Zach

Zach is a character that was introduced in Pixelmon Lustrous Topaz. He is a current Gym Leader in the Marvix region, specializing in Psychic-type Pokemon. His gym has been around since the events of Pixelmon Topaz, though was not the Gym Leader during this time.

## Appearance

Zach is a tall white man. He has black, unkempt hair. He has a brown robe and white cloth under it.

## Personality

Little is known about Zach's personality, other than his passions for Pokemon and Science. He is not friends with any of the other League members due to being the newest addition to the League (excluding Lily). The Construction Logs for the Gym suggest that inbetween the aftermath of Pixelmon Topaz and Pixelmon Lustrous Topaz, Zach created a research team to experiment with creating artificial mega stones, namely, an artificial Medichamite.

## Biography

Upon arriving at Zach's gym, it appears that something has gone horribly wrong. The building appears to be abandoned save for one elderly man who appears very confused. Glass walls are broken due to strange fire cannons, and several floors of modern-looking laboratories seem abandoned. When the player character reaches the Library floor, they can find logs detailing Zach's process of joining the League and his quest to produce an artificial Medichamite. The player character is then attacked by the Medicham that was experimented on. Upon defeating it, they can ascend to the top floor of the building to challenge Zach.

Zach battles from atop a flying carpet, and uses several powerful Psychic Pokemon. Upon defeat, he claims he lost his train of though, and awards the player with the seventh badge.

## Pokemon

### Gym Battle

Malamar (M) @ Razor Fang

Ability: Contrary

Level: 78

EVs: 252 hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def

Hardy Nature

Growth: Ordinary

- Superpower

- Psycho Cut

- Knock Off

- Aerial Ace

Slowbro (M) @ Slowbronite

Ability: Regenerator

Level: 79

EVs: 152 hp / 4 Def / 152 SpD

Hardy Nature

IVs: 11 hp / 7 Atk / 7 Def / 22 SpA / 3 SpD / 14 Spe

Growth: Ordinary

- Disable

- Psywave

- Slack Off

- Tri Attack

Oranguru (F)

Ability: Inner Focus

Level: 80

Happiness: 70

EVs: 4 hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

Growth: Small

- Return

- Taunt

- Dark Pulse

- Psychic

Sigilyph (M) @ Flame Orb

Ability: Tinted Lens

Level: 79

Shiny: Yes

EVs: 4 hp / 152 SpA / 152 Spe

Hardy Nature

IVs: 22 hp / 24 Atk / 23 Def / 8 SpA / 11 SpD / 9 Spe

Growth: Ordinary

- Psycho Shift

- Air Cutter

- Cosmic Power

- Roost

Metagross @ Metagrossite

Ability: Clear Body

Level: 84

EVs: 52 hp / 52 Def / 4 SpD

Hardy Nature

IVs: 0 hp / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD / 0 Spe

Growth: Ordinary

- Bullet Punch

- Zen Headbutt

- Body Slam

- Bulldoze

## Trivia

* Zach's design is very similar to Tim. This is a coincidence.
* It is unknown why Zach's Metagross has zero IVs
* Zach's Metagross and Slowbro both have mega stone equipped, despite only one Pokemon being able to mega evolve each battle.
* Zach is the only Gym Leader to change between Pixelmon Topaz and Pixelmon Lustrous Topaz
	+ He replaces former Gym Leader Josh, not to be confused with Team NeoPirate Leader Josh.
		- Interestingly, former Gym Leader Josh was arrested due to having connections with the original Team Pirate.
	+ There was an attempt by the League to replace Barry with Lily, but this didn't happen for unknown reasons.
* It is unknown why Zach tries to synthesize a Medichamite despite not using a Medicham, which would be perfectly legal as Medicham is part psychic-type, and is strong once it mega evolves due to its ability.