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.

Paldea badges will be handled here. Please put your badge challenges below.

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Character: Keldor |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Iono
Elite/Regular: Elite
Team:
► Takami
► Asama [Holding a cheri berry]
► Sunatchi
► Shidosanda
► Naganegi
► Kazaru

Levincia.

Ah, yes; Levincia. So much to see and do here in Levincia. If you're the kind of person who's really into the whole touristy thing, Levincia is the place for you. To Keldor it reminds him so much of the city Eternos—minus the fact that there's no palace here. Levincia is non-stop activity, and while he's used to that, it does make getting about difficult.

On foot, anyways.

Oh, sure. He has Asama and Takami to supply him with transportation, but Takami needs a rest from all the flying it's been asked to do, and Asama is kind of large, and given that it seems like every hour is crush hour, there just doesn't seem to be much point in using her to get about. It's not like riding her would do much to reduce the time spent traveling.

Which means that his first few days here will be spent on foot trying to find a place to stay that's as close to Levincia's gym as possible.

It's going to be a long walk...

But thankfully, he does find what he's looking for, so he checks into his room, then gets in some last-minute research regarding what he can expect to face in a day or two.

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There's a big fight feel here in Levincia, even if it's only Keldor who can sense it as he heads straight towards the gym. Iono's reliance on Electric types means that Keldor's feeling rather confident in his team selecting prior to starting his Paldean gym challenge, as well as feeling that he's given said team a good rest, meaning that everyone will have the energy to keep up with Iono herself.

Kilowattrel

Kilowattrel. Keldor has one of these, so he knows just what this Paldean native can and can't do. He knows that its Ground resistance has given it other weaknesses; namely to Rock, so when Asama is sent out, Iono knows that Flying moves are useless here, and Electric isn't much better. Kilowattrel will be trying to Thunder Shock as much as possible, in the hopes that eventually, it'll cause a status effect. Unfortunately, Asama doesn't intend to make that easy, by sending Rock Slides and Rock Throws Kilowattrel's way. Those are some big rocks, and it won't be long before the bird is brought down to earth.

Electrode

And here comes another pokemon Keldor is familiar with. Of course, Keldor's Electrode is of the Hisuian variety, not a garden variety Kanto type, but the similarities between the two [plus his initial experience in meeting his Electrode] has taught him everything he needs to know about it before selecting its opponent. At level 100 it should know Magnet Rise, and since Iono suspects that Keldor has a Ground type with him, she'll be using it as much as possible to keep it safe, as Magnet Rise protects it from the one thing it's weak to. So no Digging for Asama. Not in this matchup anyways. Same with any moves that require physical contact, as who knows if Iono's Electrode has the Static ability or not. Keldor has equipped her with a Cheri berry, but he doesn't want to use it before he has to, so it ultimately comes down to ranged attacks in the form of Flame Wheels, Flare Blitzes and Rock Throws while trying to keep out of its way should it try to roll at her. If it does, Asama will just have to risk a Paralysis by Crunching it.

Belibolt

Now here is a pokemon Keldor doesn't know much about, but if Iono's using it, then he knows what type it is, and so Asama [paralysed or not] is recalled, and that look on Iono's face tells Keldor some very important information about this particular frog. Nothing it knows can protect itself from Ground attacks, and the only thing it might have to inflict a status effect is its ability, and if Keldor plays things smart, status effects won't be too much of a problem, as most of its moves will be useless [or worse] against the reptile thief. To start off, Sunatchi starts off with a Sandstorm before Digging down, safe in its knowledge that Bellibolt will be taking damage from it as the Krookodile prepares to unleash a mighty pair of Earthquakes that has everybody shaking.

H-hey! Take it easy with your enthusiasm!

Luxray

Luxray is a pokemon that Keldor has encountered regularly in his time in Johto, even if he has never caught one. That's why Sunatchi is still out there, despite the fact that Luxray has the ability to see through solid objects. It might be able to see Sunatchi coming if it tried to launch a sneak attack from under the ground, but it won't be able to use it when an attack can hit from all sides. So Sunatchi will just have to fight a more honest fight instead. No problem. With Moxie now in effect after his victory over the Bellibolt and powering up his Attack, as well as his Ground typing protecting him from Luxray's only status-inflicting move, he can send a Sand Tomb its way, then charge in with Bites and a Crunch, and then finally shake things up again with Earthquake.

Electivire

It's the last of Iono's type specialty pokemon in the form of an Electivire, and Sunatchi just can't wait to get started. He's feeling pumped now, and as such thinks he's got this one locked up. A Low Kick from Electivire, though, knocks some sense into him, so once he's thrown up a Sand Tomb and a Sandstorm, he dives back down into the tunnels he's dug in order to exact some revenge in the form of—you guessed it—an Earthquake.

Mismagius

The previous two gym challenges here in Paldea has Keldor expecting Iono to send out something that's not of the Electric type, and when Mismagius floats out, he's not surprised in the least. Not surprised enough to recall Sunatchi either. Yes, it's got the means to avoid being harmed by Ground moves, but Sunatchi is Ground/Dark, so it doesn't matter if Sunatchi can't use them. He has plenty of Dark moves to hit with, and wouldn't you know it? A pure Ghost type is weak to Dark. So, after Sandstorm is once again in effect to help whittle away at Mismagius' health, the Krookodile will be using his teeth to Bite and Crunch his way into a Foul Play to win the day.

Badge approved!

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