Lake

Lake is Luke's Feraligatr and first Pokémon. He was born ten years prior to the events of WAAPT at a starter ranch in an unknown location somewhere in Johto. He pent the first few months of his life living with his mother, a Feraligatr called Deluge, and his siblings before being taken to the Professor Elm's Pokémon Lab to be distributed as a starter Pokémon. Due to this, he considers his official home to be New Bark Town.

After spending the first seven years of his life living with Luke, he left home with him to act his starter Pokémon on his Pokémon journey through the Johto and Kanto regions. Along the way, he evolved into a Croconaw, and later a Feraligatr, and played a huge part in defeating the region's gym leaders, thwarting Team Rocket, and even battling Ho-oh him/herself!

Personality wise, in contrast to his fierce appearance, Lake is kind, friendly, and loving. While his favorite pastime is battling, he would NEVER attack someone who he felt didn't deserve it. If you do manage to cross him, then he won't rest until he's taught you a lesson, and won't be afraid to get physical if need be.

Because of this, Lake has a strong sense of right and wrong. If faced with a sticky situation, he would always put others first or try to help in any way he could, not because he seeks fame or is expecting a favor in return, but because it's the right thing to do, form his point of view.

Since the Gold Conference Arc, Lake has been in a loving relationship with Nadia the Salamence, who's confidence he helped rebuild after Tracer missed her evolution and her wing got broken while learning to fly. Friends wise, he's close with most of the members of his team (except for Crowley), as well as most of the other Pokémon in the group. Notably, he seems to have found a fan-girl in the form of Skye, who's adoration he appreciates (even if he does worry for her health, due to her constantly being breathless around him).

Battle Style

Out of all the Pokémon on Luke's team, Lake is by far the strongest, thanks to his years of training, sheer strength, and his EX power granted by a blessing from the legendary Ho-Oh.

As a Feraligatr, Lake has a huge amount of physical strength, so he mainly uses physical moves - such as Crunch and Aqua Tail - in battle, switching to ranged attacks like Hydro Pump when he can't get in close. As well as this, he also knows several support moves such as Swords Dance, Roar, and even - the unique to WAAPT - Bubble Shield.

Known Moves

• Aqua Tail, Bubblebeam, Bubble Shield, Dive, Hydro Cannon, Hydro Pump, Surf, Waterfall
• Bite, Crunch
• Earthquake
• Ice Beam, Ice Punch
• Protect, Roar, Swords Dance

Achievements

• Beat the Johto League with the rest of Luke's Team, earning him a place in the Hall of Fame.
• Has battled against Red and won. TWICE.
• Won several battles in the Gold Conference with Luke, before their loss to Tagg.
• Battled Ho-oh twice, managing to win against him the second time with the help of Nadia. Although Ho-oh may have been holding himself back deliberately to give them a chance of winning.
• Assisted in the search for Dintel, and the raid on the Neo Team Magma base in the Mirage Tower in the Hoenn arc.
• Assisted in thwarting PEFEDoS, and later, Cornn during the AU arc and PMD-R.