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: Jotaro Kujo |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Zephyr
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Kei the Gyarados, Yoh the Tirtouga, and Poly the Spheal
Battle Details: It's a New Year so that means a new gym challenge. And having both a Pidegot and a Noctowl himself, Jotaro has a pretty good grasp on most of Falkner's team! So watch out!

Jotaro's going to start the battle with Yoh the Tirtouga. The Stealth Rock TM Jotaro trekked out to Pewter City specifically for is going to be set up first turn to make life miserable for Falkner. Yoh has Sturdy to protect him from getting knocked out too, letting him safely set it up. All of Falkner's Pokemon are much faster than Yoh, so after setting up Stealth Rock Jotaro will have Yoh use Curse to raise his attack and defense stats until he's ready to start throwing rocks. And then even after that, it's going to use a mix of Ancient Power for stat boosts and Smack Down to stop Falkner's birds from using Fly. Once Yoh starts taking significant damage, Jotaro will have his little turtle start using Aqua Jet to get those quick kills or at least big damage.

Falkner has two special attackers in his team in the form of Noctowl and his terrifying Honchkrow. Jotaro's counterpick for those once Yoh is down is his Spheal. Spheal is a mixed defender that can lower Special Attack with Aurora Beam (and also deal super effective damage) and lower attack with Growl. If Poly gets too low on health, she will use Rest and follow it up with Snore to do some good damage. If Falkner does any form of set up move, Poly will Encore it, trapping Falkner in and then starting to charge up Defense Curl. Because Defense Curl into Rollout is a tried and true strategy.

But the real beast that Jotaro is bringing in is Kei. Who, unlike Jotaro's other Pokemon, is fully evolved. Kei's ability, Intimidate, is going to be crucial against Falkner's Pidgeot and his Honchkrow as both Pokemon have high attack stats for their level. Jotaro is somewhat concerned about Honchkrow's ability to Swagger and have Kei hit herself in confusion, so if Honchkrow is still up when Kei hits the field, he'll only do one dragon dance before hitting the Ice Fang. But if it's gone? Well, Jotaro is going to spam Dragon Dance to get his attack and speed up before taking down the birds with Ice Fang.

Jotaro is a set-up kind of guy. Then an improvise and roll with the punches. Then start punching. So hopefully his strategies will get through and get him his first badge of the Johto region.

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Character: Jotaro Kujo |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Hive
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Joseph the Crustle, Leona the Pyroar and Candela the Litwick
Battle Details: Jotaro may be more of an ocean enthusiast but he respects the passion Bugsy has for his Bug Pokemon. To meet that passion, he's going to send out a Bug Pokemon of his own, Joseph the Crustle. Jotaro didn't intend on starting two gym battles in a row with a Rock Pokemon with Sturdy throwing out Stealth Rock on the first turn, but that's what he's doing. Jotaro will keep Joseph in if either Heracross or Pinsir are out. Pinsir will likely go down to a spam of Rock Slide (being super effective on it and having a chance of flinching) but Jotaro is going to be cautious of Bugsy's Heracross which does have Counter. To get around this, he's actually going to spam Rock Blast on Bugsy. Rock Blast is neutral on Heracross but has the advantage of being a multistrike move. Fun fact, when calculating the damage on multistrike attacks like Rock Blast, you actually only use the damage from the last attack that hit you. So it will hurt but a hell of a lot less than Countering Rock Slide, so Jotaro will likely have a good chunk of damage done on the Heracross done before Joseph is knocked out.

If Joseph is knocked out OR the Scizor comes out, Jotaro has the rest of his team suited up to take it out. The Pokemon to take priority is Leona, a quick fire type that's specifically there to take out Scizor with Flamethrower. She can also soften the Scizor's blows out with Noble Roar if it looks like she needs to be in battle for longer. However, she is weak to fighting, so if Heracross is sent out against her, she will be swapped for Candela. Candela is both Ghost and Fire, making it outright immune to Bugsy's Fighting moves and a good swap to block Bug moves too. Candela will open with Will-O-Wisp to burn Bugsy's Pokemon, encouraging Bugsy to switch his Pokemon out frequently and take Stealth Rock damage. Then, she'll use confuse ray, and then minimise. If Bugsy is on his last Pokemon, Fire Spin will come out, for more chip damage. Between Jotaro's two fire Pokemon and one very silly hermit crab, he'll hopefully get his next badge.

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