Marshal

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Marshal レンブ Renbu
Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Saffron and Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unova
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	V
Games	Black and White Black 2 and White 2 Masters EX
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Unova)
Specializes in	Fighting types
Game animation debut	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Phillip Reich (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yoshikazu Nagano (Masters EX)

Marshal (Japanese: レンブ Renbu) is a Fighting-type Trainer and member of the Unova Elite Four.

In the core series games

In Pokémon Black and White, Marshal appears as a member of the Elite Four of Unova. He calls himself Alder's apprentice, though he is largely unaware of Alder's thoughts. He is first mentioned outside Twist Mountain when Alder says Cheren reminds him of Marshal due to the value he places on power. During the post-game, Marshal appears in Victory Road before the player's rematch with Cheren.

In Black 2 and White 2, Marshal first appears outside the south entrance of Twist Mountain, where he will prevent the player from entering, saying there has been a cave-in.

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

First battle (pre-National Pokédex)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black and White Reward: 6000

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Throh♂ Lv.48 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Storm Throw Fighting Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Sawk♂ Lv.48 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Karate Chop Fighting Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Conkeldurr♂ Lv.48 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.50 U-turn Bug Physical   --       Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --

Rematch (post-National Pokédex)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black and White Reward: 8760

Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Breloom♂ Lv.71 Spore Grass Status   --       Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical   --       Mach Punch Fighting Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Throh♂ Lv.71 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Sawk♂ Lv.71 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.71 U-turn Bug Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Toxicroak♂ Lv.71 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       Low Sweep Fighting Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Conkeldurr♂ Lv.73 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

First battle (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 6400/6960

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Throh♂ Lv.52/56 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Storm Throw Fighting Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Sawk♂ Lv.52/56 Payback Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Regenerator Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.52/56 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Conkeldurr♂ Lv.54/58 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --

First battle (Challenge Mode)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 7440

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Leftovers Throh♂ Lv.60 Storm Throw Fighting Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Muscle Band Sawk♂ Lv.60 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Regenerator Held item: Expert Belt Mienshao♂ Lv.60 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Wise Glasses Lucario♂ Lv.60 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Flame Orb Conkeldurr♂ Lv.62 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --

Rematch (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 8280/8880

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Throh♂ Lv.68/72 Payback Dark Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Muscle Band Sawk♂ Lv.68/72 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.68/72 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Regenerator Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.68/72 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♂ Lv.68/72 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: Sitrus Berry Conkeldurr♂ Lv.70/74 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --

Rematch (Challenge Mode)

Elite Four Marshal Pokémon League Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 9480

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Focus Band Throh♂ Lv.77 Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Muscle Band Sawk♂ Lv.77 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Wise Glasses Lucario♂ Lv.77 Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Regenerator Held item: Eject Button Mienshao♂ Lv.77 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: No Guard Held item: Expert Belt Machamp♂ Lv.77 DynamicPunch Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Dual Chop Dragon Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Flame Orb Conkeldurr♂ Lv.79 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Marshal (Masters)

Marshal forms a sync pair with Conkeldurr in Pokémon Masters EX.

Gallery

Sprites

Sprite from Black and White	Sprite from Black 2 and White 2
Overworld sprite from Generation V	VS sprite from Generation V

Quotes

Main article: Marshal/Quotes

In the anime

GOTCHA!

Marshal briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Marshal in Pokémon Adventures

Marshal is first seen in Nimbasa City, carrying an unconscious White after finding her unconscious underneath the Rondez-View Ferris Wheel. When Black sees Marshal with White, he assumes that Marshal attacked her and sends out his Pokémon to battle. After easily defeating Black's Pokémon, Marshal gives White to him and explains everything. As he leaves, Marshal tells Black to take White to a hospital. Afterward, Marshal arrives at the seabed, where he meets with Alder.

When Black and White arrive at the Battle Subway, they find Marshal and Alder battling each other. Despite Marshal seemingly gaining the upper hand, the battle ends in Alder's favor. The Mayor of Nimbasa City reveals that the battle between Marshal and Alder was part of a series of tests for Battle Subway before it opened to the public. Despite a lack of battling experience, White decides to take part in the next Battle Subway test. Later, Marshal finds Black sulking due to being jealous that White was chosen to test the Battle Subway and not him. Marshal tells Black to stop complaining and sends him off to help White catch her first Pokémon. After Black and White succeed in their mission to capture a Pokémon, Marshal notices that Black's newly caught Tirtouga used to belong to him before he released it a day earlier.

On Route 6, Marshal tries to convince Alder to not leave the Pokémon League, only for his pleas to be refused. They are approached by N, who challenges Alder to a Double Battle. Alder accepts N's challenge while Marshal referees the battle. In the end, Alder loses and eventually disappears, allowing Team Plasma to use his defeat as a means to justify their goals, which only increased the amount of released Pokémon and lowered the number of Pokémon League spectators.

At the Pokémon League, Marshal gathers with his fellow Elite Four members to make way for the tournament. Marshal, furious at how Team Plasma has used Alder's defeat to justify their goals, asks his allies to help join in the fight against them. Much to his disappointment, none of them agree with his wishes. The four then watch as spectators for the tournament before their battles can begin. Although the tournament is won by Black, the event is interrupted by Team Plasma, who attacks the stadium by surrounding it with N's Castle. The Elite Four travel on Shauntal's Golurk to try and confront N at the top of the castle, but they are attacked by Hood Man, who uses Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus against them to try and figure out how to activate the three Pokémon's Therian Formes. After gaining sufficient information, Hood Man escaped, taking the Pokémon with him.

Pokémon

This listing is of Marshal's known Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

		Throh ♂
		Throh is Marshal's first known Pokémon. He was used to battle Black's Pignite, Nite, in Nimbasa City, where he easily won. Throh's only known move is Storm Throw, and his Ability is Guts.
Debut	Unraveling Mysteries

		Sawk ♂
		Sawk is Marshal's second known Pokémon. He was used to battle Black's Braviary, Brav, in Nimbasa City, where he easily won. During Team Plasma's attack on the League, Marshal used Sawk to battle Landorus. With the power of Caitlin's Gothitelle and its Telekinesis, Sawk and Marshal were able to float in the air. Sawk's known moves are Retaliate and Karate Chop, and his Ability is Sturdy.
Debut	Unraveling Mysteries

		Mienshao
		Mienshao is Marshal's third known Pokémon. It was used to battle Alder's Accelgor at the Battle Subway. Despite its quick speed, Mienshao was defeated by Accelgor's Acid Spray. Mienshao's only known move is Pound, and its Ability is Inner Focus.
Debut	Unraveling Mysteries

		Conkeldurr
		Conkeldurr is Marshal's fourth known Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at the Pokémon League. Later, it was used to battle Hood Man's Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. None of Conkeldurr's moves are known.
Debut	Dream a Little Dream

Released

		Tirtouga ♂
		Main article: Costa Marshal had owned a Tirtouga sometime before arriving in Nimbasa City. Because of his hard-to-control nature, he had released him the day before meeting Black and White. He was later captured by Black and named Costa.
Debut	Growing Pains

Pocket Monsters BW

Marshal in Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Marshal appears in volume 3 of Pocket Monsters BW.

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Marshal appears in A Very Important Thing, alongside the other Elite Four members defeated by N's Zekrom at the destroyed Pokémon League. He is also shown on the cover of Monthly Fighting, and Shin and his Emboar are fans of his.

Trivia

• In his pre-National Pokédex battle in Black and White, Marshal is the only member of any Elite Four who has no dual-type Pokémon.
• According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Marshal's theme is a street fighter and tiger, and his original design featured a large hood and cap.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	レンブ Renbu	From 蓮霧 renbu (wax apple) and 練武 renbu (practice martial arts)
English	Marshal	From martial arts
German	Eugen	From Eugenia javanica, a synonym to wax apple
Spanish	Lotto	From lotta (Italian for fight) and possibly loto (lotus, referring to the 蓮 in his Japanese name)
French	Kunz	From the genus Kunzea and possibly Kampfkunst (German for martial arts)
Italian	Marzio	From arte marziale (martial arts)
Korean	연무 Yeonmu	From the Korean reading of both 蓮霧 (wax apple) and 練武 (practice martial arts)
Chinese (Mandarin)	連武 / 连武 Liánwǔ	From 蓮霧 / 莲雾 liánwù / lìhnmouh (wax apple) and 練武 / 练武 liànwǔ / lihnmóuh (practice martial arts)
Chinese (Cantonese)	連武 Lìhnmóuh
Vietnamese	Renbu	Transcription of his Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

Unova League
Elite Four Shauntal	Elite Four Marshal	Elite Four Grimsley	Elite Four Caitlin	Champion Alder Iris

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