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: Cassandra |

fearinahandfulof
Badge/Gym Leader: Fog/Morty
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Neideen the Crobat, Priscilla the Deino, Elizabeth the Aegislash (backup), Misty Malarkey the Skitty
Battle Details: The entire reason Cassandra is trying these next two gyms? Because ~~Lily the Pikachu~~ several of her pokemon want to be able to Surf during their Sinnoh vacation, and they're very persuasive when they want to be. This may work out better in theory than in practice.

Haunter: Neideen is starting off here, because she has the speed; she'll be leading off with Taunt (again) in an effort to shut down Haunter's status moves. She'll follow that up with Confuse Ray and then start piling on the damage with Bite (mostly for Flinch potential), Crunch, and her newest acquisition: Dark Pulse. The idea is to keep Haunter and its status moves locked down and do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.

Misdreavus: The same strategy as above applies here; Neideen is the only one of Cassandra's stronger Pokemon with the necessary speed to get around Misdreavus's own speed. That said, if Misdreavus does manage to cast Confuse Ray or Perish Song, Cassandra will either heal her up or send in Priscilla the Deino to spell her; Priscilla doesn't have Neideen's speed, but she does have Taunt and Crunch and is happy to use them. Less ideally, she can send in Elizabeth, although Elizabeth's slow speed and lack of Taunt may not be enough to make up for her strong attack and defense. Elizabeth's weakness to Ghost attacks also makes her less than ideal (although she does have some Ghost and Dark attacks, at least) so she's definitely the third option here.

Gengar You know who's got this? Misty Malarkey's got this (hopefully). Granted, she's not the most ideal choice; she's not the speediest pokemon and she can't learn Taunt. Worse, she has Normalize as an Ability, which means all her moves become Normal by default. However, she does have an immunity to Ghost attacks, and more importantly she has the move she'll be leading off with: Foresight. If Misdreavus is male, her second move will be Attract, followed by Captivate to lower Gengar's special attack; otherwise she'll just go with Captivate and then stick to things like Sing (followed up with Wake-Up Slap), Disarming Voice, Double Slap, and Play Rough, with maybe one or two attempts at Covet in case Gengar has an item, and Heal Bell to keep herself topped up. If this doesn't work, then the Neideen-Priscilla tag team will take over; otherwise, why not let her have a little fun for a change?

As always, Cassandra is ready with healing and curative items if needed.

Character: Cassandra |

fearinahandfulof
Badge/Gym Leader: Mineral/Jasmine
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Misty Malarkey the Skitty, Lily the Pikachu, Isley the Corviknight, Blade the Silvally
Battle Details: This part of Operation: Get Surf is much dicier than the last, but they're still trying it. They may or may not regret it.

Skarmory: For a change, it's not Neideen leading the festivities off; it's Lily the Pikachu, who is admittedly several levels below Skarmory but does have a type advantage. Lily leads off by buffing herself with Double Team, Agility, and Light Screen and debuffing Skarmory with Charm and Play Nice, throwing in Thunder Wave as well to hopefully paralyze it. Then it's time to break out Thunderbolt. hitting Skarmory in one of its weaknesses over and over in hopes of taking it down fast. If Pikachu seems to be flagging, then Blade or Isley will step in, although hopefully that won't be necessary for this battle. Misty Malarkey is also available to step in and cast Heal Bell to heal up the entire team.

Magneton This is where things start to get risky. Magneton is immune to Electricity, which neutralizes Lily (who's nine levels below Magneton in any case), and Cassandra's strongest pokemon all have some nasty weaknesses (Electricity in the case of Isley and Neideen, and - ironically - Steel for Blade). Isley lucked out and got Fire for his Hidden Power element, but he doesn't get a STAB with it. Still, it's better than nothing, and Isley does have four levels over Magneton, along with Iron Defense and Scary Face to buff himself/debuff Magneton. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey will both be on healing duty for this one.

Steelix Another risky fight, because while Blade has six levels on Steelix, it still has that glaring Steel weakness... which is why Cassandra shelled out for a Flamethrower TM for it, because while Blade does have Fire Fang, Steelix's high defense means wearing it down that way will take time they may not have. Blade's first move will be to lower Steelix's special defense with Metal Sound, and then it will shift to pure offense, sticking with Flamethrower until either Steelix goes down (hopefully) or it runs out of castings, at which point it will have to shift to the aforementioned Fire Fang. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey are again on healing duty, with Misty Malarkey also getting in casts of Charm and Captivate to lower Steelix's attack and special attack, respectively.

Fog Badge approved! However, Mineral Badge denied.

It seems as though her team is a bit underleveled for this battle, and the type weaknesses don't bode particularly well, either. However, Jasmine encourages Cassandra to try again once her team is sufficiently experienced!

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