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.

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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

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Character: Min-Gi Park |

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Badge/Gym Leader: Normal [Larry]
Elite/Regular: Elite
Team:
- Purple Haze [Frosmoth - lvl 100]
- Stray Cat Strut [Skitty - lvl 100 - Zoom Lens]
- Ice Age [Alolan Sandslash - lvl 100 - Never-Melt Ice]
- Saffron [Gogoat- lvl 100 - Sitrus Berry]
- Ballroom Blitz [Pangoro - lvl 100 - Persim Berry]
- Killer Queen [Azumarill - lvl 100 - Leftovers ]

Battle Details:

Frosmoth vs. Oinkologne

Realistically Min will probably know if he's fighting a female or male Oinkologne in advance, and if it's male that is definitely part of his reasoning for bringing a special attacker. Admittedly sending her out against a female Oinkologne is unnecessary in terms of ability and tougher in terms of stats, but Purple Haze is his first option in either case.

His first real conflict has been wondering how to address Yawn. Given Oinkologne's access to both Covet and Belch a berry seems like a bad idea. Ice Scales does make Belch less dangerous, but still. He worries. In the end he's decided to try for a shorter set up than he'd usually use for Haze. First he'll get her to use Quiver Dance to boost her special attack and give them the edge in speed, then they're going for Bug Buzz. If she does end up sleeping then he will use an Awakening from his bag to wake her up before resuming their attack.

If things don't pan out, then his Alolan Sandslash will be coming out before Purple Haze can faint. She will be using Icicle Crash, boosted by the Never-Melt Ice she's equipped with. Yes, it's a physical move, but Ice Age won't be making use of her ability right now anyway so that's not a barrier even if Oinkologne is a male.

Skitty vs. Tauros

The nice thing here is Strut's Cute Charm has a very good chance of affecting Tauros. They know it's male, and it's also a physical attacker. The less nice thing is how much lower all of Skitty's stats are even before potentially being hit with Intimidate or boosting Tauros' stats with a crit.

She's equipped with Zoom Lens, so that will hopefully increase her odds of landing with Toxic. After that, she will try to copy any stat boosts or drops (save to speed) with Copy Cat. For damage, she will be using Ice Beam. Alternatively, if Tauros tries to Rest, she will use Wake-Up Slap during its second turn of rest.

That said, he is aware that unless Cute Charm does work its magic, this is going to be a tough battle for them. This cat would majorly benefit from Eviolite, but they do not have it. Which is why if Strut is looking weak and Tauros does not have a status effect at this point she will use Thunder Wave to make it easier for her successor.

Her successor being his Azumarill, Killer Queen. He wants to preserve her health for later for the most part, so if Tauros' health isn't full she will jump straight for Superpower. By now they'll likely know which ability Tauros has, but later in the fight they're hoping it won't matter too much. If they think it might take a few turns then Min will have her set up Aqua Ring first, though given she is equipped with Leftovers this may not be needed.

Alolan Sandslash vs. Dudunsparce

Dudunsparce has a lot of heavy-hitting moves, both special and physical, so Ice Age will be trying to boost her defences before anything else. First using Snowscape, then Aurora Veil. Once she has a nice amount of bulk she will use Swords Dance twice before locking into Icicle Crash. The hope is this will be enough to take it out in one swoop, keeping it from ending up with just a small amount of health and the chance to use Endeavor. Her Nevermelt-Ice is there to help boost things even further.

Strut is his first backup option here, if she's even still standing. She will use Sing and Wake-Up Slap if she can, but if she is afflicted with status conditions she will use Facade instead. There is a strong chance that Strut did not make it through her initial match, though, in which case he should still have Purple Haze. If Dudunsparce is still at high health she will start with Quiver Dance, but otherwise she will go straight for Bug Buzz.

Gogoat vs. Bibarel

This is one battle that Min expects to be able to get past pretty quickly. They're starting with Tail Whip, which will either drop its defence by 1 or 2 stages depending on Bibarel's ability. After that they'll switch to using Leaf Blade or Horn Leech depending on if Saffron took damage or not. She will be terastallizing to the grass type to make her damage hit even harder.

Technically Min doesn't have a backup here. If it can raise its stats a couple of times it might be able to do some nasty damage, but between her healing moves and the Sitrus Berry she's been equipped with, as well as her super effective moves… he is not expecting it. However, his Frosmoth has Giga Drain if disaster strikes. This will have the added benefit of helping her heal up, especially if she's taken damage against previous opponents.

Pangoro vs. Stantler

Although Pangoro doesn't resist normal moves he does resist ghost and is immune to psychic. It doesn't help against its strongest moves, but it's still something. What Min is more worried about is its status moves. It can decrease accuracy, confuse him, or make him fall asleep. As Confuse Ray has higher accuracy than Hypnosis Blitz is equipped with a Persim Berry to prevent confusion. Stantler might have Frisk and find that out, but it still feels like the lower risk option.

The plan is for Blitz to use Swords Dance before using Vital Throw. This will allow them to boost Blitz's attack, especially if it was dropped by Intimidate, and also ignores changes to accuracy if it's used Sand Attack.

Should Blitz be defeated, Ice Age is waiting in the wings. If her health is low then Min will have her use Snowscape, but Ice Age resists pretty much anything Stantler can throw at her already. Again, it's mostly the status moves that pose a threat. Her most likely option will be to jump straight to Icicle Crash, helped along by her Never-Melt Ice.

Azumarill vs. Staraptor

This is why Min-Gi was hoping to preserve Killer Queen's health. To start with she will be using Perish Song, assuming there are still other Pokémon in Min's reserves. After that she will be using Protect, switching temporarily to Aurora Ring after the first and hoping having high health means even when Staraptor hits it won't be able to defeat her before the count ends.

With Perish Song in play it's unlikely Staraptor will use Whirlwind, but he does still have plans in case it does or if it manages to knock out Killer Queen before the Perish Song countdown ends. First up if possible (unlikely, honestly) will be Strut who can do a Fake Out and Protect combo to stall things out. More likely is Blitz. He will start by using Protect, then Bullet Punch since it has priority, then Protect again if he was switched early enough that Perish Song hasn't taken care of Staraptor yet and Blitz is somehow still standing with his flying type weakness..

Saffron, Ice Age, and Purple Haze will only be coming out in event of a Whirlwind, and Saffron will not be able to last long. She will set up Leech Seed if she can, but she's probably not quick enough. Ice Age won't fare much better given her extreme weakness to the fighting type. She will set up Snowscape, then Aurora Veil if she has enough health to make it to a second move. Purple Haze will follow the same strategy as Ice Age, with each one able to pick up the slack from the other if they faint. They are just trying to get to the end of Perish Song, and ideally this part of his team won't need to face Staraptor at all.

If Min-Gi isn't confident in the ability of whoever's left to stall things out he will have Killer Queen use Aqua Ring and Superpower instead.

Edited 2024-05-28 14:51 (UTC)

Badge approved!

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