Nando

Nando
Information
Hometown	Unknown
Region	[[Sinnoh]]
Family	Unknown
Friends	unknown
In other languages
English	Name Nando
English	Name Nando

Biography

Nando is a rather unique trainer in that he is battling in both contests and gyms with the hope of being in both the Pokémon League and the Grand Festivals in Sinnoh. He is a compotent trainer and also enjoys to play on his harp, which is shaped like a Mew. Due to his taking up of both vocations, he is a rival to both Ash & Dawn.

Pokémon

Nando's choice in Pokémon tends to revolve around their musical abilities to fit his musical battle style. His Pokémon exhibit both beauty and grace.

On hand

Pokémon	Additional Information
Budew → Roselia → Roserade	Roserade was seen briefly during the Grand Festival in Sinnoh. Having evolved from Roselia, it was used in battle, teamed with Sunflora to assist Nando in getting to the Semi-Finals. It was later used during his Sinnoh League match against Ash. It has many powerful attacks at its disposal such as Magical Leaf and Solar Beam and also has the ability to slow its foes with moves such as Sweet Scent. However, it eventually fell in battle against Ash's Staraptor.
Kricketune	Little is known of Nando's Kricketune. He used it in his Hearthome Contest campaign in a Double Performance with his Sunflora and later in the Grand Festival teamed with Lopunny where it easily won with is fighting skills and use of attacks such as Sing, Bug Buzz, Silver Wind, and X-Scissor.
Armaldo	Armaldo is the last of Nando's Pokémon seen. Nando used it in his Sinnoh League battle against Ash. Sent against Ash's Quilava, it used its attacks such as Rock Blast and X-Scissor to try and defeat its enemy. It also has the defensive move of Protect to try and defend itself from Quilava's attacks. It eventually fell in battle to Quilava.

Status unknown

Pokémon	Additional Information
Sunflora	Sunflora's first appearance had it as a suspect in a case where Team Rocket had stolen the Adamant Orb from a museum in Eterna City. Sunflora was used in contest battles and appears to have strong fighting skills, though the full extent of which is yet to be seen.
Altaria	Altaria was the other of Nando's Pokémon which he used during the appeal round of the Grand Festival. It has some dazzling attacks such as Perish Song which helped Nando progress through the Grand Festival through stunning appeals.
Kricketot	Nando also has a Kricketot. It is used during Nando's Grand Festival appeal process and has numerous attacks such as Sing at its disposal in order to help create dazzling appeals.
Lopunny	Nando used Lopunny during his Grand Festival Semi-Final match against Zoey. It used many powerful attacks such as Kick and Sing in order to dazzle its foes, but eventually it lost by a small margin.

Gallery

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Nando at the Grand Festival

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Nando in Regular Contests

Trivia

• Nando's golden harp, which he carries with him, is shaped like a Mew.
  • The harp he holds during Contests is shaped as two Mew joined at the tail.
• Nando shares his two unknown badges with two of Barry's three unknown badges
• His accent and the fact that he takes part in both Gym battles and Contests makes very similar to Fantina.