indigo_league | Paldea Badges

While visiting the beautiful region of Paldea, your characters will be able to challenge the local gyms and earn badges. A few things should be noted however! Any badges you earn in the Paldea region will not count towards allowing you to challenge the Elite Four in Kanto. Additionally, even if you obtain all eight Paldean badges, it will not be possible to challenge the Paldean Elite Four.

Beyond that, however, the badges in Paldea work much the same as back home! 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!

Paldea
Cortondo Badge: Bug Leader: Katy Team: Nymble - LVL 30 Tarountula - LVL 30 Teddiursa - LVL 31 Rewards: [P10,000] TM Pounce Elite Team: Spidops, Heracross, Forretress, Lokix, Araquanid, Ursaring	Artazon Badge: Grass Leader: Brassius Team: Petilil - LVL 38 Smoliv - LVL 38 Sudowoodo - LVL 40 Rewards: [P12,000] TM Trailblaze Elite Team: Breloom, Arboliva, Vileplume, Tsareena, Lilligant, Sudowoodo	Levincia Badge: Electric Leader: Iono Team: Wattrel - LVL 44 Belibolt - LVL 44 Luxio - LVL 44 Mismagius - LVL 45 Rewards: [P14,000] TM Volt Switch Elite Team: Kilowattrel, Electrode, Belibolt, Luxray, Electivire, Mismagius	Cascarrafa Badge: Water Leader: Kofu Team: Veluza - LVL 47 Wugtrio - LVL 47 Crabominable - LVL 50 Rewards: [P16,000] TM Chilling Water Can use Surf outside of battle Elite Team: Pelipper, Veluza, Feraligatr, Wugtrio, Clawitzer, Crabominable
Medali Badge: Normal Leader: Larry Team: Komala - LVL 53 Dudunsparce - LVL 53 Staraptor - LVL 55 Rewards: [P18,000] TM Facade Can use Fly outside of battle Elite Team: Oinkologne, Tauros, Dudunsprace, Biberal, Stantler, Staraptor	Montenevera Badge: Ghost Leader: Ryme Team: Banette - LVL 55 Mimikyu - LVL 57 Hounstone - LVL 57 Toxtricity - LVL 60 Rewards: [P20,000] TM Shadow Ball Elite Team: Banette, Mimikyu, Golurk, Spiritomb, Houndstone, Toxtricity	Alfornada Badge: Psychic Leader: Tulip Team: Farigiraf - Lvl 64 Gardevoir - LVL 64 Espathra - LVL 64 Florges - LVL 65 Rewards: [P22,000] TM Psychic Elite Team: Farigiraf, Gardevoir, Espathra, Gallade, Delphox, Florges	Glaseado Mountain Badge: Ice Leader: Grusha Team: Frosmoth - LVL 65 Beartic - LVL 65 Cetitan - LVL 68 Altaria - LVL 70 Rewards: [P24,000] TM Ice Spinner Elite Team: Alolan Ninetales, Beartic, Frosmoth, Cetitan, Weavile, Altaria

!!! In order to give players enough time to submit badges, you'll be able to have your Paldean badges approved throughout April, May, and June.

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With only two months to do it, and so many pokemon on hand, Emporio in theory will be tackling the Paldean Challenge the way most *normal* people do, right?

...Right?

Character: Emporio Alniño |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Iono's Electric Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Here- Slides: 22 (Hallogen the Bellibolt, Maiko the Sensu Oricorio), 21 (Twinkle the Wishiwashi), 19 (Rust the Dusclops), 17 (Northrop the Dragapult), 4 (Wes the Gengar)
Battle Details: Oh. Oh God.

The Paldean Gym Challenges are quite the experience as anyone will say, and with any luck they're expecting some creativity from these strange otherworlders because boy they're getting it. Of course the start of the challenge involves some kind of streamer deal, which in itself could turn heads. Does Emporio have a rep back in Johto Kanto..? ~~If he does it's either being that weirdo with lots of pokemon themed outfits, or being suspiciously Morty-Like, the latter to Morty's own chagrin as well.~~

Whatever the case after a successful livestream that probably ends in showing off Hallogen the shiny bellibolt, it's time to BATTLE! (And yes he's dressed in his summer gear to match that Dragapult of his, because of course he is.)

Electric types typically only have one weakness, and often that weakness gets supplemented by way of sneaky sneaky tricks- like Wattrel's Flying Type. Emporio's team with that in mind...well. Involves that exact Bellibolt, first of all, but also a few other tricks.

For dear clout chasing Iono, Emporio has brought an entire team of Shiny Pokemon to the table. Two of course are backup- Wes is level 70, Northrop is level 100, both are supremely overlevelled for this and mostly just chill at the sides.

Instead, the first one out is Hallogen the Bellibolt- Hallogen being a Bellibolt is equipped first of all with the ability 'Electromorphosis'- once hit by a move, she's charged with an electric boost, and while Electric might resist electric, Flying sure doesn't. Tanky girl she is, she easily shrugs off whatever initial move comes her way; either to slap Wattrel with an overcharged Discharge, or a combination of some well placed Sucker Punches to put the bird in their place.

It's only going to get worse with Iono's next two pokemon however; both are pure Electric Type, and Hallogen is tragically equipped with the perfect thing for dealing with that- namely, Mud Shot and Mud Slap. The two moves combined are not only super effective, but also lower speed and accuracy, and in theory, it should mean that Hallogen steamrolls both her emerald counterpart and the luxio that follows.

In theory of course. The opposing Bellibolt ALSO has mudslap and mudshot, so it could get close- at which point the perhaps astonishing choice of Twinkle the Wishiwashi comes out. Twinkle of course has even les of an advantage; sure they're Schooling, but what's Emporio's game here? Well first of all, Soak. It'll be used to remove any STAB bonuses the electric types can bring out, which in a battle like this is absolutely vital. From there, Twinkle opens with moves like Tearful Look and Dive to better pick at the opponent's power, dodging whatever they can. But the minute it starts looking rough, there's a last back-up plan; Endeavor to turn the tides, and then Brine.

As a move that doubles in power once the health is under 'half', it's going to pack a heck of a punch- Endeavor splits health evenly after all, and chances are, it's lowered the enemy under half. And maybe it won't hit as much as it would if the enemy wasn't Water type, but with any luck it's earned the time needed to get to Iono's last pokemon. A...

Mismagius?

Emporio sends out Maiko against the Mismagius, and Terastalizes to Ghost Type while he's at it. Turns out, Oricorio can just. Have their first type as a tera type! Handy, because it means when Mismagius turns out to have Charge Beam, it won't be super effective. Less handy is that Mismagius still has Hex though, so Maiko isn't necessarily doing fantastic here. She pulls out all the stops- Teeter Dance, Feather Dance, Revelation Dance- but if that's not enough to take out the oversized weather ghost, it's time for the last resort; Baton Pass.

Emporio brought a full team to face Iono, and as much as two members are just here for kicks, this one isn't; Rust the Dusclops comes out with a slamming Gravity right out the gates, and he doesn't hold back from there! Bind, Disable, and Will-o-Wisp are just the start of a field being set for the potentially over-levelled pokemon, but with Hex still in Mismagius' moveset it's worth the risk. Emporio has the decency to not use any actual ghost type moves, for all that it doesn't matter; right now, Mismagius is Electric type!

But he does have Rust hit hard and flashy with a three-hit combo of Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch. OOF!

If somehow it all goes to crap, Wes is of course here to run in with Hypnosis and Shadow Punch; and likewise, Northrop is ready in the wings with a hot and simple Dragon Rush. But look, it'd be way cooler for the stream if this all ended with Maiko, right?

Badge/Gym Leader: Brassius' Grass Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular Team
Team: Here- Slides: 22 (Lemongrass the Floragato), 24 (Hat Trick the Raboot)
Battle Details: Whether or not Brassius appreciates the art of whatever the Heck Emporio has going on, the city of Artazon being as close as it is to Levincia means that he's next.

~~Someone call Geeta. Or maybe Nemona.~~

For the slightly lower levelled Grass Gym though, Emporio is coming in with his usual antics- and fortunately, is Not in fact bringing a Fire Type. Credit where it's due he's also not bringing a rock type. Or a water type. Or a grou-

Oh? Raboot is Fire Type? Not for long. It's going to become quickly apparent when Emporio sends out Hat Trick that the two pokemon he's used to build his team against Brassius are both very, very special; Hat Trick has the ability 'Libero', which changes their type according to the move they use last. And Emporio notably avoids all the Fire Moves, creating an actual challenge.

Lemongrass meanwhile has Protean- which sure as shooting does the same thing Libero does. And know what else they have in common?

Emporio taught them both U-Turn with his reusable TM. Like a jerk.

What follows is going to be a battle of trickery, go figure. Hat Trick of course is first, and with a swift Bounce has gone from one super effective typing to another in the form of Flying. If Petilil still stands after that, they're following with U-Turn; super effective, and bringing out Lemongrass to face off (hopefully) with Smoliv.

Lemongrass from there opens with Hone Claws to get the attack up, and then follows through with Bite. Ouch! Dark isn't anything special against Grass Typing, but the hope is that with enough bites, Quick Attacks, and Play Roughs, Lemongrass will get through. And then of course, either finish with U-Turn...

Or start with U-Turn against that Sudowoodo. Hat Trick comes raring back out and they're ready to go, and this is where a Fire Type IS happening. Terastalizing to Fire Type, there won't be any more Libero tricks here; but while Sudowoodo is being Terastalized into Grass Type, it still has a solid advantage over Hat Trick; Rock Throw is, in fact, super effective against a fire pokemon! It's a battle of brute force, maybe. Emporio still prioritizes non-fire moves like Bounce, and as soon as Hat Trick is in a pinch makes use of U-Turn as well. Lemongrass might not be Terastalized, but he does still have a resistance to most of what Sudowoodo's carrying, so it shouldn't take much more than a Bite and a Play Rough from there!

Badge approved! x2

Paldea Badges

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