May's Blaziken

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May's Blaziken
ハルカのバシャーモ Haruka's Bursyamo
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
May Blaziken.png
May's Blaziken
Debuts in Get the Show on the Road!
Caught at Littleroot Town
Evolves in A Shroomish Skirmish
Once More with Reeling
Gender Unknown
Ability Blaze
Current location In rotation
HOME255.png HOME256.png HOME257.png
This Pokémon spent 81 episodes as Torchic and 109 episodes as Combusken.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Torchic Chinami Nishimura Rachael Lillis
As Combusken Chinami Nishimura
(AG082-AG137, AG143-AG191)
Rikako Aikawa
(AG138-AG141)
Darren Dunstan
(AG082-AG144)
Bill Rogers
(AG151-AG191)
As Blaziken Katsuyuki Konishi Billy Beach

May's Blaziken (Japanese: ハルカのバシャーモ Haruka's Bursyamo) was the first Pokémon that May obtained at the beginning of her travels in Hoenn, given to her by Professor Birch.

In the anime

In the main series

History

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

As a Torchic
Hoenn

In Get the Show on the Road!, Blaziken was given to May by Professor Birch in Littleroot Town when it was still a Torchic. She chose it as her starter Pokémon because she thought Treecko was creepy and scary, and Mudkip had attacked her earlier with a Water Gun in the face. In contrast, she seemed to like Torchic's cute appearance and sweet nature.

In the next episode, May used Torchic to try to catch her first wild Pokémon, an Azurill. Despite trying its best, the Azurill was too fast and agile for Torchic, easily dodging its attacks and causing Torchic to run into other objects. This eventually angers Torchic enough to fire an Ember attack, which hits not only Azurill but a Marill and Azumarill. They all simultaneously spray Water Gun at Torchic, knocking it out in one shot.

Due to it being very immature and inexperienced, May did not use Torchic very often, preferring Beautifly and Skitty. During Having a Wailord of a Time, Max voiced his concerns about this, wondering if May even liked Torchic.

In A Shroomish Skirmish, Torchic got separated from its Trainer and got lost alongside Ash's Corphish. Some wild Shroomish and a Breloom started attacking them, causing Torchic to evolve into Combusken. Breloom challenged Combusken to hand-to-hand combat. Combusken obliged, and a vicious fight ensued. Both Pokémon are hit numerous times in the face by punches and kicks, and in the end a cross-counter knocks out both Pokémon.

After evolving into Combusken, it proved to be very useful for Pokémon Contests. The first time it took part in one was in Pokéblock, Stock and Berry and Lessons in Lilycove!, when May used it in the Lilycove Contest. Even though its Fire Spin caused problems during the Appeals Round, Combusken managed to get a score of 23.6, which helped May to reach the Contest Battles. After defeating Jessie and Chimecho, May had to battle Kelly, a fellow Pokémon Coordinator she met prior to entering the Contest. Kelly and her Grumpig showed great talent and effort, but May and Combusken turned out as the winners, earning them the Lilycove Ribbon.

When May got the five required Ribbons, she participated on the Hoenn Grand Festival, where Combusken was used in her quarter-finals battle round against Drew's Flygon and Roselia, alongside Skitty, in Rhapsody in Drew. Together, they managed to put up a great fight, but they were defeated, leaving May within the Top 8 Coordinators of the Festival.

Kanto

During May's Kanto journey, Combusken had more appearances due to the Pokémon Contests allowing Coordinators to use different Pokémon for each round. In A Hurdle for Squirtle, Combusken was used for the Appeals Round of the Saffron City Contest, where it used Fire Spin and Sky Uppercut on May's untied bandanna to knot it back to her head. Later on, in Weekend Warrior, it was used for the battle rounds of the Silver Town Pokémon Contest. May and Combusken faced Coordinator Jeremy and his Venusaur in the final match; after a really close battle, where the Grass type used the powerful Frenzy Plant attack, May and Combusken ended as the winners, earning them the Ribbon.

In Spontaneous Combusken, it was used once again for the battle rounds, this time in the Chrysanthemum Island Convention. May and Combusken first faced Jessie and Mime Jr.. Though Mime Jr. was able to Mimic Combusken's Fire Spin and hit it with the unusual Tickle attack, Combusken managed to land a Sky Uppercut through the opposing Fire Spin and win the battle. In the second battle, Combusken was seen beating a Skarmory with Quick Attack. In the final battle, May and Combusken faced Brianna and her Vibrava. After being weakened by Screech, Combusken managed a Fire Spin, however it was countered by Dragon Breath. It was then trapped by Vibrava's Sand Tomb and remained immobilized while May's points decreased, until it broke out with a new move: Mega Kick. Combusken was then able to swiftly win the match and May received her third Ribbon.

Finally, in New Plot, Odd Lot!, Combusken was used for the Appeals Round of the Mulberry City Pokémon Contest. Team Rocket, who banded together with May's rival Harley, attempted to ruin her performance: Harley loaned James and Meowth his Ariados to sabotage May's appeal and kick her out of the Contest, so she would not get the last Ribbon she needed to get into the Grand Festival; however, surprisingly, their plan backfired when Combusken's Fire Spin started enveloping Ariados' web, going upwards in a spiral manner, not only setting Combusken free from it, but also surprising all three judges in the process. May managed to advance to the battle rounds (narrowly, though), and went on to defeat Jessie, who this time had borrowed Harley's Banette, in the final round.

Blaze activated

For the Kanto Grand Festival, Combusken was used for one of the Appeals Rounds and two of the battle rounds. Its appeal performance during May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!, just like the one in the Mulberry Contest, involved a frisbee, and easily led her to the next round. Combusken was then used for May's battle against Drew, which started in Thinning the Hoard! and ended in the following episode, Channeling the Battle Zone!. It battled against Drew's Flygon and Absol, alongside Squirtle; however, the fierce battle left only Combusken and Absol on stage after the first half of the five minutes. Just when Absol started to get the advantage, Combusken learned Overheat and gave its very best until the end of the match; by an extremely narrow difference, May and Combusken were announced as the winners of the round, and May moved on to the semi-finals. Combusken then faced Solidad's Pidgeot and Slowbro, battling along with Munchlax. As Solidad had been observing May's battling style, she was able to evade their attacks and defeat them with relative ease, leaving May at the Top 4 of the Grand Festival.

With Dawn's Piplup

In Once More With Reeling!, Combusken evolved into Blaziken while attempting to stop Team Rocket from stealing Pikachu and several other Pokémon. It then used its newly-learned Blaze Kick to send Team Rocket flying, upon which Ash remarked that he would like to battle Blaziken. Afterwards, May used Blaziken in the Battle Round of the Terracotta Town Pokémon Contest, an informal event not sanctioned by the Pokémon Activities Committee. It went up against Ash's Sceptile in a hard-fought match that saw both Pokémon activating their Abilities. At the end of the five-minute time limit, May and Ash were tied in points, but due to the event's informality, a sudden-death round did not take place, and the battle ended in a draw, with May and Ash splitting the commemorative Terracotta Medal. Later, it left for Johto with May and the rest of her Pokémon.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

In A Full Course Tag Battle!, Blaziken was used in the Seven Stars Restaurant Tag Battles, in which it battled alongside Dawn's Piplup. When it was first called out, Ash seemed to be pleased at seeing it again, and Brock remarked that it had gotten stronger as well. After the food retrieval from Team Rocket, it was called out once again for the Tag Battle. Blaziken started off with a Blaze Kick but failed to hit the opponent and got hurt by Girafarig's Bite. The battle concluded with a combination of Piplup's Bubble Beam and Blaziken's Fire Spin, resulting in a fusion of the Fire-type and Water-type moves, knocking off both of the opponents as a result. Blaziken was not seen in the Wallace Cup.

Personality and characteristics

Blaziken and May

Much like May at the beginning of her journey, Torchic was very inexperienced and unsure of itself. It was also shown to be a rather curious, ditzy, and playful Pokémon. It did not know how to battle and it tended to wander around aimlessly when brought out of its Poké Ball. Additionally, it used to panic when in dangerous situations.

When May started to ignore Torchic in favor of her Beautifly, Torchic felt like it needed to compete for May's attention and its personality began to change: it grew more determined to improve itself and recapture May's attention. Its competitive streak continued to grow as it lost most of its childishness and confusion; this culminated in its evolution into Combusken in A Shroomish Skirmish, where it learned both Fire Spin and Sky Uppercut.

As a Fire Pokémon, Torchic had a fear of water, as demonstrated in Sharpedo Attack!, when it chose not to follow its Trainer in jumping into the ocean.

Upon its evolution, it became much more assertive and confident, as it felt it didn't need to compete with Beautifly for attention anymore. As a Blaziken, it was shown to be quite an adept battler, being able to battle on par with Ash's Sceptile and work well with Dawn's Piplup.

Moves used

May Blaziken Fire Spin.png
Using Fire Spin
May Combusken Peck.png
Using Peck
as a Combusken
Move First Used In
Peck A Ruin with a View
Ember A Ruin with a View
Quick Attack I Feel Skitty!
Fire Spin  A Shroomish Skirmish
Sky Uppercut  A Shroomish Skirmish
Mega Kick Spontaneous Combusken!
Flamethrower Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 2)
Overheat  Channeling the Battle Zone!
Blaze Kick  Once More with Reeling!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Moves improvised
Picture First Used In Moves Involved Partnered With
Bubble Sky Uppercut combination.png Channeling the Battle Zone! Bubble and Sky Uppercut May's Squirtle
Description: Squirtle uses Bubble to surround Combusken. Then Combusken heads towards the opposing Pokémon while using Sky Uppercut. The combination was used during a two-on-two Contest Battle against Drew's Flygon and Absol in the Kanto Grand Festival.
Water and Fire Whirlwind.png Channeling the Battle Zone! Fire Spin and Bubble or Bubble Beam May's Squirtle or Dawn's Piplup
Description: Combusken uses Fire Spin and Squirtle follows up with Bubble. The two moves fuse into a water and fire whirlwind surrounded by sparks which traps the opponents. It was inspired by Tucker's tactical fusion of Fire- and Water-type attacks. The combination was first used during a two-on-two Contest Battle against Drew's Flygon and Absol in the Kanto Grand Festival. Another version involves Blaziken's Fire Spin and Piplup's Bubble Beam. It was used in A Full Course Tag Battle! during a Tag Battle against Roman's Girafarig and Kylie's Drifloon in the Seven Stars Restaurant.
Psychic Fire Power Up.png The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! Psychic and Fire Spin May's Beautifly
Description: Beautifly uses Psychic to power-up a move making it faster and powerful like Combusken's Fire Spin or Skitty's Blizzard.

Artwork

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Official artwork from
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Official artwork from
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire


In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer

May's Blaziken appeared in the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer. It first appeared as a Torchic by May's house. It battled against two Wurmple, a Silcoon, Cascoon, and Shroomish. Torchic was later revealed to have evolved into a Combusken and then into Blaziken. It was also capable of Mega Evolving.

Moves used

May Mega Blaziken Blaze Kick ORAS Trailer.png
Using Blaze Kick
as Mega Blaziken
Move First Used In
Ember Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer
Blaze Kick Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

In the core series

Given to player

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the player has the option to choose Torchic as their starter Pokémon.

Starting moveset
Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Spr 3r 255.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Torchic/ Lv.5
Scratch
Normal
Growl
Normal
  --  
   
  --  
   
255Torchic.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Torchic/ Lv.5
Scratch
Normal Physical
Growl
Normal Status
Ember
Fire Special
  --  
   

As an NPC

May has a Torchic as an NPC if the player as Brendan has chosen Treecko. It is her starter Pokémon. In the original games, it only evolves once, while in the remakes, it evolves fully into Blaziken. It also Mega Evolves in the final battle

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Spr 3r 255.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Torchic Lv.5
Scratch
Normal
Growl
Normal
  --  
   
  --  
   
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.20
Focus Energy
Normal
Ember
Fire
Double Kick
Fighting
Peck
Flying
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.31
Double Kick
Fighting
Bulk Up
Fighting
Sand-Attack
Ground
Peck
Flying
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.34
Double Kick
Fighting
Bulk Up
Fighting
Sand-Attack
Ground
Peck
Flying
Pokémon Emerald
Spr 3r 255.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Torchic Lv.5
Scratch
Normal
Growl
Normal
  --  
   
  --  
   
Spr 3r 255.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Torchic Lv.15
Scratch
Normal
Growl
Normal
Focus Energy
Normal
Ember
Fire
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.20
Focus Energy
Normal
Ember
Fire
Double Kick
Fighting
Peck
Flying
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.31
Double Kick
Fighting
Peck
Flying
Sand-Attack
Ground
Bulk Up
Fighting
Spr 3r 256.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None
Combusken Lv.34
Peck
Flying
Sand-Attack
Ground
Bulk Up
Fighting
Quick Attack
Normal
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
255Torchic.png
Type:
Fire Unknown
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Torchic Lv.5
Scratch
Normal Physical
  --  
   
  --  
   
  --  
   
256Combusken.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Combusken Lv.20
Sand Attack
Ground Status
Peck
Flying Physical
Double Kick
Fighting Physical
Flame Charge
Fire Physical
256Combusken.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Combusken Lv.26
Peck
Flying Physical
Double Kick
Fighting Physical
Flame Charge
Fire Physical
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
256Combusken.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Combusken Lv.33
Double Kick
Fighting Physical
Flame Charge
Fire Physical
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Bulk Up
Fighting Status
257Blaziken.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Blaziken Lv.39
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Bulk Up
Fighting Status
Blaze Kick
Fire Physical
Focus Energy
Normal Status
257Blaziken.png
Types:
Fire Fighting
Ability:
Blaze
Held item:
Bag Blazikenite Sprite.png Blazikenite
Blaziken Lv.50
Blaze Kick
Fire Physical
Brick Break
Fighting Physical
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Shadow Ckaw
Ghost Physical

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!

Torchic appears in Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!.

Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!

Combusken appears in Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!.

Pokémon Masters Arena

Torchic appears in Pokémon Masters Arena.

Artwork

Jirachi Encounter.png
Encountering
Jirachi

In the manga

Combusken in Ash & Pikachu
As a Torchic

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

May's Blaziken appeared as a Torchic starting in Let's Save Pikachu!!. It was revealed to have evolved into Combusken in The Birth Of The Invincible Team, Max And Ralts!!.

Moves used

May Torchic Ember AP.png
Using Ember
as a Torchic
Move First Used In
Ember Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the movie manga adaptations

As a Torchic, May's Blaziken appeared in many of the movie manga adaptations, as it is one of May's main Pokémon.

Moves used

Move First Used In
Ember Jirachi: Wish Maker
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the TCG

May's Blaziken was featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as both a Torchic and a Combusken. The following is a list of related cards.

May's Blaziken
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
May's Torchic Fire       ADV-P Promotional cards   037/ADV-P
May's Combusken Fire       Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy   002/019
 


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