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: Emporio Alniño |

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Badge/Gym Leader: EARTH BADGE
Elite/Regular: REGULAR TEAM
Team: HERE! Reedy-Weedy the Delcatty (S1), Jingle the Chingling (S2), Bow the Decidueye (S4), Squid the Malamar, Salem the Absol, & Lego the Eiscue (S8)
Battle Details: NOTE- for the sake of this battle, Chingling is equipped with Oxy's 'eviolite'. Bow is equipped with a Miracle Seed. (Inventory can be seen here)

Emporio's back, and he's here to cause havoc once again. Spending some time training around Viridian (partly to help Maria out with learning the ropes), he gets ready to challenge Viridian's Gym the one way he's dedicated to.

The 'wrong' way.

The thing is though, he can't really focus on standard type 'un-matches' with Blue, since Blue has a variety of pokemon. So instead, he's running with the pokemon that most tend to consider a little less than viable- with a few on back-up, Just In Case.

For the start up of things, Emporio brings forward his Absol, Salem. Exeggutor being partly psychic, this is technically a match-up in favor of the absol, but even with 'Super Luck', Salem might not have it too easy. For the first bit of things he focuses on outpacing the other- Detect, Sucker Punch, Double Team, so on so on. All of them of course covered with statements to 'keep on guard', 'catch them off-side,' and the list goes on- once Absol's got enough of an advantage on the field, Emporio will order the other to 'finish things' though; with Night Slash.

When Machamp comes out it's really time to show off though. Jingle the Chingling, star of the show with Bugsy, is back! Starting out with Yawn to get Machamp snoozing quick, and some Confusion until Machamp is snoozing ('Put them under!')...Emporio swaps out for Malamar!?

Chingling being higher leveled (and carrying Oxy's eviolite), Emporio apparently wants to focus on the trickier of options. The minute Squid the Malamar is out, moves such as pluck and psybeam are happening- and when or if Machamp wakes up, a combination of Swagger followed by Topsy-Turvy to really cripple the other's power. Wrap should also keep Machamp in place long enough to tap-out...and from there, Emporio's trend of using cryptic statements instead of actual pokemon move names isn't about to end.

When Rhydon appears, it turns out that Emporio has multiple statements for the same moves! Rather than 'puffing [machamp] up' and 'turning [machamp] over', Squid is ordered to 'play the underling' and 'strike a coup'- performing the Swagger and Topsy-Turvy combination immediately after. Depending on Squid's condition, after making sure to 'give him one last look good-bye' for 'Hypnosis', Squid is swapped out for Absol again- who starts powering up with swords dance and future sight ('Enjoy yourself, but think ahead!'). The moment it seems Rhydon is about to wake up however, Salem's strategy shifts; 'Beat him to the punch' is what Emporio orders, and the absol pulls out 'Me First', before relying on Perish Song and Detect to wait the other out. Before Salem can faint, they're recalled...but if Rhydon leaves first, Emporio tells him to get one last hit in- bringing out a last strike with pursuit.

What might be confusing though is that no matter what, the one who's swapped out...is Lego the Eiscue. A pokemon who fortunately relies on special attacks more than anything, if Blue's Gyarados has Intimidate, it won't much matter. As it stands.

Freeze-Dry, it turns out, is super effective against water types.

Now with a move that can create a x4 effective hit and potentially freeze, Lego- equipped with Ice Face for a free hit from the Gyarados- has an abrupt and unexpected chance against the massive water-flying sea snake. Blue may not even see it coming- all Emporio says for this round?

"IT'S SUSHI TIME!" Lego is merciless with the Freeze-Dry, and with the speed from NoIce Face, is doing his very best to dodge any blows from there. Eventually the hope is that despite everything, Lego can pull through for the finish with not just Pidgeot (who is also suffering under Freeze-Dry quite frankly- though Emporio's order to 'cool them down' leaves the table open for a few ice moves), but even a bit of Arcanine-

After all, Lego is equipped with Surf.

Ultimately, it would be remiss of Emporio not to have backups on hand. While the two are still considered 'less than ideal', Reedy-Weedy almost undoubtedly comes out against either Pidgeot or Arcanine, slamming forward with all his might by the power of Normalize attacks. Bow the Decidueye meanwhile, is ready to pull up the slack against Gyarados and Rhydon worst case- equipped with quite the hard hitting grassy arrows, and for that matter, U-Turn if he REALLY needs to get out of there.

Over all, hopefully Emporio's demonstration to Maria works out!

Badge approved!

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