Pokémon League (Unova)

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Pokémon League ポケモンリーグ
Pokémon League
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Unova League - BW
Shauntal
Elite Four
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Marshal
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Grimsley
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Caitlin
Elite Four
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Alder
Champion Alder
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Marshal
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Grimsley
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Caitlin
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Iris
Champion Iris
 
N's Castle*
 
Pokémon League
Victory Road*
 
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Location
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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 at the central northern tip of Unova and connected to Victory Road, which requires traveling through a mountain to reach the entrance.

In Pokémon Black and White, reaching the Pokémon League requires passing through the Badge Check Gates located at the end of Route 10 by showing all eight Unova Gym Badges. After showing the eighth Badge, the player must traverse Unova's original Victory Road, which is carved in the side of a 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. The original Unova Elite Four members retained their positions within the two year period, and reside in the same towers as before.

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

The main lobby of the Pokémon League is an outdoor area with a statue in its center 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, leading to an enormous staircase 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. The wall behind Alder bears rock carved in a starburst pattern.

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When entering the Champion's room for the first time, N and Alder are seen face-to-face upon the platform, with N having beaten Alder using the Legendary Pokémon ZekromB/ReshiramW. Upon noticing the player, N will call upon Team Plasma's castle and ambush the Pokémon League, where the player must infiltrate the castle to stop N. Because of this, Alder cannot be battled until the player challenges the Elite Four again after completing the main storyline.

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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

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Main article: Unova Pokémon League (stage)

The Pokémon League appears as a stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork of various depictions of the Unova Pokémon League is seen in the mindscapes of many Trainers associated with it, including the Elite Four, Alder, Champion Iris, and Hilda.

Hilda & Emboar
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Shauntal & Chandelure
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Marshal & Conkeldurr
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Caitlin & Reuniclus
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Grimsley & Liepard
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Alder & Volcarona
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Iris (Alt.) & Hydreigon
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In the anime

The Vertress Pokémon League stadium in the anime
The Unova Pokémon League in Pokémon Generations
The Unova Pokémon League in Pokémon Evolutions

Main series

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

Pokémon Generations

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

Pokémon Evolutions

The Unova Pokémon League appeared in a flashback in The Plan, surrounded by N's Castle. N and Zekrom faced Alder and his Volcarona in a battle at the League, emerging victorious against the Champion.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

The Pokémon League briefly appeared in A Very Important Thing, where N was shown to have utterly crushed the Elite Four and decimated the place with Zekrom's power. Turning towards the Champion's chamber, N swore to defeat Alder next.

Pokémon Adventures

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

Black & White arc

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, Marlon, 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. However, due Alder having lost a battle against N and being absent from the League, it was declared that simply defeating the Elite Four would be enough to gain the Champion title this time.

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 start yet. The battle ended in Black's victory, but due to N's Castle subsequently rising from the ground and Team Plasma beginning their attack on the League, Black wasn't able to challenge the Elite Four.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition, the Pokémon League was revealed to still be surrounded by N's Castle two years later. When the out-of-control Plasma Frigate collided with the castle and set it on fire, threatening the Pokémon inside the castle, the Unova Pokédex holders, Cheren, Bianca, Hugh, Benga, and Cedric Juniper combined their starter Pokémon's respective pledge moves in order to put out the fire.

When the International Police prepared to take Ghetsis into custody, he said that people would fall for his lies in the future as well, but Whitley declared that even if people would be deceived by him again, the numerous Pokémon he had hurt would never forget about him or let him get away with his evil deeds ever again. The angry glares of the Pokémon in N's Castle caused Ghetsis to have a nervous breakdown and laugh madly as the International Police took him away.

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 #
Jumpluff Grass Dragons Exalted Rare 3/124 Dragon Blade U 003/050
Yanma Grass Dragons Exalted Common 4/124 Dragon Blast C 001/050
Yanmega Grass Dragons Exalted Rare 5/124 Dragon Blast U 002/050
Cascoon Grass Dragons Exalted Uncommon 9/124 Dragon Blast C 006/050
Nincada Grass Dragons Exalted Common 10/124 Dragon Blade C 004/050
Roselia Grass Dragons Exalted Common 13/124 Hydreigon Half Deck   001/015
Roserade Grass Dragons Exalted Rare 15/124 Hydreigon Half Deck   002/015
Magmar Fire Dragons Exalted Common 20/124 Dragon Blade C 007/050
Magikarp Water Dragons Exalted Common 23/124 Garchomp Half Deck   001/015
Gyarados Water Dragons Exalted Rare 24/124 Garchomp Half Deck   002/015
Buizel Water Dragons Exalted Common 32/124 Dragon Blast C 013/050
Flaaffy Lightning Dragons Exalted Uncommon 39/124 Dragon Blast C 020/050
Ampharos Lightning Dragons Exalted Rare Holo 40/124 Dragon Blast R 021/050
Electrike Lightning Dragons Exalted Common 41/124 Dragon Blade C 015/050
Electrike Lightning Dragons Exalted Common 42/124 Garchomp Half Deck   003/015
Manectric Lightning Dragons Exalted Rare 43/124 Dragon Blade U 016/050
Manectric Lightning Dragons Exalted Rare 44/124 Garchomp Half Deck   004/015
Gothita Psychic Dragons Exalted Common 55/124 Dragon Blade C 019/050
Marowak Fighting Dragons Exalted Rare 61/124 Dragon Blade U 025/050
Nosepass Fighting Dragons Exalted Common 62/124 Dragon Blade C 026/050
Roggenrola Fighting Dragons Exalted Common 65/124 Dragon Blade C 027/050
Boldore Fighting Dragons Exalted Uncommon 66/124 Dragon Blade C 028/050
Throh Fighting Dragons Exalted Uncommon 68/124 Dragon Blade C 030/050
Sawk Fighting Dragons Exalted Uncommon 69/124 Dragon Blade C 031/050
Honchkrow Darkness Dragons Exalted Rare 73/124 Dragon Blast U 034/050
Skuntank Darkness Dragons Exalted Uncommon 77/124 Dragon Blade U 033/050
Lairon Metal Dragons Exalted Uncommon 79/124 Dragon Blast C 036/050
Aggron Metal Dragons Exalted Rare Holo 80/124 Dragon Blast R 037/050
Durant Metal Dragons Exalted Uncommon 83/124 Dragon Blast C 038/050
Gible Dragon Dragons Exalted Common 87/124 Garchomp Half Deck   005/015
Gabite Dragon Dragons Exalted Uncommon 88/124 Dragon Blade U 039/050
Gabite Dragon Dragons Exalted Uncommon 89/124 Garchomp Half Deck   006/015
Garchomp Dragon Dragons Exalted Rare Holo 90/124 Dragon Blade Rare Holo 040/050
Ambipom Colorless Dragons Exalted Rare 100/124 Dragon Blast U 044/050
Swablu Colorless Dragons Exalted Common 105/124 Garchomp Half Deck   008/015
Bibarel Colorless Dragons Exalted Uncommon 107/124 Dragon Blast U 046/050
Minccino Colorless Dragons Exalted Common 109/124 Garchomp Half Deck   009/015
Rufflet Colorless Dragons Exalted Common 111/124 Dragon Blade C 046/050
Drifblim Psychic BW Black Star Promos   BW64 BW-P Promotional cards   147/BW-P
Altaria Dragon BW Black Star Promos   BW48 BW-P Promotional cards   148/BW-P
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 U 072/076
      BW-P Promotional cards   215/BW-P
Chilling Reign Uncommon 132/198 Jet-Black Spirit U 064/070
Chilling Reign Rare Ultra 189/198 Jet-Black Spirit SR 084/070
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 with an Elite Four where the player doesn't battle a fifth Trainer 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
Chinese Cantonese 小精靈聯盟 Síujīnglìhng Lyùhnmàhng
Mandarin 神奇寶貝聯盟 Shénqíbǎobèi Liánméng
宝可梦联盟 Bǎokěmèng Liánméng
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
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Liga Pokémon
Spain Flag.png Spanish Liga Pokémon


Pokémon League locations
Games Indigo PlateauEver Grande City (Pokémon League) • Pokémon League (Sinnoh)Pokémon League (Unova)
Pokémon League (Kalos)Pokémon League (Alola)Wyndon StadiumPokémon League (Paldea)
Animated series Indigo PlateauPummelo StadiumSilver TownEver Grande City
Lily of the Valley IslandVertress CityLumiose CityManalo Stadium


Unova
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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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