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: Riku |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Elite Four
Elite/Regular: Elite Four
Team: Small edit! I just realized that the levels were way outdated because I've neglected my roster a bit. All mons should be level 100 by now and I'll double check their comments in the roster post. Flare (Charizardite-X), Crush (Life Orb), Drench (Soft Sand), Gear (Leftovers), Knight (Expert Belt), Axis (Leftovers)
Battle Details: Riku will be packing some hyper potions and revives for the occasion, as well as at least some status healing items.

Will:

Riku will begin by laying down Spikes and Stealth Rock with Gear. Once he's laid down his traps, he'll then switch Pokemon depending on Will's active party member. If Bronzong, he'll switch to Flare and have him transform into Mega Charizard X. Riku's priority will be utilizing type advantage along with Sunny Day if Bronzong is present. If Will utilizes Slowbro, Flare does know both Solarbeam and Thunder Punch for the type advantage, and the latter packs a solid Tough Claws boost. With Sunny Day, he can also boost the power of his fire type moves, and if the traps are successfully setup, he may utilize Roar to let the traps chip away.

If Xatu attempts to defog the traps away, Flare, Gear, Drench, Crush, and Axis all know Rock Slide to score a super effective hit.

If need be, Flare can utilize Shadow Claw to deal with Gardevoir, though Riku will prioritize Axis the Metagross for Gardevoir and for a little added muscle and type advantage.

His next resort would be Crush the Hydreigon, but his priority would be taking out Gardevoir before he lets his dragon run amok. After that, Crush's type advantage should help keep the momentum going if the other party members fail. He also knows Roost to heal from Life Orb damage.

Knight would remain on standby, since he lacks a type advantage, but may pop in for Wish support. Drench also lacks a clear type advantage, but the raw power with neutral hits would help if all else fails.

Koga:

Koga's poison types present an interesting challenge in the form of statuses. Luckily, Riku's packed two steel types. While Skuntank's Flamethrowers and Explosions present a frustrating challenge for Riku's steel types, he will lead with Gear again for the sake of poison immunity and bulk and lay out his Stealth Rocks and Spikes. If a defogger comes out to play, so too will the Rock Slides. He'll do everything in his power to preserve the traps and keep Gear alive due to his important status as a wall.

Axis will be the secondary focus of this fight, thanks to the poison immunity and Psychic typing. Riku's focus with Axis will be STAB hits, which should be especially useful against Toxicroak.

Though Riku's steel types will be leading the charge, the majority of his team knows Earthquake, and while Knight's fairy typing leaves him weak to poison, he also packs STAB Psychic moves to exploit those weaknesses.

Bruno:

Hitmontop is an obstacle to Riku's trap strategy, so the sooner he can take it out, the better. Thus, Riku's initial priority will be using Flare as a Mega Charizard X to apply a sick burn to those fighters with Will-o-Wisp (except Hariyama and Machamp- he doesn't wanna risk Guts).

If Hitmontop carries Intimidate, he can still utilize Special Attacks like Air Slash or, if the need arises, use Swords Dance. Ultimately, Riku will try to keep Flare up and kicking for most of the fight so that he can spread burns as much as possible. Flare also knows Roost to heal, which should give him some nice longevity.

Once Hitmontop's wiped out, Riku will resume his trapping strategy and lay down some Spikes and Stealth Rock with Gear. Gear will likely use Fly to make the battle extra irritating. Ultimately, though, his primary purpose will be the traps.

Axis will be the next big hitter with his Psychic typing. Riku will have him use Magnet Rise to avoid unwanted Earthquakes, and then go to town with his STAB Psychic moves. The exception for this being Lucario, who he'll have his team either slam with Earthquake or, if Flare's still kicking, use his fire moves instead.

Crush is weak to fighting type moves, so Riku will only use him as a last resort, likely for Lucario, due to Flamethrower. Drench is once again there for extra muscle and STAB earthquakes.

Knight will remain on standby due to his frail defenses, but will be there for Psychic and Fairy type moves to land those supereffective hits.

Karen: Riku will again lead with Gear for stealth Rock and Spikes. If Honchkrow comes out to play, Gear will utilize Rock Slide, which when combined with the Stealth Rocks should make for an unenjoyable experience. Once the hazards are in place, and if Honchkrow is removed to prevent unwanted Defog, Riku will utilize Flare to spread burns. This will be especially crucial against Umbreon because Flare's typing renders him immune to burns and thus makes Synchronize useless.

Knight will take action against Spiritomb, utilizing Fairy Type moves for supereffective damage. Riku will try to save Knight for Umbreon, too, but if all else fails, Riku will let Crush pick up the scraps with Life Orb boosted Superpower and U-Turn.

The rest of the team is there for standby. Drench and Axis both know supereffective fighting moves to deal with Dark types if all else fails. This will probably be one of the more frustrating matches due to the tendency for Dark types to utilize statuses like confusion. It could very well turn into a battle of attrition and stall.

Lance:

Stealth rock, stealth rock, gotta love that stealth rock! That'll be Riku's initial starting plan. With so many flying types on Lance's team, this should deal some gnarly damage on the switch.

With rocks set, Riku will move on to the next big step in the fight. Namely, spreading burns. Flare turning to Mega Charizard-X risks supereffective dragon moves, but with Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Punch to take care of Gyarados, he should at least be a relatively clutch player in the fight. Riku's priority with Flare will be primarily to keep the burns going and provide super effective hits where needed. He may also use Roar to force Lance's party to take extra chip damage from those rocks.

Axis and Drench both know ice type moves, thus their priority will be hitting those 4x moves on Dragonite, Altaria, Garchomp, and Salamence. With Protect, Axis may also take advantage of Leftovers healing in a pinch. Axis also has ThunderPunch to deal with Gyarados if Flare fails.

Knight and Crush will be there if all else fails. Knight's Fairy typing gives him an edge against Dragon type STAB and he can dish back powerful Moonblasts and Will-o-Wisps for burns. Crush, while weak to dragon STAB, is a powerful Dragon in his own right, with Life Orb to boot, and that combined with the rocks should at least give Riku a chance.

Overall, Lance will be a rough battle, though, due to the sheer power and versatility of Dragon types. Riku knows this well, and he'll be taking whatever precautions he can to counteract those powerful critters.

Edited (noticed a small inconsistency) 2019-06-05 00:15 (UTC)

After a long, grueling set of challenges and several tough battles, Riku is named the eighth Aurora League Champion! As such, you're now entitled to all of the benefits that come with the title, including a special Dragon-type Egg from Lance with a TM of your choice, and permission to build an Aurora League gym anywhere of your choosing! Please think hard on a theme and mechanics for your Gym, and thank you so much for participating! You may submit a building request for your Gym at any time, and it will take approximately one month for your Gym to open for business. Thank you again!

Edited 2019-06-17 04:37 (UTC)

Badge Requests

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