Opelucid Gym

The Opelucid Gym (Japanese: ソウリュウジム Souryuu Gym) is the official Gym of Opelucid City. The Gym specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader the player battles is dependent on the version being played. In Pokémon Black and Pokémon Black and White 2, the player will battle Drayden and in Pokémon White, the player will battle Iris. Trainers who defeat them receive the Legend Badge.

In the games

The Opelucid Gym is designed like a thin maze, with switches to open up the correct path. These switches cause dragon statues' heads to move, creating new paths for the player. After the switches have been hit in the right order, the path will lead the player to the Leader.

Trainers

Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Webster ユジ Yuji Reward: $2460	Fraxure♂ Lv.41 No item
Ace Trainer Olwen マドカ Madoka Reward: $2460	Deino♀ Lv.41 No item
Ace Trainer Jose エイジ Eiji Reward: $2400	Fraxure♂ Lv.40 No item
	Fraxure♂ Lv.40 No item
Ace Trainer Clara クレア Claire Reward: $2460	Fraxure♀ Lv.41 No item
Veteran Hugo ユーゴ Jugo Reward: $3360	Druddigon♂ Lv.42 No item
Ace Trainer Tom ケント Kent Reward: $2340	Deino♂ Lv.39 No item
	Fraxure♂ Lv.39 No item
	Druddigon♂ Lv.39 No item
Ace Trainer Dara ユーカ Yuuka Reward: $2400	Deino♀ Lv.40 No item
	Druddigon♀ Lv.40 No item
Veteran Kim キム Kim Reward: $3280	Fraxure♀ Lv.40 No item
	Fraxure♀ Lv.41 No item

Drayden

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black Leader and Professor Drayden Oak Opelucid Gym Black Reward: $5160

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Fraxure♂ Lv.41 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Druddigon♂ Lv.41 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Chip Away Normal Physical   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.43 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

Iris

Leader Iris Opelucid Gym White Leader and Professor Iris Oak Opelucid Gym White Reward: $5160

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Fraxure♀ Lv.41 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Druddigon♀ Lv.41 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Chip Away Normal Physical   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♀ Lv.43 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Veteran ??? リュウセイ Ryūsei Reward: $?	Fraxure♂ Lv.46 No item
Veteran ??? タツミ Tatsumi Reward: $?	Fraxure♀ Lv.45 No item
	Druddigon♀ Lv.45 No item
Veteran ??? タツロウ Tatsurō Reward: $?	Fraxure♂ Lv.45 No item
	Druddigon♂ Lv.45 No item
Rotation battle
Veteran ??? ドレイク Drake Reward: $?	Fraxure♀ Lv.44 No item
	Druddigon♀ Lv.44 No item
	Axew♀ Lv.44 No item
Triple battle
Veteran ??? ロン Long Reward: $?	Fraxure♂ Lv.44 No item
	Druddigon♂ Lv.44 No item
	Axew♂ Lv.44 No item

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black 2 and White 2 Leader and Professor Drayden Oak Opelucid Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $5760

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Held item: None Druddigon♂ Lv.46 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.46 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.48 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --

Items

In the anime

Opelucid Gym was mentioned in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! as the next Gym that Ash could go to, and he started on the road there. In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, it was mentioned by Nurse Joy that it was closed.

Trivia

• This is the first Gym to have two different Gym Leaders between the initial two versions, and the second Gym to have two different Gym Leaders in the same generation (the first being the eighth Gym of Hoenn, Sootopolis Gym).
• Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon; Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, while Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin.

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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