Roserade

Roserade
File:Roserade.jpg National Pokédex Budew - Roserade (#407) - Zugaidos Sinnoh Pokédex Roselia - Roserade (#027) - Zubat
Japanese name	Roserade
Evolves from	Roselia
Evolves into	None
Generation	Fourth
Species	Bouquet Pokémon
Type	Grass / Poison
Height	2 ft 11 in (0.9 m)
Weight	32.0 pounds (14.5 kg)
Ability	Natural Cure / Poison Point

Roserade (ロズレイド, Rozureido) are one of the Template:Pokenum fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media, created by Satoshi Tajiri. Roserade is famous for being one of the Pokémon revealed before the Japanese release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The purpose of Roserade in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.

Roserade was first officially revealed at the PokéJungle event in Japan, although it was previously mentioned that Roselia may have been gaining a Stage 1 form. Roserade is confirmed to be the evolved form of Roselia, as the text below its picture states that "Roselia has evolved into Roserade".

Roserade's English name was confirmed at the official Pokémon web site as Roserade. The name Roserade may be a combination of the English words: rose, in reference to the rose on its head and its bouquet-like hands; and masquerade, as it appears to be wearing a mask. The English name may also be taken as a shortened form of Rose Parade.

Biological characteristics

Roserade bears an odd resemblance to a masquerader. It has thin, club-shaped arms and has three roses as each of its hands. It holds a large white rose on its head.

Like Roselia, its roses are red and blue on its right and left hands respectively. Its legs are like those of a Roselia's as well, except for the yellow tips of its feet. It wears a mask that is connected to the white rose atop its head, which in turn is connected to the head and a sepal that extends behind the head and just below the rose. The large eyes that show from behind its mask-like face are red with yellow eyelids. It has a long green cloak that trails behind it, which is longer in females of the species. It also has a yellow collar, to which the cloak is probably connected. The leaf it had in front of it as a Roselia is no longer there; it could be that on Roselia it was a dress and now it has been turned into its green leafy cloak. One could say Roserade's appearance is reminiscent of a superhero/heroine such as the Masked Rider.

In the video games

Its possible abilities are the same as Roselia's: Natural Cure, which heals the Pokémon's status when withdrawn from battle; and Poison Point, which has 30 percent causes of inducing the Poison condition on an opponent using a physical contact move against this Pokémon. Roserade learns Leaf Storm, a new Grass-type attack and equivalent of Overheat.

Roselia evolves into Roserade when the Light Stone, a new evolution stone, is used on it.

Roserade's base Special Attack is tied with Exeggutor as the highest of all Grass types and has the second highest of Poison types. It also has a very high Special Defense stat, as well as decent Speed; its Defense, however, is relatively low, with a base value of 55.

One characteristic of Roserade that distinguishes it from other Pokemon (aside from its astounding Special Attack stat) is that it learns Weather Ball, a move that used to be exclusive to Castform.

Roserade is one of the Pokémon used by Sinnoh Gym Leader Natane.

External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki) ’s article about Roserade as a species
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• PsyPoke Pokédex entry