Silus's Infernape

Silus's Infernape (マシューのゴウカザル, Mashū no Goukazaru), was Silus' starter Pokémon, which he received from Professor Changi.

History
This Chimchar was given to Silus by Professor Changi when the former visited him at his Pokémon Laboratory in Eden Town. Changi expressed that the two would be a very good match, before letting him leave with the young Chimchar. It was Silus' very fist Pokémon.

During a training battle with a wild Oshawott, several days later, Chimchar found itself outmatched in every way. It then evolved into Monferno and easily defeated the Oshawott with its new -type, allowing Silus to capture it.

Later, in a match with a Braviary, Monferno finally finished its evolution into Infernape, after displaying knowledge of and.

Personality
Infernape is a friendly Pokémon, like most other starter Pokémon. When it first met Silus as a Chimchar, it immediately came to like him and even battled for him only moments after meeting him.

Infernape is shown to care deeply for his trainer, not ever wanting to disappoint Silus. In Jason and Silus! Six on Six Pokémon Battle!, while battling Jason's Zoroark, Infernape, then just a Monferno, attempted to force itself to evolve so that it would not lose its battle and disappoint Silus. Silus told it never to force itself, and that it would evolve when it was ready; something that eased Monferno's mind. It kept this drive, according to Clair, until, in Brave for Braviary!, it finally finished its evolution to Infernape. It has, since, become one of Silus' primary partners.

As Chimchar
Thanks to its Blaze, whenever Chimchar uses a Fire-type move, the power will increase by 1.5x if the user has less than or equal to 33% of its maximum HP remaining.

As Monferno
Monferno's abilities are similar to Chimchar's, only stronger. Monferno is capable of a few Fighting-type moves; such as Close Combat and Focus Blast, as well as Flare Blitz. Shortly before its evolution, it proved itself to be capable enough to take on a Braviary, despite its disadvantages, and come out victorious.

As Infernape
Infernape retains its Ability of, additionally gaining tremendous boosts of speed. It is said that Infernape is the fastest species of Fire-type Pokémon.

Moves Improvised

 * Flaming Volt Tackle: During Silus's very first Pokémon Contest in Gardenia Town, Monferno combined its Flamethrower with Silus's Pichu's Volt Tackle to create a blazing Volt Tackle that can cause massive damage.


 * Thunder-Mach Punch: Another combination of Monferno and Pichu's attacks, this time using Monferno's Mach Punch and Pichu's Thundershock to create an incredibly fast version of Thunderpunch. It was also used in Silus's first Pokémon Contest against Jason's Servine.


 * Counter Shield: Infernape can preform Counter Shield by using Flame Wheel, Flamethrower, or Overheat, and then whipping the flames around in an unpredictable manner. He learned this during Silus's training with the Ghost Pokémon Master in Mimosa City. Though not officially a Counter Shield, Monferno did use a similar technique during the Gardenia Town Contest battle with Jason Reid; combining Aerial Ace and Flamethrower to create a shield around its body while allowing it to attack at the same time. This was before Monferno learned the true Counter Shield, however. According to Silus in Jason and Silus! Six on Six Pokémon Battle!, Monferno, now Infernape, has the strongest Counter Shield out of his current team of Pokémon.