Ash's Krookodile: Difference between revisions

====With Ash====

In ''[[BW068|An Amazing Aerial Battle!]]'', Ash used Krokorok in his Gym battle against [[Skyla]]. He faced her {{p|Swoobat}}, who she had previously predicted would beat him. Krokorok struggled in the battle having all his moves evaded while narrowly escaping Swoobat's. Krokorok finally was able to land a single hit with Stone Edge before Swoobat countered it with a powerful {{m|Air Cutter}}, defeating him.

In ''[[BW078|Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!]]'', Ash chose Krokorok for some special training with [[Brycen]] and his {{p|Beartic}}. When the training began, Krokorok and Ash had problems on following Brycen and Beartic's techniques, especially when they had to jump down a waterfall and Krokorok refused to, due his fear of water. Later, Krokorok was used in a battle against [[Pokémon poacher]] [[Rizzo]] in an attempt to free the guardian, {{p|Volcarona}}, of the mountain they were training on. He battled a {{p|Jellicent}} and was hit by a super effective {{m|Hydro Pump}} after missing with Crunch. Regardless, Krokorok got back up and landed several hits on his opponent with Stone Edge before using Crunch again, though it was deflected. Krokorok attempted Crunch from a different angle, only to receive a painful hit from Jellicent's {{m|Hex}} attack. Persevering, Krokorok avoided his opponent's {{m|Confuse Ray}} with Dig and finally landed an effective hit with Crunch on the {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon. Krokorok tried another Crunch, only to be stopped by Hex again, though he dodged Confuse Ray with Dig and hit Jellicent with Crunch, as he did before. Rizzo then brought out a second, female, Jellicent which hit Krokorok with her Confuse Ray. Krokorok was then hit by a double Hydro Pump and sent into Rizzo's cage along with Volcarona. He and the Sun Pokémon were eventually rescued by Brycen and Beartic.   

In ''[[BW079|Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!]]'', Krokorok was pumped up for the upcoming Gym battle and accompanied Ash to the Gym outside of his Poké Ball. He started off battling Brycen's {{p|Vanillish}}, and began with a Crunch, but was halted by Vanillish's {{m|Astonish}}. After the collision of Stone Edge and {{m|Icicle Spear}}, Vanillish launched a {{m|Blizzard}} that {{status|froze}} Krokorok while he was attempting to dodge with Dig. After being knocked while frozen by {{m|Mirror Shot}}, Ash recalled Krokorok, though the Mirror Shot thawed him. He was later sent out to battle against Beartic. Krokorok's Stone Edge was deflected by Beartic's defensive {{m|Icicle Crash}}, causing the Stone Edge to hit Krokorok and then Krokorok's Crunch was countered by {{m|Ice Punch}} freezing his mouth. Krokorok narrowly escaped a super-effective {{m|Brine}} by using his tail to jump onto an ice pillar, climbing it, this enabled him to shake off the ice, then finally landing a direct hit with a super effective Stone Edge whilst mid-air. Krokorok was then able to land a direct hit with Dig; however, this allowed Beartic the chance to grab him by the tail and throw him across the battlefield into a large mound of ice. However he then broke free. Seeing the broken ice made Ash think of Stone Edge and gave him an idea. Ash then ordered a Stone Edge attack that was deflected again by Icicle Crash. However, Krokorok jumped up and grabbed two of the stones, charging down from the air with the Stone Edge in hand to meet Beartic's Aerial Ace. After the collision, Beartic was knocked out, leaving Krokorok the victor and winning Ash the {{badge|Freeze}}.

==Personality and characteristics==

As a Sandile, Krookodile was shown to have a very caring side, trying to save a group of wild Pokémon after sensing an imminent geyser eruption in ''[[BW003|A Sandile Gusher of Change!]]''. He's also extremely competitive, confident and proud of his abilities, even to go so far as to follow Ash throughout his entire journey, up until ''[[BW065|Battling the Bully!]]'', wanting to battle against Pikachu, seeing him as a [[rival]]. However, it was revealed in ''[[BW020|Dancing With the Ducklett Trio]]'' that whenever he would lose his trademark sunglasses, he would immediately become timid and begin to cry until he got them back, scrambling to find them.

After evolving into Krokorok, Krookodile is still smart and compassionate, however he has been shown to be quite reckless, causing problems he never meant to; for instance throwing [[Cedric Juniper]]'s pen away and it getting stuck in a {{p|Klinklang}} when Krookodile was not looking. He also tends to react suddenly, often attacking without warning. Krookodile seems to prefer to help those that need him though, such as when {{OBP|Mick|BW065}} was battling with [[Ash's Pikachu]] and needed a second Pokémon to battle against [[Sean]] and [[Glenn]]. After he became a Krookodile, he has become significantly faster and stronger, being able to defeat powerful opponents like [[Iris's Dragonite]] and [[Stephan's Sawk]] even against odds such as low stamina and type-disadvantage. It is currently unknown if he is still timid without his sunglasses, as he never lost them after being captured.

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