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: Connie Maheswaran |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Blue/Earth
Elite/Regular: ELITE TEAM
Team: Connie's entire regular roster!
Battle Details: Connie's challenging Blue's Elite team not only for pride, but for a purpose, and so she's pulling out all the stops.

Her first Pokémon will be Naga the Dragonite vs. Blue's Venusaur. Thanks to Naga's Dragon/Flying type, she takes a quarter damage from the vast majority of Venusaur's damaging moves, and will be carrying a Pecha Berry to cure Poison if Blue uses Poison Powder, relying on her double defensive advantage to weather any damage Blue inflicts while she's sleeping due to Sleep Powder. On the first turn, Naga will set up with Dragon Dance to put the definitive edge over Venusaur in Speed, then use Sunny Day to set up for her primary strategy (and to weaken Blastoise for the fight immediately after). Although Venusaur's Synthesis will be empowered by the weather, Connie is relying on Naga's overwhelming Attack compared to Venusaur's lackluster Defense to literally punch through the extra barrier with an endless barrage of super effective Fire Punches. Just before Venusaur goes down, Connie will refresh Sunny Day before taking it out with Flamethrower for the style points.

Connie will switch out Naga with Nemean the Luxray to take on Blastoise, relying on Sunny Day and Nemean's Attack-decreasing Intimidate ability to neuter many, although not all, of Blastoise's attacks. Nemean will go with a simple one-turn setup with Electric Terrain and alternate between Charge and Thunder Fang to whittle down Blastoise with super effective STAB attacks (and to protect himself from many of Blastoise's Special moves with Charge increasing his Special Defense), with the added bonus of the windup from Charge prolonging the fight so that it wears off by the time the final blow is struck and Charizard goes out, the sunny weather expires, preventing Blue's third Pokémon from gaining its effects. As Blastoise is weakened to the point of a final blow taking it out, Nemean will refresh Electric Terrain for Naga's later use, then Volt Switch to finish it off. If Blastoise pivots into Shell Smash to try and outdamage Nemean, Nemean will switch to spamming Wild Charge without using Charge to take it out before the stat boosts can give it a definitive advantage.

It's Dragon vs. dragon time, and Naga's playing for keeps. With the extra moment of preparation Volt Switch gave her, Naga will activate her newly-acquired Rain Dance from a TM to put a damper on Charizard's primarily Fire-type arsenal. While this is a mildly risky maneuver due to Charizard's access to Dragon-type moves, it also sets up for a later gambit. Naga will use Dragon Dance and open up with a veritable flurry of Thunder Punches empowered by Nemean's Electric Terrain, doing her level best to exploit Charizard's weaknesses and relying on her superior Attack to overpower it. However, if Charizard attempts to decrease her accuracy with Smokescreen, Naga will retaliate in kind with STAB-boosted Hurricane, refreshing Rain Dance if need be to make sure her hurricane of Hurricanes always connect with the false dragon. Connie will finish Charizard off with a Hyper Beam for style points, then switch out to the next fight. If Naga is KO'd due to earlier injuries sustained from her battle with Venusaur, Connie will bring out Nemean to finish Charizard off with a flurry of Wild Charges, exploiting the still-Electric Terrain, STAB, and super-effectiveness.

While ostensibly being Blue's most intimidating Pokémon, the fact is that there is very little Tyranitar can do against Connie's next pick: Artemis the Gallade. Artemis will hit the ground running with Swords Dance, boosting their already-high Attack, then go absolutely wild with an ORAORAORAORA's worth of Close Combat. While the lowered defense is an inconvenience, the boosted Attack, STAB, high Attack of Gallade, and the 4x super-effectiveness should make short work of Tyranitar, and Gallade resists many of Tyranitar's Rock-type moves. If Tyranitar goes for a last-ditch assault with Thrash, Artemis will use Protect after the first move, and if Tyranitar attacks with Hyper Beam or Giga Impact they'll eat their Figy Berry to recover the lost HP before going for the finishing blow.

Connie is mildly baffled as to why Pidgeot is even here, but she's still going to give it her all. She'll bring out Nemean again for this fight, relying on his resistance to Flying moves despite his battered state, and set up with Electric Terrain. Connie, knowing Blue has seen her tactics with Nemean before, will attack once again with Charge, hoping to bait him into using Feather Dance so that he'll weaken Nemean's Attack with Feather Dance in preparation for the seemingly-inevitable Thunder Fang or Wild Charge, but if he does she'll attack with Discharge instead, a Special move. While not Nemean's forte, Pidgeot has a small HP pool and low Special Defense, leaving an opportunity for a STAB super effective streak, although she'll continue Charging up to soften the impact of Pidgeot's many Special moves. Should Pidgey attempt to decrease Nemean's accuracy, Nemean will switch to spamming Swift instead to put stars in Pidgeot's eyes. In either case, Nemean will once again switch out with Volt Switch to finish Pidgeot off.

And finally, there is Jolteon. While Connie is on a mission, she's dedicated to finishing Blue off with style, and to making all her partners feel her gratitude to the journey she's taken with them. Firstly, Connie will call Chandrahas the Aegislash to her hand and conduct her Pokémon through their techniques with blade in hand. Next, she'll use Nemean's Volt Switch to bring in Cú Chulainn the Scizor, who will use a Swords Dance... then immediately Baton Pass to Jormungandr the Dragapult, who will use Lock On... and Baton Pass to Artemis the Gallade, who will Swords Dance themself and attack Jolteon with a high leap into the air that turns into an earth-shattering Bulldoze kick. Although that single move, as powerful as it is through two stacks of Swords Dance and as much as it exploits Jolteon's weakness, is unlikely to finish off Jolteon. Connie will recall Gallade and bring out Chandrahas... and herself with it, holding onto her Pokémon as it flies into the arena, protecting the both of them with King's Shield, then taking out Jolteon with a titanic Blade Forme headsmash while she wields Aegislash as a partner and weapon.

Eat your heart out, Ash.

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