Luvdisc
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Luvdisc (ラブカス Lovecus in Japan, Liebiskus in Germany and Lovdisc in France) is a fictional creature in the Pokémon video game and anime series. Its name is a combination of "Love" and "Discus".
Biology
Luvdisc resembles a small pink fish-like creature resembling a valentine, making it a symbol of love and romance. It is said that any couple meeting this Pokémon is promised a loving relationship that never ends. Also supporting its love-oriented image is its habit of following loving couples swimming in the ocean. It is based on a discus.Luvdisc lives on masses in shallow seas in the tropics. Luvdisc nests in both coral reefs and the branches of the coral-like Corsola Pokémon. During the spawning season, countless Luvdisc congregate at coral reefs, turning the waters pink.
In the video games
Luvdisc are available in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald. They can be found either on Route 128 or to the south of Ever Grande City by fishing. They are found commonly with the Good Rod, and very commonly with the Super Rod.Luvdisc is a highly ignored Pokémon in terms of competitive play. All its stats are below average, except for rather high speed, and yet it does not have an evolved form that would be better fit for battling. Therefore, with its naturally learned moves including Attract and Sweet Kiss, Luvdisc appears in battle mainly for the sake of novelty.
Wallace, the Sootopolis Gym Leader in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, uses a level 40 female Luvdisc with Attract and Water Pulse. Juan, the trainer battled as the Sootopolis Gym Leader in Pokémon Emerald, has his own Luvdisc at level 41 when battled for the first time. In both cases, Luvdisc is the easiest Pokémon on his team to beat; depending on the Pokémon the player uses, Luvdisc is easily KO’ed with one strike from a strong Grass-type or Electric-type move.
Heart Scales
Luvdisc’s true purpose lies not in battle, but rather its appearances in the wild. Wild Luvdisc have a good chance of holding an item called a Heart Scale, which can be redeemed at a move tutor’s house in Fallarbor Town for the opportunity to teach one of a player’s selected Pokémon a move that that Pokémon may have learned or was able to learn at one time, but was either removed or never added by the player for a given reason. Heart scales are found scattered throughout Hoenn, but they are in limited quantities, but Luvdisc in the wild ensure that the supply of Heart Scales never run out to the avid player.This does not mean that the player is required to actually catch Luvdisc repeatedly in order to increase his or her Heart Scale supply. They need only use a Pokémon that knows either Thief, Covet, or Trick. Then in all wild encounters with Luvdisc, the player is to attack them with the move. Whether or not the Luvdisc faints, if it was holding a Heart Scale, the item will be obtained by the player’s Pokémon and held by it, where it can be removed from the Pokémon afterwards and added to the inventory.
In the two-part episode 387 and 388, The Great Eight Fate and Eight Ain't Enough, the Sootopolis gym leader, Juan, uses a Luvdisc in a battle with Ash, who is attacking with his Grovyle in order to win the coveted Rain Badge. Luvdisc counters Grovyle's attacks by dodging easily and then connecting a Sweet Kiss, which confuses Grovyle, providing the cliffhanger conclusion for the first part of the episode. When the story resumes in episode 388, Luvdisc causes Ash's confused Grovyle to faint with a Water Gun blast. Ash then brings out Corphish, who is able to defeat Luvdisc with some difficulty by using its Crabhammer attack.
In Pokémon Chronicles, Misty and her oldest sister Daisy each have a Luvdisc.
In the trading card game
Luvdisc has three cards:
- EX: Hidden Legends
- EX Emerald
- POP 2 Promo
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]
- Publications
External links
- [Official Pokémon website]
- [Bulbapedia] (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Luvdisc as a species
- [Serebii.net]’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Luvdisc
- [Pokémon Dungeon] Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- [PsyPoke] Pokédex entry
- [Smogon] Pokédex entry
- *[WikiKnowledge.net’s] entry for Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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