PS379
VS. Lucario I (Japanese: VSルカリオI VS. Lucario I) is the 379th round of the Diamond & Pearl arc in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Synopsis
This editiion opens at Iron Island as Riley explains about the island and takes Diamond to a place to train. Diamond's first training is a battle with Riley's Lucario as a 3 on 1 battle. Lucario defeats Munchlax, Shieldon, and Torterra by using Aura Sphere. Riley explains after the battle that Diamond's party has very good defense, but is still weak in speed. He takes Diamond to the cave and said that Diamond should start training there. He says that Diamond must travel trough the cave at least five times and explains that each time there will be wild Pokémon to battle. The scene was then cut to Diamond traveling in the cave and getting attacked by a Steelix. After battling it, Riley starts talking about Team Galactic's plan. At the end of episode, Riley said that Diamond should hurry because he has only three days left.
Major events
- Diamond starts his special training with Riley having a 1 on 3 battle and losing.
- Diamond's second task is to make his way down to the lower part of the cavern and only every floor there will be powerful Wild Pokémon.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Diamond
- Sailor Eldritch
- Riley
- Byron (Mentioned)
- Trainers (Mentioned)
- Gym Leaders (Mentioned)
Pokémon
- Torterra (Tru, Diamond's)
- Munchlax (Lax; Diamond's)
- Shieldon (Pū; Diamond's)
- Lucario (Riley's)
- Steelix