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==In the manga==
==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:PS312.png|thumb|right|215px|Brandon and his Pokémon in the manga]]
[[File:Brandon Regis Adventures.png|thumb|right|215px|Brandon's Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in Pokémon Adventures]]
Regirock, Regice and Registeel first appeared as wild Pokémon in the {{chap|Ruby & Sapphire}} of ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''. {{Steven}} sent {{EF|Drake}}, [[Sidney]], and [[Glacia]] to capture them so that they could be used to help contain the battle between {{p|Kyogre}} and {{p|Groudon}} in [[Sootopolis City]].
Regirock, Regice, and Registeel are three Pokémon that were sought after by [[Steven Stone]] in preparation for the upcoming battle against {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}}. After some difficulties, he manages to awaken them from their resting places with the help of the [[Blind boy]] and {{adv|Sapphire}}. Once awakened, Regirock was partnered with {{EF|Drake}} and [[Sidney]], Regice was partnered with [[Phoebe]] and Glacia, while Steven teamed up with [[Wallace]] to control Registeel.  


In ''[[PS303|VS. Sudowoodo]]'', {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} captured the three Pokémon, who were weak following the battle in Sootopolis. He later used them to battle {{adv|Emerald}} in the Battle Pyramid. During this fight, Regirock started off delivering a powerful {{m|Superpower}} attack that left [[Emerald's Sceptile]] struggling, and right after the boy had Sceptile attempt a {{m|Leech Seed}}, Regirock used {{m|Explosion}} and knocked both of them out. Just as Emerald had the {{p|Hitmonchan}} he borrowed from {{adv|Crystal}} deliver a finishing blow on Registeel with a powerful {{m|Sky Uppercut}} following a barrage of {{m|Fire Punch}}es, Brandon reveals that he had the massive golem use {{m|Toxic}} out the get-go, causing Hitmonchan to faint. With just one Pokémon left on either side and Regice reigning supreme, it seemed Brandon had the battle won, but Emerald then reveals a secret of his own, and Sceptile is revitalized by a [[Revive]], allowing it to finish Regice with a surprise {{m|Iron Tail}} from behind. The same golem was then seen in the first confrontation against [[Guile Hideout]].
During the battle, the three Pokémon used {{m|Superpower}} to contain the destructive energy created by the clash between Groudon and Kyogre. After Groudon and Kyogre are defeated, the strain of controlling the three Pokémon causes Steven to die from exhaustion. With no one to control them, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel lashed out against their controllers and left to parts unknown.
 
In the {{chap|Emerald}}, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel were found and caught by [[Pyramid King Brandon|Brandon]] for use in the Battle Frontier.  
 
When {{adv|Emerald}} challenged the Battle Pyramid, Regirock was the first to be sent out to face his {{TP|Emerald|Sceptile}}. During the battle, Regirock had its health sapped away by {{m|Leech Seed}}, so it countered by blowing itself up with {{m|Explosion}}, greatly damaging Sceptile. With Regirock knocking itself out in the process, Brandon switched with Registeel, who was sent out to face Emerald's borrowed {{p|Hitmonchan}}, Monlee. With his speed and super effective hits, Monlee was able to easily defeat Registeel, only to quickly fall by a {{m|Toxic}} attack.
 
The last to be used was Regice, who faced Emerald's borrowed {{p|Cubone}}, Bonee. Due to Regice's typing, Bonee was at a disadvantage and was knocked out after a short time. Although confident that he had won their battle, Brandon was shocked to see that Sceptile had been revived in secret and defeated Regice with an {{m|Iron Tail}}, making Emerald the winner of the battle. In the [[Artisan Cave]], Regice was used to attack [[Guile Hideout]] in order to get revenge for Noland's injuries. The attack did nothing to Guile, who simply swung his sword and sent Regice flying.
 
In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, it was revealed that three Pokémon were lent to [[Palmer]] at one point. Palmer took the Pokémon to the [[Snowpoint Temple]], where he awakened and captured the legendary Pokémon {{p|Regigigas}}.


====Moves used====
====Moves used====
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=====Regirock=====
=====Regirock=====
{{anmov/h|rock||Brandon Regirock {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Explosion}} Adventures.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Explosion}}}}
{{anmov/h|rock||Brandon Regirock {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Explosion}} Adventures.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Explosion}}}}
{{anmov|Fighting|Superpower|PS312|VS. Regirock}}
{{anmov|Fighting|Superpower|PS255|VS Spoink I}}
{{anmov|Normal|Explosion|PS312|VS. Regirock}}
{{anmov|Normal|Explosion|PS312|VS Regirock}}
{{anmov/f|Rock}}
{{anmov/f|Rock}}


=====Registeel=====
=====Registeel=====
{{anmov/h|Steel||Brandon Registeel Toxic Adventures.png|Using Toxic}}
{{anmov/h|Steel||Brandon Registeel {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Toxic}} Adventures.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Toxic}}}}
{{anmov|Fighting|Superpower|PS255|VS Spoink I}}
{{anmov|Poison|Toxic|PS313|VS. Regice}}
{{anmov|Poison|Toxic|PS313|VS. Regice}}
{{anmov/f|Steel}}
{{anmov/f|Steel}}


=====Regice=====
=====Regice=====
{{anmov/h|Ice||Brandon Regice Blizzard Adventures.png|Using Blizzard}}
{{anmov/h|Ice||Brandon Regice {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Blizzard}} Adventures.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Superpower|1=Blizzard}}}}
{{anmov|Ice|Blizzard|PS315|VS. Surskit I}}
{{anmov|Fighting|Superpower|PS255|VS Spoink I}}
{{anmov|Ice|Blizzard|PS315|VS Surskit I}}
{{anmov/f|Ice}}
{{anmov/f|Ice}}



Revision as of 12:22, 5 February 2013

Brandon's Regis are a trio of legendary Pokémon that belong to Pyramid King Brandon.

In the anime

In the anime they are Brandon's most powerful Pokémon, with Regirock and Registeel using their power alone to defeat Ash twice. However, Regice was defeated later in Ash's rematch with Brandon. During Brandon's battle with Paul, each defeated all of his Pokémon one by one. In Pillars of Friendship!, they were used to help protect Regigigas from J.

Regirock

Brandon's Regirock
ジンダイのレジロック Jindai's Regirock
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
Brandon Regirock.png
Brandon's Regirock
Debuts in Battling the Enemy Within!
Caught at Unknown
Gender Genderless
Ability Unknown
Current location Snowpoint Temple
HOME377.png
This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Regirock Katsuyuki Konishi

Brandon's Regirock (Japanese: ジンダイのレジロック Jindai's Regirock) was the first Pokémon of the trio to be seen with Brandon.

In Battling the Enemy Within! Ash and friends fall into some underground ruins by the Battle Pyramid. Inside the ruins Ash picks up a Pikachu statue which causes a boulder to roll towards them. They eventually run into Brandon who calls out Regirock to use Focus Punch and destroy the boulder. Regirock destroys the boulder and Brandon recalls it.

After Ash is corrupted by the King of Pokélantis, Brandon decides to battle Ash to save him. His choice is Regirock, while Ash goes with Sceptile. Regirock's key strategy is to defend, while using Lock-On to make sure its attacks hit the opponent. Although Regirock barely moved during the battle, it has both strong Attack and Defense capabilities. Despite Sceptile being faster (and a type-advantage), Regirock ultimately wins the battle.

Regirock was next seen in Pace - The Final Frontier! alongside Registeel where the two of them confronted Team Rocket and used their Hyper Beam attacks to send Team Rocket blasting off.

Regirock reappeared in A Pyramiding Rage! along with Brandon where it defeated Paul's Hariyama, Electabuzz, Ursaring and Magmar. It was revealed in the same episode that Brandon used Regirock to defeat Reggie's Drapion which ultimately led to Reggie to become a Pokémon Breeder. It was also used with the other golems to battle a Regigigas at the Snowpoint Temple in Pillars of Friendship!.

Moves used

Brandon Regirock Lock-On.png
Using Lock-On
File:Brandon Regis Focus Punch.png
Using Focus Punch
Move First Used In
Focus Punch  Battling the Enemy Within!
Iron Defense Battling the Enemy Within!
Hyper Beam  Battling the Enemy Within!
Lock-On Battling the Enemy Within!
Stone Edge  A Pyramiding Rage!
Shock Wave A Pyramiding Rage!
Zap Cannon  Pillars of Friendship!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Registeel

Brandon's Registeel
ジンダイのレジスチル Jindai's Registeel
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
Brandon Registeel.png
Brandon's Registeel
Debuts in Overjoyed!
Caught at Unknown
Gender Genderless
Ability Unknown
Current location Snowpoint Temple
HOME379.png
This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Registeel Tomoe Hanba

Brandon's Registeel (Japanese: ジンダイのレジスチル Jindai's Registeel) is the second Pokémon that was shown to be owned by Brandon. He obtained it prior to Overjoyed!.

In Overjoyed! Ash returned to the Battle Pyramid to challenge Brandon. Brandon revealed that he would be using Registeel in the battle. The next day Ash sent his Torkoal against Registeel. Registeel was shown to be an extremely mobile Pokémon, as it was seen charging at Torkoal. Although Torkoal clearly had the type advantage, Registeel had incredible defensive capabilities and was able to evenly match Torkoal. Brandon's main strategy with Registeel seemed to be offensive and defensive combined into one. Although Torkoal managed to put up a strong fight and match Registeel in power, Registeel ultimately proved victorious.

Registeel was next seen in Pace - The Final Frontier! alongside Regirock where the two of them confronted Team Rocket and used their Hyper Beam attacks to sending Team Rocket blasting off.

Registeel appeared in A Pyramiding Rage! along with Brandon where it was used in a battle against Paul where it battled his Magmar and defeated his Nidoking. In Pillars of Friendship!, it was used to battle against a Regigigas in the Snowpoint Temple

Moves used

Brandon Registeel Sandstorm.png
Using Sandstorm
File:Brandon Regis Focus Punch.png
Using Focus Punch
Move First Used In
Metal Claw Overjoyed!
Zap Cannon Overjoyed!
Lock-On Overjoyed!
Sandstorm Overjoyed!
Hyper Beam  Pace - The Final Frontier!
Iron Head  A Pyramiding Rage!
Flash Cannon  A Pyramiding Rage!
Focus Punch  Pillars of Friendship!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Regice

Brandon's Regice
ジンダイのレジアイス Jindai's Regice
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
Brandon Regice.png
Brandon's Regice
Debuts in Pace - The Final Frontier!
Caught at Unknown
Gender Genderless
Ability Unknown
Current location Snowpoint Temple
HOME378.png
This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Regice Tomoe Hanba

Brandon's Regice (Japanese: ジンダイのレジアイス Jindai's Regice) was the last Pokémon caught by Brandon before his final battle with Ash in Pace - The Final Frontier!.

Brandon captured Regice in between Overjoyed! and Gathering the Gang of Four! while searching in an unnamed ruin. Regice was the last Pokémon Brandon sent out against Ash's Pikachu in his 4-on-4 battle for the Brave Symbol.

Brandon used a strategy of freezing the field with Ice Beam to speed up Regice's movements and to do the complete opposite with Pikachu's. While Pikachu did land some hits with Thunderbolt and Iron Tail, it proved to be ineffective, as Regice trapped Pikachu in pillars of ice created by Ice Beam and then used Rest to fully recover any damage caused. 

Regice then fired an Ice Beam towards Pikachu, completely freezing it. But with the last of its energy, Pikachu broke free and delivered a final blow to Regice using his Volt Tackle.

It reappeared in A Pyramiding Rage! where it battled Paul's Ursaring and defeated his Lairon. It was also used with other golems to battle a Regigigas at Snowpoint Temple in Pillars of Friendship!.

Moves used

Brandon Regice Blizzard.png
Using Blizzard
File:Brandon Regis Hyper Beam.png
Using Hyper Beam
Move First Used In
Blizzard Pace - The Final Frontier!
Ice Beam  Pace - The Final Frontier!
Focus Punch  Pace - The Final Frontier!
Rest Pace - The Final Frontier!
Zap Cannon  A Pyramiding Rage!
Hyper Beam  Pillars of Friendship!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Personality and characteristics

All three of the Regis are considered to be very loyal towards Brandon as their Trainer. However, it was temporarily lost when Regigigas used Confuse Ray on them, which made the trio turn on Brandon. When Brandon blocked the attack from J's hand gun that could turn anything it touches into stone, the Regis regained their loyalty. In most of the battles each of the Regis participated in, they had no trouble taking on any opponent including the ones with the type advantage as seen in their battles against Ash and Paul, where they single-handedly defeated all of the latter's Pokémon in A Pyramiding Rage!.

In the games

Brandon's Regis appear when battled for the Silver Symbol:

Spr 3e 377.png
Types:
Rock Unknown
Ability:
Clear Body
Held item:
Bag Quick Claw Sprite.png Quick Claw
Regirock Lv.50, 60-100
Explosion
Normal
Superpower
Fighting
Earthquake
Ground
AncientPower
Rock
Spr 3e 379.png
Types:
Steel Unknown
Ability:
Clear Body
Held item:
Bag Leftovers Sprite.png Leftovers
Registeel Lv.50, 60-100
Earthquake
Ground
Metal Claw
Steel
Toxic
Poison
Iron Defense
Steel
Spr 3e 378.png
Types:
Ice Unknown
Ability:
Clear Body
Held item:
Bag Chesto Berry Sprite.png Chesto Berry
Regice Lv.50, 60-100
Ice Beam
Ice
Amnesia
Psychic
Thunder
Electric
Rest
Psychic

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Brandon Regis Adventures.png
Brandon's Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in Pokémon Adventures

Regirock, Regice, and Registeel are three Pokémon that were sought after by Steven Stone in preparation for the upcoming battle against Groudon and Kyogre. After some difficulties, he manages to awaken them from their resting places with the help of the Blind boy and Sapphire. Once awakened, Regirock was partnered with Drake and Sidney, Regice was partnered with Phoebe and Glacia, while Steven teamed up with Wallace to control Registeel.

During the battle, the three Pokémon used Superpower to contain the destructive energy created by the clash between Groudon and Kyogre. After Groudon and Kyogre are defeated, the strain of controlling the three Pokémon causes Steven to die from exhaustion. With no one to control them, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel lashed out against their controllers and left to parts unknown.

In the Emerald arc, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel were found and caught by Brandon for use in the Battle Frontier.

When Emerald challenged the Battle Pyramid, Regirock was the first to be sent out to face his Sceptile. During the battle, Regirock had its health sapped away by Leech Seed, so it countered by blowing itself up with Explosion, greatly damaging Sceptile. With Regirock knocking itself out in the process, Brandon switched with Registeel, who was sent out to face Emerald's borrowed Hitmonchan, Monlee. With his speed and super effective hits, Monlee was able to easily defeat Registeel, only to quickly fall by a Toxic attack.

The last to be used was Regice, who faced Emerald's borrowed Cubone, Bonee. Due to Regice's typing, Bonee was at a disadvantage and was knocked out after a short time. Although confident that he had won their battle, Brandon was shocked to see that Sceptile had been revived in secret and defeated Regice with an Iron Tail, making Emerald the winner of the battle. In the Artisan Cave, Regice was used to attack Guile Hideout in order to get revenge for Noland's injuries. The attack did nothing to Guile, who simply swung his sword and sent Regice flying.

In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was revealed that three Pokémon were lent to Palmer at one point. Palmer took the Pokémon to the Snowpoint Temple, where he awakened and captured the legendary Pokémon Regigigas.

Moves used

Regirock
Brandon Regirock Explosion Adventures.png
Using Explosion
Move First Used In
Superpower VS Spoink I
Explosion VS Regirock
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Registeel
Brandon Registeel Toxic Adventures.png
Using Toxic
Move First Used In
Superpower VS Spoink I
Toxic VS. Regice
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Regice
Brandon Regice Blizzard Adventures.png
Using Blizzard
Move First Used In
Superpower VS Spoink I
Blizzard VS Surskit I
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

  • Brandon's Regis are the first officially deemed legendary Pokémon in the anime to be caught and trained.
  • All three Regis in the anime have used Zap Cannon, Focus Punch and Hyper Beam.
  • Brandon's Regice is the only one of the Regis that doesn't know Lock-On in the anime.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Regirock, Registeel, and Regice.

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