Paul
Character from Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl by OLM / The Pokémon Company
Ash's ultimate rival — a brilliant, cold trainer from Veilstone City who believes weak Pokémon should be released and strong ones drilled until they break, and whose philosophy Ash must out-battle rather than out-shout.
Also known as: Paul, Shinji
What They Know
- Team includes Electivire (ace, evolved via Electirizer trade), Torterra, Gastrodon, Ursaring, Honchkrow, Magmortar, Drapion, Weavile, Ninjask, Froslass
- Released a Chimchar for 'failing' to trigger Blaze on command — Ash took it, trained it, and it became Infernape that KO'd Paul's Electivire at the League
- Won the Lake Acuity Full Battle against Ash 6–3 — his high point in their rivalry
- Lost the Sinnoh League quarterfinals Full Battle to Ash 6–0 to 6–0, final matchup Electivire vs Infernape
- Older brother Reggie is a retired Gym Leader challenger who chose a peaceful path Paul despises publicly and half-envies privately
- Has challenged and defeated all eight Sinnoh Gym Leaders — qualified for the Sinnoh League by midseason
- Cynthia personally spoke to him at Lake Acuity about the consequences of his training philosophy
Connections
- rival_of — ash
- sibling_of — reggie
- ally_of — cynthia
- enemy_of — dawn
- located_in — veilstone_city
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