Ash's Noivern

Ash's Noivern サトシのオンバーン Satoshi's Onvern

Ash's Noivern

Egg obtained in A Not-So-Flying Start! Hatches in A Not-So-Flying Start! Hatched at Route 15 Evolves in XY109 Gender Male Ability Unknown Current location With Ash

→ → This Pokémon spent less than 1 episode in its Egg and 33 episodes as Noibat.

Voice actor Japanese English As Noibat Yuka Terasaki Marc Thompson As Noivern Kenta Miyake N/A

Ash's Noivern (Japanese: サトシのオンバーン Satoshi's Onvern) is the fifth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Kalos region.

History

Noibat's Egg

In A Not-So-Flying Start!, Noibat was in his Egg when he was first found by Hawlucha, who was doing training exercises. The Wrestling Pokémon brought the Egg back to Ash and his friends, where he was about to hatch. In response, Ash, Pikachu, Fletchinder, Hawlucha, Bonnie, Dedenne, Pancham, and Chespin covered the Egg to keep it warm while it hatched, with Fletchinder using its Flame Body Ability to help.

When he hatched, Noibat first saw Ash. It was introduced to him and his Pokémon. Noibat was very stressed out, so he let out a powerful Supersonic attack, hurting everyone's ears. He was eventually calmed down by Ash. Afterwards, the group found apples for him with Noibat using his ultrasonic waves to sense the apples' taste. Noibat then attempted to fly, but failed, causing him to launch another Supersonic until he was calmed down by Ash again. The group decided to help teach Noibat how to fly with Hawlucha and Fletchinder aiding him. Despite Noibat improving, he was still unable to fly. While training with Hawlucha and Fletchinder, Team Rocket appeared and fired a net at Noibat whom they wanted to evolve into a Noivern. In the process of the kidnapping, they also captured Hawlucha, who attempted to protect him.

As a Noibat

The two Flying-types were then tied up to a tree. Noibat tried to use Supersonic on them, but failed due to Team Rocket's soundproof earphones. Hawlucha managed to cut the rope using his nails and tried to sneak away along with Noibat, but they were soon spotted by Team Rocket. Hawlucha successfully escaped with Noibat, after attacking Inkay with High Jump Kick, and knocking it down together with Pumpkaboo. As they were still being pursued by the trio, Noibat spotted a cave and told Hawlucha to hide in there. Inside the pitch black cave, Jessie, James, and Meowth tried to capture them and lure them into a trap set by Inkay and Pumpkaboo. Noibat uses echolocation to sense the trio and had Hawlucha kick off their soundproof headphones, which allowed Noibat to use Supersonic, causing Team Rocket to flee. After Ash appeared and defeated Team Rocket with Frogadier and Pikachu, the two Flying-types left the cave. Afterwards, Noibat accepted Ash's offer to go with him and allowed himself to be captured in a Poké Ball. He was then let out, allowing him to train with Hawlucha and Fletchinder again.

In A Relay in the Sky!, he continued to train how to fly along with Fletchinder and Hawlucha. Noibat struggled at tackling high winds, but Hawlucha taught Noibat how to deal with it. Afterwards, the group noticed a Starly, Staravia, and Staraptor. They went to the source of this, the Pokémon Sky Relay, where they discovered that the birds came from the Sky Relay Champion, Orson. Later, Ash used Fletchinder, Hawlucha, and Noibat in the relay. Ash used Noibat in the last segment of the race. He started out in first place, but Starly was right behind him and had the advantage since Noibat hadn't fully mastered flying yet. Although he remained in first place initially, he encountered high winds, which Noibat struggled with. Starly used this to its advantage to pass Noibat and gain first place. After remembering his training with Hawlucha and everyone's support, he managed to overcome this and managed to get neck-to-neck with Starly. He eventually ended up second after barely losing to Starly, and was disappointed at first, but found that he had made his friends happy by learning to fly.

As a Noibat, with Ash

In Meeting at Terminus Cave!, Noibat was used to navigate through Terminus Cave, using echolocation in conjunction with Clemont's searchlight, Braixen's fire, and Luxray's X-ray sight. During the group battle against Team Flare, Noibat stunned Celosia's Drapion with Supersonic and knocked it back with his newly revealed Tackle attack, but was then hit by Bisharp's Iron Head. Noibat continued to battle until Squishy transformed to its 10% Form and defeated Team Flare's Pokémon.

In A Windswept Encounter!, while Noibat was flying around as the group settled down for a rest, he accidentally rammed into a Breloom while the Mushroom Pokémon was admiring the flowers he was planning to give to an Orange Flower Floette to proclaim his love. As Noibat tried to apologize for crushing the flowers, the Breloom attacked him in rage first by using Poison Powder, then striking him down with his claw. When Floette passed by, she healed Noibat's condition using Aromatherapy and became friends with him. As Noibat flew around with her on his back, the offending Breloom became heartbroken and furious, leading him to threaten Noibat with his Beedrill entourage to separate Floette from him. Noibat defended Floette by trying to fight Breloom one on one, but was beaten down. Pikachu wished to interfere to help, but Hawlucha prevented him from doing so and Ash explained that Noibat wanted to prove his worth as a full-fledged fighter. Noibat eventually managed to hit Breloom with a Tackle attack, but was still about to lose. Before Breloom finished Noibat off, Floette saved him, but was then kidnapped by Team Rocket along with Breloom. Noibat used echolocation to search for their location after Clemont's machine failed, and found them quickly. After repeatedly trying to break the cage that held Breloom and Floette hostage with Tackle, he learned Acrobatics and successfully broke it. He then used the move again to defeat James's Inkay, making Team Rocket blast off.

In XY109, Ash used Noibat to navigate through a cave as Ash needed to deliver medicine to Ikazuchi Town's hospital. On their way, they got attacked by a rampaging Zapdos. Noibat witnessed Talonflame's and Hawlucha's battles against Zapdos. Although both of them were able to hold their own, Zapdos was able to defeat Talonflame because of its type-advantage and likewise blasted Hawlucha off a cliff. Seeing Hawlucha falling down the ravine, Noibat flew to him as quickly as possible, eventually evolving into Noivern for extra speed. After successfully saving Hawlucha, Noivern fought off Zapdos. With his newly gained speed and power, he was able to dodge Zapdos's attacks and attacked it with his newly learned Boomburst, although Zapdos dodged that as well. At Ash's command, Noivern engaged with Zapdos in a high-speed aerial duel and eventually managed to hide behind the cliffs, taking Zapdos by surprise with his powerful Boomburst and blasting it into a local mountain range. As Noivern had gained the upper hand, Team Rocket jumped in and tried to capture the weakened Zapdos, but Noivern and Pikachu sent them blasting off. Zapdos, having calmed down and respecting Noivern's power, made the thunderstorm disappear and flew off. Once Ash reunited with his friends, Noivern was seen sitting in a tree, eating some fruit after a long day.

In XY115, Noivern was shosen by Ash to battle Alain's Metang. ALthough it was a close battle, Metang eventually emerged victorious.

Personality and characteristics

After hatching, he quickly imprinted on Ash, presumably because he is who Noivern first saw. He was also impressed by Hawlucha's abilities in his debut. As a newborn Pokémon, he struggled to fly and was upset when he failed. When stressed or upset, he lets out a powerful Supersonic attack. In A Relay in the Sky!, he did the same when he was happy. Like all Noivern, he has an affinity toward fruit, but can be a picky eater as he refused to eat apples which he thought were bad.

As a Noibat, it had the ability to use ultrasonic waves, which he first used in A Not-So-Flying Start! to tell if a fruit was bad or good. He later used echolocation to spot Team Rocket in pitch darkness, allowing Hawlucha to attack them without being seen.

Noivern is shown to have a very parent-child like relationship with Ash. As such, Noivern is able to be calmed down easily by Ash, and very much enjoys being around him. He also has a close relationship with Hawlucha and Talonflame, since they helped Noivern learn how to fly and seems to enjoy being with them. Noivern also seems to take after Ash, acting very similarly to him, and seems to take inspiration from him. When in the Pokémon Sky Relay race, Noivern was determined to win and managed to come second place due to Ash's encouragement. Much like Gliscor, Noivern seems to want Ash's approval and is upset when he is denied a chance to prove himself, as shown when he was very upset at narrowly losing the Pokémon Sky Relay. Once Ash gave Noivern the praise he desired, he quickly cheered up.

During the events of A Windswept Encounter!, Noivern wished to prove himself as a full-fledged battler in his own right, and both Ash and Hawlucha understood this and refused to let Pikachu interfere with his battle, even though his opponent had the upper hand.

Since evolving, Noivern became much stronger than before and is willing to go up against powerful and formidable foes like Zapdos.

Moves used

Using Boomburst	Move First Used In Supersonic A Not-So-Flying Start! Tackle Meeting at Terminus Cave! Acrobatics A Windswept Encounter! Boomburst XY109
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Noivern's capture as a Noibat was first teased in the poster for Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.
• Noivern took the shortest time to hatch out of all of the Pokémon owned by the main cast that hatched from Eggs, with the Egg being ready to hatch before being given to his Trainer.
• Noivern's evolution was first teased in the poster for the XY&Z arc of the XY series.

Related articles

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Noibat and Noivern.

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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