Steven Stone

Steven redirects here. For the character of the day, see Steven (Johto).

Steven ダイゴ Daigo
File:Steven.png Artwork from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Gender	Male
Hometown	Mossdeep City
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Mr. Stone (Father)
Trainer class	Champion, Retired Trainer
Generation	III, IV
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Champion of	Ever Grande City
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	A Hole Lotta Trouble
English voice actor	Andrew Paull
Japanese voice actor	Rintarō Nishi

Steven Stone (Japanese: ツワブキ ダイゴ Daigo Tsuwabuki) is the Elite Champion in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and a powerful wandering Trainer in Emerald, having relegated his title to Wallace. He is a master of the Template:Type2, with a Metagross being the cornerstone of his team.

Steven is the son of the president of the Devon Corporation, and he and his father both collect rare stones. Steven makes his home on Mossdeep, and when the Elite Four are beaten in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, he will have left a Beldum and a note for the player.

In the games

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Battling Steven Stone

His strategy in battle is to use Template:Type2 Pokémon to find the opponent's weakness.

Steven is the Champion in Ruby and Sapphire. In Emerald, Wallace replaces him in this role.

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, after the Hoenn Pokémon League is defeated, he offers a Beldum at his house at Mossdeep.

In Pokémon Emerald, Steven is a powerful wandering trainer who gave up competing seriously to spend more time looking for rare rocks and stones. He claims to be willing to climb waterfalls to find rare stones. With this hint, he can be found and challenged in the upper area of Meteor Falls after defeating the Elite Four.

He also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. The player will first meet him after they have left the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City after collecting the Copycat's Clefairy Doll, in which he will appear and inform the player that there's reports of either a blue or red Pokémon roaming Kanto. The next time the player will meet him after beating Red on Mt. Silver, where he will appear in the Silph Co. building in Saffron City and let the player choose one of the Hoenn starter Pokémon. He can afterwards be found in the Pewter Museum of Science, examining a shelf. After visiting and speaking to him there, he will return to the Silph Co. building offering to trade a Beldum for a Forretress. Steven is also involved in the Enigma Stone event, where he will have a researcher examine the stone if it is brought to him.

Pokémon

This listing is of Steven's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

File:RS Steven.png [[Champion (Trainer class)|Champion]] Steven [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Ruby and Sapphire [[Champion (Trainer class)|Champion]] and Professor Steven Oak [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $11600

Types: Steel Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Skarmory♂ Lv.57 Toxic Poison   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Spikes Ground   --       Types: Rock Grass Ability: Suction Cups Held item: None Cradily♂ Lv.56 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.55 Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Types: Rock Bug Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Armaldo♂ Lv.56 Slash Normal   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♂ Lv.56 Earthquake Ground   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Thunder Electric   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Sitrus Berry Metagross Lv.58 Meteor Mash Steel   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Pokémon Emerald

First battle (as partner; against Team Magma)

File:E Steven back.png [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Steven [[Mossdeep Space Center|Mossdeep Space Center]] Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Steven Oak [[Mossdeep Space Center|Mossdeep Space Center]] Emerald Reward: N/A

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metang Lv.42 Psychic Psychic   --       Metal Claw Steel   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Types: Steel Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Skarmory♀ Lv.43 Toxic Poison   --       Protect Normal   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♀ Lv.44 Protect Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --

Second battle

File:RS Steven.png [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Steven [[Meteor Falls|Meteor Falls]] Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Steven Oak [[Meteor Falls|Meteor Falls]] Emerald Reward: $4680

Types: Steel Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Skarmory♂ Lv.77 Toxic Poison   --       Spikes Ground   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.75 Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Types: Rock Grass Ability: Suction Cups Held item: None Cradily♂ Lv.76 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Ingrain Grass   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Rock Bug Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Armaldo♂ Lv.76 AncientPower Rock   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Slash Normal   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♂ Lv.76 Earthquake Ground   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Thunder Electric   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metagross Lv.78 Meteor Mash Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

	Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Dawn Stone
Iron Lv.*
Take Down Normal Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Quotes

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

• Before battle

"Welcome, <player>. I was looking forward to seeing you here one day. You... What did you see on your journey with Pokémon? What did you feel, meeting so many other Trainers like you? What has awoken in you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!"

• When defeated

"I, the Champion, fall in defeat... Kudos to you, <player>! You are a truly noble Pokémon Trainer!"

• After being defeated

"Congratulations! The feelings you have for your Pokémon... And the Pokémon that responded to those feelings with all their might... They came together as one, and created an even greater power. And thus, you were able to grasp victory today! You are rightfully the Hoenn region's new..."

"<Player>... No, the new Champion! Come with me." [To Rival] "I'm sorry, but... From here on, only those Trainers who have become Champions may enter. You'll have to wait outside with the Professor."

"This room... This is where we keep records of Pokémon that prevailed through harsh battles. It is here that the League Champions are honored. Come on, let's record your name as a Trainer who triumphed over the Pokémon League, and the names of the partners who battled with you."

Trainer's Eyes

Champion Steven

Strategy

Pick on the foe's weakness.

Trainer's Pokémon

The ultimate Steel Pokémon

Self-Introduction

When it comes down to it, I'm still the strongest!

Pokémon Emerald

• Before battle

"Oh, wow, <player>. I'm amazed you knew where to find me. Do you, uh...maybe think of me as just a rock maniac? No, that can't be right. We battled alongside each other at the Sootopolis Space Center. You should have a very good idea about how good I am. Okay, <player>, if you're going to mount a serious challenge, expect the worst!"

• When defeated

"You... I had no idea you'd become so strong..."

• After being defeated

"Come to think of it, ever since our paths first crossed in Granite Cave in Dewford, I had this feeling. I thought that you would eventually become the Champion. My predictions usually come true. And where will you go from here? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Fufufu, even I couldn't tell you that."

Match Call

Hard as Rock Steven

Strategy

Attack the weak points!

Trainer's Pokémon

Ultimate Steel Pokémon.

Self-Introduction

I'd climb even waterfalls to find a rare stone!

In the anime

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Steven in the anime

Steven's only appearance in the Pokémon anime was in A Hole Lotta Trouble. He helped Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket escape from an underground cavern.

At the end of the episode, Ash vowed to train harder so one day he could be powerful enough to battle Steven.

Pokémon

Steven uses these Pokémon in the anime:

Aron

Steven's Aron

Debut	A Hole Lotta Trouble

Steven Stone's Aron was throughout the episode outside its Poké Ball, when its owner was in Granite Cave looking for stones, it helped out digging at the ground. When Jessie, James and Meowth where setting another pitfall trap for Ash, May, Brock and Max, they also fell down being split up. Aron and its trainer try to find the source of the crash, they found Max, Meowth and Pikachu, the trio tells Steven what happened. Finding a large hole and where the others were, a group of rampaging Aron head traight towards them which they succeed to dodge them. After sending Team Rocket blasting off, they found a Fire Stone. Aron and Steven said their farewells to the group as they headed off into the distance on a sailing boat.

Aron's known moves are Dig and Roar.

Aggron

Steven's Aggron

Debut	A Hole Lotta Trouble

Steven Stone's Aggron was briefly used when Team Rocket were trying to steal Ash's Pikachu in Granite Cave. It sent them blasting off, and was then recalled back into its Poké Ball.

Aggron's only known move is Hyper Beam.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 西 凜太朗 Rintarō Nishi English Andrew Paull Brazilian Portuguese Sílvio Giraldi European Spanish David Robles

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Steven and his Metagross in Pokémon Adventures

Steven met Ruby while looking through the Granite Cave. During a battle with wild Mawile, Ruby's Skitty bumped into one of Steven's Moon Stones, causing it to evolve.

Steven was well-aware of the danger Team Magma and Team Aqua presented, and extended an invitation to Ruby to join the fight against them. Steven invited him to help, but Ruby declined because he didn't like battling. The armlets on Steven's arms are devices he can chip away stone with, to grab and retrieve rocks he sees that are out of reach.

Later in the series, Steven confessed that he and his father, the owner of the Devon Corporation, knew about the schemes of Team Magma and Team Aqua quite long ago. Mr. Stone built the Submarine Explorer 1 so that Steven can seal the Seafloor Cavern and no one would be able to wake Kyogre and Groudon. The backup plan in case it fails would be to unseal Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.

Steven later assembles the rest of the Hoenn Elite Four in order to fight against Kyogre and Groudon. With the help of Sapphire's Wailord and Relicanth, Steven and the Elite Four unsealed the Regis. Steven took control of Registeel and gave the other two Regis to the other members of the Elite Four.

Knowing he would die in Kyogre and Groudon's battle, Steven stepped down from the position of Champion, and gave it back to Wallace, who was actually the true Champion while Steven had only been a runner-up. After Kyogre and Groudon returned to their respective domains, Steven apparently died from the strain of controlling the Regis, but was later revived under mysterious circumstances when Ruby released his Celebi.

Steven later traveled to Sinnoh to collect the rare stones found in the region. He had purchased a Villa but sold it to Platinum and returned to Hoenn at the start of the Platinum arc.

Steven uses his Metagross to fly around Hoenn. Its magnetism allows him to float atop it.

Pokémon

This listing is of Steven's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Beldum (multiple)

Metang

Metagross

Released

Registeel (with Wallace)

In the TCG

In the TCG, Steven appears on the card Steven's Advice in the EX Hidden Legends and EX Power Keepers expansions.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Emerald, when the player speaks to him in Meteor Falls before their battle, he makes an error. He talks of their encounter in the Sootopolis City Space Center. The Space Center is actually in Mossdeep City, and this dialog may result from the encounter the player has with him in Sootopolis in Ruby and Sapphire.
• Also, the battle with Steven against Maxie and Tabitha is the only occasion in the Generation III games where the player teams up with an ally for a double battle. Several others are available in the Battle Frontier and multiple times in Generation IV.
  • During this tag battle, by hacking the game, it is possible to level up Steven's Pokémon (this would not happen normally, as not enough experience is given to do so).
• In the anime, Steven is the Champion with the least amount of screen time (counting Gary as Blue), appearing in one episode, while everyone else has appeared more than once. He is also the only Champion not to play a significant role in the anime.
• In Pokémon Platinum, the person who gives the player their villa in the Resort Area mentions that the guy who gave him the villa came to Sinnoh to collect rare stones. After collecting the stones, he left the region with all the items in the villa. This mysterious previous owner may in fact be Steven, who himself sold the villa to Platinum in Pokémon Adventures and subsequently appeared in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
  • Interestingly, the Beldum that he trades is holding a Dawn Stone, which has not appeared in Hoenn but has in Sinnoh, meaning that this could be one of the rare stones he sought.
• He is the only champion with no Water-type Pokémon. Ironically, he is replaced in Pokémon Emerald by Wallace who uses only Water-type Pokémon.
• In the anime, Steven is portrayed as having blue-green eyes; however, in Pokemon Adventures he is portrayed as having yellow eyes.
• Steven's role in Emerald is similar to Red's role in Generation II as they are both former champions who can be battled after defeating the Elite Four. The only difference being that Steven can't be re-battled.
• Steven shares his French name (Pierre) with Brock, the Gym Leader of Pewter City. In the French dub of the anime, he keeps his English name of Steven Stone so as to not be confused with Brock.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ツワブキ　ダイゴ Tsuwabuki Daigo	梯梧 Deigo, Erythrina variegata. 石蕗 Tsuwabuki, Farfugium japonicum. And 石蕗 (Tsuwabuki) contains 石 (stone). A common Japanese given name.
English	Steven Stone	It could possibly be related to "steel" or "stone".
French	Pierre Rochard	His first name means "stone" and his last name is similar to roche (rock).
German	Troy Trumm	Both first and last names are possible derivation from Trümmer (rubble).
Italian	Rocco Petri	First name is similar to roccia (rock) and his surname is possibly derived from pietra (stone).
Spanish	Máximo Peñas	Given name means "the greatest" and surname derives from peñasco which means "boulder"/"crag".
Korean	성호 Seongho
Chinese	大吾 Dàwú	From 大吾 Daigo

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