Ash's Hawlucha

Ash's Hawlucha is a /-type Pokémon owned by Ash Ketchum and the third Pokémon he caught in the Kalos region. Ash's Hawlucha first appeared in the trailer of the upcoming episodes and the new opening and ending of the XY series.

Biography
Hawlucha made its debut appearance when it was defending a group of small Pokémon from an Ursaring who was bullying them by stealing their food. When Hawlucha attempted to use Flying Press on it to finish it off, Ursaring moved aside and prepares to throw a boulder on it to crush it. Luckily for Hawlucha, Ash and Pikachu stepped in and defended Hawlucha from Ursaring. Soon after that, Ash and his friends learned that Hawlucha once battled against Machamp and became the "Champion of the Forest". From then on, Hawlucha and Machamp became rivals.

Moments later, Ash decided to help Hawlucha perfect its Flying Press attack, which ended up in a success despite some minor failures. Suddenly, the Ursaring that attacked Hawlucha from before appeared, only this time with Conkeldurr and Machamp. Machamp, who was tricked into believing Hawlucha was attacking the forest Pokémon, challenged Hawlucha for a rematch to see who will be the "Champion of the Forest". Hawlucha accepted the challenge and the two rivals began their battle. Machamp and Hawlucha battled evenly until Ursaring and Conkeldurr interrupted the battle and started beating Hawlucha up together. Machamp was shocked at first but it realized that everything Ursaring and Conkeldurr said about Hawlucha was a lie. Angered at their treachery, Machamp knocked both Ursaring and Conkeldurr out cold and took them away. Before Machamp left, it gave Hawlucha a thumbs up as a sign of respect and honor.

After the rivalry between Machamp and Hawlucha was settled, Ash decided to have a battle with Hawlucha and sends out his Froakie. However, the battled ended in a tie when Froakie's Pound collided with Hawlucha's Flying Press. Soon after the battle, Ash asked Hawlucha to come and travel with him and Hawlucha accepted the offer.

Personality
Hawlucha is a type of Pokémon that has a great sense of honor. Just like Sceptile and Buizel, Hawlucha is very calm, cool and greatly determined to never lose hope during a battle. It is also protective and kind to any Pokémon it defended and they would always call it the Champion of the Forest.

Trivia

 * Hawlucha is Ash's first -type Pokémon that doesn't have the ability to evolve.