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If you were looking for the character of the day from Crisis at Ferroseed Research! with the Japanese name of "Clay", see Case (BW081).

Clay ヤーコン Yakon
"The Underground Boss"
Artwork from Black and White by Yusuke Ohmura[1]
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Driftveil City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Lacey (daughter)[2]
Trainer class	Gym LeaderBWB2W2 Pokémon TrainerB2W2
Generation	V
Counterpart(s)	Clay (Masters)
Games	Pokémon Black and White, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Masters EX
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Naomi Kusumi (Masters EX)
Member of	Unova League
Rank	Gym Leader
Leader of	Driftveil Gym
Badge	Quake Badge
Specializes in	Ground-types
Anime series	Pokémon the Series: Black & White Pokémon Generations
Debut	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue! (Pokémon the Series) The Uprising (Generations)
English voice actor	Sean Schemmel (Pokémon the Series) Steve Kramer (Generations)
Japanese voice actor	Tsuguo Mogami (Pokémon the Series) Shūhei Matsuda (Generations)

Clay (Japanese: ヤーコン Yakon) is a businessman in the mining industry who is the Gym Leader of Driftveil City's Gym, known officially as the Driftveil Gym. He specializes in Ground-type Pokémon. He gives the Quake Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

In the core series games

Clay appears in Pokémon Black and White as the Gym Leader of Driftveil City's Gym. This Gym will be the fifth to be challenged by the player. Trainers who defeat Clay will receive the Quake Badge. Shortly after, he appears on Route 6 to aid the player in removing the Galvantula web blocking the entrance to the Chargestone Cave. After his Krokorok removes the web, he gives TM78 (Bulldoze) to the player. He also reappears again at N's Castle where he and the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages.

When the player is cornered by the Seven Sages, Clay is the first of the Unova Gym Leaders to march in. He asks the player if he is tired out yet, then the rest of the Unova Gym Leaders, except for Cilan, Chili and Cress, walk in and take positions opposite each sage in pairs. Drayden then tells the player to proceed in pursuit of N.

Once the player gains access to the Driftveil Gym, Clay will be standing outside of the Gym, opposite Ghetsis and some Team Plasma Grunts. Ghetsis refers to Clay as the "Miner King".

When the player encounters the Driftveil Gym Leader inside of Twist Mountain on their first visit after obtaining the Mistralton Gym Badge, he will say that Twist Mountain belongs to him and that the player and Cheren can train on it should they wish to do so.

One of the Trainers the player can battle inside the Driftveil Gym says that Clay is a company president. However, it is not known what business Clay owns. Another Trainer that can be battled inside the Driftveil Gym says that Clay stays at the bottom of the Gym to remind himself that he once had nothing. A backpacker inside the Nacrene City Pokémon Center says that Clay found Fossils on Twist Mountain and donated them to the Nacrene City Museum.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, he returns as a Gym Leader. The TM Clay gives away remains the same, though he gives it out immediately after the battle rather than outside Chargestone Cave, as there is no longer any Galvantula web blocking the entrance.

After the Gym battle, Clay takes the player up his private lift to the entrance of the Gym and then leaves. Outside of the Gym, he is with Hugh and notices that the player and Hugh are friends, and then proceeds to show the two Trainers to the Pokémon World Tournament south of Driftveil City. Once there, he goes inside and tells them both to join in the Driftveil Tournament. Cheren is already there and participates as well. After the tournament, Roxie turns up and learns about the tournament, and leaves again. Clay follows and leaves the player to continue the adventure.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Clay is revealed to have a daughter named Lacey, who is a student at Blueberry Academy and a member of the BB League Elite Four. Like her father, she uses an Excadrill as her ace Pokémon. During a conversation between Lacey and Nemona in the League Club Room, the latter is revealed to have battled Clay once, apparently in the midst of a formal party, much to Clay's own amusement, as Lacey quotes him having said, "Nothin' wrong with a young missy who knows what she wants!"

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Leader Clay Driftveil Gym Black and White Reward: $3720

Types: Ground Dark Ability: Moxie Held item: None Krokorok♂ Lv.29 Swagger Normal Status   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Palpitoad♂ Lv.29 Aqua Ring Water Status   --       BubbleBeam Water Special   --       Muddy Water Water Special   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Sand Rush Held item: None Excadrill♂ Lv.31 Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Gym battle

Easy Mode/Normal Mode

Leader Clay Driftveil Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $3600/$3960

Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Krokorok♂ Lv.28/31 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Sand Veil Held item: None Sandslash♂ Lv.28/31 Crush Claw Normal Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Sand Force Held item: Sitrus Berry Excadrill♂ Lv.30/33 Slash Normal Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --

Challenge Mode

Leader Clay Driftveil Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $4320

Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: Sitrus Berry Krokorok♂ Lv.34 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Sand Veil Held item: None Sandslash♂ Lv.34 Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Crush Claw Normal Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.34 Explosion Normal Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Rock Polish Rock Status   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Sand Force Held item: Sitrus Berry Excadrill♂ Lv.36 Slash Normal Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --

Pokémon World Tournament

Clay uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. He will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Excadrill.

Driftveil/Mix Tournament

PKMN Trainer Clay Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Types: Ground Steel Ability: Sand Rush or Sand Force Held item: None Excadrill♂/♀ Lv.25/50 Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.25/50 Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate or Moxie Held item: None Krokorok♂/♀ Lv.25/50 Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Swift Swim or Hydration Held item: None Palpitoad♂/♀ Lv.25/50 Round Normal Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       BubbleBeam Water Special   --       Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate or Moxie Held item: None Krokorok♂/♀ Lv.25/50 Dig Ground Physical   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Swift Swim or Hydration Held item: None Palpitoad♂/♀ Lv.25/50 Round Normal Special   --       Aqua Ring Water Status   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Rain Dance Water Status   --