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 |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Thunder/Lt. Surge
Elite/Regular: Elite Team
Team: Thora the Boltund (with Leppa Berry), Dart the Dragapult (with Lum Berry), Lily the Pikachu (with Lum Berry), Priscilla the Hydreigon (with Lum Berry), Vanita the Scolipede (with Lum Berry)
Battle Details: Cassandra does not have any Ground pokemon. That does not mean she does not have any pokemon who can use Ground moves.

Manectric: Manectric presents a potential problem in that it can potentially have Static as an ability, which means contact moves aren't a good idea, in most cases. Thunder Wave is also a potential problem due to that 90% chance of inflicting Paralysis... which is why Cassandra is deploying Thora the Boltund for this one. As an Electric type herself, Thora is entirely immune to paralysis - and she can learn Dig, which enables her to hit Manectric's Ground weakness, while Manectric has no way of hitting hers. Thora can also use Charm to drastically lower Manectric's attack stat, and Crunch to inflict damage and potentially lower its defense. She's also got a Leppa Berry equipped in case she uses Dig too much, although Cassandra's also got a decent supply of them on hand for this gym battle just in case. She's also going to be liberal with the healing items, because while Thora's resistant to Electricity, Electricity moves aren't all Manectric has. Since Manectric's other potential ability is Lightning Rod, Thora will be avoiding her own Electricity attacks, sticking to Dig, Crunch, and Play Rough.

Electrode: Thora is staying in for this one, at least to start with, to try to take advantage of Electrode's Ground weakness until it uses Magnet Rise (because Cassandra suspects it's highly likely to use Magnet Rise). If by some miracle it doesn't, Thora will be casting Substitute while continuing to hammer it with Dig (which will probably require her to use her Leppa Berry), since she's immune to Static and can safely make physical contact if Electrode has that particular ability. For Thora, the Substitute is quite probably a necessity, since Electrode also has Explosion and Self-Destruct and Thora isn't particularly sturdy.

Of course, there's another way around Explosion and Self-Destruct. They're both Normal-type moves, which means a Ghost type won't be bothered by them. Dart, as it happens, is part Ghost-type, and as a bonus is speedy enough to blunt the effects of Gyro Ball should Electrode attempt to use it. What Dart can't do is learn Ground moves, but if Electrode is using Magnet Rise, Ground moves aren't going to be useful here anyway. Since it's not immediately obvious whether or not Electrode has Static, Dart is going to come in equipped with a Lum Berry; if he tries a physical move and ends up paralyzed, the berry will cure it, and Dart will know to switch to special moves like Surf and Flamethrower. This does leave Dart open to Mirror Coat, but again, Cassandra's going to be very generous with healing items.

Pachirisu: On the plus side, Pachirisu doesn't have Static or Magnet Rise. It does have Thunder Wave, though, and even more annoyingly Sweet Kiss, which is why Lily is coming in with a Lum Berry and Dig; fortunately, Cassandra's had a lot of time to grow Lum Berries since the Sinnoh trip, so she's got a decent supply if Pachirisu manages to confuse Lily more than once. In addition, Lily also has Sweet Kiss and will probably try to preemptively land it on Pachirisu. Lily can also use Double Team to raise her evasion, although Dig will be keeping her out of Pachirisu's reach at least half the time, and Draining Kiss will let her steal some health from Pachirisu if need be. Of course, Pachirisu does have Super Fang and Hyper Fang, so Cassandra's going to be extra vigilant about Lily's health.

Magnezone: Magnezone has Magnet Rise, which potentially gets in the way of taking advantage of that 4x Ground weakness. Fortunately, Priscilla has Taunt to shut that strategy down, and Earthquake to take advantage of said weakness. It helps that Magnezone has a much lower base speed than Priscilla does, which means Priscilla will likely be able to get that Taunt off first, cutting Magnezone off from all its status moves. That said, Earthquake isn't the only move in her arsenal and Ground isn't the only one of Magnezone's weaknesses she can hit; she also has Flamethrower to hit Magnezone's Fire weakness, and she'll probably use that liberally. Even better, she's immune to Psychic attacks, which means Mirror Coat can't hurt her. There is of course a chance she might end up paralyzed from Magnezone's Electric attacks, but she does have a Lum Berry equipped, and Cassandra has a number of extras plus a number of Paralyze Heals in reserve, in addition to standard healing items, should Priscilla need them.

Electivire: Vanita is up this time, armed with Dig and a Lum Berry. Dig has the advantage of putting Vanita out of attack range for every other turn, and given that her base speed is actually higher than Electivire's, there's a very good chance she'll get to move first. Not that she's going to rely solely on Dig: she's also got Toxic and Venoshock to speed things along, and Electivire isn't immune to either one. Cassandra, of course, will be monitoring Vanita's health closely, and breaking out healing or curative items as needed. Vanita isn't weak to any of Electivire's moves, either, and can use Iron Defense to shore herself up in the face of Electivire's higher attack... assuming Electivire can catch her above ground, at least. If the battle somehow drags on, Vanita also has Earthquake in her repertoire, but as Vanita's special attack is frankly not great it hopefully won't come to that.

Raichu: There's a chance that Priscilla still has her Lum Berry left, which would be helpful if Raichu opens with a status move; otherwise, Cassandra will have a curative handy so Priscilla can hit Raichu with Taunt to seal away its status moves again as soon as possible. Once Taunt is in place, Priscilla will switch to Earthquake, although Cassandra may need to supply her with a Leppa Berry to let her keep going with it; fortunately, Earthquake isn't a contact move, because Raichu almost certainly has Static for an ability. Priscilla is going to be keeping Taunt in place, but otherwise she'll be pressing the attack with Earthquake, while Cassandra keeps her supplied with healing and curative items as needed. Priscilla's not as fast as Raichu, but she does have very good attack and special attack and Raichu's defense is nothing to speak of, so hopefully that will be enough to let her, and thus Cassandra's team, win the day.

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