Ballonlea Stadium

Ballonlea Stadium アラベスクスタジアム Arabesque Stadium
Location	Ballonlea
Gym Leader	Opal Bede (Successor)
Badge	Fairy Badge
Dominant Type	Fairy
Region	Galar
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Battlefield

Ballonlea Stadium (Japanese: アラベスクスタジアム Arabesque Stadium) is the official Stadium of Ballonlea. The Gym specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon. During the Gym Challenge, Gym Challengers battle the Gym Leader Opal to earn the Fairy Badge.

After the player becomes Champion, Bede, who was chosen by Opal to succeed her as Gym Leader, takes her place.

In the games

Ballonlea Stadium is the largest building in the town and is the site at which the fifth installment in the Galar region’s Gym Challenge takes place. It is located at the northernmost part of the town, across a wooden bridge crossing a small lake. Its exterior is primarily grey in color, with purple accents to signify the Fairy type and Gym Leader Opal’s favorite color. As with every Stadium in the region, the Ballonlea Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop.

There is a young girl dressed in an Eevee costume located next to the uniform shop who will trade the player a standard form Yamask in return for a Galarian Yamask.

Gym Challenge

Gym mission

The Gym mission is based on the premise that Gym Leader Opal is searching for a person to take her place as the Gym Leader so she can retire. In order for Opal to select a preferred candidate, challengers are made to undertake an examination as their Gym mission. The mission consists of thee trainer battles, during each of which the player is asked a question with two possible answers. Answering correctly results in a boost to some of the stats of the player’s Pokémon, whereas answering incorrectly results in a stat reduction. The correct answers are:

• Poison type or Steel type
• Annette
• Omelets

During the battle against Gym Leader Opal, the player may also be asked up to three questions, which will again result in either positive or negative stat changes to the player’s Pokémon depending on the answer selected. A man standing in the Ballonlea Stadium lobby tells the player the correct answers to Opal’s three questions, which are:

• The wizard
• Purple
• 16 years old

The player earns the Fairy Badge after beating Opal in battle, which enables the player to catch wild Pokémon up to Level 45.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Gym Trainer Annette Gym Trainer Annette コト Koto Reward: $3,264	Spritzee Spritzee♀ Lv.34 No item
	Slurpuff Slurpuff♀ Lv.34 No item
Gym Trainer Teresa Gym Trainer Teresa チヨ Chiyo Reward: $3,264	Swirlix Swirlix♂ Lv.34 No item
	Aromatisse Aromatisse♂ Lv.34 No item
Gym Trainer Theodora Gym Trainer Theodora タチ Tachi Reward: $3,360	Morgrem Morgrem♂ Lv.35 No item
	Gardevoir♂ Lv.35 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Gym Battle

Gym Leader Opal Ballonlea Stadium Sword and Shield Reward: $6,080

Types: Poison Fairy Ability: Unknown Held item: None Weezing♀ Lv.36 Sludge Poison Special   --       Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Unknown Held item: None Mawile♀ Lv.36 Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Types: Fairy Flying Ability: Unknown Held item: None Togekiss♀ Lv.37 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Alcremie♀ Lv.38 Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Acid Armor Poison Status   --       Sweet Kiss Fairy Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

After becoming Champion

Gym Leader Bede Ballonlea Stadium Sword and Shield Reward: $10,080

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mawile♀ Lv.61 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Fake Tears Dark Status   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Unknown Held item: None Gardevoir♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Future Sight Psychic Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rapidash♀ Lv.62 Smart Strike Steel Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Unknown Held item: None Hatterene♀ Lv.63 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Mystical Fire Fire Special   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Marnie’s League Card	From Marnie in Ballonlea Stadium	Sw  Sh
	Love Ball	From the Ball Guy in Ballonlea Stadium	Sw  Sh
	TM87 (Draining Kiss)	From Opal after earning the Fairy Badge	Sw  Sh
	Fairy Uniform	From Opal after earning the Fairy Badge	Sw  Sh
	Bede’s rare League Card	From Bede after beating him in battle in the Ballonlea Stadium lobby after becoming Champion	Sw  Sh
	Opal’s rare League Card	From Opal after beating Bede in battle in the Ballonlea Stadium lobby after becoming Champion	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

A young girl wearing an Eevee costume next to the uniform shop in the Ballonlea Stadium lobby will trade the player a standard form Yamask nicknamed “Masky” in return for a Galarian Yamask.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Yamask	Sw	Sh	Trade Yamask	35	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Poké Mart

This Poké Mart is located on the right side of the Ballonlea Stadium lobby.

Left clerk
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $800	Potion $200
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1500
Max Potion $2500	Full Restore $5000
Antidote $200	Burn Heal $200
Ice Heal $200	Awakening $200
Paralyze Heal $200	Full Heal $400
Revive $2000	Repel $400
Super Repel $700	Max Repel $900
Poké Doll $300

Uniform shop

This shop is located on the left side of the Ballonlea Stadium lobby.

Male

Female

Trivia

• Despite the ‘correct’ answer to Gym Leader Opal’s question of “How old am I?” being 16 years old, her actual age is 88.

Gym Leaders of the Galar region
Turffield Stadium Milo	Hulbury Stadium Nessa	Motostoke Stadium Kabu	Stow-on-Side Stadium Bea Allister
Ballonlea Stadium Opal Bede	Circhester Stadium Gordie Melony	Spikemuth Gym Piers Marnie	Hammerlocke Stadium Raihan

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