indigo_league | Badge Requests

What does it take? It changes for each gym! Normally, the games increase in difficulty as you progress, but that wouldn't be any fun if characters could just as easily take on the Gyms that are supposed to be for top trainers only. THEREFORE, the gym leaders aren't going to be pushovers like in the games! In order to win a badge, the mods will take into account your current roster and the attacks and advantages to see whether your pokémon is strong enough to win a badge or not.

Each gym leader has a Regular Team of pokemon and an Elite Team of pokemon you can challenge. It's up to a trainer to decide which team to challenge, but if you take on the Elite Team of six level 100 Pokemon, you'll receive double the prize money. The items, however, are not doubled. Excellent for trainers looking for the extra challenge or those looking to make money fast.

!!! Badges must be mod approved. To earn a badge, please comment on this post. Please don't ask for more than two badges to be approved at once!

JOHTO
Violet City Badge: Zephyr Leader: Falkner Team: Noctowl (L: 30) Honchkrow (L: 32) Pidgeot (L: 35) Rewards: [P10,000] TM Roost Can use Fly outside of battle Elite Team: Pidgeot, Dodrio, Swellow, Xatu, Staraptor, Pelipper	Azalea Town Badge: Hive Leader: Bugsy Team: Pinsir (L: 35) Heracross (L: 37) Scizor (L: 40) Rewards: [P12,000] TM U-Turn Can use Rock Smash outside of battle Elite Team: Scizor, Venomoth, Vespiquen, Yanmega, Galvantula, Heracross	Goldenrod City Badge: Plain Leader: Whitney Team: Girafarig (L: 40) Clefable (L: 42) Miltank (L: 45) Rewards: [P14,000] HM Rock Smash TM Attract Can use Strength outside of battle Elite Team: Ursaring, Granbull, Blissey, Exploud, Tauros, Snorlax	Ecruteak City Badge: Fog Leader: Morty Team: Haunter (L: 45) Misdreavus (L: 47) Gengar (L: 50) Rewards: [P16,000] TM Shadow Ball HM Strength Can use Surf outside of battle Elite Team: Drifblim, Spiritomb, Dusknoir, Mismagius, Gengar, Chandelure
Cianwood City Badge: Storm Leader: Chuck Team: Hitmonlee (L: 50) Hitmonchan (L: 52) Poliwrath (L: 55) Rewards: [P18,000] HM Fly Elite Team: Medicham, Machamp, Hariyama, Breloom, Primeape, Toxicroak	Olivine City Badge: Mineral Leader: Jasmine Team: Skarmory (L: 55) Magneton (L: 57) Steelix (L: 60) Rewards: [P20,000] HM Surf HM Whirlpool Elite Team: Metagross, Bronzong, Skarmory, Steelix, Magnezone, Empoleon	Mahogany Town Badge: Glacier Leader: Pryce Team: Dewgong (L: 60) Lapras (L: 62) Mamoswine (L: 65) Rewards: [P22,000] TM Hail Can use Waterfall outside of battle Elite Team: Abomasnow, Dewgong, Glalie, Froslass, Mamoswine, Walrein	Blackthorn City Badge: Rising Leader: Clair Team: Gyarados (L: 65) Kingdra (L: 67) Dragonite (L: 70) Rewards: [P24,000] HM Waterfall Can use Whirlpool outside of battle A reusable ticket for the SS Anne* Elite Team: Aerodactyl, Charizard, Kingdra, Salamence, Garchomp, Dragonite *For defeating the Elite team only. Three week paid cruise vacation to be taken whenever and as many times as the holder desires. Boat can be caught from Olivine or Vermilion.
KANTO
Pewter City Badge: Boulder Leader: Brock Team: Rhyhorn (L: 30) Golem (L: 32) Onix (L: 35) Rewards: [P10,000] TM Rock Slide HM Rock Smash Elite Team: Rhyperior, Rampardos, Golem, Omastar, Kabutops, Onix	Cerulean City Badge: Cascade Leader: Misty Team: Golduck (L: 35) Lapras (L: 37) Starmie (L: 40) Rewards: [P12,000] TM Water Pulse Can use Surf outside of battle Elite Team: Quagsire, Lanturn, Floatzel, Lapras, Milotic, Starmie	Vermilion City Badge: Thunder Badge Leader: Lt. Surge Team: Electabuzz (L: 40) Magneton (L: 42) Raichu (L: 45) Rewards: [P14,000] TM Thunder Can use Strength outside of battle Elite Team: Manectric, Electrode, Pachirisu, Magnezone, Electivire, Raichu	Celadon City Badge: Rainbow Leader: Erika Team: Jumpluff (L: 45) Tangrowth (L: 47) Bellossom (L: 50) Rewards: [P16,000] TM Giga Drain HM Strength Can use Fly outside of battle Elite Team: Shiftry, Jumpluff, Victreebel, Bellossom, Roserade, Vileplume
Fuchsia City Badge: Soul Leader: Janine Team: Crobat (L: 50) Ariados (L: 52) Venomoth (L: 55) Rewards: [P18,000] TM Toxic HM Surf Can use Rock Smash outside of battle Elite Team: Crobat, Weezing, Toxicroak, Drapion, Arbok, Venomoth	Saffron City Badge: Marsh Leader: Sabrina Team: Espeon (L: 55) Mr. Mime (L: 57) Alakazam (L: 60) Rewards: [P20,000] TM Psychic HM Fly Elite Team: Jynx, Wobbuffet, Espeon, Gallade, Gardevoir, Alakazam	Cinnabar Island (Seafoam Islands) Badge: Volcano Leader: Blaine Team: Magcargo (L: 60) Magmortar (L: 62) Rapidash (L: 65) Rewards: [P22,000] TM Fire Blast HM Whirlpool Can use Whirlpool outside of battle Elite Team: Torkoal, Camerupt, Magcargo, Houndoom, Magmortar, Rapidash	Viridian City Badge: Earth Leader: Blue Team: Exeggutor (L: 65) Machamp (L: 66) Rhydon (L: 67) Gyarados (L: 68) Pidgeot (L: 69) Arcanine (L: 70) Rewards: [P25,000] TM Hyper Beam A reusable ticket for the SS Anne* Elite Team: Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Tyranitar, Pidgeot, Jolteon *For defeating the Elite team only. Three week paid cruise vacation to be taken whenever and as many times as the holder desires. Boat can be caught from Olivine or Vermilion.

The Elite Four is now distributing Keystones and Mega Stones to promising trainers! Any trainer who has defeated all eight gyms of a single region will be granted a Keystone and one Mega Stone of their choice. No player will be able to have more than one Mega Stone at a time, and those looking to switch theirs out may do so once every four months. Mega Stones may be used in any casual trainer battle, but as far as gyms go may only be used in Elite battles.

The Indigo Plateau is now open to challengers! To qualify, trainers must have all sixteen badges from Johto and Kanto. Every Pokémon they face will be level 100, and the Elite Four and the Champion have heaps of talent and experience. As such, we will be reviewing Indigo Plateau challenges with more scrutiny than we bring to badge requests. A higher level of strategy is required to win on this field. Show us what you've got!

ELITE FOUR
Bede Team: Mawile (L: 100) Sylveon (L: 100) Galarian Rapidash (L: 100) Primarina (L: 100) Tinkaton (L: 100) Hatterene (L: 100) Rewards: [P30,000] TM Draining Kiss Life Orb	Koga Team: Skuntank (L: 100) Venomoth (L: 100) Toxicroak (L: 100) Swalot (L: 100) Crobat (L: 100) Muk (L: 100) Rewards: [P35,000] TM Venoshock Expert Belt	Bruno Team: Hitmontop (L: 100) Hitmonlee (L: 100) Hitmonchan (L: 100) Hariyama (L: 100) Machamp (L: 100) Lucario (L: 100) Rewards: [P40,000] TM Power-Up Punch Protective Pads	Karen Team: Weavile (L: 100) Absol (L: 100) Spiritomb (L: 100) Houndoom (L: 100) Honchkrow (L: 100) Umbreon (L: 100) Rewards: [P45,000] TM Snarl Ring Target
Lance Team: Salamence (L: 100) Gyarados (L: 100) Garchomp (L: 100) Altaria (L: 100) Charizard (L: 100) Dragonite (L: 100) Rewards: [P60,000] TM Giga Impact A Dragon-type egg with one egg move and one TM move of your choice The League Certificate qualifying the winner to create and lead their own Pokémon "Gym." This Gym is part not of the Indigo League, but the Aurora League.	Aurora League Gym Leaders may choose their own battle specializations, as well as. design their own unique Gym (which will take one month to build from the time of request) and Badge (which will be available as soon as the Gym opens). They will be compensated for their work as Gym Leaders with a stipend that will cover building costs, labor (the Leader's and any Trainers they may employ), and rewards for victorious challengers. We ask that Aurora Gym Leaders think carefully about the location of their Gym and the difficulty level they wish to present challengers. We also ask that they create their own Badge Request page like this one so that others can request battles with them. To officially request an Aurora League Gym, fill out the provided template and comment here.

Please use this form to request a badge or a showdown with the Elite Four! Post your request as a comment to this post. Badges will generally be processed once per week, on either Wednesday or during the weekend. Please try not to PM or IM mods about badges (including elite challenges) unless your request has gone unanswered for more than a week.

!!! Please request badges as your character is actually in the general area of the gym!

!!! To preserve the spirit of the game, obtaining badges using recently-inherited Pokémon (ie, Pokemon received from dropped characters) that massively outlevel your own is discouraged. If this happens, you may be asked by the badge mod to revise your team. Inherited Pokemon that your character has had for a while and are the same level as the rest of your character's team are fine to use!

!!! Remember that you must fight all four members of the Elite Four and Champion Lance in a row. You may heal your Pokémon between battles and take a short break, but you cannot leave without ending your challenge.

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Character: Steven Durante |

fingersandteeth
Badge/Gym Leader: LET'S BIN JASMINE (for realsies this time)
Elite/Regular: nope still regular
Team: Erik (Lampent 71) + Tiger Mask (Incineroar 59) and Leo (Houndoom 48) for backup
Battle Details: So a million years ago--or, rather five weeks ago--Steven went against Bugsy in Azalea as a trial run for facing Jasmine with a fistful of Fire-types. Now, having taken the opportunity over the next five weeks to level up all those Fire pokemon, he's going back. And this time he plans to win. He's got three fire pokemon: one that's 11-16 levels above Jasmine's team, another that's just about the same levels as hers, and one back-up that's 7-12 levels below but hopefully we won't need to actually use Leo for this.

His main pokemon for this fight, just as it was with Bugsy, is his Lampent Erik. The little flame spoop is not only his highest leveled Fire-type, but one of his beloved ghosts as well. He'll start off with each opponent by Fire-Spinning them, before going next to Inferno. If they're still up, he'll do a Heat Wave, then a Flamethrower or two. When Fire Spin wears off, he'll reapply it.

Given level and type advantage, hopefully Erik's able to take all of them. But if he can't, next goes in Tiger Mask! He'll use Flare Blitz immediately, before he takes any damage, and then mostly just concentrate on Heat Wave and Flamethrower.

Because of that dang Flare Blitz, there's a chance that Tiger Mask could go down too. If he does, it's up to Leo. He'll Heatwave until he's out of the move and the gnaw away with Fire Fang until his foes are down.

Hopefully that will be enough to take her or Steven's going to be very, very embarrassed.

Character: Steven Durante |

fingersandteeth
Badge/Gym Leader: let's make Clair despair
Elite/Regular: nope still regular
Team: Charlotte (Galvantula 84), Mushroom Samba (Shiinotic 61) + Timothea aka "Little Timmy" (Mimikyu 57), and Fail Whale (Wailord 82)
Battle Details: HOO BOY. While Steven has a small handful of dragons and fairies, the only fairy that's even close to being the same level as Clair's team is Skeleton... who as a member of Steven's Rocket team is disqualified, for reasons of not being allowed to go on television. But that's fine, because it turns out the only one he'll really need the Fairy-types for is Kingdra--Gyrados and Dragonite both have 4x weaknesses in other types.

So! We'll start off with Gyrados, who isn't really a Dragon-type despite being in a Dragon Gym (and what is with that?) Since Gyrados is double vulnerable to Electricity, Steven will pit them against Charlotte, his Galvantula, to take advantage of type and level advantage both. As usual when being brought in to shock the opponent, she'll Electroweb to slow/catch her opponent, Thunder Wave to attempt Paralysis, and the Electro Ball and Discharge to Damage.

Kingdra is really only vulnerable to Fairy and Dragon, which is where Mushroom Samba and Little Timmy come in. Sure, they're respectively six and ten levels beneath Kingdra, but that's where type advantage come in. Also, that's why he's got two Pokemon slotted for Kingdra. He'll start out with Mushroom Samba, who'll Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam against Kingdra as many times as necessary.

When it looks like Mushroom Samba is near fainting, he'll quick switch her out for Little Timmy (in the adorable Shiinotic costume Charley-the-Pokemon helped her make) who'll take advantage of her Disguise to avoid damage from Kingdra so that Steven can heal Mushroom Samba back up to full. Then it's Play Rough and Dazzling Gleam--with perhaps a Mimic if Kingdra does any particularly effective Dragon-type moves--and if Little Timmy goes down, then it's time for Mushroom Samba again, with the same Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam as before.

Hopefully that should be enough to handle Kingdra

Finally Dragonite, it turns out, is super vulnerable to Ice and luckily Steven remembered one very important thing that Armin told him about Wailords long, long ago: Wailords can learn tons of Ice attacks. Which Steven has taken full advantage of: investing in some TMs to make Fail Whale a fitting opponent for Clair's Dragonite. The level advantage honestly doesn't hurt either.

Fail Whale takes to the field with a Noble Roar, before summing a Blizzard and cloaking himself with Mist! Repeated Ice Beams and perhaps another Blizzard or two should hopefully finish Dragonite off at this point.

And with luck, Steven will be able to pocket his Rising Badge and, if binning Jasmine went well too, grab his Megastone!

You know. Whichever he eventually settles on once he's repeatedly talked himself out of various Gengarites.

Edited 2020-07-14 22:19 (UTC)

Rising Badge and Mineral Badge approved.

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