Iris's Haxorus

Pokémon the Series

History

Pre-series

Axew upon meeting Iris for the first time

Haxorus, as an Axew, was the first Pokémon that Iris was known to have obtained. She obtained Axew from the elder of her hometown when he was just a few days old. She was tasked with journeying with Axew to help raise him into a great Haxorus. Before he evolved, he preferred being outside his Poké Ball, traveling inside Iris's long hair.

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Axew first appeared briefly in In the Shadow of Zekrom! alongside Iris, where it watched the dark clouds caused by Zekrom from the top of a tree. Axew was the first Pokémon that Ash scanned with his new Pokédex in Enter Iris and Axew!, though he was actually aiming it at Iris's hair and wondering why Axew looked nothing like what the Pokédex showed. Later, Axew and Pikachu got caught by Team Rocket, but they were later freed with the help of Oshawott.

In Triple Leaders, Team Threats!, Cilan told Iris and Axew that they have perfect compatibility. He also added that Axew is a rather rare Pokémon. In Dreams by the Yard Full!, it was revealed through the Dream Mist that Axew wanted to evolve to his final stage.

In The Bloom Is on Axew!, it was shown that Axew had not had much experience in battling, crying when he was hit by weakened Bullet Seed and Solar Beam attacks from Cilan's Pansage; however, he was shown to be able to produce an extremely powerful Dragon Rage that could cause massive destruction, but was uncontrollable and had a tendency to explode in all directions rather than beam at a specific target as it is meant to. Ash and Cilan playfully referred to it as a "Dragon Sneeze", much to Iris's annoyance. A pun exists where, as Axew says his name while using "Dragon Sneeze," it sounds rather like "achoo". Later in the episode, Axew was trapped in the horns of a wild Scolipede, and Iris and the others had to rescue him using their Pokémon.

Axew playing with Scraggy

In Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!, Axew seemed excited about Ash's Pokémon Egg being ready to hatch, so much so that he accidentally sent it rolling down a hill. After it hatched into Scraggy, Axew became afraid of him after seeing how aggressive he was with the other Pokémon. Even so, he kept his eye on Scraggy and was the first to notice that he ran off in the middle of the night. Axew assisted Iris in finding a plant that would help Scraggy recover after he was paralyzed by a wild Galvantula. The next day, when Scraggy felt better, Axew battled him. Both Pokémon knocked each other out thanks to another failed Dragon Rage. The two had another battle in Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!. However, he was stopped after Axew attempted, again, to use Dragon Rage.

In The Dragon Master's Path!, he sent Team Rocket's ship down with an exploding Dragon Rage. He then rode away on Druddigon's head and called out to Iris, letting her know where he was. When fighting Team Rocket alongside Pikachu and Emmy's Druddigon, Axew finally mastered Dragon Rage, sending out a stream of energy instead of exploding right on the spot, defeating Team Rocket.

In Cottonee in Love!, Axew had another battle with Ash's Scraggy, but this time he won thanks to his mastered Dragon Rage.

In Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, Axew battled Georgia's Beartic briefly, but was defeated after a collision of Ice Beam and Dragon Rage.

Axew participating in Luke's movie

In Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight!", Axew played the role of the Dragon Master's strongest Pokémon. She used Axew against Ash's Pikachu to bring out his inner strength. However, Pikachu defeated Axew with a powerful Thunderbolt/Electro Ball combination.

Iris used Axew in the semifinal round of the Club Battle in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome! against Luke and his Golett. Not knowing about Golett's immunity to Normal-type attacks, Iris ordered Axew to use Scratch, which was ineffective. Axew then got hit hard by Golett's Mega Punch. Managing to get up, Axew used Dragon Rage, but this attack was dodged by Double Team. While still using Double Team, Golett used Gyro Ball, confusing Axew, and managed to hit him hard. Axew then tried Dragon Rage again, but this was countered by Golett's Shadow Ball. Golett then used Gyro Ball again. Unable to do anything Axew started running away. Eventually, Axew got exhausted, and as he was about to be hit by Gyro Ball, Axew learned Outrage, knocking Golett back and finally defeating it.

In Battle For The Underground!, Axew was used to propel the train cart Ash and friends were riding on to get away from Team Rocket, along with Tepig using Ember, which soon became Flamethrower, and Roggenrola using Flash Cannon.

Haxorus and Iris

He battled with Scraggy once more in Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!; however, seeing as Scraggy had learned High Jump Kick, they proved evenly matched again. After the battle, he and Scraggy went off to play until they ran into a Gothita that took a liking to Scraggy. Gothita's Trainer challenged Ash to a battle on the condition that if she won, he'd have to trade Scraggy away to her. Ash won the battle, but Axew still had a nightmare about losing his best friend the following night. He then awoke to find that Scraggy and Gothita had left. He pursued them and attempted to get Scraggy away from Gothita by hitting it with Dragon Rage. However, it ended up disturbing a wild Garbodor who attacked them until Snivy showed up to protect them, and Katharine, Gothita's Trainer, used her Deerling to calm the Trash Heap Pokémon. Axew was happy to see Gothita storm away the next day after Snivy defeated it in battle.

In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1, Axew became friends with a Gothorita owned by Lewis, who expressed great interest in him. Axew admired Gothorita as it prayed at Landorus's shrine for it to rain on Milos Island, and later when Gothorita saved him and Iris from falling onto some sharp rocks. Later, Axew was able to hit Thundurus with Dragon Rage and would have been hit by his Thunder if Cilan's Stunfisk had not blocked the attack with Mud Bomb. Understanding the dire situation, Axew encouraged Gothorita when it was asked by Lewis to plead with Tornadus and Thundurus. In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, Axew helped rescue the forces of nature from Team Rocket; he used Dragon Rage on Dr. Zager's helicopter, joined by Ash's Pikachu, Ash's Roggenrola, Iris's Emolga, and Cilan's Pansage, to cause the force field prisons trapping the trio to break.

Axew struggling in battle against Cynthia's Garchomp

In All for the Love of Meloetta!, Iris used Axew in a battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. Axew's Scratch and Dragon Rage successfully hit Garchomp but seemed to do no damage. Garchomp then used her Dragon Rush and Draco Meteor attacks to cause a lot of damage to Axew. At the last second, when it seemed like Axew was down, he got back up, knocking Garchomp down with his newly learned Giga Impact and shocking everybody. Garchomp quickly recovered and was about to finish Axew off with a Brick Break but was called off by Cynthia at the last second.

In A Village Homecoming!, Axew was reunited with the elder at the Village of Dragons, embracing her with open arms. She complimented his health and praised Iris for how he had been cared for. Later, when Shannon's newly evolved Hydreigon lost control of himself, Axew helped Excadrill corner the Brutal Pokémon after Emolga and Dragonite chased him to shore. He kept Hydreigon distracted with Dragon Rage while Iris attempted to leap on him from behind to calm him down.

In What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, Axew frantically used Scratch to free Iris and Cilan from the metal cuffs Team Plasma had trapped them in. He later helped fight off the Pokémon controlled by Team Plasma.

In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, Axew was used in the first round of the Marine Cup Tournament. He battled Teaque's Vanillite but was knocked out by a super effective Ice Beam.

In Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!, Axew was playing with Emolga when he was attacked by a wild Galvantula using Electro Ball and sent rolling down a hill where he bumped his head on a large rock. Since Emolga had already gotten in to trouble for attacking Oshawott and Scraggy that morning, Iris scolded Emolga for attacking Axew, causing Emolga to become upset and fly away, worrying Axew. After being healed, Axew and the gang set off to find Emolga, only to find that she had allied herself with Team Rocket. Under the shroud of Yamask's Haze, Emolga pulled Axew away. Later, Emolga shared her plan to get back in Iris's good books with Axew, unaware that Meowth was listening in. Axew acted as bait to lure in Pikachu for Emolga and called out to Charizard and Dragonite to make them bring Ash and his friends to him. Pikachu was captured by Team Rocket, but Iris was able to understand from Axew that the earlier accident was not Emolga's fault. However, Team Rocket trapped Axew and Emolga in a glass cage along with an angry Exploud. The Exploud attacked them both, but Emolga did her best to protect Axew from its attacks. Exploud picked Axew up and dropped him in its mouth, much to Iris's horror, though Axew was able to escape by using Dragon Rage. Eventually, Dragonite and Charizard were able to break the cage open, allowing Axew and Emolga to escape.

In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Axew and Pikachu were caught by Team Rocket, while Ash, Iris, and Cilan were trapped inside the ship's cargo space. Eventually, he and Pikachu were freed, and together with Pikachu, Charizard, and Pansage, Axew blasted Team Rocket off. Axew later said farewell to Ash and Pikachu as he, Iris, and Cilan departed for Johto.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Haxorus fighting Garchomp

During Iris's travels after parting ways with Ash, Axew eventually evolved all the way into a Haxorus, ultimately fullfilling his dream of doing so. As later revealed by Iris, Haxorus was the Pokémon responsible for winning the battle that earned her the title of Unova Champion.

In Thrash of the Titans!, Haxorus was sent out against Ash's Dracovish during Iris's World Coronation Series battle against her former traveling companion at the Opelucid Gym. After Haxorus successfully defeated Dracovish, it went up against Ash's Dragonite. During the match, Ash used Dragonite's Hurricane to redirect Haxorus's Dragon Pulse into the sky and reformed it into Draco Meteor, which is then used to defeat Haxorus, giving Ash the victory.

In The Fiery Road to Mastership!, Haxorus was Iris’s third Pokémon in her Masters Eight Tournament match against Cynthia. He first battled against Milotic, breaking through its attacks with brute force and knocking it out. He then had a rematch against Garchomp, now facing her on an equal footing. After they had traded several blows, Cynthia decided to Mega Evolve Garchomp. Due to this increase in strength, Garchomp defeated Haxorus, eliminating Iris from the tournament.

Personality and characteristics

Axew with the Village Elder

As an Axew, he proved to be a friendly Pokémon, making quick friends with Ash's Pikachu in Enter Iris and Axew! and later with other Pokémon. He and Iris have a strong relationship, as seen in A Sandile Gusher of Change! after a Sandile had caught him in his jaws, Iris tried everything to get him out. This was also seen in BWS02, when Iris kept trying to shake her Gible, who had been wild at the time, off of Axew when he kept biting on his head, which happened twice.

Axew in Iris's hair

Though lacking superior battle skills, Axew makes up for it with a kind personality, as mentioned by Cilan. If Iris feels sad, he will go off to collect fruit to cheer her up. Axew is also somewhat of a pacifist and often hides or panics when the other Pokémon who accompany him start to fight each other, as seen in Emolga and the New Volt Switch! when he was seen running around in circles when Oshawott, Tepig, Scraggy, and Swadloon started fighting over food. However, he has been shown to have some childish traits, such as in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!, where he fought with Pikachu when he thought Pikachu was the one who ate all the food.

Axew will often express concern for other Pokémon. In Emolga the Irresistible!, he was grateful when an Emolga stopped his apple from rolling down a hill and wanted to share some of it with her. When she left after being smothered by Bianca, he was desperate to find her again. However, this could be because Axew has a little crush on Emolga, as confirmed by Iris in the same episode.

Axew also seems to see Scraggy as a little brother since he hatched when Iris told him he was Scraggy's big brother. Since then, Axew always had kept a close eye on Scraggy to keep him out of trouble, and the two have become training partners, and best friends, most likely because they're the youngest. In Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, he was horrified that he might never see him again if Scraggy was given to Katharine, even having a nightmare about it.

It is unknown whether he still holds on to these traits after his evolution, although he seems more serious. Evolution also made Haxorus much more powerful, strong enough to stand toe to toe with Champion-level opponents.

Appearance

As an Axew	As a Fraxure

Moves used

Using Outrage as an Axew Using Outrage	Move First Used In Scratch The Bloom Is on Axew! Dragon Rage The Bloom Is on Axew! Outrage † Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome! Giga Impact All for the Love of Meloetta! Dragon Pulse † Thrash of the Titans! Psycho Cut † Thrash of the Titans! Breaking Swipe † Thrash of the Titans!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

Artwork

Concept art from Pokémon the Series: Black & White	Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Black & White	Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Black & White	Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Black & White	Artwork from Pokémon Journeys: The Series[2]

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Haxorus in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Main article: Iris (Masters) → In animation

Iris's Haxorus appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer.

Haxorus in Pokémon Adventures

Mold Breaker activated

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

Haxorus first appeared as a Fraxure in Big City Battles, where Iris was seen riding it in Castelia City. It mostly remained outside of its Poké Ball during Iris's future appearances.

In School of Hard Knocks, Fraxure briefly battled against Drayden's Druddigon at the Tubeline Bridge, but lost.

In The Tournament Continues, Iris used Fraxure in her Pokémon League battle against Gray, managing to defeat his Cryogonal despite the type disadvantage. In One Way or Another, Fraxure was used against Black's Braviary, Brav, in Iris's next round battle. As Iris had estimated, Fraxure had gained enough experience to allow it to evolve into Haxorus in the middle of the battle. Both Pokémon were recalled immediately afterward. Iris later sent Haxorus back out against Black's Carracosta, Costa, planning to take advantage of Haxorus's Mold Breaker Ability to bypass Costa's own Ability, Solid Rock. However, Costa eventually managed to catch one of Haxorus's tusks in his jaws and defeat it with a close-range Ice Beam, causing Iris to lose the match.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

Haxorus appeared alongside Iris in Deduction Time.

Appearance

As a Fraxure

Moves used

Using Rock Tomb as a Fraxure	Move First Used In Rock Tomb The Tournament Continues Rock Smash The Tournament Continues Iron Tail One Way or Another
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Haxorus in Pokémon Journeys

Pokémon Journeys

Haxorus appeared in Thrash of the Titans!, where he was used in Iris's World Coronation Series match against Ash.

Appearance

As an Axew

Moves used

Using Dragon Pulse	Move First Used In Dragon Pulse Thrash of the Titans! Outrage Thrash of the Titans! Psycho Cut Thrash of the Titans!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Movie adaptations

Axew appears in White—Victini and Zekrom, Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, and Genesect and the Legend Awakened. He served the same role as in the movies.

Haxorus has appeared as Iris's signature Pokémon in every game she is battled in.

In the core series

Pokémon White
Gym battle
Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Fraxure♀ Lv.41 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --	Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♀ Lv.43 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Initial battle (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)	Initial battle (Challenge Mode)	Rematch
Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Focus Sash Haxorus♀ Lv.55/59 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Dual Chop Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --	Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Focus Sash Haxorus♀ Lv.63 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --	Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Focus Sash Haxorus♀ Lv.74/78/83 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --

In events

Mystery Egg

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• New distributions for Black and White announced
• Mystery Egg event coming stateside

Main article: Secret Eggs

A Japanese event randomly distributed an Egg that contained an in-game representation of Iris's Axew, Ash's Pidove, or Cilan's Pansage via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Like its animated series counterpart, this Axew knows Scratch and Dragon Rage and is male. It also, interestingly, always has Mold Breaker as its Ability. This event started on December 17, 2010, and ended on January 11, 2011. This Egg was also distributed at participating American Toys 'R' Us locations from April 27 to May 31, 2011.

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
Axew	♂	Dex No.	0610	Naive nature.	Normal	Scratch	None
Lv. 1		Type			Dragon	Dragon Rage
		Dragon		Unknown	Pokémon Event	--		--
		OT	(Hatcher's) (Hatcher's)	Egg obtained.	--	--
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)		This Pokémon was available in the United States from April 27 to May 31, 2011.
Item		Ability		(Place hatched)
None		Mold Breaker		Egg apparently hatched.
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was hatched by its original Trainer. This may differ for every Pokémon.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
This Pokémon was distributed as an Egg. The other date depends on when this Pokémon was hatched. The OT and ID No. of this Pokémon is the same as its hatcher's.
This Pokémon can be Shiny if hatched in a different game to the game it was received in.
Can be obtained with: B W B2 W2

Pokémon Center Best Wishes Pokémon

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• Japanese Pokémon Center to distribute four Pokémon from Pokémon the Series: Black & White
• More information on Japanese Best Wishes event Pokémon

From August 10 to September 6, 2013, Japanese Pokémon Centers distributed an in-game representation of Iris's Axew. The distribution was split into four one-week periods; each week, players could receive one of four Pokémon the Series: Black & White-themed Pokémon at random. The other three Pokémon distributed alongside Iris's Axew were Ash's Pikachu, Cilan's Pansage, and Professor Oak's Rotom.

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
キバゴ	♂	Dex No.	0610	Naive nature.	Dragon	Dragon Rage
Lv. 30		Type			Normal	Scratch
		Dragon		Unknown	Pokémon Cartoon	Dragon		Outrage
		OT	アイリス	Apparently had a	Normal	Giga Impact
		ID No.	08103	fateful encounter at	This Pokémon was available in Japan from August 10 to September 6, 2013.
Item		Ability		Lv. 30.
None		Rivalry
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when the Wonder Card is received.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: B W B2 W2

Pokémon Game Show Pokémon

This Haxorus is based on Iris's Haxorus in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (from the first battle with her in Normal mode) as one of the Champion's Pokémon that appeared throughout all core series games released prior to Generation VI. Their level and moveset are based on the core series games they first appeared in. It has IVs of 30 for all stats.

The Trainer ID number is based on the game's release date in Japan, June 23, 2012.

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
オノノクス	♀	Dex No.	0612	Naive nature.	Ground	Earthquake
Lv. 59		Type			Dragon	Dual Chop
		Dragon		Unknown	Pokémon League	Bug		X-Scissor
		OT	アイリス	Apparently had a	Dragon	Dragon Dance
		ID No.	06232	fateful encounter at	This Pokémon was available in Japan from August 17 to 18, 2013.
Item		Ability		Lv. 59.
Focus Sash		Mold Breaker
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when the Wonder Card is received.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: B W B2 W2

In spin-off games

Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!

Axew appears in Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Iris (Masters) → Haxorus

Iris's Haxorus appears alongside Iris as a sync pair.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#043		Iris	#0612		Haxorus♀	Dragon	Ice			★★★☆☆☆EX	Story Chapter 09

Pokémon Mezastar

Haxorus appears in Pokémon Mezastar as one of Iris's Pokémon. It appears as an opponent during the first Double Chain set. Haxorus also appeared as an opponent in an event that recreated the Masters Eight Tournament that ran from October 27 to November 21, 2022. Upon beating Iris, the player can receive a Support Pokémon Ticket based on Haxorus, with Iris's Dragonite as its tag partner.

As an opponent

Haxorus Outrage

Disks

Tag No.	Name	Type	Grade
3-1-024	Haxorus

Axew was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Iris's Axew.

Iris's Axew Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Axew		BW Black Star Promos		BW10	BW-P Promotional cards		003/BW-P
		BW Black Star Promos		BW16	BW-P Promotional cards		006/BW-P
					BW-P Promotional cards		206/BW-P

• Haxorus is the first Dragon-type Pokémon to be owned by a main character other than Ash.
• Haxorus is Iris's only single-type Pokémon.
• Haxorus is Iris's only Pokémon that doesn't have an immunity to any type.
• Haxorus's Poké Ball wasn't seen until Thrash of the Titans!, 492 episodes after his debut.
• Although Haxorus learned Outrage in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!, he wasn't seen using it again until Thrash of the Titans!, 451 episodes later.

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Axew, Fraxure, and Haxorus.
• Episodes focusing on Haxorus

Iris's Pokémon
On hand:	Haxorus	Excadrill	Emolga	Dragonite	Gible
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
Temporary:	Vanilluxe	Virizion	Snivy	Fraxure
Adventures only:	Druddigon	Lapras

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