Oreburgh Gym

Oreburgh Gym クロガネジム Kurogane Gym
Location	Oreburgh City
Gym Leader	Roark Byron*
Badge	Coal Badge
Dominant Type	Rock
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

Roark's Gym Leader area

The Oreburgh Gym (Japanese: クロガネジム Kurogane Gym) is the official Gym of Oreburgh City. It is based on Rock-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Roark. Trainers who defeat him receive the Coal Badge.

In the games

Core series games

Oreburgh Pokémon Gym
Leader: Roark
Call me Roark the Rock!

The Oreburgh Gym is a narrow building built of stone. Two paths exist: a raised path that avoids the Trainers and a middle path that takes challengers straight through the Gym. Roark waits on a raised hill at the end of the paths. Although only two Trainers actually appear in the Gym, most of the Workers in the Oreburgh Mine are also members who relax at the Gym in their free time.

While Roark is the Gym Leader here, it is revealed that Byron had originally asked Riley to be the Gym Leader here until Riley turned the offer down in favor of Roark.

Appearance

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM76 (Stealth Rock)	Reward for defeating Roark	D  P  Pt
	TM76 (Stealth Rock) ×5	Reward for defeating Roark	BD  SP

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Jonathon シンスケ Shinsuke Reward: $160	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Darius コウタ Kōta Reward: $128	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.8 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Roark Oreburgh Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $1680

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♂ Lv.12 Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.12 Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Cranidos♂ Lv.14 Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Jonathon シンスケ Shinsuke Reward: $176	Geodude♂ Lv.11 No item
Youngster Darius コウタ Kōta Reward: $144	Geodude♂ Lv.9 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.9 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Roark Oreburgh Gym Platinum Reward: $1680

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♂ Lv.12 Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.12 Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Cranidos♂ Lv.14 Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Jonathon シンスケ Shinsuke Reward: $440	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Darius コウタ Kōta Reward: $416	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.8 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Gym Leader Roark Oreburgh Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $1,960

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♂ Lv.12 Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.12 Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Bind Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Cranidos♂ Lv.14 Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Roark Oreburgh Gym Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $8,928

Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: Smooth Rock Tyranitar♂ Lv.68 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Unnerve Held item: Scope Lens Aerodactyl♂ Lv.66 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Types: Rock Bug Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Armaldo♂ Lv.70 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sand Force Held item: Focus Sash Probopass♂ Lv.68 Power Gem Rock Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Body Press Fighting Physical   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       Types: Water Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: Choice Band Relicanth♂ Lv.64 Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: Life Orb Rampardos♂ Lv.72 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --

In animation

Oreburgh Gym in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Oreburgh Gym's battlefield in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

The Oreburgh Gym first appeared in Shapes of Things to Come!, where Paul challenged Roark to a Gym battle and beat him. Ash watched this match, and challenged Roark himself in the next episode, but lost because his concentration was instead on besting Paul.

After doing some heavy training in Wild in the Streets! and getting some advice from Dawn in the process, Ash re-challenged Roark in O'er the Rampardos We Watched!. This time, he won the battle, earning him the Coal Badge.

In Ancient Family Matters!, it was revealed that prior to Roark becoming a Gym Leader, his father Byron was the Gym Leader of Oreburgh City. He ultimately left to become the Leader of the Gym in Canalave City.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Used by Byron

It is unknown what Pokémon Byron used in his Gym battles here.

Used by Roark

Geodude

Debut	Shapes of Things to Come!
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Michael Haigney

Geodude was the first Pokémon Roark used against Paul. It first battled Paul's Azumarill, and despite being at a major disadvantage, it defeated the Aqua Rabbit Pokémon as if it were nothing. Geodude then went up against Elekid, and this time it had a type-advantage, but it was defeated by a single super-effective Brick Break attack. It was also used as the second Pokémon in Ash's rematch and faced Aipom. Although it put up a good fight, Aipom's speed and agility turned out to be too much for Geodude, causing it to be defeated by her super-effective Focus Punch.

Geodude's known moves are Hidden Power, Rollout, and Seismic Toss.

Onix

Debut	Shapes of Things to Come!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

The powerhouse of Roark's team, Onix was used as Roark's second Pokémon during his match against Paul. It first went up against Elekid and while it was able to weaken it, Onix was struck by Elekid's Static and was paralyzed, allowing it to be defeated by Chimchar. Onix was also used during Roark's first match against Ash and easily won the battle for its Trainer, knocking out an already exhausted Turtwig and Pikachu. During the rematch, Pikachu made up for its loss and defeated Onix with Iron Tail.

Onix's known moves are Slam, Double-Edge, Stealth Rock, and Screech, and its Ability is Rock Head.

Cranidos → Rampardos

Debut	Shapes of Things to Come!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kenta Miyake
English	Kenta Miyake

Main article: Roark's Rampardos

Rampardos is Roark's main Pokémon. It first appeared as a Cranidos. It was used to battle Paul, but lost. Then, against Ash, it won. It knows many powerful attacks such as Zen Headbutt and Flamethrower. While battling Team Rocket, it evolved into Rampardos. In the rematch, Rampardos defeated Ash's Aipom and Pikachu and almost defeated Turtwig, but Turtwig managed to win.

Many episodes later, it reappeared with Roark, where it battled against Byron's Bastiodon.

Pokémon Evolutions

Oreburgh Gym in Pokémon Evolutions

Oreburgh Gym appeared in a flashback in The Rival, where Barry was seen challenging Roark there. Using his Piplup against Roark's Cranidos, Barry was able to win the match, earning himself his first Badge.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Cranidos

Debut	The Rival

Main article: Roark's Cranidos

Cranidos was used by Roark in his Gym battle against Barry, but it was defeated by Piplup's Bubble.

In the manga

The Oreburgh Gym in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

The Oreburgh Gym appeared in A Conk in Cranidos's Cranium as the first Gym that Platinum challenged. Diamond and Pearl were thrown out by the Gym statue for the duration of the Gym challenge, consisting of Gym Trainers and the Gym Leader himself. They, however, managed to help Platinum win the battle against Roark from the outside by concealing information in their manzai routine, which they performed through a window.

Pokémon used in the Gym

Cranidos ♂

Debut	Putting a Crimp in Kricketot

Main article: Roark's Cranidos

Roark received Cranidos when it was an Egg prior to its debut. Roark used it during Platinum's first Gym challenge. It was able to weaken her Piplup with Shock Wave as Roark was aware of the type disadvantage his Pokémon had against Water types. However, even with its Double Team, it was defeated by the Penguin Pokémon's Water Pulse, which confused it and made it knock itself out.

Onix

Debut	A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium

Roark used his Onix during Platinum's Gym battle after switching out Cranidos. It was able to defeat Platinum's Ponyta, but lost to her Piplup despite the Penguin Pokémon being hit by the effect of Stealth Rock.

Onix's known moves are Double-Edge, Stealth Rock, and Slam, and its Ability is Rock Head.

In the TCG

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

Pokémon in Oreburgh 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	#
Rampardos		Rising Rivals		11/111	Bonds to the End of Time		051/090
Aerodactyl		Rising Rivals		55/111	Bonds to the End of Time		049/090

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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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