Lucian

Lucian ゴヨウ Goyou
Art from Diamond and Pearl by Ken Sugimori
Gender	Male
Eye color	Purple-blue
Hair color	Purple-blue
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	IV, VIII
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Masters EX
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Sinnoh)
Specializes in	Psychic types
Game animation cameos	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Brandon McInnis (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yōhei Azakami (Masters EX)
Anime debut	An Elite Meet and Greet!
English voice actor	David Lapkin
Japanese voice actor	Daisuke Namikawa

Lucian (Japanese: ゴヨウ Goyou) is a Psychic-type Trainer and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

In the core series games

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Lucian is the fourth member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. He is an avid reader: when the player enters his room at the Pokémon League, he will comment that he has just finished a book. Once the player has become the Champion, he can be found at Canalave Library, but will return to the League for rematches.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Elite Four Lucian Pokémon League Diamond and Pearl Reward: $7560

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Soundproof Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.59 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Normal Psychic Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Girafarig♂ Lv.59 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Double Hit Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♂ Lv.60 Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.60 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Recover Normal Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Bronzong Lv.63 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

Elite Four Lucian Pokémon League Platinum Reward: $7080/$9000

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Soundproof Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.53/69 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.55/71 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.54/70 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.56/72 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Recover Normal Status   --       Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Steadfast Held item: Sitrus Berry Gallade♂ Lv.59/75 Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

First match

Elite Four Lucian Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $7,812

Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Filter Held item: Light Clay Mr. Mime♂ Lv.59 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Types: Normal Psychic Ability: Sap Sipper Held item: Mental Herb Girafarig♂ Lv.59 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Trick Room Psychic Status   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: Muscle Band Medicham♂ Lv.60 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       High Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: Life Orb Alakazam♂ Lv.60 Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Future Sight Psychic Special   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Bronzong Lv.63 Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Trick Room Psychic Status   --

Rematch (before Stark Mountain)

Elite Four Lucian Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $9,300

Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Filter Held item: Light Clay Mr. Mime♂ Lv.69 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Bounce Held item: Mental Herb Espeon♂ Lv.71 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Muscle Band Bronzong Lv.70 Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: Life Orb Alakazam♂ Lv.72 Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Justified Held item: Sitrus Berry Gallade♂ Lv.75 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --

Rematch (after Stark Mountain)

Elite Four Lucian Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $10,540

Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Filter Held item: Light Clay Mr. Mime♂ Lv.79 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Bounce Held item: Mental Herb Espeon♂ Lv.81 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Muscle Band Bronzong Lv.80 Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: Life Orb Alakazam♂ Lv.82 Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: Regenerator Held item: Leftovers Slowbro♂ Lv.82 Scald Water Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Slack Off Normal Status   --       Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Justified Held item: Sitrus Berry Gallade♂ Lv.85 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Lucian (Masters)

Lucian forms a sync pair with Girafarig in Pokémon Masters EX. Lucian became a playable sync pair on May 13, 2022.

Lucian first appeared as an NPC during the solo event Sinnoh Elite Four.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#148		Lucian	#0203		Girafarig♂	Psychic	Dark			★★★★★☆EX	Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Artwork

Sticker Template background from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Sprites and models

Sprite from Diamond and Pearl	Sprite from Platinum	VS sprite from Platinum	VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Unused Battle Tower VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum			Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Quotes

Main article: Lucian/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Lucian in the anime

Lucian debuted in An Elite Meet and Greet!. He was first seen battling with his Girafarig on television. Then, he met Ash and his friends in a Pokémon Center. He informed them about the Champion League and later had a battle against Dawn and her Buizel using his Bronzong. Buizel's attacks didn't have much of an effect, if any, on Bronzong. Following Gyro Ball, Bronzong used Flash Cannon to defeat its opponent. Lucian later had a rematch against Dawn and Buizel, though he ended the battle prematurely because he saw that the pair had improved, but still needed some work.

He made a brief cameo appearance on television in Top-Down Training!. He battled Cynthia for her title of Pokémon Champion of the Sinnoh League, but was defeated. He also made a brief cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Character

Lucian is polite and likes to help out a Trainer. He builds up his defenses and tends to evade an opponent's attacks in an attempt to learn their strategy and exhaust them before striking back.

Pokémon

This listing is of Lucian's known Pokémon in the anime:

On hand

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Bronzong

Debut	An Elite Meet and Greet!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Billy Beach

Bronzong is Lucian's main Pokémon. The first time he used it was in An Elite Meet and Greet!, where it battled Dawn's newly captured Buizel. Because Buizel didn't listen to Dawn, he quickly lost. Later in the same episode, they had a rematch, and because Buizel was now listening to Dawn, the battle went better. However, Lucian eventually recalled Bronzong, saying that he had just wanted to prove Buizel's potential for becoming strong.

Lucian's match against Cynthia's Garchomp was televised in Top-Down Training!, but the Bronze Bell Pokémon was soon knocked out by the Mach Pokémon's powerful Giga Impact.

Bronzong also appeared alongside Lucian during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Bronzong's known moves are Iron Defense, Gyro Ball, and Flash Cannon.

Girafarig

Debut	An Elite Meet and Greet!

Lucian was seen using his Girafarig on television in a battle against a Trainer's Scizor. It was easily able to dodge all of Scizor's Slash attacks and finally knock it out with a single strike, despite the type disadvantage.

Girafarig's only known move is Psybeam.

Temporary

Buizel ♂

Debut	Buizel Your Way Out Of This!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Kiyotaka Furushima

Main article: Dawn's Buizel

When Dawn's newly caught Buizel was being stolen away by Team Rocket, Lucian used him to battle against the thieves, showing Dawn that she could also be able to command the Sea Weasel Pokémon which had been disobeying her during her battle with Lucian. Under Lucian's command, Buizel quickly defeated Jessie's Dustox and James's Carnivine.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 浪川大輔 Daisuke Namikawa English David Lapkin Finnish Aku Laitinen Polish Janusz Wituch Portuguese Brazil Ricardo Sawaya Portugal Pedro Cardoso Spanish Latin America Eduardo Garza Spain Alejandro García

GOTCHA!

Lucian briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Lucian in Pokémon Adventures

Lucian, along with Bertha and Aaron, appears during the Platinum arc, having been enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by Diamond's Kit. Using his talents in reading books, Lucian is able to easily figure out what the book says and gives it to Diamond and Pearl so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the Legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.

In this manga, Lucian's reading skills are shown to be great enough for him to easily finish a book in only a few mere moments.

Pokémon

On hand

Girafarig

Debut	Tackling Togekiss

Girafarig is the only known Pokémon in Lucian's possession. Girafarig was used to move books with its mind and bring them to its Trainer.

None of Girafarig's moves are known

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Lucian in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Lucian made a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!. He watched Hareta's Pokémon League battle with Koya in the audience.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Lucian or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Lucian's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Bronzong		Rising Rivals		16/111	Gallade Half Deck		007/018
Espeon		Rising Rivals		18/111	Gallade Half Deck		006/018
Gallade		Rising Rivals		20/111	Gallade Half Deck		008/018
Mr. Mime		Rising Rivals		28/111	Gallade Half Deck		005/018
Alakazam		Rising Rivals		38/111	Bonds to the End of Time		041/090
					DPt-P Promotional cards		012/DPt-P
Alakazam LV.X		Rising Rivals		103/111	Bonds to the End of Time		042/090
Gallade LV.X		Rising Rivals		106/111	Gallade Half Deck		009/018
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Lucian's Assignment	Su	Rising Rivals		92/111	Gallade Half Deck		016/018
Lucian	Su	Twilight Masquerade		157/167	Crimson Haze		062/066
		Twilight Masquerade		208/167	Crimson Haze		086/066

Trivia

• In Diamond and Pearl, as well as the initial Elite Four challenge in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Lucian is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four whose Pokémon are all of his specialty type.
• One of the old men on Route 228, who is found in Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, may be Lucian's grandfather, as he mentions he has a grandson who enjoys reading and who has a library of books on ESP.
• While Lucian's clothes are colored maroon in his official Ken Sugimori artwork and the anime, they are colored magenta in his game sprites.
• Two members of the Sinnoh Elite Four, Aaron and Lucian, share their names with the main characters of Konami's Lunar Knights for the DS.
• One of the books that Lucian reads in the Canalave Library is a collection of letters from an artist to his younger brother, one of which confesses the artist's awe for the night sky. This may be a reference to the artist Vincent van Gogh, who wrote letters to his younger brother Theo and painted The Starry Night.
• Similar to other Sinnoh Elite Four in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, once the player has entered the hall of fame (but before stark mountain), Lucian's team will update to include the pokemon he uses in Pokemon Platinum, with an Espeon and Gallade replacing his Medicham and Girafarig.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ゴヨウ Goyou	From 五葉松 goyōmatsu (five-needle pine) and possibly 悟 go (enlightenment)
English, German	Lucian	From lux (Latin for light) and possibly illusion or hallucination
Spanish	Delos	From delusión (delusion) or Oráculo de Delfos (Delphic Oracle)
French	Lucio	From lux (Latin for light) and illusion
Italian	Luciano	From luce (light)
Korean	오엽 Oyeop	From 오엽송 (五葉松) oyeopsong (five-needle pine) and 오 (悟) o (enlightenment)
Chinese (Mandarin)	悟松 Wùsōng	From 五針松 / 五针松 wǔzhēnsōng / ńghjāmchùhng (five-needle pine) and 悟 wù / ngh (enlightenment)
Chinese (Cantonese)	悟松 Ńgh-chùhng
Russian	Лусиан Lusian	Transcription of his English name
Vietnamese	Goyo	Transcription of his Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

Sinnoh League
Elite Four Aaron	Elite Four Bertha	Elite Four Flint	Elite Four Lucian	Champion Cynthia

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