Gwendolyn's Blaziken

**Gwendolyn's Blaziken** (Japanese: **グエンドリンのバシャーモ** *Guendorin's Bursyamo*) is the second Pokémon that Gwendolyn ever owned.

## **History**

### **Hoenn**

Gwendolyn received Blaziken as a Torchic from her father, Professor Birch, as means to officially set her out on her journey throughout Hoenn. Torchic first appeared resting atop Gwendolyn's head. The two rescued Jethro from a pack of wild Mightyena and took him to Gwendolyn's Secret Base. Upon waking up, the beauty-obsessed boy thought she was a Pokémon, and attacked after she started talking. Despite his type disadvantage against his newly received Mudkip, Torchic was able to defeat him, and then fought a wild Seviper, though Torchic failed to finish it off.

Torchic soon battled Team Aqua, as they had trapped a Castform in a fountain. Both Torchic and Arom defeated Team Aqua's Sharpedo and Carvanha, but took damage from their Rough Skin Ability. Due to the injury, Aron was unable to take out Shelly's Ludicolo, but Torchic was able to defeat it with help from Castform.

Gwendolyn trains Aron and Torchic at Granite Cave in order to prepare for her Gym battle against Brawly. After training for most of the day, the two evolve into Lairon and Combusken. Gwendolyn then goes to Brawly and begins their battle. Torchicfirst battles against his Machop. Due to his increased speed and power, Combusken easily overpowers Machop, forcing Brawly to switch it in. Combusken is later sent out against his Makuhita. Due to its Thick Fat Ability and Jū fighting style, Combusken is overwhelmed and slammed into a wall, getting his claw stuck in the process. Makuhita then evolves into Hariyama and moves in to finish Combusken off with Counter. Although it looked like Combusken lost the battle, Hariyama soon fainted, as Combusken attacked twice thanks to Double Kick.

Combusken battles against Flannery's Magcargo. Combusken starts by hitting hard with Double Kick before the two Pokémon exchange Flamethrowers. Combusken sneaks up behind Magcargo in the aftermath and cracks its shell with a powerful kick, but lava comes spewing out, damaging Torchic. The two then stop the battle and Gwendolyn is later given the Heat Badge.

Combusken battled against Winona and her Altaria at the Fortree Gym. The two begin by exchanging a few blows, and Combusken hides in the trees to get above Altaria. Combusken soon jumps out and uses Double Team to confuse Altaria, followed up by slamming Altaria down to the ground, causing him to evolve into Blaziken. With his new form, Gwendolyn assumes that Blaze Kick will be powerful enough to win and has Blaziken score a direct hit. Winona takes advantage of their cocky attitude and has Altaria heal its burn with Refresh before defeating Blaziken with a powered up Sky Attack from Dragon Dance.

Blaziken, alongside Gwendolyn and Jethro's other Pokémon, battled against Archie and Maxie. Blaziken and Jethro's Swampert attempted to deliver a decisive blow, but failed to do any real damage. Blaziken and Swampert attack the meteor fragment coming from Archie and Maxie, which sends a powerful blast of energy out. The energy hits Maxie and Archie's foreheads, turning them back to normal and stops the power of the Red and Blue Orbs.

Blaziken and Aggron were chosen by Gwendolyn during her second match of the preliminary rounds of the Ever Grande Conference, which consisted of Double Battles, where they squared off against Dominick's Tropius and Swalot. Tropius starts off by flying up in the air and whips a Razor Leaf. Blaziken's Flamethrower burns the attack. Tropius's Bullet Seed seems futile against Blaziken's Sky Uppercut. Swalot hits Aggron with a Shadow Ball and Tropius's Gust sends Blaziken flying, but Blaziken uses Flamethrower on Tropius. Tropius dodges the Flamethrower and Aggron dodges Swalot's Body Slam. Swalot seems to be a tough opponent since most of the attacks slip or bounce off its body. This happens when Aggron launches a Flash Cannon.

Tropius defends against Blaziken's and Aggron's combined attacks. Blaziken and Tropius both faint after their Flamethrower and Solar Beam attacks, respectively, collide, although Gwendolyn still achieved victory when Aggron successfully defeated Swalot.

In the finals, Gwendolyn selects Blaziken as her sixth, and last, Pokémon to battle against Lenny's Grovyle. Blaziken bolts forward with a Sky Uppercut attack hitting directly, but with little effect. Grovyle retaliates with a Leaf Blade attack, but Blaziken manages to avoid the attack and use Blaze Kick. Afterwards, Blaziken grabs onto Grovyle's body and delivers an overwhelming Flamethrower, knocking Grovyle out of the competition. This leaves both Lenny and Gwendolyn with only one Pokémon each. Lenny calls upon Kecleon as his final Pokémon.

Blaziken begins the final match-up with Flamethrower, which Kecleon matches with Thunderbolt. Blaziken follows up with another Flamethrower attack, which Kecleon also counters with Thunderbolt. Gwendolyn decides to take the battle into close range with a Sky Uppercut, which Kecleon dodges by using Double Team. Blaziken and Kecleon clash with Blaze Kick and Astonish, evenly matched. The two clash once more with Kecleon's Bind and Blaziken's Sky Uppercut. Blaziken launches a devastating Flamethrower attack as Kecleon once more defends against the attack with a Thunderbolt. Gwendolyn states that she had enough games and orders Blaziken to finish it all with Overheat while Lenny commands Thunderbolt. Both attacks clash briefly, but Blaziken's Overheat ultimately overwhelms Kecleon's Thunderbolt, and both attacks are sent back towards Kecleon. As the smokescreen clears, Kecleon's laying in the ground, unconscious, and the referee rules it unable to battle, earning Gwendolyn and Blaziken the victory.

### **Battle Frontier**

Blaziken advanced Gwendolyn through the Battle Dome.

Later, Blaziken is taught the ultimate Fire-type attack, Blast Burn. He was soon used alongside Robyn's Charizard and Miguel's Typhlosion to attack with a triple Blast Burn to help destroy Guile Hideout's Kyogre-shaped creature.

### **Meteor Threat**

Blaziken, alongside Jethro's Swampert and Magna's Sceptile, trained under Ultima in order to fully master the ultimate moves. The training was issued by Steven and Mr. Stone as part of a plan dedicated to preventing a giant meteoroid from crashing into the planet. With a set of Mega Bracelet and Mega Stones obtained from Steven, Blaziken gained the ability to use Mega Evolution. After a day of training, Blaziken fully mastered Blast Burn and attained his Mega-Evolved state.

With the training over, Mr. Stone had everyone taken to the Sea Mauville for the next stage of the plan. There, Blaziken and Sceptile were put on a set of machines known as the Absorber and ordered to coat themselves in the power of the ultimate moves. Once ready, Mr. Stone and Steven active the Absorbers, which proceed to painfully drain the life energy of Blaziken and Sceptile. The energy was converted into Infinity Energy and used to power a device called the dimensional shifter capable of warping the meteoroid to another location.

## **New Era**

### **Hoenn Again**

Blaziken was Gwendolyn's Pokémon of choice during her unofficial Gym battle against Dwayne and his Gardevoir. The first strike is a Moonblast from Gardevoir, but Blaziken uses his quick reflexes to easily jump away. Blaziken soon runs towards Gardevoir at high speed and scores a direct hit with Focus Punch. Dwayne then decides to confuse Blaziken by ordering Gardevoir to continuously teleport around the battlefield, but regardless, Blaziken uses his quick reflexes to foresee Gardevoir's next location and scores another hit, this time with Aura Sphere. As Gardevoir stumbles, Blaziken knocks her out with a rapid-fire Blaze Kick, giving Gwendolyn the victory.

When Gwendolyn and Dwayne finally had their official Gym battle, Blaziken was chosen as Gwendolyn's third and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Dwayne's Grovyle. Dwayne attacks first by ordering Grovyle to use Bullet Seed, but Blaziken easily blocks the attack with his hands, sustaining no damage at all. Grovyle attacks again with Leaf Blade, but Blaziken grabs it mid-attack and tosses Grovyle back across the arena. Blaziken begins to attack with Focus Punch, but is stopped after Grovyle hits it in the face with Bullet Seed. The attack angers Blaziken, who retaliates with Aura Sphere.

Grovyle slices the Aura Sphere in half with Leaf Blade and attempts a Pound attack, but Blaziken grabs him in midair and tosses Grovyle into the ceiling. Grovyle counterattacks with Bullet Seed, but Blaziken blocks with a powerful Flamethrower, which blasts through the Bullet Seed and sends Grovyle flying. Watching Grovyle struggle to his feet, Gwendolyn suggests that Dwayne should withdraw from the match for Grovyle's safety. Dwayne begins to consider it, but stops when Grovyle indicates that it wants to keep fighting. Remembering the battle with Brawly, Dwayne wonders if he should truly cater to Grovyle's feelings or simply forfeit for his sake. Grovyle senses Dwayne's reluctance and shoots his twig onto his feet, and Dwayne realizes that Grovyle would never forgive him if he threw in the towel. Accepting Grovyle's wishes, Dwayne tells Grovyle to show Norman what he's made out of. Inspired by Dwayne's confidence, Grovyle activates his Overgrow Ability, which powers up his Grass-type attacks.

Leaping back into combat, Grovyle dodges both a Blaze Kick and Slaking's clumsy attempts to grab him. Grovyle then begins bouncing around the arena. Dodging a Flamethrower, Grovyle hits Blaziken with a vicious Quick Attack. Gwendolyn congratulates Dwayne for his recovery, but tells him that he'll need more than just speed to beat Blaziken. She orders Blaziken to attack with Focus Punch while Dwayne tells Grovyle to use Leaf Blade. The two attack each other at the same time, and after a moment's pause, Blaziken falls to the ground, knocked out, giving Dwayne the victory.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

As a Torchic, Blaziken was rash and often acted first before assessing the situation. After evolving, Blaziken became more reasonable and soft-spoken, and was shown getting along with others much easier.

He is a very strong Pokémon, both physically and psychologically, and is the powerhouse of Gwendolyn's team. He is also very strong-willed and doesn't back down from any challenge, no matter how difficult. Being Gwendolyn's strongest Pokémon, and also the one she's been with the longest, Blaziken and his Trainer share a very powerful bond, and Blaziken follows Gwendolyn's orders without hesitation, but is not afraid to express disappointment with his Trainer, seen as when Blaziken often sighs whenever Gwendolyn displays her usual traits of over-aggressiveness and showboating.