Platinum's Empoleon: Difference between revisions

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Empoleon was first seen as a {{p|Piplup}} when Platinum let her out of her Poké Ball to choose her as her starter at the start of the {{chap|Diamond & Pearl}}. Later on at [[Oreburgh City]], Piplup had lost her ego when she failed to protect Platinum at the [[Oreburgh Mine]], but regained it after winning the battle against [[Roark]] with a {{m|Water Pulse}}. While training in [[Eterna City]] for Platinum's Gym Battle with [[Gardenia]], Piplup evolved along with [[Tru]] and [[Chimler]] as Cynthia walks past them, and managed to secure a win against both of [[Gardenia]]'s Pokémon with a deceptive use of its {{m|Blizzard}}. Prinplup later competed in Platinum's first contest in ''[[PS351|VS. Pachirisu]]''.

Prinplup evolves into Empoleon in ''[[PS360|VS. Gible]]'' in the [[Veilstone Department Store]], and is used for the girl's gym battle with [[Crasher Wake]] in this stage, defeating his {{p|Floatzel}} before being knocked out by his {{p|Quagsire}}. It played much the same role in her return to [[Hearthome City]] when it defeated [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Drifblim}} with another {{m|Blizzard}} before a carefully planned use of {{m|Trick Room}} from the foreigner's {{p|Mismagius}} defeated it, leaving [[Diamond (Adventures)#Lax|Lax]], {{adv|Diamond}}'s {{p|Munchlax}}, to defeat it. It then also participated in her gym battles with [[Byron]] and [[Candice]], but fails to do much damage to the former's two {{p|Bronzong}} and ties with the latter's {{p|Snover}} due to falling for its {{m|Seed Bomb}} attack.

{{anmov|Fighting|Vacuum Wave|PS366|VS. Floatzel|x=yes}}

{{anmov|Water|Aqua Jet|PS374|VS. Bronzong I|rec=yes}}