Opelucid Gym

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Opelucid Gym
ソウリュウジム Soryu Gym
Opelucid Gym anime.png
Location Opelucid City
Gym Leader DraydenBB2W2
IrisW
Badge Legend Badge
Dominant Type Dragon
Region Unova
Opelucid Gym field.png
Battlefield

The Opelucid Gym (Japanese: ソウリュウジム Soryu 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, Black 2 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

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Drayden

"The Spartan Mayor"

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Iris

"The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons"

Pokémon Black and White

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. Behind the Gym Leader, there's a warp tile the player can use as a shortcut back to the entrance.

Clyde tells the player about the mechanics of the maze, although he says there are only two dragons, when there are actually three.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

In the two years between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the Opelucid Gym was remodeled to hide the DNA Splicers; signs of construction can still be seen around the Gym.

The Gym now features a whiteB2/blackW2 dragon vertically on a wall and a blackB2/whiteW2 dragon which the player can control to move to a certain position by stepping on the buttons appearing on its head. The Trainers of the Gym are on four different levels; the player must defeat at least one Trainer from each level to be able to proceed to the next level. On the topmost level, the player will meet Drayden. The DNA Splicers are hidden within the Gym. Because of this, Team Plasma freezes Opelucid City after the player has defeated Drayden.

Appearance

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Opelucid Gym Drayden BW.png Opelucid Gym B2W2.png
 

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer Pokémon
Ace Trainer Webster
Ace Trainer Webster
ユウジ Yūji
Reward: $2460
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.41
No item
Ace Trainer Olwen
Ace Trainer Olwen
マドカ Madoka
Reward: $2460
Deino Deino Lv.41
No item
Ace Trainer Jose
Ace Trainer Jose
エイジ Eiji
Reward: $2400
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.40
No item
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.40
No item
Ace Trainer Clara
Ace Trainer Clara
クレア Claire
Reward: $2460
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.41
No item
Veteran Hugo
Veteran Hugo
ユウゴ Yūgo
Reward: $3360
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.42
No item
Ace Trainer Tom
Ace Trainer Tom
ケント Kent
Reward: $2340
Deino Deino Lv.39
No item
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.39
No item
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.39
No item
Ace Trainer Dara
Ace Trainer Dara
ユウカ Yūka
Reward: $2400
Deino Deino Lv.40
No item
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.40
No item
Veteran Kim
Veteran Kim
キム Kim
Reward: $3280
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.40
No item
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.41
No item


Pokémon Black



Pokémon White



Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer Pokémon
First level
Veteran Lucius
Veteran Lucius
リュウセイ Ryūsei
Reward: $3680
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.46
No item
Second level
Veteran Rhona
Veteran Rhona
タツミ Tatsumi
Reward: $3600
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.45
Bag Haban Berry Sprite.png Haban Berry
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.45
Bag Rocky Helmet Sprite.png Rocky Helmet
Veteran Jerry
Veteran Jerry
タツロウ Tatsurō
Reward: $3600
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.45
Bag Dragon Fang Sprite.png Dragon Fang
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.45
Bag Dragon Gem Sprite.png Dragon Gem
Third level
Veteran Denae
Veteran Denae
ドレイク Drake
Reward: $3520
Rotation Battle
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.44
No item
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.44
No item
Axew Axew Lv.44
No item
Veteran Ron
Veteran Ron
ロン Long
Reward: $3520
Triple Battle
Fraxure Fraxure Lv.44
No item
Druddigon Druddigon Lv.44
No item
Axew Axew Lv.44
No item


Easy Mode/Normal Mode



Challenge Mode



Items

Item Location Games
Fresh Water Fresh Water From Clyde at the entrance  B  W  B2  W2 
TM Dragon TM82 (Dragon Tail) Reward for defeating DraydenBB2W2/IrisW  B  W  B2  W2 

In the anime

Opelucid Gym was first mentioned by Brycen in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! as the next Gym that Ash could challenge. However, before Ash and his friends could start on their road to there, a Nurse Joy in Clash of the Connoisseurs! mentioned that the Gym was closed, in which Iris seemed to be very happy about.

The Gym appeared for the first time in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, where Drayden battled Iris and won. Afterwards it was revealed that Drayden was considering Iris to replace him as the Opelucid Gym Leader one day.

In the anime, the Gym is a stone building with two stone dragon statues lining the entrance to the building. Inside is a dimly lit battlefield with statues of Druddigon, Haxorus, and Hydreigon overlooking the field near the ceiling.

Pokémon used in Gym

Drayden's Haxorus
Haxorus
In Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, Haxorus was used in a Gym Battle against Iris. It went up against Iris's Excadrill, whom it had fought before long ago. Both Pokémon fought a tough battle, which ended in a tie after a clash of Drill Run and Giga Impact.

Haxorus's moves are Rock Smash and Giga Impact.

Debut Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!
Voice actors
Japanese Kenta Miyake
English Tom Wayland
Drayden's Druddigon
Druddigon
Drayden used Druddigon as his second in his Gym Battle against Iris. It battled against Iris's Dragonite, and after a very tough match, finally emerged victorious with its Dragon Tail attack, winning the match for Drayden.

Druddigon was shown to be very strong, being able to withstand Dragonite's super effective Ice Beam and intercept it in the middle of a Dragon Rush.

Druddigon's moves are Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Double Team and Dragon Tail.

Debut Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!
Voice actors
Japanese Kenta Miyake
English Marc Thompson

In the manga

Opelucid Gym in the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Opelucid Gym first appeared in The Cold Hard Truth, where Drayden was seen holding a press conference in front of the Gym. He announced that the date of the Pokémon League tournament had been pushed up, being held in one week instead of the original three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained Kimi that the decision was made in order to lure Team Plasma out of their hiding.

In PS526, it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden has plans to reclaim his position at some point.

In Pokémon Adventures, as shown in A Cold Reception, the Gym has similar dragon statues as in Black and White.

Trivia

  • Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon and the Ability of their Haxorus. Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin, and Iris's Haxorus has Mold Breaker while Drayden's Haxorus has Rivalry.
  • In Black 2 and White 2, the Veterans' Japanese names are all based on the word "dragon" in different languages: Ryūsei, Tatsumi, and Tatsurō are from the Japanese words ryū and tatsu, Drake is a term sometimes used to refer to European dragons, and Long is Chinese for dragon.


Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Trio Badge
Cilan OD.png Chili OD.png Cress OD.png
Cilan Chili Cress
Nacrene Gym Basic Badge
Lenora OD.png
Lenora
Castelia Gym Insect Badge
Burgh OD.png
Burgh
Nimbasa Gym Bolt Badge
Elesa OD.png
Elesa
Driftveil Gym Quake Badge
Clay OD.png
Clay
Mistralton Gym Jet Badge
Skyla OD.png
Skyla
Icirrus Gym Freeze Badge
Brycen OD.png
Brycen
Opelucid Gym Legend Badge
Drayden OD.png Iris BW OD.png
Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Basic Badge
Cheren OD.png
Cheren
Virbank Gym Toxic Badge
Roxie OD.png
Roxie
Humilau Gym Wave Badge
Marlon OD.png
Marlon


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