Pokémon League (Unova)

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Pokémon League ポケモンリーグ
Pokémon League
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Only Trainers who win at all the Pokémon Gyms may challenge it.
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Unova League - BW
Shauntal
Elite Four
Shauntal
Marshal
Elite Four
Marshal
Grimsley
Elite Four
Grimsley
Caitlin
Elite Four
Caitlin
Alder
Champion Alder
Unova League - B2W2
Shauntal
Elite Four
Shauntal
Marshal
Elite Four
Marshal
Grimsley
Elite Four
Grimsley
Caitlin
Elite Four
Caitlin
Iris
Champion Iris
Pokémon League
Victory Road*
 
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Location
Unova Pokémon League Map.png
Location of Pokémon League in Unova.
The entrance

The Pokémon League (Japanese: ポケモンリーグ Pokémon League) of Unova is the location of the region's Elite Four, who may only be challenged after defeating all eight Unova Gym Leaders. It is located on a large hill north of Victory Road and it requires traveling through a mountain to reach the entrance.

In Pokémon Black and White, reaching the Pokémon League requires first passing through Unova's original Victory Road by presenting all of the Unova Badges, and then making it through a large mountain. Once through, the player will make their way through a crevice and reach the League. Housed on a pedestal are four stairways leading to the different Elite Four members: the first door on the left leading to Shauntal, the next door leading to Grimsley, the third door leading to Caitlin and the last door ending on the right leading to Marshal. To the left of the pedestal is a doorway leading to the League's Pokémon Center and Poké Mart. After beating the four members, the player can face the Champion, Alder, in the temple behind the castle that houses the Elite Four.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Route 10 has been sealed off due to a landslide. Therefore, a new path to the Pokémon League was built. Alder has retired to Floccesy Town with Iris taking his place as Champion.

Demographics

Unova's Pokémon League has a population of 10.

Poké Mart

Upper cashier
Lower cashier


Structure

Unlike previous groups of Elite Four, the Unova Elite Four can be challenged in any order. Once one is defeated, a warp tile activates which can then transport the player back to the main room.

Statue

In the center of the Pokémon League is a statue that lists each of the Elite Four members and the locations of their rooms. After defeating each Elite Four member, a blue light will glow in front of the doorway to their room. After defeating all of the Elite Four members, the ring around the statue will glow blue. If the statue is interacted with at this point, it will act as an elevator and lower the player to the courtyard below. This courtyard leads to an enormous staircase, leading to the Champion's room in a temple at the summit.

"Words are engraved on the statue:
Four great warriors form this Pokémon League.
To the southwest is one who does not fear the Ghost type.
To the southeast is one who channels the power of the Fighting type.
To the northwest is one who has mastered the Dark type.
To the northeast is one who knows the mind of the Psychic type.
If you can defeat these warriors with your courage and wisdom, you shall be led to the summit, where the strongest Champion awaits."

Shauntal's room

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In Black and White, Shauntal's room is modeled after a haunted house. It is a giant cylindrical room with a large structure in the middle made out of wooden bookcases. The back of the room is made up of windows portraying a thunderstorm. Upon reaching the edge of the platform, two will-o-wisps will carry the Trainer around the winding staircase and drop the player at the top. Here Shauntal awaits challengers.

In Black 2 and White 2, the player ascends a staircase lit by purple flames to find Shauntal on a circular platform surrounded by stacks of books and ringed by bookcases in the background. Purple flames hover around the stacks of books, moving them back and forth. As the player approaches, the flames vanish and the books scatter to the ground, followed by a lantern with a purple flame lighting up to re-illuminate the room and moving behind Shauntal.

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Marshal's room

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In Black and White, Marshal's room is modeled after a wrestling ring with a cage overhead. His room is cylindrical with a large structure in the middle made out of mechanical pieces. The back of the room is shadowed down without lighting. Upon reaching the edge of the platform and stepping onto another platform, the platform will lift the player up around the winding pathway to the wrestling ring. Once there, lights will turn on and flash about, and then the player may challenge Marshal.

In Black 2 and White 2, Marshal's room is ringed by a large circular cage, half of which unlocks and flings open as the player enters below. A walkway rises to form a staircase up to a platform shaped like the lower half of a Poké Ball. As the player reaches the top of the stairs, Marshal descends on a platform shaped like a Poké Ball's top half to complete the design.

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Grimsley's room

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In Black and White, Grimsley's room is also cylindrical with a large structure in the middle. The room is somewhat of an elegant ballroom, reminiscent of vampire castles and 1800s Eastern European design. This chamber is dominated by shades of deep crimson and black, while torches light the room up and an elaborate chandelier hangs from above the battlefield. Upon reaching the edge of the platform, the player can walk onto a platform which will take the player and lift them up around the winding staircase. Once the player makes their way to the top, they will find Grimsley waiting for them.

In Black 2 and White 2, the stairs to Grimsley's platform are lined with red and black, talon-like features that block the way, then lift out of the way to let the player pass and close again behind them. Grimsley's platform hangs from the walls by chains and is again lit by torches and a chandelier, with a sofa behind Grimsley.

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Caitlin's room

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In Black and White, Caitlin's room as well is large and cylindrical, this time with a large empty space in the middle. The back of the room is made up of a void where stars can be seen with meteors periodically showering down. Upon reaching the edge of the platform, psychic energy will engulf the Trainer and lift them up to a platform with a canopied bed set on it. Upon landing on the platform, the curtains will open, and Caitlin will get out of her bed and walk toward the player for a battle.

In Black 2 and White 2, the player climbs a black staircase lit with glowing specks of light to find a giant white rose blossom hovering over a platform, giving off sparkles of light. As the player approaches the rose opens to reveal Caitlin and vanishes, leaving her to slowly float to the ground.

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Champion's room

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Once all Elite Four members are defeated, the statue in the central room lights up, and when stepped in front of becomes an elevator, leading the player to a large underground chamber with steps leading up to a structure containing the Champion's room.

In Black and White, the Champion's room consists of a simple elevated platform surrounded by rock pillars inside of the temple. Walking up the short stairs inside the temple allows a battle with the Champion, Alder. The wall behind Alder bears rock carved in a starburst pattern.

In Black 2 and White 2, the Champion's room consists of a large stepped pyramid surrounded by pillars. At the top of the Pyramid, the new Champion awaits in front of a large throne with a statue rising over it, and the room lights up in a flash as the player reaches the top of the stairs. On the wall behind the champion is an elaborate crest against a backdrop of a starry sky. The crest consists of four emblems representing the types of the Elite Four circling a larger, fifth crest in the center, representing the Champion, Iris. When she is beaten, the crests align and the statue lowers into the ground, and the center crest opens as a staircase rises from the hole where the statue descended, granting access to the Hall of Fame.

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Hall of Fame

Main article: Hall of Fame

After defeating the Champion, they will take the player behind his platform and take a portal to the Hall of Fame, where the player's Poké Balls are placed onto a machine which will register them.

In the spin-off games

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Main article: Unova Pokémon League (stage)

The Pokémon League appears as a stage in the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

In the anime

In the main series

The Vertress Pokémon League stadium in the anime

In the anime, the Unova Pokémon League Conference was held in Vertress City.

In Pokémon Generations

The Unova Pokémon League appeared in The Uprising, in which it got surrounded by N's Castle. Iris and all of Unova Gym Leaders subsequently took on an army of Team Plasma Grunts emerging from the castle.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Pokémon League in Pokémon Adventures
The Elite Four's rooms in Pokémon Adventures

The Pokémon League first appeared in Dream a Little Dream, when the Pokémon League tournament began. During the first half of the competition, 32 Trainers with eight Gym Badges entered Victory Road. In the end, eight Trainers, Black, Cheren, Iris, Hood Man, Gray, Leo, and Lou Karr, made their way to the Pokémon League itself, where the tournament was held.

The tournament arena contains eight Poké Ball-shaped capsules, one for each Trainer taking part in the tournament. Trainers are only allowed to exit their capsules when it is their turn to battle. The victorious Trainers' capsules move upwards on a wall in the shape of a giant tournament table. Each capsule also contains a healing machine, which can be used to heal the Trainer's Pokémon while they wait for their turn to battle. The Trainer who wins the tournament is allowed to challenge the Elite Four, and, if victorious against them, the Champion.

Eventually, Black and Cheren made it to the finals. When Black realized that Cheren had started to follow Team Plasma's ideology, he immediately began battling him, even though the final battle wasn't supposed to begin yet. The battle ended in Black's victory, but due to N's Castle then rising from the ground and Team Plasma beginning their attack on the League, Black wasn't able to challenge the Elite Four.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Pokémon League of Unova in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards
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 #
Garchomp Dragon Dragons Exalted Rare Holo 90/124 Dragon Blade Rare Holo 040/050
Accelgor Grass Plasma Blast Rare 8/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 008/076
Glalie Water Plasma Blast Uncommon 22/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 017/076
Drifblim Psychic Plasma Blast Rare 35/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 027/076
Reuniclus Psychic Plasma Blast Rare 44/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 036/076
Golurk Psychic Plasma Blast Rare Holo 46/101 Megalo Cannon Rare Holo 038/076
Machamp Fighting Plasma Blast Rare Holo 49/101 Megalo Cannon Rare Holo 041/076
Houndoom Darkness Plasma Blast Rare Holo 56/101 Megalo Cannon Rare Holo 047/076
Chatot Colorless Plasma Blast Uncommon 77/101 Megalo Cannon Common 064/076
Caitlin Su Plasma Blast Uncommon 78/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 072/076
Iris Su Plasma Blast Uncommon 81/101 Megalo Cannon Uncommon 071/076
 


Trivia

  • In pre-National Pokédex battles, the Elite Four will use only four Pokémon. Previous Elite Four groups have used five Pokémon each when they are challenged for the first time.
  • In Black and White, the Unova League is the only league where the player doesn't battle the Champion the first time through. Instead, the player arrives after Alder's defeat by N, causing the player to have to follow N to his castle. Alder can only be battled post-National Pokédex.
  • This is the first Pokémon League where there is not a set order; instead, there is a large room with all four Elite Four member entrances open.
    • This is the first Pokémon League where the player can exit the Elite Four member's room by going back they way they came. However, this can only be done before completely ascending the staircase.
  • In the individual rooms, the spiraling staircases make one full rotation in the females' rooms and two full rotations in the males' room.
  • This is the only Pokémon League not to award a Ribbon in any of the games it appears.

In other languages

Language Title
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Pokémon League
Finland Flag.png Finnish Pokémon-liiga
France Flag.png French Ligue Pokémon
Germany Flag.png German Pokémon Liga
Italy Flag.png Italian Lega Pokémon
South Korea Flag.png Korean 포켓몬리그 Pokémon League
Spain Flag.png Spanish Liga Pokémon
Pokémon League logo.png The Pokémon League Paldea Gym Logo.png
Participation
TrainerBattleGym Leaders
GymsBadgesReferee
Championship matches
Elite FourOrange League
Champion League
Pokémon League Conferences
IndigoSilverEver GrandeLily of the Valley
VertressLumioseManalo
Regional Pokémon Leagues
IndigoOrange*JohtoHoennSinnoh
Unova (BB) • KalosAlolaGalarPaldea
Areas of jurisdiction
Pokémon League Reception GateHall of Fame
Palace of VictoryCerulean CaveArea Zero
Others
Admissions ExamPokémon Association
PIAWorld Coronation Series
(Masters Eight Tournament)


Unova
Trio Badge.png Basic Badge.png Insect Badge.png Bolt Badge.png Quake Badge.png Jet Badge.png Freeze Badge.png Legend Badge.png
Basic Badge.png Toxic Badge.png Insect Badge.png Bolt Badge.png Quake Badge.png Jet Badge.png Legend Badge.png Wave Badge.png
Settlements
Nuvema TownAccumula TownStriaton CityNacrene CityCastelia CityNimbasa CityAnville Town
Driftveil CityMistralton CityIcirrus CityOpelucid CityPokémon LeagueLacunosa TownUndella Town
Black CityWhite ForestAspertia CityFloccesy TownVirbank CityLentimas TownHumilau City
Routes
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Bridges and tunnels
Skyarrow BridgeDriftveil DrawbridgeTubeline BridgeVillage BridgeMarvelous BridgeMarine Tube
Landmarks
DreamyardWellspring CavePinwheel ForestLiberty GardenDesert ResortRelic CastleBattle SubwayLostlorn Forest
Cold StorageMistralton CaveChargestone CaveCelestial TowerTwist MountainDragonspiral TowerMoor of Icirrus
Challenger's CaveVictory Road (BWB2W2) • N's CastleRoyal UnovaGiant ChasmUndella BayAbyssal Ruins
Abundant ShrinePoké Transfer LabP2 LaboratoryEntralinkUnity TowerFloccesy RanchPledge GroveVirbank Complex
Pokéstar StudiosCastelia SewersJoin AvenueCave of BeingPokémon World TournamentReversal MountainPlasma Frigate
Clay TunnelUnderground RuinsStrange HouseRelic PassageSeaside CaveWhite TreehollowBlack Tower
Access to
Nature Preserve
Other
Blueberry AcademyTerarium


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