Candela

Candela キャンデラ Candela
Art from Pokémon GO as of November 30, 2022
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Trainer class	Team Valor Leader
Generation	VI, VII, VIII, IX
Games	Pokémon GO
Member of	Team Valor
Rank	Leader
Specializes in	Fire types

Candela (Japanese: キャンデラ Candela) is the leader of Team Valor (Japanese: チームヴァーラー Team Valor), one of the three teams in Pokémon GO. Team Valor is researching Pokémon strength and is represented by Moltres. Team Valor Trainers believe that their Pokémon are the strongest because they train to naturally enhance a Pokémon's power in search of true strength.

She is one of Professor Willow's assistants, along with Spark and Blanche. She is the oldest of the three team leaders.^[1] While a very passionate and emotional person, Candela is capable of approaching difficult situations calmly.

History

Involving Team GO Rocket

On October 30, 2019, it was revealed that Candela was once close friends with Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo, who used to be a member of Team Valor before Candela became its leader. While doing outdoor research with Professor Willow, Candela spotted Arlo from a distance, surrounded by several Shadow Pokémon. Having heard of Blanche's and Spark's earlier encounters with the other Team GO Rocket Leaders, Candela opted to return to the lab, seemingly unnoticed by Arlo.^[2]

On November 7, 2019^[3], Candela sent the following message in response to Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo:

"Arlo. You’re right—I haven’t changed. I stand just as strong as I always have, and that’s what Team Valor needs: a leader who stands strong. Next time, battle me in the field and not with your words."'

On November 12, 2019, Candela returned to the original location where she last saw Arlo and found that he was still present. She challenged him to battle on the terms that he uses his past team and not his Shadow Pokémon, to which Arlo accepted. During an intense battle, Arlo had two of his Pokénon knocked out without defeating even one of Candela's, causing him to become hopeless. Candela offered for him to return to Team Valor, but Arlo refused, stating that Team GO Rocket had made him a leader. Arlo then fled from the battle, giving Candela a victory by forfeit.^[4]

On July 26, 2020, during Pokémon GO Fest 2020, Arlo battled Candela. Candela initiated the battle by sending out a Rapidash, while Arlo sent a Shadow Scizor.^[5] While Scizor was using X-Scissor, Candela reminisced about the time both Arlo and her were training together with their respective Scyther and Ponyta before parting ways. Coming back to her senses, she commanded Rapidash to use Fire Spin.^[6] In the end, Candela won the battle when Giovanni recalled Arlo to him along with the other Team GO Rocket Leaders. Professor Willow, Blanche, Candela, Spark and their Pokémon then witnessed the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 fireworks show in the sky.^[7]

Pokémon

Team Valor emblem

Battle Training

Candela uses the following Pokémon in Battle Training. Her Pokémon's moves will be randomly chosen from their current move pool.

Team Valor Leader Candela
League	Pokémon
Great League	CP 1487	CP 1483	CP 1471
Ultra League	CP 2423	CP 2476	CP 2416
Master League	CP 3473	CP 3749	CP 3465

Prior to July 19, 2019

Team Valor Leader Candela
League	Pokémon
Great League	CP 895	CP 883	CP 980
Ultra League	CP 1835	CP 2484	CP 2491
Master League	CP 2683	CP 3079	CP 3465

Pokémon GO Tour: Johto Battle Challenge

Candela Team Valor Leader
#1	#2	#3

Gallery

Appearance from Pokémon GO between September 30th[8] and November 30th, 2022[9]

Quotes

Main article: Candela/Quotes

In the TCG

Full Art print of Candela

Main article: Candela (Pokémon GO 65)

Candela was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese and English Pokémon GO expansions, with artwork by Ryuta Fuse. It was also released as a Full Art card and Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the player to draw two cards and then flip a coin. If heads, they can attach a Fire Energy card from their discard pile to one of their Benched Pokémon.

Trivia

• Candela is left-handed.^[1]

Names

Team Valor

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 武勇隊 Móuhyúhng Déui Mandarin 武勇隊 Wǔyǒng Duì French Équipe Bravoure German Team Wagemut Hindi टीम वेलोर Team Valor Italian Squadra Coraggio Korean 팀 발로 Team Valor Brazilian Portuguese Equipe Valor Russian Команда Доблесть Komanda Doblest' Spanish Equipo Valor Thai ทีมแวเลอร์ Team Valor Turkish Cesaret Takımı

References

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.