Poké Assist

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Poké Assist (Japanese: ポケアシスト Poké Assist) is a feature in the games Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, and Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs.

They are abilities that, when used, give the Capture Styler extra power from a Pokémon. They may cause things like an increase in power or a special effect to happen. This feature is not available in the School Stylers.

In Guardian Signs, the Pokémon using the assist appears on the field and is susceptible to the attacks of the Pokémon being captured. When the assisting Pokémon is attacked, the Pokémon will stop assisting and flee, and the player will be unable to assist with that certain Pokémon. The assists are quick, and their direction depends on where the Pokémon is placed. When the effect is dealt, the Pokémon will leave the field and must rest for a few moments before their assists can be used again.

Poké Assists

Pokémon Ranger

Assist	Description	Effect	Effectiveness	Pokémon
Grass	Grass sprouts from the Capture Line	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			Unusable	*
Flying	Form or flick twisters to make Pokémon levitate	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			Unusable	* ** ** ** ** ** * *
Discharge	Stun the Pokémon	N/A	Varying	(if female) (if male)
			Unusable	(if male) (if female)
Water	Form a bubble at the Capture Disc and flick	Immobilized	6 Seconds
			10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			Unusable	** * * ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** *** * *
Rock	Flick gravel	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			45 Seconds
			60 Seconds
Electric	Recharge the styler	N/A	Recharges 5
			Recharges 15
			Recharges All
			Unusable	*
Bug	Form and flick a sticky blob	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
Fire	Fire blazes from the Capture Line or form a large blaze from loops	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			Unusable	** * *
Fighting	Each Capture Line loop is counted as two	N/A	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
Ground	The Capture Line churns the earth	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			Unusable	* * *
Poison	A poisonous mist rises from the Capture Line	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
Ghost	Capture Line loops form ghosts	Immobilized	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			45 Seconds
Psychic	Elevate a Pokémon in mid-air	Immobilized	Psychic
			Unusable	** ** ** * *
Dark	Double the length of the Capture Line while energy is reduced	N/A	Uses 1/4 of energy, 6 secs. X amount of energy used.
			Unusable	**
Ice	Loops form patches of ice	Frozen	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			60 Seconds
None	Has no Poké Assist	N/A
			Unusable	**
Pokémon with an asterisk (*) are special Pokémon that do not become Friend Pokémon. Pokémon with a double asterisk (**) are only found in a Capture Challenge. Pokémon with a triple asterisk (***) fit both these exceptions.

Shadows of Almia

Assist	Description	Effect	Effectiveness	Pokémon
Grass	Sprout grass from the Capture Line	Slowed	8 Seconds
			16 Seconds
			24 Seconds
			32 Seconds
			Unusable
Flying	Form twister from the middle of the Capture Line loop	N/A	15 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			45 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			Unusable
Normal	Increase the power and length of the Capture Line	N/A	10 Seconds
			15 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			Unusable
Recharge	Restore the Capture Styler's energy	N/A	5 Points
			10 Points
			20 Points
			30 Points
			50 Points
Water	Form a bubble at the Capture Disc and flick	Slowed	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			Unusable
Rock	Flick gravel	N/A	8 Seconds
			16 Seconds
			32 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			65 Seconds
Electric	A thunderbolt hits the spot where the Capture Disc was	Stopped	8 Seconds
			16 Seconds
			24 Seconds	,
			40 Seconds
Bug	Form, stretch, and catapult a gooey blob to hit the Pokémon	Slowed	8 Seconds
			16 Seconds
			24 Seconds
			Unusable
Fire	Wraps the Capture Line to increase its power	Tired	5 Seconds
			10 Seconds
			15 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			25 Seconds
			Unusable
Fighting	Increase the power of the Capture Line	N/A	5 Seconds
			10 Seconds
			15 Seconds
			25 Seconds
			Unusable
Ground	Slide the Capture Disc from side to side to generate a tremor	Paused	5 Seconds
			10 Seconds
			15 Seconds
			Unusable
Steel	Form and flick an orb from the Capture Disc	Paused	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			50 Seconds
Poison	Form a poisonous puddle from the Capture Disc	Tired	5 Seconds
			10 Seconds
			15 Seconds
			Unusable
Ghost	Make ghosts appear from inside the Capture Line loops	Tired	8 Seconds
			16 Seconds
			24 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			Unusable
Psychic	Form a ring of psychic energy inside the Capture Line loop and flick	Stopped	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			Unusable
Dark	Draw a loop around damage-causing substances to clear them	N/A	7 Seconds
			14 Seconds
			21 Seconds
			28 Seconds
			Unusable
Ice	Form a snowball at the Capture Disc and flick	Stopped	10 Seconds
			20 Seconds
			30 Seconds
			50 Seconds
Dragon	Make a meteor fall on where the Capture Disc was	Tired	20 Seconds
			40 Seconds
			60 Seconds
			70 Seconds
			Unusable

Guardian Signs (Present)

Assist	Level	Description	Pokémon
Tackle	1	Fires a short range shockwave.
	2
	3		*
	4		**
	5
Charm [Surrounding]	1	Surrounds itself in 4 hearts that circle around itself.
	2	Surrounds itself in 6 hearts that circle around itself.
	3	Surrounds itself in 8 hearts that circle around itself.	*
	4	Surrounds itself in 12 hearts that circle around itself.	**
Charm [Eevee]	1	Surrounds itself in 16 hearts in a square pattern. If Eevee is placed near the edge of the screen, it will fire hearts forwards.
	2		*
	3		**
Explosion	2	Explodes 2 times in quick succession.
	3	Explodes 3 times in quick succession.
	4	Explodes 6 times in quick succession.
Spit Fire	2	Fires a short ranged burst of twice as many embers for a short time.
	3	Fires a medium ranged burst of flames in a thin arc for a short time.
	4	Fires a medium ranged burst of flames in a medium arc for a short time.
	5	Fires a medium ranged burst of flames in a wide arc for a short time.
Fire Pillars [Forward]	2	Creates 2 pillars of fire in front of it, followed by 8 more pillars in a pattern in front of it.
	3	Creates 3 pillars of fire in front of it, followed by 10 more pillars in a pattern in front of it.	*
	4
Typhlosion Impact	5	Creates a massive inferno of short lived flames in front of itself.	*
	6	Creates 3 lines of 6 fiery explosions in front of itself.	**
Bubble Beam	1	Shoots 6 bubbles in front of itself, causing the target to become Slowed.
	2	Shoots 8 bubbles in front of itself, causing the target to become Slowed.	* *
	3	Shoots 10 bubbles in front of itself, causing the target to become Slowed.	**
	4	Shoots 12 bubbles in front of itself, causing the target to become Slowed.
	5	Shoots a constant stream of bubbles that continue off screen, causing the target to become Slowed.
Bubbles [Surrounding]	1	Creates 5 clusters of bubbles that circle around itself, causing the target to become Slowed.
	2	Creates 7 clusters of bubbles that circle around itself, causing the target to become Slowed.
	3
	4	Creates 8 clusters of bubbles that circle around itself, causing the target to become Slowed.
Water Orb	1	Shoots an orb of water that continues off screen.
	2
	3
	4
Feraligatr Impact	5	Creates a slowly expanding ring of short lived geysers around it.	*
	6	Creates a jet of water that sweeps across the screen until hitting its first target.	**
Thunder	1	Creates 3 lighting strikes in front of it, causing the target to become Paused.
	2	Creates 5 lighting strikes in front of it, causing the target to become Paused.
	3	Creates lighting strikes in all diagonal directions, striking 5 times and causing the target to become Paused.
	5	Creates 8 massive lighting strikes in a clockwise circle around it, causing the target to become Paused.
Discharge	1	Discharges small bolts of electricity in a tiny radius around it, causing the target to become Stopped.
	3	Discharges small bolts of electricity in a medium radius around it, causing the target to become Stopped.
	5	Discharges small bolts of electricity in a massive radius around it, causing the target to become Stopped.
Bullet Seed	1	Shoots 4 seeds that continues off screen.
	2	Shoots 6 seeds that continues off screen.
	3	Shoots 9 seeds that continues off screen.
	4	Shoots 14 seeds that continues off screen.	*
	5	Shoots 20 seeds that continues off screen.	**
Razor Leaf	1	Creates 3 clusters of leaves that circle around it at a slow pace.
	2	Creates 6 clusters of leaves that circle around it at a slow pace.
	3	Creates 6 clusters of leaves that circle around it at a quick pace.
	4	Creates 6 clusters of leaves that circle around it at a fast pace.
	5	Creates 15 large clusters of leaves that circle around it at a quick pace.
Ivy Pillars	1	Creates 6 ivy pillars in a circle around it, causing the target to become Slowed.
	2	Creates 10 ivy pillars in a circle around it, causing the target to become Slowed.
	3
	4	Creates 16 ivy pillars in a circle around it, causing the target to become Slowed.	**
Meganium Impact	5	Creates 4 lines of expanding ivy pillars, and repeats this move 3 times.	*
	6	Shoots 5 solar beams in quick succession, sweeping clockwise.	**
Ice Spikes	2	Creates a line of 5 ice spikes in front of it, causing the target to become Stopped.
	4	Drops 10 ice spikes in a star shape in front of it, causing the target to become Stopped.
Blizzard	2	Surrounds itself in a small blizzard, causing the target to become Stopped.
	4	Surrounds itself in a large blizzard, causing the target to become Stopped.
	5	Scatters a blizzard in 4 directions, causing the target to become Stopped.
Shockwave	1	Creates a tiny shockwave around itself, causing the target to become Paused.
	2	Creates a small shockwave around itself, causing the target to become Paused.
	3	Creates a medium shockwave around itself, causing the target to become Paused.	*
	4	Creates a large shockwave around itself, causing the target to become Paused.	**
Punch	2	Throws a large punch in front of itself.
	3	Throws 2 large punches in front of itself.	*
	4
Poison Blobs	1	Throws a poisonous blob that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Tired.
	2	Throws 2 poisonous blobs that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Tired.	**
	3
	4	Throws 3 poisonous blobs that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Tired.
	5	Throws 6 poisonous blobs that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Tired.
Poison Gas	1	Creates 6 clouds of toxic gas that circle around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	2	Creates 10 clouds of toxic gas that circle around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	3	Creates 8 large clouds of toxic gas that circle around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
Fissure [Forward]	2	Creates a line of fissures that stops just before going off screen.
	3	Creates a line of fissures that continues off screen.
	4	Creates 2 lines of fissures that continues off screen.
	5	Creates 3 lines of fissures that continues off screen.
Fissure [Surrounding]	2	Creates 4 fissures in 3 different lines that circles around itself counter clockwise.
	3	Creates 5 fissures in 2 different lines that circles around itself counter clockwise.
Tornado [Forward]	1	Shoots a tornado in front of itself.
	2	Shoots 2 tornados in front of itself.
	3	Creates 3 tornados in front of itself that spin in a small circle.
	5	Creates 6 large tornados in front of itself that spin in a small circle.
Tornado [Surrounding]	1	Creates 3 tornados that circle around itself.
	2	Creates 4 tornados that circle around itself.
Air Cutter	5	Shoots 16 air cutters in a wide arc in front of itself.
Strange Orbs	2	Shoots 5 strange orbs in a wide arc in front of itself, causing the target to become Paused.
	3	Shoots 3 strange orbs in a small arc in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
	4	Shoots 5 strange orbs in a wide arc in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
Strange Rings	1	Creates 2 strange rings in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
	2	Creates 3 strange rings in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
	3	Creates 4 strange rings in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
Mewtwo Impact	5	Creates several laser strike in front of itself in a straight line, causing the target to become Paused.	*
	6	Creates 4 massive laser strikes in front of itself that spin in a small circle, causing the target to become Paused.	**
Sticky Blobs	1	Throws 4 sticky blobs that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Slowed.
	2	Throws 6 sticky blobs that sticks to the ground and lingers, causing the target to become Slowed.
Twin Needle	1	Shoots 4 needles that continues off screen, causing the target to become Tired.
	2	Shoots 8 needles that continues off screen, causing the target to become Tired.
	4	Shoots 12 needles that continues off screen, causing the target to become Tired.
Rock Slide [Forward Scattered]	1	Drops 6 rocks in a random area front of itself.
	3	Drops 12 rocks in a random area front of itself.
	4	Drops 14 rocks in a random area front of itself.	*
	5	Drops 16 rocks in a random area front of itself.	**
Rock Slide [Forward Line]	1	Drops 4 rocks in front of itself in a line.	*
Rock Slide [Surrounding]	1	Drops 9 rocks around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	2
	3	Drops 20 rocks around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	5	Drops 30 large boulders around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
Rock Throw	1	Throws 6 small rocks forwards.
	2	Throws 8 small rocks forwards.
Malice Spheres [Surrounding]	2	Creates 3 malice spheres that swirls around itself, causing the target to become Paused.
	3	Creates 3 malice spheres that swirls around itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
	4
	5	Creates 5 malice spheres that swirls around itself twice, causing the target to become Paused.
Malice Spheres [Forward]	1	Shoots a malice spheres that travels in a circle in front of itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	2	Shoots 3 malice spheres that travels in a circle in front of itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	5	Shoots 12 malice spheres that travels in a circle in front of itself twice, causing the target to become Tired.
Dragon Breath	2	Shoots a constant stream of blue flames that continue off screen.
	3
Garchomp Impact	5	Creates 5 shockwaves around itself in quick succession.	*
	6	Creates 3 massive triangular cuts along the ground in front of itself.	**
Blue Fire Ball	2	Shoots a small short ranged blue fireball.
	3	Shoots a medium blue fireball that continues off screen.
	5	Shoots a massive blue fireball that continues off screen.
Dark Pulse	1	Creates a wave of darkness around itself, causing the target to become Tired.
	2	Creates 3 waves of darkness around itself in quick succession., causing the target to become Tired.
	3	Creates 4 waves of darkness around itself in quick succession., causing the target to become Tired.
	4	Creates 5 waves of darkness around itself in quick succession., causing the target to become Tired.
Dark Wind	1	Shoots 4 dark winds in a crossing pattern in front of itself.
	2	Shoots 6 dark winds in a crossing pattern in front of itself.
	3
	5	Shoots 15 dark winds that group together before scattering.
Iron Spheres	2	Drops 5 iron spheres in a line in front of itself.
	5	Drops 14 iron spheres in a random pattern front of itself.
Steel Spheres	1	Fires a slow traveling steel sphere that continues off screen.
	2
	3
	4	Fires a large slow traveling steel sphere that continues off screen.
	5	Fires 3 large slow traveling steel sphere that continues off screen.
Metagross Impact	5	Fires a beam of energy that crosses the entire screen.	*
	6	Fires 3 parallel beam of energy that crosses the entire screen.	**
Recharge	1	Recharges the Styler's Energy Level by 1 in 3 bursts.
	2	Recharges the Styler's Energy Level by 2 in 3 bursts.
	3	Recharges the Styler's Energy Level by 3 in 5 bursts.
	4	Recharges the Styler's Energy Level by 4 in 5 bursts.
	5	Recharges the Styler's Energy Level by 5 in 7 bursts.
Pokémon with an asterisk (*) are summoned with a Ranger Sign. Pokémon with a double asterisk (**) are summoned with a charged Ranger Sign.

Special Effects

Special Effects are caused by certain Assists.

Pokémon Ranger

Shadows of Almia and Guardian Signs

Name	Effect
Paused	The Pokémon is incapable of using moves
Tired	Prevents the Friendship Gauge from draining
Slowed	The Pokémon's movements become sluggish
Stopped	The Pokémon is incapable of movement and attacking

In the manga

Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

Minun (Discharge) Treecko (Grass) Glalie (Ice) Gengar (Ghost)
The user manipulates the abilities of the Capture Stylus.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Treecko gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create a wall of grass to stop opponents.
Lunick's Treecko	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Two		Debut Grass Poké Assist
	Glalie gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create a wall of ice to stop opponents.
Lunick's Glalie	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Three		Ice Poké Assist
	Quilava gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create a ring of fire to trap opponents.
Lunick's Quilava	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Three		Fire Poké Assist
	Swellow gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create a twister.
Solana's Swellow	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Three		Flying Poké Assist
	Wurmple gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create sticky blobs to trap opponents.
Solana's Wurmple	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Three		Bug Poké Assist
	Phanpy gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create small churns along its line.
Solana's Phanpy	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Four		Ground Poké Assist
	Graveler gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to hurls gravel along its line.
Solana's Graveler	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Four		Rock Poké Assist
	Gengar gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create small ghosts along its line.
Solana's Gengar	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Four		Ghost Poké Assist
	Ekans gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create a poisonous mist along its line.
Solana's Ekans	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Four		Poison Poké Assist
	Houndoom gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to create dark energy along its line.
Solana's Houndoom	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Four		Dark Poké Assist
	Magneton gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to recharge energy.
Lunick's Magneton	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Five		Electric Poké Assist
	Minun gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to discharge energy.
Lunick's Minun	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Five		Discharge Poké Assist
	Plusle gives its energy to a Capture Stylus, allowing it to discharge energy.
Solana's Plusle	Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Five		Discharge Poké Assist

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