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: Heather Mason |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Elite 4
Elite/Regular: we're all elite here
Team: FULL ROSTER. For these battles, Heather will be using: Alessa the Absol (holding Absolite), Godzilla the Feraligatr (wearing an Assault Vest), Carousel the Rapidash (holding Charcoal), Tricia the Manectric (holding Brightpowder), Sunny the Togekiss (wearing Wise Glasses), and Val Jr. the Hitmonchan (wearing an Expert Belt).
Battle Details: FIRST OFF, Heather will be coming prepared with as many Hyper Potions, Full Restores, and Revives as she can afford. She generally doesn't like using them in the middle of a battle (and only would if the alternative was a certain loss), but she does NOT want to face any of her opponents with her team starting at anything less than full health.

OPPONENT 1: Will

Despite having a Dark-type at her disposal, Heather will actually approach this battle leading with Tricia the Manectric, aiming to take out as many of Will's Pokemon as possible in an all-out offensive. Flamethrower to melt Bronzong and Jynx, Iron Tail against Gardevoir, Signal Beam against Grumpig, and her wide spread of Electric-type moves to dispatch Slowbro and Xatu. Heather's not one to rely on buffs or status effects if she can avoid it, but Tricia's got a few tricks up her sleeve. Like blitzing any Pokemon that seems to be particularly dangerous with a quick Thunder Wave followed by as many Flashes as it takes to dent their ability to actually make a hit. Her held item, Brightpowder, will also help in this endeavor.

Still, knocking out six opponents is a big task for just one Pokemon-- should Tricia get knocked out without finishing Will's team off, Alessa the Absol will be right behind her, hopefully with one last successful Thunder Wave from Tricia to make the job easier. Equipped to handle just about everything but the Gardevoir (#pray2nephelis that Tricia was able to take care of that one) with a good solid Swords Dance-boosted Sucker Punch, Alessa also has both her other Dark-type moves and X-Scissor to combat the rest of Will's psychics. And, in a pinch, there's even Thunder and Icy Wind in case Slowbro and/or Xatu are still standing.

Between the two of them, Heather expects to sweep Will's team without too much trouble--but just in case, Carousel the Rapidash (fire-type moves for Bronzong and Jynx, and Sunny Day + Solar Beam for Slowbro) and Godzilla the Feraligatr (Crunch and Shadow Claw for all around anti-psychic goodness) are waiting in the wings.

OPPONENT 2: Koga

Defeating Koga will primarily be a team effort between Alessa and Carousel-- although Alessa's Psychic-type moves make her an ideal choice for lead 'mon against Koga's Poisons, her vulnerability to Bug moves make it a risky choice, too. But then, Heather's never been one to back away from risks! Because the battle is likely to involve a lot of switching, she's going to try and avoid doing anything with too much set-up until the coast is clear for Alessa to sweep up.

Carousel will be sent out first, primarily to dispatch Skuntank with Drill Run-- and will likely be sent out again to deal with Venomoth and Crobat (as much as she'd love Alessa to Zen Headbutt that thing to death, it's faster and has X-Scissor so :T). Fire Blast and Wild Charge will work nicely there.

Once those three are taken care of, there's nothing standing in Alessa's path. Swords Dance and Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut can easily dispatch Swalot, Muk, and Toxicroak, even if Toxicroak is lucky enough to get a super-effective Fighting-type move in there. Not to mention, she has Bounce now. So, like, y'know. Bye creepy assassin frog.

If all else fails, Tricia will be around to utilize Flamethrower against Venomoth and zap Crobat into submission.

OPPONENT 3: Bruno

This time, Sunny the Togekiss gets to open the battle. Like with the fight against Will, Sunny's goal is to take out as many of Bruno's Pokemon as possible before passing the reins over to Val Jr. the Hitmonchan.

She's got quite the arsenal at her disposal, with a Fly, Dazzling Gleam, and Psychic all packing a (Wise Glasses-powered in the case of the latter two) punch against Bruno's fighters. Sweet Kiss, Charm, and Yawn can throw a wrench in the gears too if need be.

The only iffy one in the bunch is Lucario, whose Steel-type spells trouble for Sunny. This is where Val comes in with Fire Punch and an array of Fighting-type moves to duke it out. And, you know, if Val should happen to have the chance to fight Bruno's Hitmonchan and win, well that would just make his day.

Carousel is also available should Val's efforts not be enough, and can swoop in with Flame Charge to knock out whatever fight Lucario has left, and Bounce against any remaining opponents.

OPPONENT 4: Karen

Being a Fighting type, it's no surprise that Val is the lead in this fight. With no significant weakness to Weavile, he'll open the battle by boosting his speed with Agility (at least once, but maybe even twice if he can afford it) before dispatching it with a 4x super-effective Sky Uppercut. With such a high speed, and with his Expert Belt boosting super-effective moves, he's in a good position to take out the vast majority of Karen's Pokemon-- even Honchkrow, thanks to Rock Slide. As for Spiritomb, immune to Fighting-type attacks, Val has Fire, Ice, and Thunder Punch at his disposal.

Should he be taken down at any point, the rest of Heather's team can clean up after him: Godzilla the Feraligatr has water-moves for Houndoom and Ice Fang for Honchkrow, Carousel has Drill Run for Houndoom and Weavile and Wild Charge for Honchkrow, Tricia has Signal Beam for any pure Dark-types, and of course Sunny can wipe out almost any of them with a well-placed Dazzling Gleam.

OPPONENT 5: Lance

For most of the fight so far, Godzilla has largely been waiting in the wings. But like in Heather's battle against Claire for the Rising Badge, now it's his time to shine!

Zilla doesn't really have "non-offensive" moves, which means his Assault Vest is perfect to keep him toughened up while he wages an all-out war on Lance's dragons. A few vicious Ice Fangs should be enough to take out Salamence, Altaria, and Garchomp. Meanwhile, he also has Outrage and Dragon Pulse if the ice isn't enough.

However, Heather knows full well that at least one of Lance's Pokemon is likely to have Electric-type attacks, and wants to be prepared if Godzilla should be knocked out of the fight. She fully intends to withdraw him in the event of Outrage confusion and replace him with Tricia for Gyarados, and Sunny with Ancient Power for Charizard and Dazzling Gleam for any of the true Dragons.

Should all else fail, she's saved one last secret weapon.

However grueling the previous matches were, the one tactic she's made sure not to use all along is Mega Evolution, because she wanted to save it for where it counted. If it comes down to just Lance's beloved Dragonite, Alessa will utilize her Absolite, coming onto the field as a Mega with Double Team to boost her evasion. Then Icy Wind to slow Dragonite down and Will-o-Wisp to hurt it and lower its defenses. And then it's time to go in for the kill with a fully-powered Return until victory is in her jaws.

Edited 2018-09-27 03:42 (UTC)

After a long, grueling set of challenges and several tough battles, Heather Mason is named the fourth 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!

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