Ash's Boldore

Ash's Boldore サトシのガントル Satoshi's Gantle

Ash's Boldore

Debuts in Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! Caught at Route 4 Evolves in Battling the King of the Mines! Gender Unknown Ability Sturdy Current location In rotation

→ This Pokémon spent 27 episodes as Roggenrola.

Voice actor Japanese English As Roggenrola Inuko Inuyama Tom Wayland As Boldore Unshō Ishizuka Tom Wayland

Ash's Boldore (Japanese: サトシのガントル Satoshi's Gantle) is the eighth Pokémon that Ash obtained in the Unova region.

History

As a Roggenrola

Boldore was introduced as a Roggenrola in Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! when it literally crashed into Cilan's food in distress. Ash battled it, but it managed to knock out both Oshawott and Tepig. It later met Ash again when they came to investigate a tunnel, where they found Team Rocket harvesting wild Roggenrola for their cannon. It too was collected, and Ash managed to save it, but not before Team Rocket caused a cave in with a powerful Flash Cannon created by all the Roggenrola they collected. After they escaped the tunnel, they found Team Rocket in a warehouse where Ash and Roggenrola managed to free the other Roggenrola. Once they were reunited, they sent Team Rocket blasting off with a combined Flash Cannon. After being cured at the Pokémon Center, Roggenrola challenged Ash to a rematch, where it was eventually defeated by Tepig and captured.

In the next episode, Roggenrola was used to help locate where the missing Audino were going. Cilan stated that Roggenrola had sensitive hearing similar to Audino and could pick up sounds that were inaudible to humans. Thanks to it, they were able to find out where the Audino were being kept. It also made use of its Stone Edge by destroying Team Rocket's sound wave machine that controlled the Audino, thus setting them free.

In Battle For The Underground!, Roggenrola was used to propel the train cart Ash and friends were riding on to get away from Team Rocket; along with Tepig using Ember, which soon became Flamethrower, and Axew using Dragon Rage.

Sturdy activated

In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, Roggenrola helped rescue the kami trio from Team Rocket. It repeatedly used Flash Cannon on Dr. Zager's helicopter until it was joined by Pikachu, Iris's Axew and Emolga and Cilan's Pansage to cause the forcefield prisons trapping the trio to break.

Roggenrola was used in Ash's Gym battle against Clay in Battling the King of the Mines! where it was sent out to counter his Excadrill with its defenses. After Roggenrola's Sandstorm attack fails, it was hit by several Drill Run attacks and finally a Horn Drill. However, Roggenrola's Sturdy allowed it to survive the attack. Afterwards Roggenrola evolved into Boldore, survived another Horn Drill using Sturdy and ended up head to head with Excadrill. Using the red stones on its back, Boldore was able to communicate its new power to Ash and used a new move: Rock Blast. After pushing Excadrill back Boldore revealed to its Trainer that it could use Rock Smash and clashed with Excadrill's same move. Eventually Boldore was able to overcome Excadrill and won Ash the Quake Badge.

In Evolution Exchange Excitement!, Ash used Boldore in a Tag Battle against Bianca's newly evolved Escavalier and Professor Juniper's newly evolved Accelgor, accompanied by Cilan and his Crustle. Boldore was able to hit both of its opponents with Rock Smash at the start of the battle and alongside Crustle, held back Escavalier's Fury Attack. While Escavalier was dodging Crustle's Rock Slide, Boldore was able to hit it hard with Rock Blast until Accelgor came to Escavalier's defense with Substitute. Taking advantage of a weakened Accelgor, Ash ordered Boldore to use Flash Cannon on it, but Escavalier was able to deflect the attack. Boldore was knocked back into Crustle by Escavalier's Fury Attack and, protecting its partner, was knocked out by Escavalier and Accelgor's combined Hyper Beam attacks.

In Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1), Ash used Boldore as his first Pokémon during his Gym battle against Roxie, sending it out to face her Koffing. At first Boldore attacked with Sandstorm, but Koffing endured it and countered with Clear Smog. Next Boldore used Rock Blast, but Koffing blocked it and attacked with Gyro Ball. The Ore Pokémon managed to endure it and overcome Koffing's following Sludge Bomb attack with Flash Cannon, but then Boldore was defeated by the Poison Gas Pokémon when it attacked again with Gyro Ball, easily penetrating Boldore's Sandstorm defense.

In BW091, Boldore was used in the second round of the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup against Hirokazu's Reuniclus and won the battle. Thus, Ash advanced to the semi-finals.

Personality and characteristics

Ash and Boldore

As a Roggenrola, Boldore has shown to be very resourceful, using a stand alone bowl for defense, as well as using its Flash Cannon attack to destroy falling boulders, or its Sandstorm to put out a fire. It also appears to care deeply for others and goes out of its way to ensure their safety, such as the lengths it went to save the other Roggenrola, even to go as far as to risk its life facing Team Rocket's mecha head on. It also made sure other wild Pokémon in the general area knew of the impending danger, despite the issue not involving them. This is also seen in Where Did You Go, Audino? when it sought out the missing Audino with its hearing ability.

After evolving, Boldore was shown to retain its friendly personality, even affectionately climbing on top of Ash when he hugged it after he won his match against the Driftveil City Gym Leader Clay.

Moves used

Using Rock Blast	Move First Used In Sandstorm † Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! Stone Edge Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! Flash Cannon † Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! Rock Blast † Battling the King of the Mines! Rock Smash Battling the King of the Mines!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Boldore is the first Rock-type Pokémon officially owned by Ash, if his unofficial Larvitar isn't counted.
• Boldore is currently Ash's only Pokémon caught in Unova without a confirmed gender.
• As a Roggenrola, it used a different variation of Sandstorm in every episode where it used the move.
• Boldore is the second of Ash's Pokémon to evolve during a Gym battle. The first to do so was his Swadloon.
• If one excludes the unofficial Haunter, Boldore is Ash's first Pokémon that can evolve via trade.
• Boldore is Ash's only single-typed Pokémon from Unova that isn't a starter.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Roggenrola and Boldore.

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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