Ash's Staraptor: Difference between revisions

==History==

[[File:Ash Starly.png|As a {{p|Starly}}|200px|thumb|left]]

Ash caught him as a {{p|Starly}} in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'' while searching for {{AP|Pikachu}}, who was missing due to the antics of {{TRT}}. {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}} was swinging through the trees and accidentally bumped into Starly, so the two Pokémon battled. Weakened by Aipom, Starly was captured and immediately used in the search for Pikachu. In ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide]]'', he successfully found Pikachu, later Starly had his first battle against another Starly belonging to [[Paul]] and lost.  

In ''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'' he was the second Pokémon in his Gym Battle against [[Candice]], going up against her Medicham, he was chosen as Ash wanted to attack from the air and had a type-advantage. His Quick Attack was countered by Medicham's {{m|Confusion}} and was then flung into the ground. His Aerial Ace was blocked but then used Close Combat against it, Medicham hit Staraptor with {{m|Fire Punch}} but then he knocked it out with Brave Bird. He was later recalled. He later went up against Candice's last Pokémon, {{p|Abomasnow}}. He went for an Aerial Ace but was blocked and was knocked out by a single {{m|Ice Punch}}.

He participated in {{Ash}} and [[Paul]]'s [[Full Battle]] in ''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]'' where he went up against {{TP|Paul|Torterra}} and [[Paul#Pokémon|Weavile]] after {{AP|Gliscor}} had previously battled the former. Paul had predicted that Staraptor would be used against Torterra next and kept it in long enough to immediately strike the Predator Pokémon with a [[Damage#Damage modification|super effective]] {{m|Stone Edge}} before switching for Weavile. Despite this and his type-disadvantage, he managed to defeat Weavile with Close Combat and Brave Bird, giving Ash the first win of the battle. He was then recalled afterwards. In ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]'' he also fought against [[Paul's Ursaring]], but after dodging a {{m|Hammer Arm}}, hitting it with Aerial Ace, and surviving a {{m|Focus Blast}}, the Hibernator Pokémon stopped Close Combat with a direct hit from {{m|Slash}} and defeated him with the next Hammer Arm.

Ash left Staraptor at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] when he decided to go to [[Unova]].

He was mentioned in ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'' by Professor Oak, who mentioned that Staraptor would sometimes have air races with {{AP|Swellow}} at the lab, and {{AP|Unfezant}} would make a good addition to those races.

==Personality and Characteristics==

While a {{p|Starly}} he mostly performed duties done by {{Ash}}'s other bird Pokémon such as scouting and bursting {{TRT}}'s balloon. As a {{p|Staravia}}, he was shown to love battling to the point of sulking when Ash didn't choose him to participate in his first Gym Battle. Staravia was very adamant about training evident in his determination to master Aerial Ace and Brave Bird. When Staravia evolved into {{p|Staraptor}} his personality changed to become fierce, fast, and proud, however always maintaining an undeterred loyalty to Ash.