Lacey

Lacey タロ Taro
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet DLC
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Yellow
Hair color	Light pink
Hometown	Nimbasa City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Clay (father)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, BB League Elite Four
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	BB League
Rank	Elite Four
Specializes in	Fairy types

Lacey (Japanese: タロ Taro) is a character introduced in The Indigo Disk in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. She is a second-year student attending Blueberry Academy, and a member of the BB League Elite Four.

In the core series games

Reliable and skilled in Pokémon battling, Lacey is the one who shows the player around the academy. Her father is Clay, the Gym Leader of the Driftveil Gym in Unova.

Pokémon

Lacey keeps her Pokémon in Nest Balls.

First battle

Pokémon Trainer Lacey Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $5,184

Type: Electric Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Lightning Rod Held item: None Plusle♂ Lv.70 Discharge Electric Special   --       Alluring Voice Fairy Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Unknown   --       Type: Electric Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Volt Absorb Held item: None Minun♀ Lv.70 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Unknown   --       Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Excadrill♂ Lv.70 High Horsepower Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --

Second battle

Lacey will Terastallize her Excadrill at the first opportunity.

Lacey of the BB League Elite Four Coastal Plaza Scarlet and Violet Reward: $12,800

Types: Grass Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Prankster Held item: Focus Sash Whimsicott♀ Lv.78 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: Expert Belt Granbull♀ Lv.78 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Liquid Voice Held item: Throat Spray Primarina♀ Lv.79 Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Poison Psychic Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quick Draw Held item: Sitrus Berry Slowbro♀ Lv.79 Shell Side Arm Poison Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sweet Veil Held item: Leftovers Alcremie♀ Lv.79 Decorate Fairy Status   --       Recover Normal Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Alluring Voice Fairy Special   --       Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Assault Vest Excadrill♂ Lv.80 Tera Blast Fairy Special   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --

League Club Room

Lacey of the BB League Elite Four Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $20,400

Types: Grass Fairy Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Prankster Held item: Focus Sash Whimsicott♀ Lv.83 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: Expert Belt Granbull♀ Lv.83 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Fairy Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Liquid Voice Held item: Throat Spray Primarina♀ Lv.84 Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Poison Psychic Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Quick Draw Held item: Sitrus Berry Slowbro♀ Lv.84 Shell Side Arm Poison Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Sweet Veil Held item: Leftovers Alcremie♀ Lv.84 Decorate Fairy Status   --       Recover Normal Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Alluring Voice Fairy Special   --       Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Fairy  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Assault Vest Excadrill♂ Lv.85 Tera Blast Normal Special   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --

Traded to the Player

Upon defeating Lacey the third time in the League Club Room, she will trade a Snubbull to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0209  Snubbull   Level 18 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Intimidate Held item: None	ID: 816963 OT: Lacey Met: a Link Trade Nature: Adamant Ribbons / Marks:  Partner Ribbon
Ice Fang Ice Fire Fang Fire Bite Dark Lick Ghost
Games Method Duration SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

Gallery

Artwork

The Indigo Disk artwork

Quotes

Main article: Lacey/Quotes

Trivia

• The French official website for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet misspells Lacey's French name as "Tara" in the subheading for her, even though the aforementioned website and in-game material has "Taro" as her French name. This error has been fixed as of September 11, 2023.
• Lacey is the first Elite Four member to specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon.
• Lacey is the only member of the BB Elite Four whose designated Terastallized Pokémon is not of her specialty type prior to being Terastallized.
  • She is also the only member of the BB Elite Four to use more than one Pokémon not of her specialty type.
• Lacey being Clay's daughter is foreshadowed by their names in English and Japanese, their signature Pokémon being Excadrill, the green gems in Lacey's hairpins matching the green gem on Clay's hat, and the theme of Lacey's biome being a remix of Driftveil City's music.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タロ Taro	From taro, similar to ヤーコン Yakon (Clay) being named after a root vegetable
English	Lacey	From Araceae (plant family that includes taro) and an anagram of Clay
German	Tara	From taro
French	Taro	From her Japanese name
Spanish	Aroa	From Araceae (plant family that includes taro)
Italian	Rupi	Possibly from purple
Korean	타로 Taro	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	紫竽 Zǐyú	From 紫 zǐ / jí (purple) and 芋 yù / yuhk (taro)
Chinese (Cantonese)	紫竽 Jíyùh

References

BB League
BB League Elite Four Crispin	BB League Elite Four Amarys	BB League Elite Four Lacey	BB League Elite Four Drayton	BB League Champion Kieran

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