Buck

Buck in Diamond and Pearl
Buck
Species	Human
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Blue
Base	Battle Zone
Relatives	Grandfather Flint (brother)
Debut	Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Versions

Buck is a Pokémon trainer who appears as a temporary double battle partner in Pokémon: Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Versions.

Background

Buck was a headstrong young trainer who lived with his grandfather in the Battle Zone. He was eager to prove himself and often acted condescending towards others, although this was largely due to his insecurities from pressure to be as good as his brother Flint, who was a member of the Elite Four.

In Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, he first appears when Lucas/Dawn and Pearl arrive at the Battle Zone, telling that he was the best and immediately setting off to find the Magma Stone, which was the treasure of Stark Mountain. Buck had the lead on the others and arrived at the mountain first. Pearl came to challenge him, but Buck defeated him with ease. However, Buck eventually reached a point where the trainers looked too tough for him and so asked Lucas/Dawn to accompany him through that part of the cave. They succeeded, at which point Buck claimed the Magma Stone.

However, removing the Magma Stone from the volcano had the side-effect of tossing nature into imbalance; Buck's grandfather forced him to return it to Stark Mountain. Afterwards, Buck appeared as one of the partners Lucas/Dawn could choose to accompany them through the Battle Tower's double battles mode, and in Platinum he would appear at the Battleground (which was run by his grandfather) on random days, where he could be challenged to matches.

Pokémon Roster

At Stark Mountain, he only uses a Claydol during the double battles. In the Battle Tower, Buck will use two out of the following Pokémon at random for double battles: Cloyster, Umbreon, Forretress, Steelix, Shuckle,Skarmory, Dusclops, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Bastiodon,Probopass, Dusknoir and Cresselia.

In Platinum, Buck uses the following roster for Battleground matches:

• Shuckle
• Umbreon
• Dusknoir
• Torkoal
• Claydol

Trivia

• Each of the five partner trainers in the fourth generation specialize in a different battle stat. Buck's specialty is Defense.