Gyms and Halls

Gyms and their associated Halls were brought up when the Aero City Gym was transferred to the Kanzaki Hall which specialised in Flying-type Pokemon. This meant that challengers would face a new Gym Leader that was primarily a Flying-type expert compared to the previous Fighting-type Gym Leader.

Gyms have 3 ranks which denote their importance and strength.

(Major)S Rank Gym: gives out S-Rank Badge

(Mid)A Rank Gym: gives out A-Rank Badges

(Minor)B Rank Gym: gives out B-Rank Badges

Gyms require official Trainer identities to be challenged.

Stars on the badge also denote the difficulty at which the gym leader was challenged.

1-Star: Easiest challenge. Gym leader uses Pokemon provided by the Alliance. Senior League battles were 4 vs 4, while Junior League battles started at 2 vs 2, and increased to 4 vs 4 depending on the number of badges the Junior trainer won. Winning resulted in gaining a badge and some prize money

2-Star: The Gym Leader uses some of his own Pokemon together with Pokemon provided by the Alliance. This battle could be a 4 vs 4 or 5 vs 5 depending on the Gym Leader. Winning here gained a badge and more money than the 1-star challenge.

3-Star: Gym Leader uses some of his older, more trained Pokemon to battle together with the alliance Pokemon. This would always be a 6 vs 6. Winning here gained a badge and more money than the 2-star challenge.

Unofficial harder difficulty: Gym Leader uses his main team. Also a 6 vs 6. The rewards remained the same as the 3-Star challenge. Only those training themselves or need the extra experience request these battles. The extra prestige was noted on the trainer's profile that they challenged a Gym Leader's main team and won.

Gym Leaders were not allowed to issue badges to the trainers that lost to them. In the event of a draw, it was up to the Gym Leader's discretion to award a badge or not.

Upon beating a gym, the challenger is awarded a Badge and some prize money.

Major Gyms are allowed to have a custom shaped badge and a name for their badge.

(Mid) Gyms are allowed to have a custom shape but the badge is named after the city the gym is located in.

Minor Gyms all have the same shape and have their names from the city they are residing.

Gym terms were for 30 years. Afterwards everyone qualified could try to challenge to get the position of gym leader. Once a Hall Leader qualifies as a Gym Leader, his Hall staff are moved into the Gym, with the Pokemon Alliance paying for the maintenance of their old Hall residence.

Gym field size differs according to the gym rank.

* Minor Gyms: a quarter of a football field. Approximately 52m x 34m, or 1 768 sqm.
* Mid Gyms: half of a football field. Approximately 52m x 68m or 3 570 sqm
* Major Gyms: Size of a football field. Approximately 105m x 68m or 7 140 sqm

The field composition depended on the Gym Leader at the time to give them a home advantage and to test challenging trainers.

In order to battle the Gym Leader, a trainer is required to beat all the Gym Trainers first before qualifying for a battle with the Gym Leader.

Gyms make money by selling tickets to the Gym Leader matches online.

To challenge a Hall Master, a trainer is required to beat 3 high-ranking Hall members.

Halls made money through challenges. Also seen as an alternative to the battle clubs

The Flying-type Hall in Dew City also offered care lessons and Flying-type move guidance.

Roost Course: 10 000 Poke with 3 sessions.

## Major Gym Viridian City

1-star challenge: 4 vs 4. mid to high silver Pokemon. Butterfree, Arbok, Raichu, Sandslash, Persion, Golduck, Primape, Hypno.

2-Star: 5 vs 5. Low to Mid Gold. Fearow, Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Slowbro, Rapidash, Marowak, Hitmonchan, Pinsir, Tauros

3-Star: 6 vs 6. mid to high Gold. Crobat, Poliwrath, Golem, Gengar, Exeggutor, Electabuzz, Forretress, Houndoom, Exploud, Altaria.

Unofficial/Main team: 4 vs 4. Dark-Gold stage. Pidgeot, Arcanine, Gengar, Kingler, Electrode, Umbreon, Gardevoir, Ace: Rhydon.

Ground type Hall master (Lin Beifong) - close to Elite-class when Mikail age 4. Ace: Rhyperior.

Flying and Electric Hall Masters: ACE class trainers. Ace Pokemon: Magenzone and Honchkrow.

## Minor Gym Dew City

1-Star challenge: 1x Gym trainer: Low Iron to Low Bronze depending on no. of badges, from 2 vs 2 to 4 vs 4. Gym Leader: Mid iron to Mid Bronze

2-Star: 2x Gym Trainers: Mid iron to Mid bronze. 2 vs 2 to 4 vs 4. Gym Leader: High Iron to Mid bronze from 2 vs 2 to 5 vs 5 depending on no. of Badges

3-Star: 3x Gym Trainers: High Iron to High Bronze, 2 vs 2 to 4 vs 4. Gym Leader: Mid bronze to Low Silver 3 vs 3 to 6 vs 6.

## Gym Cyan City

Same as the above Minor Gym with 1-stage increase. Weakest Pokemon used for 1-star challenge: Low Bronze. Strongest Pokemon for Gym Leader 3-Star Challenge: Low Gold.

Gym Leader: Elite Class Trainer (Elsa Cyan City Gym)

## Gym Leader Strength

From the information at Viridian Gym, an estimation of all Gym Leader's Strength was made.

The Viridian Gym Leader, had a main team consisting of Dark-Gold Stage Pokemon. From this, it can be assumed the Gym Leaders are at the Elite stage for the Major Gyms, maybe having a Pokemon or 2 in the step towards being a Champion-Class trainer. The Viridian Hall Masters were all at the ACE-Class with the Ground Type Hall Master close to breaking into the Elite-Class.

It can therefore be assumed that a Major Gym would have an Elite Class Trainer as its Gym Leader.

## League Tournaments

### Junior Tournament

Qualification Requirements: 16x B-Rank Badges

Frequency: every 3 years.

### Senior Tournament

Qualification Requirements: 16x A-Rank Badges

S-Rank Badges worth 2x A-Rank Badges.

Frequency: every 5 years.