Ultra Ball at Sneasel, and successfully catches the Pokémon.

During the finals of the Silver Conference, Cinderace was Raven's final remaining Pokémon, where he found himself battling against Dwayne's Latias. Realizing that both Pokémon were equally powerful, Dwayne remarks that their battle would be one to remember, and orders Latias to use Psywave, but Cinderace uses its legs to blast the attack away in a flash. This impressive display of strength and speed causes everyone to gasp in amazement, Dwayne included. Cinderace's Flamethrower and Latias's Dragon Breath clash in mid-air, resulting in a huge explosion.

Dwayne then commands Latias to use Dragon Breath again, which Cinderace easily dodges by jumping high into the air. Taking advantage of the fact that Cinderace can't move freely in the air, Latias tries a Psywave, but Cinderace dodges, then counters using Mega Kick. Latias flies upwards, dodging the attack. However, Cinderance lands on his feet, and uses the momentum to bounce back towards the sky, successfully striking the second Mega Kick directly onto Latias's face. However, Latias quickly regains her composure and blasts Cinderace down with a point-blank Dragon Breath. Cinderace is ordered once again to use Mega Kick. As Latias and Cinderace brawl it out, Dwayne commands Latias to use Dragon Breath, and Cinderance gets blasted to the ground. As the smoke clears, Cinderace shocks everyone by remaining on its feet, and Raven explains that Cinderace used Flamethrower at the last second to cushion its fall.

As Latias begins panting in exhaustion, Raven orders Cinderace to use Blaze Kick, and Latias gets struck directly onto her face, but Cinderace also begins showing signs of exhaustion. With both Pokémon tired out, Cinderace uses its signature attack, Pyro Ball, which Latias counters with Dragon Breath, and both attacks explode after a back and forth collision. Latias attacks again with Psywave, but Cinderace dodges and smashes Latias with a Blaze Kick, dealing severe damage to her. Latias uses Recover, but Cinderace stops the process with a quick-fire Flamethrower. Latias and Cinderace clash again with Dragon Breath and Flamethrower, respectively that engulfs both Pokémon. As the smoke clears, both Pokémon struggle to their feet. Raven and Dwayne plead for their Pokemon to get up, and with encouragement both do.

Dwayne orders another Dragon Breath, but as Latias prepares the attack, Latias suddenly feels an excruciating pain on her neck, and collapses. Latias attempts to get back up again, but this time she can't and faints completely, meaning Raven is the winner of the Silver Conference. Dwayne is left distraught from the loss, but quickly cheers up, knowing full well he battled well and rushes over to Latias, and feeds her a Sitrus Berry, and Latias slightly recovers. Dwayne asks if she's okay, and Latias fights back tears, disappointed for being defeated, believing she was at fault for Dwayne's loss, but Dwayne assures her that she did her best, and he was proud of her, and Latias quickly cheers up, and nuzzles against her Trainer in a playful manner. Raven approaches them and offers a handshake, and Dwayne accepts. Raven states that she had never participated in a battle that made her this excited, and hopes to battle him again one day, and Dwayne returns the sentiment. Latias and Cinderace also exchange pleasantries before the announcer urges the crowd to give both Trainers another round of applause.

### **Hoenn Again**

During Raven's Full Battle against Josie at the Ever Grande Conference, Cinderace was chosen as her first Pokémon to battle against Josie's Heracross. Dwayne finds it weird that Raven was choosing Cinderace from the start, as she often saves him for last. Raven tells Cinderace to use Flamethrower whilst Josie has Heracross use Hyper Beam, and the two attacks collide. Josie then commands Heracross to use Horn Attack, but Cinderace intercepts it with Pyro Ball, knocking out Heracross with one shot.

Josie recalls Heracross and sends out Vigoroth, whom she commands to use Flamethrower as Raven commands Cinderace to use Mega Kick. Cinderace's Mega Kick pushes through the Flamethrower, and slams into Vigoroth, sending it crashingo onto the wall, knocking it out in one shot as well, and Josie is quickly realizing that Raven and Cinderace were on a class of their own, and on the stands, Dwayne notes on how much stronger Cinderace has gotten. Josie decides to send out Shelgon next and has it begin with Double-Edge, which lands and causes Cinderace considerable damage. Raven then calls for a Blaze Kick, which Shelgon dodges before launching a Draco Meteor. However, Cinderace expertly dodges all of the oncoming meteors, and knocks Shelgon out with Pyro Ball, getting itself a third single-shot victory.

Josie chooses Shiftry as her fourth Pokémon, and Cinderace uses Flamethrower. Shiftry dodges and uses Quick Attack, but Cinderace dodges it. Josie then orders Shiftry to use Leaf Storm, but Cinderace hits it with a close-range Flamethrower before the attack can fully develop. Shfitry is hurt and stumbles, which allows Cinderace to land a direct Blaze Kick onto Shiftry, which knocks it out and leaves Josie with only two Pokémon remaining. Josie is disbelief, but quickly gets over it and summons her Pelipper, who quickly charges in with Aerial Ace, but Cinderace counters with Mega Kick, and both attacks clash, but Pelipper gets the worst of it and faints, leaving Josie with only one Pokémon remaining.

Despite the overwhelming odds, Josie refuses to give up, loudly exclaiming that if she couldn't win, she would at least take Cinderace down with her and summons her Sableye. Sableye starts off with a Power Gem, and Cinderace tries to dodge, but Sableye manages to land a glancing blow on him. Sableye then follows up with Shadow Claw, but Cinderace overpowers him with a Pyro Ball. Cinderace prepares to use another Pyro Ball, and Josie has Sableye use Water Pulse, but despite the type advantage the move had, it ends up getting overpowered again and Pyro Ball lands a direct hit. Cinderace then leaps high up in the sky and rains down with a ferocious Blaze Kick, and Josie desperately commands Sableye to use Payback. Both attacks clash with one another, causing a giant explosion that covers the entire arena. The battlefield is covered with smoke as everyone is desperate to see what happened. Eventually, the smoke clears and reveals that Sableye has gone down, but not without taking Cinderace down with him. However, because Josie no Pokémon able to continue, Raven is declared the winner by default.

During the finals, Cinderace was chosen as Raven's sixth and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Dwayne's Gardevoir. Gardevoir begins the final match-up with Shadow Ball, which Cinderace matches with Flamethrower. Gardevoir follows up with Moonblast, which Cinderace also counters with Flamethrower. Following the clash of both attacks, the stadium fills with energy. Dwayne decides to take the battle into close range with a Teleport, teleporting herself behind Cinderace and scoring a direct hit with a point-blank Shadow Ball. Dwayne continues this strategy over and over, until Raven picks up on where Gardevoir would teleport next, and commands Cinderace to grab ahold of her just as she appears, and shoots a point-blank Flamethrower onto Gardevoir's face, causing severe damage.

Remembering the strategy he'd used against Jade, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to grab Cinderace and teleport both of them high towards the sky, and Gardevoir does so, teleporting Cinderace several feet in the air before teleporting herself safely back on the battlefield. As Cinderace freefalls, everyone assumes this was the end of the battle, but Raven remains calm, and orders Cinderace to fire a Flamethrower on the ground, which gradually slows his descend until allowing him to safely land on his feet, and Raven explains she had watched Dwayne's match against Jade and assumed that Dwayne would try the same strategy sooner or later, and she prepared herself for this.

Gritting his teeth, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Psychic, creating psychokinetic waves that lift several of the rocks across the battlefield, and Dwayne orders Gardevoir to fling them towards Cinderace, who despite managing to fight back against a few, soon gets overwhelmed. Realizing that Cinderace's legs were his strong point, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to aim the rocks towards Cinderace's legs, and Cinderace's legs take the brunt of the attack, causing Cinderace to drop his knees in pain. Raven knows that Cinderace couldn't keep up for much longer and orders him to use Pyro Ball. However, Dwayne was expecting this and orders Gardevoir to use Psychic on the incoming ball of fire, and redirects it back towards Cinderace, who takes head-on. As Cinderace staggers, Dwayne, filled with goosebumps over his body, yells out for Gardevoir to end the match with a fully-charged Shadow Ball, and Gardevoir's Shadow Ball gets charged up to maximum before being launched, which lands a direct hit onto Cinderace's face, causing a massive explosion.

As the smoke clears, Cinderace remains on his feet, and after staring down at Gardevoir for a few seconds, lets out a smirk before collapsing foward, knocked out, and the referee declares Cinderace unable to battle, and gives the victory to Dwayne and Gardevoir, making Dwayne the winner of the Ever Grande Conference.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Being the very first Pokémon that Raven ever had, Cinderace shares an extremely powerful bond with his Trainer, and has been often described by Raven herself as her most powerful Pokémon, and as a result, Cinderace is often saved as Raven's last resort during battles, such as when she deemed a wild Sneasel stronger than initially thought. Cinderade's power was further proved during his battle against Dwayne's Latias at the finals of the Silver Conference, where he was capable of knocking out the Legendary Pokémon, a testament to his strength.

Cinderace's might has only grown stronger since then, with Cinderace's power reaching his peak during the Ever Grande Conference, where Cinderace was able to defeat Josie in a Full Battle all by himself, with each round being short, with Cinderace requiring only one or two attacks to knock each of Josie's Pokémon with ease, and suffering little to no damage, and ultimately, led to a double knockout with Josie's Sableye, but since Sableye was Josie's final remaining Pokémon, Raven was declared the winner, with the audience in awe at Cinderace's might.

Cinderace is also quite an energetic Pokémon, that has difficulty sitting still, and often kicks the air when needed to stay in one place, seen when Cinderace was kicking the air while waiting for Latias to get back up during their battle. He's also very friendly, helping Latias back to her feet after her loss, and shook hands with the Eon Pokémon afterwards, showing good sportsmanship.

## **Moves used**

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