User:Rockapheller

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Rockapheller ロカフエラ Rokafera
Soldier of Roxie
Age	23 (as of Aug 6, 2018)
Gender	Male
Hometown	Bodrum
Region	Aegea
Trainer class	Trainer

Rockapheller (also known as Brandt) is a Pokémon Trainer who travels across all the regions in the Pokémon world (through Pokémon anime and Pokémon games) in order to train Pokémon and compete at the Pokémon League, or engage with the legends and myths, as well as trainers of every region in order to understand the nature of Pokémon, people, world and franchise as a whole.

History

Scratch of Slash

I have met the franchise either late 90's or early 2000's when I was just about 5. Just as the novice trainer Ash and the world of Pokémon in which he lives took over the world's attention, it was popular in my nation as much as anywhere else. Due to lack of sources, little did I know was how engaging the TV Show was and literally nothing regarding the games. Over several attempts of children who hurt themselves because they believed they were Pokémon, the anime was restricted on TVs before the franchise got forgotten and lost its popularity. Thus, I never knew more about Pokémon post Orange Islands and Generation I until we had dignified our home with Internet connection in 2005.

Reunion with the Franchise

As a ten-year-old boy who is still obsessed with Pokémon despite of years and years of separation, first thing I did was search for Pokémon. I found many platforms either national or international that tell more and many more about Pokémon that I never knew before - basically the following generations and the existence of Pokémon games. With the absolute poor English skills, I somehow managed to play some Generation III games on my PC.

The Milestone

The beginning of Unova region has been the milestone of my Pokémon fanaticism in a way, and I personally consider it even bigger step than discovering that Pokémon was still a thing back in 2005. Because for the first time after nearly 10 years, I decided to watch the anime show with the subtitles that I wouldn't even understand entirely. Ever since September 2010, it is already a tradition for me to watch the anime on a weekly basis, or I feel sad.

However, my introduction to games for real was not to come until the release of Pokémon X and Y. Up until that point, I found the games rather "weak" to pay the money on due to its graphics and lack of sense. However, watching a Youtuber's Pokémon Y gameplay, I was convinced to get in game business as well. I first bought a Nintendo 3DS and started off with a copy of HeartGold Version. Later followed by White 2, X, Omega Ruby and finally Generation VII games. It all brought a revolution of the franchise for me in 2015.

Restarting Everything I Knew

In mid-late 2015, I realised my knowledge of the franchise was all in pieces, yet wouldn't paint the full picture. There I've made a decision - watch the entire anime from EP001 to DP191 including all the movies and specials that can be found on the Internet that I've missed. I've completed the show within 2 years and slightly more. I finally knew the story of all the anime-exclusive events and was more into that world. This experience inspired me to complete a Living Pokédex.

Living Dex Completion

In early 2017, before getting started to each set of Pokémon games, I decided to complete a Living Dex using Pokémon X, Omega Ruby, and Sun copies. Completing the entire Pokédex with all released Pokémon until #801 took my three months in total. I have played each version twice in order to keep Version-exclusive legendaries for myself and trade another one with their counterparts. I received help from the Internet and sacrificed crazy amount of Legendary Pokémon to find Mythical Pokémon. The very last Pokémon I have put in my collection was a Celebi, and after its placement, the Living Dex was completed.

One of the biggest things I discovered completing my Living Dex was to realise how amazing Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were. Chasing Mirage Spots every mid-night and hunting down all the Legendary Pokémon at a particular time of day/week was just such a magical experience to bring on. I never took advantage of DexNav until that point as I didn't know I needed.

Pokémon Replay Project

When I completed the Living Dex, it brought me a further inspiration to go through all the Pokémon games from scratch and engage with the stories and myths of Pokémon world, including the stories of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. After I recognised the in-game mechanics and the importance of Nature, stats and competitive play (and most importantly the difference between Attack/Special Attack and Defense/Special Defense), I have begun my "Pokémon Replay Project" in the last quarter of 2017, in which I have played (and am still playing) all the Core-series games and expand my common sense with the culture of Pokémon world even more. My Pokémon Teams section consists of my teams that are built after this project.

The project is not completed yet.

Trivia

• Rockapheller is derived from Rockefeller, which is inspired by the Eurovision song Rockefeller Street performed by Getter Jaani at Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Regarding franchise

My current signature on the forums, cropped

• My favourite;
  • Pokémon is Umbreon.
  • Legendary Pokémon is Zekrom.
  • Mythical Pokémon is Mew.
  • Mega Evolution is Mega Pidgeot.
  • Alola Form is Vulpix.
  • Ultra Beast is Nihilego.
  • Type is Fairy.
  • Region is Kalos.
  • Gym Leader is Roxie.
  • Trial Captain is Mina.
  • Island Kahuna is Nanu.
  • Elite Four member is Siebold.
  • Champion is Alder.
  • Pokémon Professor is Sycamore.
• I wish to have a region based on Italy.

Regarding anime

• I watch the anime regularly since BW001 debuted in Japan.
  • I watched every series and spin-offs up to date.
• My favourite;
  • Series is XY series.
  • Season is Orange Islands.
  • Anime character is Misty.
  • Pokémon character is Ash's Snivy.
  • Movie is Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
• My favourite episodes are;
  • Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden in Kanto journey.
  • Charizard Chills in Orange Archipelago journey.
  • Hour of the Houndour in Johto journey.
  • The Bicker the Better in Hoenn journey.
  • The Symbol Life in Battle Frontier journey.
  • Evolving Strategies in Sinnoh journey.
  • Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2 in Unova journey.
  • The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! in Decolore Islands journey.
  • Championing a Research Battle! in Kalos journey.
  • When Regions Collide! in Alola journey, so far.
• My favourite themes are;
  • XY&Z in Japanese opening themes.
  • Pokémon World in English opening themes.
  • Team Rocket's Team Song in Japanese ending themes.

Regarding games

• My favourite set of games are Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• My longest Pokémon battle has been against Champion Wallace in Emerald, lasting around 1 hour.
• So far, the only type I never trained is Poison.*
  • My most trained types are Fire and Flying, with 10.
  • My least trained types are Bug and Steel, with 1.
• There are so far only 3 Pokémon I have with nicknames.
  • Blastoise is nicknamed "Zenigame", Squirtle's Japanese name.
  • Audino is nicknamed "Tabunne", its Japanese name.
  • Incineroar is called "Pootsmann", referring to an Estonian singer, Jüri Pootsmann, due to his dark performance at Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
• I don't necessarily choose the gender of a specific Pokémon.
  • Pokémon X is my only team that coincidentally consists of the same gender Pokémon.
  • So far, 4 teams of mine are male-oriented, 2 teams are female-oriented, 2 teams are equally distributed.
  • Out of 48 Pokémon, 26 are male, 18 are female, 4 are genderless.
    • All of the genderless Pokémon are legendary.

Gameplay tendencies

• I never leave my starter Pokémon.
• I catch the "national bird" Pokémon and keep them on my team until the end (Pidgey for Kanto, Starly for Sinnoh, etc) unless I have already played in that region with another version before.
• I always have a Fire and Flying-type on my team.
  • Sun is my only team in which the same type repeats more than twice: Fairy-type, three times.
  • All my Grass-type Pokémon are pure.
• I only play with Pokémon that debut in the generation of its game with the exception of Blastoise in Pokémon X due to Mega Evolution.
• Until Generation VI games, I would have my Pokémon either with a beneficial or ineffective nature. This rule is broken from Pokémon X and onwards due to easiness of the games.
• I train an Eevee if it is a Generation I remake, or the game of a generation that introduces a new Eeveelution.
• I keep the level of my Pokémon on my team as close as possible.

Pokémon

This list consists of my teams that I created after I started my individual "Pokémon Replay Project" in late 2017. Those games are all re-plays that I have competed before with the exception of Pokémon Ultra Moon. Also, I lack my team of Pokémon Omega Ruby due to cartridge being broken during my replay.

I have recently completed playing Pokémon HeartGold Version. I am currently playing Ultra Moon Version.

Kanto

FireRed

Champion Brandt Indigo Plateau FireRed Reward: Pride

Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♀ Lv.57 Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Smokescreen Normal   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♀ Lv.46 Aerial Ace Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.56 Body Slam Normal   --       Yawn Normal   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Volt Absorb Held item: None Jolteon♂ Lv.57 Thunder Electric   --       Double Kick Fighting   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Shock Wave Electric   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Water Absorb Held item: NeverMeltIce Lapras♂ Lv.56 Surf Water   --       Sheer Cold Ice   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Perish Song Normal   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Mewtwo Lv.71 Swift Normal   --       Recover Normal   --       Safeguard Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --

Johto

HeartGold

Champion Brandt Indigo Plateau HeartGold Reward: Pride

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Typhlosion♂ Lv.56 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Lava Plume Fire Special   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Strength Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Noctowl♀ Lv.56 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Quick Claw Ampharos♀ Lv.61 Discharge Electric Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Charge Electric Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Quagsire♀ Lv.58 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Amulet Coin Espeon♂ Lv.60 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psych Up Normal Special   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: Sacred Ash Ho-oh Lv.57 Sacred Fire Fire Physical   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Fly Flying Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --

Hoenn

Emerald

Champion Brandt Hoenn League Emerald Reward: Pride

Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Soft Sand Swampert♂ Lv.45 Surf Water   --       Mud Shot Ground   --       Take Down Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Guts Held item: Amulet Coin Swellow♂ Lv.43 Wing Attack Flying   --       Endeavor Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Trace Held item: None Gardevoir♀ Lv.46 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Shock Wave Electric   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: Silk Scarf Aggron♀ Lv.43 Iron Tail Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Strength Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Plus Held item: None Plusle♀ Lv.47 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: Quick Claw Camerupt♂ Lv.44 Earthquake Ground   --       Take Down Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Overheat Fire   --

Sinnoh

Platinum

Champion Brandt Sinnoh League Platinum Reward: Pride

Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Amulet Coin Infernape♂ Lv.53 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Mach Punch Fighting Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: Magnet Luxray♀ Lv.48 Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Charge Electric Status   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Smoke Ball Staraptor♀ Lv.50 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Fly Flying Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Leaf Guard Held item: None Leafeon♀ Lv.50 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: NeverMeltIce Floatzel♀ Lv.49 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Types: Ghost Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: Dragon Fang Giratina Lv.51 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Shadow Force Ghost Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --

Unova

White

Champion Brandt Unova League White Reward: Pride

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Miracle Seed Serperior ♂ Lv.50 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Strength Normal Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Rocky Helmet Simipour ♂ Lv.48 Scald Water Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Natural Gift Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Big Pecks Held item: Silk Scarf Unfezant ♂ Lv.49 Fly Flying Physical   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Types: Dark Fighting Ability: Moxie Held item: BlackGlasses Scrafty ♀ Lv.51 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Rock Climb Normal Physical   --       Types: Ghost Fire Ability: Flash Fire Held item: Spell Tag Chandelure ♀ Lv.49 Inferno Fire Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Hex Ghost Special   --       Types: Dragon Electric Ability: Teravolt Held item: Magnet Zekrom Lv.51 DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Fusion Bolt Electric Physical   --

White 2

Champion Brandt Unova League White 2 Reward: Pride

Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Charcoal Emboar ♂ Lv.58 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Strength Normal Physical   --       Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Healer Held item: Scope Lens Tabunne ♂ Lv.57 Return Normal Physical   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Defiant Held item: None Braviary ♂ Lv.59 Crush Claw Flying Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Fly Normal Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Illusion Held item: Shell Bell Zoroark ♂ Lv.61 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Foul Play Dark Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: Miracle Seed Lilligant ♀ Lv.59 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Petal Dance Grass Special   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Ice Body Held item: Quick Claw Vanilluxe ♂ Lv.58 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Mirror Coat Psychic Special   --

Kalos

X

Champion Brandt Kalos League X Champion and Professor Brandt Oak Kalos League X Reward: Pride

Types: Fire Psychic Ability: Blaze Held item: Mind Plate Delphox ♂ Lv.70 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Flame Body Held item: Sky Plate Talonflame ♂ Lv.70 Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       Fly Flying Physical   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Blastoisinite Zenigame ♂ Lv.70 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Skull Bash Normal Physical   --       Types: Fighting Dark Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Black Glasses Pangoro ♂ Lv.70 Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: Metronome Sylveon ♂ Lv.72 Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Wish Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Rock Ice Ability: Refrigerate Held item: Icicle Plate Aurorus ♂ Lv.73 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Return Normal Physical   --

Alola

Sun

Champion Brandt Alola League Sun Champion and Professor Brandt Oak Alola League Sun Reward: Pride

Types: Fire Dark Ability: Blaze Held item: Incinium Z Pootsmann ♂ Lv.73 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Skill Link Held item: None Toucannon ♀ Lv.67 Beak Blast Flying Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sand Rush Held item: None Lycanroc ♂ Lv.67 Rock Climb Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Ice Fairy Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Icy Rock Ninetales ♀ Lv.69 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Blizzard ice Special   --       Aurora Beam ice Status   --       Types: Ghost Fairy Ability: Disguise Held item: None Mimikyu ♂ Lv.68 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Pain Split Normal Status   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Types: Bug Fairy Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Ribombee ♀ Lv.66 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Aromatherapy Grass Status   --       Quiver Dance Bug Status   --       Pollen Puff Bug Special   --

Shiny Pokémon

Dex No	PKMN	Name	Type	Game	Method	Date	Current Location
#001		Bulbasaur		Sun	Breeding	Sep 20, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#019		Rattata		HeartGold	Random wild encounter	Feb 12, 2016	Game data removed.
#092		Lavender		Sun	Bulbagarden Giveaway	Oct 31, 2018	In PC of Sun copy.
#121		Starmie		Sun	Traded	Dec 17, 2016	In PC of Sun copy.
#129		Magikarp		Sun	Breeding	Sep 6, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#130		Gyarados		HeartGold	In-game Shiny Pokémon	Oct 18, 2018	In PC of HeartGold copy.
#131		Lapras		X	Traded	2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#132		Ditto		Sun	Traded	2017	At Pokémon Day Care in Sun copy.
#136		Flareon		Omega Ruby	Traded	2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#151		Mew		Omega Ruby	Traded	2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#248		Tyranitar		X	Traded	2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#282		Gardevoir		X	Traded	2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#318		Carvanha		Omega Ruby	Random wild encounter	Mar 11, 2017	Traded for a shiny Weavile.
#396		Starly		Sun	Breeding	Sep 23, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#418		Buizel		Sun	Traded	Jan 29, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#461		Weavile		Omega Ruby	Traded	Mar 11, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.
#785		Tapu Koko		Sun	Event Pokémon	Jul 13, 2017	In PC of Sun copy.