Pokémon Horizons: The Series · The Search for Laqua arc
HZ056 · Liko vs. Rika! Towards the Battle's End
リコVSチリ！バトルの先に
Synopsis
What happens.
At Naranja Academy, the Multi Battle of Liko and Katy versus Rika of the Paldea Elite Four is about to begin. While Roy, Ann, and Nemona discuss about Liko's chances, Dot sees Terapagos wandering off and runs after it, unnoticed by the other three.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's HZ056 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · HZ046-HZ070
The Search for Laqua.
Antagonists The Explorers introduced (Amethio, Spinel, Onyx, Sidian, Gibeon). Race to the floating city Laqua. Ends with Laqua's destruction and a one-year time skip.
Read the full Horizons guidePokémon featured · 16
Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in The Search for Laqua.
Further reading
The full episode guide on Pokéos.
Pokéos keeps an expanded guide for HZ056 with a longer synopsis, the complete Pokémon and character roster, and episode imagery. It pairs well with this page when you want every detail.
Read HZ056 on PokéosEpisode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.