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: Jean Kirstein |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Plain Badge
Elite/Regular: Elite
Team:

Battle Details: Normal types are infamous for having huge bags of tricks to pull from, and Jean expects to be kept on his toes during this battle.

Expecting Ursaring to come out first, Jean is going to start with Sabre (Gallade). Due to Ursaring’s available abilities, stat deduction doesn’t seem like a good idea. He’s tempted to use Close Combat, but he knows Ursaring’s best stat is his attack, and his defense is high enough to avoid an OHKO. He uses Swords Dance first, confident that Sabre can handle one blow, and then land the OHKO with Close Combat.

For Granbull, Jean brought in Rook (Bisharp) exclusively. He didn’t really understand how a rouge Fairy-Type got into Whitney’s team, but whatever. Anything STAB won’t work on a Steel/Dark-Type. Granbull is slow and its defenses are weak, so Jean uses Iron Head for the possible flinch and sticks to it for the faint.

After fighting a Bisharp, Jean expects Whitney to bring out something that can use Fighting Type attacks. Snowlax is the only one left.To counter this, he sends in Edge (Aegislash). The Ghost/Steel Type is his trump card for this battle, so he wants him to stay healthy. But Snorlax is a tough opponent. Hoping for the first-turn Belly Drum, Jean comes straight out with Sacred Sword to hit for super effective damage on Snorlax’s weaker Physical Defense stat. He’s just gonna wail on his and not let up, or else Snorlax can just get its health back with Rest. Hopefully Edge will survive.

Jean has a specific tactic to take care of Blissey. Fang, his Seviper. First, Toxic. After that, Wrap, to keep the Blissey from switching out and possibly taking advantage of Natural Cure. He wants that Toxic to get as strong as it possibly can be. Maybe Fang can last it out until the Blissey faints. If not, he’ll bring in Timber (Haxorus) to finish the deal with an Outrage.

For Tauros, Jean intends to use Chess (Corviknight). Her typing protects against most of Tauros’ best moves (Normal, Rock, and Ground.) Plus, her Body Press as made for this matchup. Tauros is a bit of a glass cannon, so she only has to outlast for a little while. Jean is confident she can do it.

All that’s left is Exploud. Jean’s had all of his Pokemon out at least once by now, so he might be running a bit low. Timber is probably the most healthy at this point, so he’ll start with him. Might as well Outrage until he can’t anymore. After that, any Steel-Type that’s likely to have some HP left will go out. Exploud doesn’t have a reliable way to heal, so it’s just down to toughing it out.

Badge/Gym Leader: Fog Badge
Elite/Regular: Elite
Team:

Battle Details: To be honest, Ghosts are a type that Jean tends to avoid. The whole concept around most of them kinda freaks him out. Dead things need to stay dead, you know? Thankfully, Jean has an abundance of Dark Types to help him in this battle.

Sabre (Gallade) exists at the end of the party for mind games with Shade’s (Zoroark) Illusion ability. A Fighting/Psychic Type will undoubtedly draw in Ghost or Psychic moves, which won’t do a whole lot to a Zoroark. But Gallade’s Psychic moves still have power over some of Morty’s Pokemon. Which one is actually out? You’ll never know!

Jean leads with Max (Lycanroc), hoping for Drifblim. He sets up Stealth Rocks first, as they really help with chip damage on several of Morty’s Pokemon. Then he unleashes his strongest Rock Type moves to hit Drifblim’s poor Defense stat. He doesn’t expect Max to survive after knock out due to Drifblim’s likely Aftermath ability.

Hail (Alolan Ninetales) is here for Spiritomb and Spiritomb only. Fairy Type is the only thing that hits that monster with super effective damage. Time to use Dazzling Gleam until somebody goes down.

If Chandelure comes out, Jean will counter with Trio. It’s Dragon typing protecting it from Fire type moves and high Special Defense giving it a chance against Chandelure’s high Special Attack. Also, Stealth Rocks with take out ¼ of its HP automatically. Jean is careful to use Dark Pulse (taught by TM just for this battle!) instead of Crunch because of Chandelure's possible Flame Body ability, and he wants to keep Trio healthy for later on. It should be enough to OHKO through Chandelure’s weak defenses.

Mismagius is the perfect Pokemon to trick with Shade’s Illusion. An incoming Ghost type attack will be taken well, and Shade can hit for what will likely be an OHKO with Night Slash, since Mismagius has been softened by Stealth Rocks and its Defense is absolute garbage while Zoroark’s Attack is high.

For Gengar, Jean is going to use the actual Sabre, not just Shade pretending to be them. He hopes to take advantage of the momentary confusion to its advantage and hit hard for super effective damage with Psycho Cut. It’s highly likely that Gengar will outspeed the second turn with a Destiny Bond, so Jean doesn’t expect Sabre to survive the encounter.

This leaves Rook and Trio in perfect health to take care of Dusknoir. It’s a bulky Pokemon with a lot of defensive options and stalling tactics, so Jean wouldn’t be surprised if both had to fight their hardest to bring it down. Bu he believes in them, and their type advantage.

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