Canalave Gym

Canalave Gym ミオジム Mio Gym
Location	Canalave City
Gym Leader	Byron
Badge	Mine Badge
Dominant Type	Steel
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

The Canalave Gym (Japanese: ミオジム Mio Gym) is the official Gym of Canalave City. It is based on Steel-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Byron. Trainers that defeat him receive the Mine Badge.

In the games

The Canalave Gym is a four-story building made of fixed steel platforms, lifts, and moving metal platforms. Trainers must ride the lifts and moving platforms in a certain order while battling other Trainers in the Gym to reach the fourth floor, on which Byron waits.

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Black Belt Ricky タイト Taito Reward: $792	Steelix♂ Lv.33 No item
Worker Gary カネオ Kaneo Reward: $1240	Onix♂ Lv.31 No item
Worker Jackson テツオミ Tetsuomi Reward: $1120	Onix♂ Lv.28 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.28 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.28 No item
Ace Trainer Cesar タクミ Takumi Reward: $1920	Skorupi♂ Lv.30 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.32 No item
Worker Gerardo キンジ Kinji Reward: $1160	Onix♂ Lv.29 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.29 No item
Black Belt David ケンスケ Kensuke Reward: $768	Onix♂ Lv.30 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.32 No item
Ace Trainer Breanna マユコ Mayuko Reward: $1980	Azumarill♀ Lv.33 No item

Leader Byron Canalave Gym Diamond and Pearl Leader and Professor Byron Oak Canalave Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $4680

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.36 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Steelix♂ Lv.36 Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: Chesto Berry Bastiodon♂ Lv.39 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Rest Psychic Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Black Belt Ricky タイト Taito Reward: $912	Steelix♂ Lv.38 No item
Worker Gary カネオ Kaneo Reward: $1480	Magnemite Lv.37 No item
Worker Jackson テツオミ Tetsuomi Reward: $1360	Magnemite Lv.34 No item
	Magnemite Lv.34 No item
	Magnemite Lv.34 No item
Ace Trainer Cesar タクミ Takumi Reward: $2400	Scizor♂ Lv.40 No item
Worker Gerardo キンジ Kinji Reward: $1400	Magnemite Lv.35 No item
	Magnemite Lv.35 No item
Black Belt David ケンスケ Kensuke Reward: $888	Steelix♂ Lv.35 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.37 No item
Ace Trainer Breanna マユコ Mayuko Reward: $2280	Bronzor Lv.35 No item
	Bronzor Lv.36 No item
	Bronzor Lv.38 No item

Leader Byron Canalave Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Byron Oak Canalave Gym Platinum Reward: $4920

Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magneton Lv.37 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Steelix♂ Lv.38 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Bastiodon♂ Lv.41 Metal Burst Steel Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Taunt Dark Status   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM91 (Flash Cannon)	Reward for defeating Byron	D  P  Pt

Layout

In the anime

In Dealing With Defensive Types!, Ash had his Gym battle against Byron. Ash had the lead in the beginning, defeating Byron's Bronzor with his Chimchar after getting past Byron's defensive strategies. Byron then regained the advantage by easily knocking out Ash's Buizel with Steelix. Ash sent out Chimchar again and defeated Steelix with Flame Wheel after weakening it by caving in the ground with Dig. Byron finally sent out his Bastiodon and knocks Chimchar out with Metal Burst. Ash then sent out his last Pokémon, Gliscor. Bastiodon seemed to be winning in the beginning with repeated Flash Cannons and Iron Heads, but Gliscor managed to use Fire Fang on Bastiodon's back where it was weaker, defeating it and winning Ash his sixth Badge in the Sinnoh region.

In the other rooms of the Gym, there are many rocks and Fossils that Byron has collected over the years, including a giant Anorith Fossil that Team Rocket tried to steal. There are also prehistoric Pokémon in other rooms, such as Omastar, Omanyte, Kabuto, Kabutops, Cradily, and Armaldo.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A moving platform in the Gym

Canalave Gym debuted in VS. Bronzong I in Volume 33 of the Diamond & Pearl arc. Platinum unknowingly ran into the Gym with Diamond and Pearl when she thought she heard her father's voice. They were whisked back and forth on the moving platforms until they arrived in front of Byron, who challenged Platinum to a battle. At first, Byron's two strong defensive Bronzong held up easily against Platinum's Empoleon; however, (continued in VS. Bronzong II after Platinum discovered her father locked up in a cage and assumed that Byron did it, she became very angry and knocked out both of his Bronzong with her Ponyta in one hit. Byron proceeded to give her a Mine Badge later, much to her surprise.

Pokémon

These are the Pokémon Byron used in the Gym.

Shieldon ♂

Bronzong (×2)

Trivia

• Canalave Gym is similar to Olivine Gym because they are both Steel-type Gyms and are the sixth Gym of their respective regions.
  • The two Gym Leaders also both use a Steelix.

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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