Opelucid Gym

Opelucid Gym ソウリュウジム Soryu Gym
Location	Opelucid City
Gym Leader	DraydenBB2W2 IrisW
Badge	Legend Badge
Dominant Type	Dragon
Region	Unova
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 core series 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.

The Gym now features a white^B2/black^W2 dragon vertically on a wall and a black^B2/white^W2 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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Black	White	Black 2	White 2

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Webster ユウジ Yūji 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 ユウゴ Yūgo 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 ユウカ Yūka 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

Pokémon Black

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black Reward: $5160

Type: 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   --       Type: 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   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.43 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

Pokémon White

Leader Iris Opelucid Gym White Reward: $5160

Type: 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   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Druddigon♀ Lv.41 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Chip Away Normal Physical   --       Type: 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   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

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

Easy Mode/Normal Mode

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $4320/$5760

Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Druddigon♂ Lv.42/46 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.42/46 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Sitrus Berry Haxorus♂ Lv.44/48 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

Challenge Mode

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6240

Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: Sitrus Berry Druddigon♂ Lv.50 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.50 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.50 Cotton Guard Grass Status   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sing Normal Status   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Sitrus Berry Haxorus♂ Lv.52 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --

Items

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

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Opelucid Gym is seen in Iris's mindscape.

Iris & Haxorus

In animation

Pokémon the Series

In Pokémon the Series, 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 the Series: Black & White

The 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 mentioned in Clash of the Connoisseurs! that the Gym was closed, which Iris seemed to be very happy about. As such, Ash chose to challenge the Virbank Gym instead.

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

In Thrash of the Titans!, Iris invited Ash to the Opelucid Gym for a World Coronation Series battle. Upon arriving, Ash and Goh were shocked to learn that Iris had become the Unova League Champion. Ash and Iris decided to make their match a battle between Dragon types to follow the Gym's type theme. Eventually, Ash's Dragonite and Dracovish succeeded in defeating Iris's Dragonite and Haxorus, allowing Ash to advance to the Ultra Class.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Haxorus

Debut	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kenta Miyake
English	Tom Wayland

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.

Druddigon

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

Drayden used Druddigon as his second in his Gym battle against Iris. It battled 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.

In the manga

Opelucid Gym in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

The Opelucid Gym appeared in The Cold Hard Truth and A Cold Reception, where Drayden held 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 originally planned three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained to Kimi, his secretary, that the decision was made in order to lure Team Plasma out of hiding.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In Mr. Perfect, it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden mentioned he had plans to reclaim his position at some point in the future. As Iris had inherited Alder's Champion title by the time of Deduction Time, it can be assumed Drayden had taken his Gym Leader post back by then.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Druddigon

Debut	School of Hard Knocks

Druddigon is Drayden's only known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Iris's Fraxure, where it easily defeated its opponent. When Drayden was speaking to the press in front of his Gym, Druddigon roared at the crowd to get them to quiet down. During Drayden's Gym battle against Black, Druddigon went up against Black's Brav. With its speed, Druddigon proved to be a powerful foe, but was defeated when Brav opened a door to let in a blizzard, freezing Druddigon in place and making it defenseless from an attack.

Druddigon's known moves are Dragon Tail, Dragon Rage, and Rock Climb, and its Ability is Sheer Force.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards featuring or mentioning the Opelucid City Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Opelucid Gym Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Samurott		Legendary Treasures		39/113	EX Battle Boost		031/093

Trivia

• Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Abilities of their Druddigon and 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.
• Veteran Hugo is the only Trainer in Black and White to battle the player while they are not stood on an isometric grid, approaching the player along the irregularly curved back of one of the Gym's dragon statues. This is also the only ordinary Trainer encounter in Black and White where a sound effect plays and a Trainers' Eyes Meet track does not immediately play as the player is spotted.
• Due to an oversight, in the Japanese versions of Black and White, there is one tile south of a dragon tail that can be surfed on. Upon being surfed on, the player will be stuck, unable to move or land anywhere. If the player saves while surfing on this tile, the only way to escape would be to start a new game or cheat.

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