This Bastiodon is a Rock/Steel-type Pokémon owned by Byron.
Biography[]
When Roark challenged his father using his Rampardos, Byron used Bastiodon, as part of their family feud. Rampardos used Zen Headbutt and clashed with Bastiodon's Iron Defense. The two sides clashed until Bastiodon used Flamethrower, which Rampardos evaded. The two sides then collided using Head Smash and Iron Head, but Rampardos took damage from Bastiodon's Iron Head. It also got its Flamethrower stopped by Bastiodon's Flash Cannon. Their battle was stopped, as an alarm was triggered: the group discovered that Byron's fossils had been stolen. Finding Team Rocket to be the culprit, Byron and Roark sent Bastiodon and Rampardos to attack their machine containing the fossils with Zen Headbutt and Iron Head.
As Team Rocket's machine went to attack, Bastiodon used Iron Defense to protect Rampardos, who retaliated with Head Smash, pushing the machine away. In order to defeat them, the two Pokémon dug holes in the machine, letting Ash's Pikachu use Thunderbolt to explode the machine and blast Team Rocket away.[1] Bastiodon was the last Pokémon Byron used after his Steelix fainted. It first battled against Ash's Chimchar. As the latter used Flamethrower, Bastiodon protected itself with Iron Defense, and defeated Chimchar with a Metal Burst. Ash then sent Gliscor, who used Steel Wing, but was repelled by Bastiodon's Iron Defense. Gliscor attempted to sneak behind Bastiodon to execute Fire Fang but was blown away by Flash Cannon.
Gliscor attempted to flee from Bastiodon's Iron Head but got hit by that attack. As Bastiodon stroke Gliscor with the same attack, the latter executed Fire Fang and burned Bastiodon. Bastiodon got hit, so it started stomping to get Gliscor off its back. Bastiodon fired a Flash Cannon, to which Gliscor attempted to use its tail to deflect the attack but failed. Instead, Gliscor used X-Scissor, but was countered and wounded by Bastiodon's Iron Fang. As Bastiodon charged for a final attack, Gliscor hid behind a rock. Bastiodon used Iron Head to shatter the rock, but Gliscor went up, evading Flash Cannon and using Sand Attack on Bastiodon, reducing its sight. The move distracted Bastiodon and Gliscor defeated it with Fire Fang.[2] Gliscor remembered this Gym Battle as it struggled to decide whether to stay with Ash or train with McCann.[3]
Remembering Paul's words, Ash recalled his battle with Byron's Bastiodon. He realized he fought his battles alongside his Pokémon, and decided to build his strategy upon that for the battles in Sinnoh League.[4]
Byron also appeared in the ending scene of the 13th Pokémon movie, along with his Bastiodon.[5]
