Sinnoh Gyms
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In order to compete against the Sinnoh League's Elite Four and Champion, trainers must collect eight badges from around the country and present them upon arrival to the League seat at Castlegar Island. Kanto/Johto and Hoenn badges are not qualifiers for the Sinnoh League.
You can check Gyms for more information about gyms in general!
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Oreburgh Gym
Leader - Roark
Badge - Coal Badge
This gym specializes in rock-type Pokémon. The gym itself is a narrow stone building, and can be rather oppressive in feel; some have likened the atmosphere to being buried underground. The battlefield at the far end of the building is one made out of soil and rock; Pokémon can freely dig their way through the pit, although are warned to beware of the rather hard stalagmites that litter the field.
Eterna Gym
Leader - Gardenia
Badge - Forest Badge
This gym specializes in grass-type Pokémon. The gym consists of a very large greenhouse, which holds an indoor forest maze. Trainers must first make it past these twisting paths before challenging the leader on a battlefield covered with green, growing things and trees.
Hearthome Gym Leader - Fantina Badge - Relic Badge This gym specializes in ghost-type Pokémon. The trainers of the gym keep it very dimly lit, the only illumination coming from Duskull-shaped lanterns. Between the darkness and the mathematical puzzles that must be solved to advance to the top floor of the gym, many trainers wind up quite intimidated before they even face the spooky Pokémon of the gym leader.
Pastoria Gym
Leader - Crasher Wake
Badge - Fen Badge
This gym specializes in water-type Pokémon. To reach the gym leader, one must navigate their way through a maze of water and switches - floating platforms will lead to the battlefield, but only if the water level in the gym reaches a certain point. The battlefield itself, like most water-type fields, is a giant swimming pool with a few platforms interspersed here and there.
Veilstone Gym
Leader - Maylene
Badge - Cobble Badge
This gym specializes in fighting-type Pokémon. The gym is built much like a boxer's training area - there are a number of small boxing rings spread throughout, with punching bags and other sparring equipment littering the area. The arena is a simple dojo-like battle court.
Canalave Gym
Leader - Byron
Badge - Mine Badge
This gym specializes in steel-type Pokémon. The gym's leader awaits on the top floor of a four-storey building that requires something of an innate sense of timing to scale - the floors are all linked by steel platforms, manual lifts, and moving platforms. The arena is a simple clay court, reinforced with many steel girders; those iron-hard Pokémon can be hazardous to the building!
Snowpoint Gym
Leader - Candice
Badge - Icicle Badge
This gym specializes in ice-type Pokémon. The interior of the gym is set up like a number of ice rinks, all linked together by slippery slides - better have some grace about you, trainer! The battle arena, too, is fashioned out of a solid block of ice, nicely groomed before every match; it's said the gym trainers can sometimes be found training their Pokémon on it in impromptu hockey matches.
Sunyshore Gym
Leader - Volkner
Badge - Beacon Badge
This gym specializes in electric-type Pokémon. The gym is part of the reason why Sunyshore has its large solar-energy-collecting panels - it's home to a number of exposed dynamos that take up quite a bit of power. Trainers must navigate through these passageways, negotiating with the clockwork, gear-laden paths. The battlefield is of the normal arena variety... Except for the electric fence surrounding it. Ouch.
