Opelucid Gym

Opelucid Gym ソウリュウジム Soryu Gym
Location	Opelucid City
Gym Leader	DraydenBB2W2 or 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 games

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym Leader: Drayden "The Spartan Mayor"

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym Leader: Iris "The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons"

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.

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Drayden seen in the Opelucid Gym

Upon talking to Clyde he tells you the mechanics of the maze, although he says there are only two dragons, where there are actually three.

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.

In Black 2 and White 2, the Gym 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 froze Opelucid City.

Trainers

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

Black

Leader Drayden Opelucid Gym Black Leader and Professor Drayden Oak 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: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.43 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

White

Leader Iris Opelucid Gym White Leader and Professor Iris Oak 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   --

Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Veteran Lucius リュウセイ Ryūsei Reward: $3680	Fraxure♂ Lv.46 No item
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
Rotation Battle
Veteran Denae ドレイク Drake Reward: $3520	Fraxure♀ Lv.44 No item
	Druddigon♀ Lv.44 No item
	Axew♀ Lv.44 No item
Triple Battle
Veteran Ron ロン Long Reward: $3520	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 Leader and Professor Drayden Oak 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 Leader and Professor Drayden Oak 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   --       Slash Normal 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 anime

Opelucid Gym was mentioned in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! as the next Gym that Ash could go to, and he started on the road there. In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, it was mentioned by Nurse Joy that it was closed. Iris seemed to be very happy about this.

The Gym appeared in BW101.

Trivia

• This is the first Gym to have two different Gym Leaders between the initial two versions, and the second Gym to have two different Gym Leaders in the same generation (the first being the eighth Gym of Hoenn, Sootopolis Gym).
• Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon; Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, while Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin.
• 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 Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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