Masaru
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Masaru's quest to become the strongest in the world brings him to the Not Ranked arena. His first opponent, the Bouquet Pokémon Roserade, plays right into his hands, with its lack of status immunity and poor ability to take physical damage. GSuplex fits the bill perfectly: Strong physical damage and paralysis will quickly put an end to the fight. Should Masaru want to try a different approach, a couple of strikes with Tsuda will cause Roserade's stats to wither away. Should the thorns of this rose Poison him? A quick Taunt will cure him while giving a stat boost. Or he could just avoid contact altogether with a weakness-hitting Alohalight. A first round victory over Roserade will bring Masaru that much closer to his goal, along with a NR Heavy title.
Roserade
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With the arrival of Gen 4, the Rose Pokémon Roselia evolved into the full bouquet known as Roserade. The first opponent for this new evolution? The wrestler Masaru. All he uses is fighting techniques, which run straight into resistance granted by the Poison typing Roserade sports. Grasswhistle or Stun Spore will quickly stop any offense he attempts before it even starts. Should Masaru get an attack to hit? Roserade will simply strike at his horrible IQ score with Giga Drain, dealing heavy damage and keeping Roserade alive at the same time. Masaru has learned many things from his opponents, and after this fight he will learn that every rose does indeed have its thorns, and he will learn just how painful those thorns can be.
