Iris's Haxorus: Difference between revisions

====History====

=====Pre-series=====

Haxorus, as an Axew, was the first Pokémon that Iris was known to have obtained. She obtained Axew from the {{OBP|elder|Village of Dragons}} of her [[Village of Dragons|hometown]] when he was just a few days old. She was given the task of journeying with Axew in order to help raise him into a great Haxorus. Before he evolved, he preferred being outside of his {{i|Poké Ball}}, traveling inside Iris's long hair.

In ''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]'', Axew battled [[Georgia]]'s {{TP|Georgia|Beartic}} briefly, but was defeated after a collision of {{m|Ice Beam}} and Dragon Rage.

In ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight!"]]'', Axew played the role of the {{an|Iris|Dragon Master}}'s strongest Pokémon. She used Axew against [[Ash's Pikachu]] in order to bring out his inner strength. However, Pikachu defeated Axew with a powerful {{m|Thunderbolt}}/{{m|Electro Ball}} combination.

In ''[[BW059|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1]]'', Axew became friends with a {{p|Gothorita}} owned by [[Lewis]], who expressed great interest in him. Axew admired Gothorita as it prayed at {{p|Landorus}}'s shrine for it to rain on [[Milos Island]], and later when Gothorita saved him and Iris from falling onto some sharp rocks. Later, Axew was able to hit {{p|Thundurus}} with {{m|Dragon Rage}} and would have been hit by his {{m|Thunder}} if [[Cilan's Stunfisk]] had not blocked the attack with {{m|Mud Bomb}}. Understanding the dire situation, Axew encouraged Gothorita when it was asked by Lewis to plead with {{p|Tornadus}} and Thundurus. In ''[[BW060|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2]]'', Axew helped rescue the [[Forces of Nature]] from {{TRT}}; he used Dragon Rage on [[Dr. Zager]]'s helicopter, joined by Ash's Pikachu, [[Ash's Roggenrola]], Iris's Emolga and Cilan's Pansage to cause the force field prisons trapping the trio to break.

In ''[[BW085|All for the Love of Meloetta!]]'', Iris used Axew in a battle against [[Cynthia's Garchomp]]. Axew's {{m|Scratch}} and {{m|Dragon Rage}} successfully hit Garchomp but seemed to do no damage. Garchomp then used her {{m|Dragon Rush}} and {{m|Draco Meteor}} attacks to cause a lot of damage to Axew. At the last second when it seemed like Axew was down, he got back up and ended up knocking Garchomp down with his newly learned {{m|Giga Impact}} and shocking everybody. Garchomp quickly recovered and was about to finish Axew off with a {{m|Brick Break}} but was called off by {{an|Cynthia}} at the last second.

====Personality and characteristics====

As an Axew, he proved to be a friendly Pokémon, making quick friends with [[Ash's Pikachu]] in ''[[BW002|Enter Iris and Axew!]]'' and later with other Pokémon. He and Iris have a strong relationship, as seen in ''[[BW003|A Sandile Gusher of Change!]]'', after a {{p|Sandile}} had caught him in his jaws, Iris tried everything to get him out. This was also seen in [[BWS02]], when Iris kept trying to shake her {{TP|Iris|Gible}}, who had been wild at the time, off of Axew when he kept biting on his head, which happened twice.

Though lacking superior battle skills, Axew makes up for it with a kind personality as mentioned by Cilan. If Iris feels sad, he will go off to collect fruit in order to cheer her up. Axew is also somewhat of a pacifist and often hides or panics when the other Pokémon who accompany him start to fight each other as seen in ''[[BW025|Emolga and the New Volt Switch!]]'', when he was seen running around in circles when {{AP|Oshawott}}, {{AP|Tepig}}, {{AP|Scraggy}}, and {{AP|Swadloon}} started fighting over food. However, he has been shown to have some childish traits, such as in ''[[BW008|Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!]]'', where he fought with {{AP|Pikachu}} when he thought Pikachu was the one who ate all the food.