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{{Character Infobox
|color={{tcg grass color}}
|corecolor={{Hall color light}}
|bordercolor={{tcg grass color dark}}
|name=Ava
|jname={{tt|エイバ|Eiba}}
|tmname=Ava
|image=Ava PTP.png
|size=120px
|caption=Artwork from ''[[Pokémon: Path to the Peak]]''
|gender=Female
|age=12<ref>(August 10, 2023). [https://www.pokemon-card.com/info/004041.html ポケカのアニメーション作品「PATH TO THE PEAK 頂へのきずな」公開！] Pokémon Card Game Official Website (Japanese)</ref> (Japan)<br>13<ref>[https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/path-to-the-peak/ Pokémon: Path to the Peak Original Series] — Pokémon Trading Card Game Official Website</ref> (US)<ref group="note">12 is the minimum age for the Junior Division of TCG tournaments. In the US, 13 is the minimum age to create a [[Pokémon Trainer Club]] account (which is necessary for tournaments) without parental supervision.</ref>
|eyes=Brown
|hair=Black
|hometown=Unknown
|region=Unknown
|relatives=Unnamed [[Ava's mother|mother]] and [[Ava's father|father]]
}}
{{Character Infobox/Anime
|color={{Hall color light}}
|series=''[[Pokémon: Path to the Peak]]''
|debut=''[[PTP01|The Club]]''
|enva=Nyara Afshar
|jpva=
}}
{{Character Infobox/Team
|color={{Hall color light}}
|member=World Championships
|rank=TCG World Champion
|specialty={{e|Grass}} {{tcg|Grass}}-types
}}
|}
'''Ava''' (Japanese: '''エイバ''' ''Ava'') is the main character of ''[[Pokémon: Path to the Peak]]''.

==History==
[[File:Ava family.png|250px|left||thumb|Ava and her family]]
In ''[[PTP01|The Club]]'', Ava moved out of town, leaving her old friends behind, as soon as she arrived at the new house, she found an old box with some cards that belonged to her mother and still sad about the move, her father encouraged her to seek new friendships. The next day, already at the new school, she tried to join several clubs and failed to get into all of them. Already giving up on trying to make new friends, she was approached by [[Joshua (Path to the Peak)|Joshua]], who left a note for her to head to a room.

Joshua explained to Ava the basics of the [[Pokémon TCG]], and Ava decided to reuse her mother's old deck. As a beginner, Ava was easily defeated by Joshua in her first battle. Which infuriated Ava and almost would have given up if she wasn't stopped by her father, who decided to spend the night teaching her how to battle and feel the emotion of the match.

In the morning, Ava decided to battle Joshua again, this time defeating him and the other members of the Pokémon Club and thus receiving recognition to become a member of the group. While celebrating, Ava was approached by a [[Celestine|mysterious girl]] who teased Ava if she could beat the [[World Championships]] Players.
[[File:Ava and Celestine.png|250px|thumb|left|Ava's rivalry with Celestine]]
In ''[[PTP02|Regionals]]'', Ava participated in her first championship, competing in regional challenges. Her first challenge was a player named {{OBP|Tonio|Path to the Peak}}, which she won without much difficulty, meanwhile she discovered that Celestine was battling her father as a way to destabilize her. As she made her way to the finals, Ava was also winning matches. 

With that the tournament finals were a best of three between Ava and Celestine. During the match, Ava won one battle and Celestine another, during the final match, Celestine tried to mentally destabilize Ava so that she could not continue. However, upon seeing the emotion of her father and Joshua cheering, Ava managed to pull herself together and evolve her {{TCG|Gloom}} into {{TCG|Vileplume}} and use a ''Allergy Storm'', to the surprise of Celestine and the others, this move to function should use a coin, Ava then tried luck and managed to land heads, thus beating her rival and becoming the regional champion of this year's regional competition. Afterwards, Celestine thanked her for leaving and made up with Ava.
[[File:PTP03.png|250px|thumb|Ava and Edgar Troy]]
At some point before ''[[PTP03|Internationals]]'', Ava started to stand out and became a sensation among Pokémon TCG players and became much closer to Joshua and formed a friendship with Celestine. This caused her to be invited to participate in the [[International Championships]], getting there, she met a [[Mother and daughter (Path to the Peak)|girl and her mother]] who are fans of her and [[Team Falinks]], the highest ranking team in the world and its leader, the current current World Champion, [[Edgar Troy]].

The next day, when moving to the next stage of the competition and seeing that her friends didn't, Ava decided to train hard but in a moment of relaxation and trying to relax a little, she lost all her original deck. Willing to help Ava, Celestine and Joshua got rid of all their cards to create a deck for Ava again, when they managed to exchange all their cards for the main deck that Ava used in the competition, the last card was won as a gift by the small child who Ava met the day before.

Back in the competition, Ava defeated each of the members of Team Falinks, thus catching the attention of Edgar Troy. Upon reaching the final, Ava had a false sense of victory as Edgar gave up the fight in the first round, but soon after began to dominate the match, in the third and final round, Ava initially had the upper hand, but this proved to be part of Edgar's plan , who made a move that forced Ava to shuffle her hand and thus lose all the advantages of the game. From there, Edgar easily defeated Ava, disappointed that she had let down her fans and her friends, Ava left the competition arena apologizing for her loss to Joshua and Celestine.
[[File:Ava World Champion.png|250px|left|thumb|Ava as a World Champion]]
In ''[[PTP04|Worlds]]'', is that revealed that as the days went by, Ava moved away from Pokémon TCG matches. It was the moment when Ava's parents decided to get involved and Ava's mother told her about her past as a Pokémon player. After making peace with Celestine and Joshua, Ava accepted the invitation to participate in the World Championship.

Before the championship starts, Ava has a new encounter with Edgar, who immediately started teasing Ava, but she decided to move on. In the competition, Ava was able to beat her opponents and reach the final, thus once again coming face to face with Edgar. The match started in a similar way to the previous one, with Edgar repeating some movements. In the third and final round, Ava realized that her friends and family were on her side, and started laughing, which eventually made Edgar uncomfortable.

Close to victory, Edgar was about to make his {{TCG|Groudon}} attack with full force, while Ava only had {{TCG|Oddish}} on her bench. Before starting the decisive battle, Edgar emphasized to Ava that the real reason for the game is to win. After that, Ava revealed that she had created a strategy for the match and after making Edgar understand the real reason for her to play, they both decided to just have fun while playing. With the cheers of everyone she met along the way, Ava beat Edgar Troy and became the new World [[Champion]].
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==Character==
[[File:Ava and Oddish.png|250px|thumb|Ava and {{TCG|Oddish}}]]
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==Deck==
Ava uses a {{e|Grass}} deck focused on {{TCG|Oddish}}. She has four other decks from her mother, one of which has a {{TCG ID|Celestial Storm|Spoink|59}}.

The following list is incomplete due to the entire deck not being shown.

{{decklist/header}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|SVP Promo|Oddish|102}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Oddish|5}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Lost Origin|Gloom|2}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|2|Vileplume{{tt|*|the Vileplume shown does not currently exist}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|2|Bellossom ex{{tt|*|the Bellossom shown does not currently exist}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Chilling Reign|Bounsweet|13}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Chilling Reign|Steenee|14}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Chilling Reign|Tsareena|15}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Scyther ex|102}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Astral Radiance|Scyther|5}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX FireRed & LeafGreen|Tangela|30}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Tropius|7}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Sword & Shield|Roselia|3}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Brilliant Stars|Turtwig|6}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Brilliant Stars|Grotle|7}}|Grass||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|Spoink{{tt|*|the Spoink shown does not currently exist}}|Psychic||None}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Team Up|Absol|88}}|Darkness||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|Darkrai ex{{tt|*|the Darkrai shown does not currently exist}}|Darkness||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Celestial Storm|Copycat|127}}|Supporter||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Evolving Skies|Copycat|143}}|Supporter||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Professor's Research|190}}|Supporter||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Defiance Band|169}}|Pokémon Tool||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Rebel Clash|Galar Mine|160}}|Stadium||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Paldea Evolved|Calamitous Wasteland|175}}|Stadium||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|????? Jungle{{tt|*|the card shown does not currently exist}}|Stadium||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX FireRed & LeafGreen|Super Scoop Up|99}}|Trainer||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Ultra Ball|196}}|Item||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Nest Ball|181}}|Item||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Fusion Strike|Battle VIP Pass|225}}|Item||None}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Scarlet & Violet|Rare Candy|191}}|Item||None}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG|Basic Grass Energy}}|Energy|Grass|None}}
{{decklist/entry|23|Unknown|||None}}
{{decklist/footer}}

==Achievements==
[[File:Ava regional champion.png|250px|thumb|Ava winning the Regional Championships]]
===Pokémon competitions===
* [[Play! Pokémon#Regional Championships|Regional Championships]] — Champion (''[[PTP02|Regionals]]'')
* [[Play! Pokémon#International Championships|International Championships]] — Runner-up (''[[PTP03|Internationals]]'')
** ''Note: In [[PTP03|Internationals]], it was said that Ava managed to win some off-screen tournaments before going to the International Championship.''
* [[World Championships]] — World [[Champion]] (''[[PTP04|Worlds]]'')
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==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{tcg grass color light}}|bordercolor={{tcg grass color}}
|ja=
|en=Nyara Afshar
|fr_eu=Leïla Devin
|id=Jessy Milianty
|it=Martina Tamburello
|pt_br=Emanuelle Durão
|es_eu=Consuelo Diaz
|es_la=Itzel Mendoza
|pl=Olga Cybińska
}}

==Trivia==
==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{tcg grass color light}}; border:3px solid #{{tcg grass color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|-
| Japanese
| エイバ ''Ava''
| 
|-
| English, German, Spanish,<br>French, Italian, Portuguese
| Ava
| Same as her Japanese name
|-
| Korean
| 에이바 ''Ava''
| Transcription of her Japanese name-
|-
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 艾娃 ''Àiwá''
| rowspan="2" | Transcription of her Japanese name
|-
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 艾娃 ''Ngaaihwā''
|}

==References==
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==Notes==
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==Related articles==
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