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: Shinobu Tsukuyomi |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Earth/Blue
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Akari the Chandelure, Kirin the Galarian Rapidash, Midori the Leafeon, Raiju the Luxray, Arashi the Morpeko, Tamago the Azumarill
Battle Details: Starting off with the harder battle before moving on to the breather round:

Exeggutor: Akari has a few skills that can help her here: Taunt to shut down Exeggutor's status attacks, Confuse Ray to inflict confusion on it, and the ability to hit at least three of its weaknesses (Fire, Ghost, and Bug - which Exeggutor has a 4x weakness to, although Akari won't get STAB damage with Skitter Smack). Akari also happens to be level 91 to Exeggutor's level 65, which isn't going to help the latter either. And if Exeggutor actually makes physical contact, Akari's Flame Body ability may leave it with Burn status on top of everything else. Given all of this, Exeggutor is unlikely to prevail here.

Machamp: Machamp is weak to Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. Kirin can hit two of those. She's also level 88, which may not put her over Machamp in terms of attack strength but will surely help; what will also help is that she takes only 1/4 damage from Fighting attacks. Psychic, Psycho Cut, and Dazzling Gleam are her main damage-dealers, once she's done buffing herself with Agility. Shinobu will be watching her health carefully, though, because most of what she has is attacks. This may come down to attrition - though if things do get bad, Tamago may come in to Bounce on Machamp a few times, just in case.

Rhydon: Midori - freshly equipped with a Miracle Seed and a Solar Beam TM purchased during Shinobu's initial trip to the Seafoam Islands - will be taking on Rhydon, debuffing it with Sand Attack and Charm and buffing herself with Swords Dance. She also has access to Sunny Day, and she'll use that before laying in with the aforementioned Solar Beam attack. She can also fall back on Leaf Blade, and Giga Drain to top her HP up if need be. Given that Midori is level 95 and Rhydon has a 4x Grass weakness, though, she may not need to.

Gyarados: This is Raiju's fight. She leads off with Electric Terrain to amp her Electric skills, followed by Scary Face to lower Gyarados's speed and Thunder Wave to hopefully paralyze it. She also has Intimidate, which will lower Gyarados's Attack stat, but Gyarados also having Intimidate will affect hers as well, so she's liable to rely more on Discharge and Rising Voltage (both of which run off Special Attack, not Attack) to do the bulk of the damage here. She'll also be using Charge to buff those two attacks even further, doubling the damage dealt and raising her own Special Defense in the process. Raiju is also level 85 to Gyarados's 68, which may also give her an edge.

Pidgeot: Raiju will likely be starting off here as well, with another casting of Electric Terrain, before swapping out for Arashi. Arashi does have a slight complication in that Aura Wheel is a Dark attack half the time, but the other half of the time it's Electric, and Arashi does have Rising Voltage to fall back on. Arashi also has Taunt, and will be using that to shut down Pidgeot's status moves right off, and buffing itself with Agility. Of course, Arashi is also only level 72, so if it starts to struggle against Pidgeot it will toss off one more Taunt and then make way for Raiju's return - and this time, Raiju won't have to worry about Intimidate, while being able to take full advantage of her own Intimidate ability to depress Pidgeot's attack.

Arcanine: This battle falls to Tamago, who has six levels on Arcanine, partial Water-typing (and thus STAB on all his Water skills), the Thick Fat ability to halve any Fire damage he takes, and Rain Dance to further weaken any Fire damage and boost Tamago's Water damage. Aqua Ring also enables him to restore 1/16 of his own health per turn, although Shinobu will be watching him carefully anyway. Hydro Pump and Surf are his main offensive tools, although he also has Whirlpool to help him along by trapping Arcanine and draining its HP over successive turns.

Shinobu remains the team's item dispenser.

Badge/Gym Leader: Brock/Boulder
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Mani the Milotic, Myrtille the Azumarill, Aoi the Samurott
Battle Details: This one isn't so much about strategy as it is trying not to curb-stomp Brock's pokemon too hard.

Rhyhorn: A 4x weakness to Water is not great for Rhyhorn, especially as most of Shinobu's Water pokemon are at least twenty levels above it. The one exception is Mani the Milotic, who is actually two levels below Rhyhorn but still has a type advantage and STAB for his Water skills, plus Aqua Ring and Life Dew to keep himself healthy and Whirlpool to trap Rhyhorn and drain its HP. That said, Shinobu is still going to be watching Mani's health carefully, and will be swapping in Myrtille if it looks like Mani can't keep up. Unfortunately for Rhyhorn, Myrtille is a partial Water-type with STAB on all her Water moves. Also, she's level 50. So that's going to be even less great for Rhyhorn.

Golem: The good news is that Golem doesn't have a 4x weakness to Water. The bad news is that it's still only level 32 to Myrtille's 50 and its special defense stat is kind of terrible... and Myrtille has Surf. That's probably going to hurt.

Onix: Onix, sadly, does have a 4x weakness to water and is only level 35 to boot. It'll have to get very lucky to take down Myrtille and even if that happens, Aoi the Samurott is next in line. Aoi is also Water-type and has STAB for her Water skills, and is level 58. And has Surf.

Shinobu will still be dispensing items as needed.

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