Ash's Leavanny: Difference between revisions

Burgh then sent out his last Pokémon, Leavanny, the evolved form of Swadloon. He started off with Energy Ball, but this was countered by Leavanny's Protect. Leavanny then used String Shot on the Leaf-Wrapped Pokémon, trapping him. However, Ash got Swadloon to cut the threads with his own Razor Leaf, freeing him but dealing damage. Unfortunately, this was in vain as the Nurturing Pokémon used {{m|Leaf Storm}} and finished off Swadloon with {{m|Hyper Beam}}.

In ''[[BW074|Battling the Leaf Thieves!]]'', Swadloon battled against [[Iris's Emolga]] in a training battle. After being hit hard by a {{m|Discharge}} attack that Emolga sent down the thread of Swadloon's String Shot, he perked up and evolved into Leavanny. His innate caring nature came to force right away and Leavanny made leaf hoods for the young {{TP|Iris|Axew}} and {{AP|Scraggy}}, who were very pleased with them. Leavanny then noticed three wild Sewaddle who all had withered hoods. Not giving it a second thought, Leavanny made new hoods for the three Sewing Pokémon. After making more hoods for Pikachu, {{AP|Oshawott}}, {{AP|Tepig}}, {{AP|Snivy}} and Emolga, the gang sat down for a nap. While sleeping a group of {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Durant}} came across the gang and took the leaf hoods for food as well as Axew, who was still wearing his outfit, because their poor eyesight led them to believe he was a pile of leaves. When the gang awoke, Leavanny helped search for the missing Pokémon. After Emolga led the gang to the entrance of the Durant's maze, Leavanny cleverly lined the cave with thread behind the group to mark the way out of the maze. Once they found the Durant's nest, Leavanny created leafy cocoons for Ash and Scraggy so they could retrieve the still sleeping Axew. Leavanny joined the others in fighting the Durant after Ash revealed himself, however the team's moves were all blocked by {{m|Protect}}. After Pikachu, Scraggy and Emolga managed to defeat the swarm, Leavanny led the gang back through the maze and to safety.

In ''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]'', Leavanny was used in the first round of the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]] against [[Marris]]'s {{p|Karrablast}}. He was able to knock Karrablast out with a powerful Energy Ball attack and win the battle. Thus, Ash advanced to the second round.

In ''[[BW106|Strong Strategy Steals the Show!]]'', Ash used Leavanny as his third Pokémon in his battle against [[Stephan]] during the [[Vertress Conference]], sending him out against [[Stephan's Sawk]]. Although Leavanny was able to avoid Sawk's initial attempts of {{m|Close Combat}} and {{m|Karate Chop}}, as well as hit him with his new X-Scissor attack and capturing Sawk with String Shot but failing due to Sawk being powered up by {{m|Bulk Up}}, Sawk soon gained the upper hand by using {{m|Low Sweep}}, lowering Leavanny's speed and preventing him from dodging a barrage of Close Combat's which caused serious damage on Leavanny. This, however, caused Leavanny's Swarm Ability to activate, giving him a big power boost on his {{type|Bug}} moves. Using this new power, he launched a String Shot on Sawk in which Sawk was unable to break, even with Bulk Up, he then used a lot of powered up X-Scissor attacks on Sawk, but Stephan used this to his advantage by having Sawk use it to break the threads, then, after a hard-fought battle, Leavanny was finally brought down by a Bulk Up-powered Karate Chop from Sawk.

In ''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]'', [[Professor Juniper]] sent Leavanny to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] before Ash left for [[Kanto]], touring through the [[Decolore Islands]]. Ash called upon Leavanny in ''[[BW130|Butterfree and Me!]]'', so he could help Ash evolve a wild {{p|Caterpie}} into a {{p|Butterfree}}. Leavanny was also shown in one scene making clothing for Caterpie. Leavanny later reunited with Ash and the entire Unova team at Oak's lab in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]''. Leavanny joined in with them to launch a group attack on {{TRT}}, using Energy Ball to send them blasting off for the final time in the {{series|Best Wishes}}. Leavanny later posed in a group photo with the rest of Ash's Pokémon. Then, he was left at the lab when Ash set off for the [[Kalos]] region.

[[File:Ash Swadloon sewing.png|thumb|250px|As a Swadloon sewing]]

As a Sewaddle, Leavanny was childish, often doing things without warning when Ash first met him, such as attacking {{AP|Pikachu}} for no reason other than wanting to battle. He was stubborn, and wouldn't admit his feelings for Ash right away, but after he had been saved a few times, he became more comfortable with Ash, and snuggled up to him. Since then, he had been very caring towards his Trainer, even to go so far as to wrap [[Burgundy]]'s head in a String Shot web merely one episode later when she suggested Ash get rid of him.  

Leavanny, as both a Sewaddle and Swadloon, was also competitive since his debut, and has a strong passion for battling. He always tried his hardest, allowing him to defeat two Pokémon he was at a strong disadvantage against ([[Burgh]]'s {{p|Dwebble}} and {{p|Whirlipede}}). This also allowed him to evolve into Swadloon. Since he has evolved, Swadloon is a bit more mature, although he still got a bit childish when he believed {{AP|Oshawott}}, {{AP|Tepig}} and {{AP|Scraggy}} took his food in ''[[BW025|Emolga and the New Volt Switch!]]''. However, he still has a passion for battling. Swadloon also has some sewing skills, as seen in ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'', where he helped make costumes for [[Luke]]'s movie with [[Luke#Leavanny|his Leavanny]].

After evolving into Leavanny, he adopted a more caring nature and acts like a parent to the other Pokémon. He also became very independent, prancing off on his own to find leaves to use for clothes, taking a lot of pride in his work. He is also able to make good use of his newly acquired skills, cleverly lining the {{p|Durant}}'s maze with thread to mark the way out without being commanded to by his Trainer. As shown in ''[[BW083|Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)]]'' and ''[[BW106|Strong Strategy Steals the Show!]]'', he has also been able to use these new skills in battle to powerful effect.

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