Rustboro City Pokémon Gym Leader: Roxanne
The Rock-loving honors student!
Rustboro City Pokémon Gym Leader: Roxanne
The Rock-loving honor student!
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Rustboro Gym is a simple field full of rocky walls and a small amount of members. There are no significant puzzles in the Gym, although Trainers can walk behind the members of the Gym and skip directly to battling Roxanne if they wish to do so.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Gym is redesigned to look similar to a museum with fossils and other rocks on display. Much like in Generation III, the Gym is a maze where the Trainers lie in wait, with Roxanne waiting at the end. Once again, it is also possible to skip the other Trainers to facing Roxanne.
When defeated, Roxanne will give the player the Stone Badge as well as TM39 (Rock Tomb) as a reward.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
Roxanne uses two Potions in the Gym battle, and three Full Restores in the rematches.
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.
The Pokémon Trainers' School and the Rustboro Gym are connected in many ways. Most of the matches are filmed, so the students can watch and study actual Gym battles to learn more about them. Also, a few students work in the Gym as interns to gain valuable experience as Trainers. Some of the jobs are to clean the battlefield, film the matches, and act as a referee.
Geodude debuted in Gonna Rule The School!, when Roxanne used it to fight off Team Rocket. In the next episode, Geodude was the first Pokémon Roxanne used in her Gym battle with Ash. Geodude easily defeated Treecko despite the type disadvantage and Ash's best efforts, since Treecko did not know any Grass-type moves at the time. Pikachu, however, was able to defeat Geodude.
The next Pokémon Roxanne used in her battle with Ash was her signature Pokémon, Nosepass. Since Pikachu had not much experience in using Iron Tail, as he had only recently learned it, he was initially not able to use it effectively against Nosepass. Eventually, however, Pikachu managed to perfect Iron Tail and used it to defeat Nosepass, earning Ash the Stone Badge.
Rustboro Gym appeared in Blowing Past Nosepass I and II. Sapphire entered the Gym, looking for a Gym battle, only to find out that the challengers must take a test testing their knowledge on different aspects of Pokémon battling, and cannot challenge the Gym Leader unless they pass. Roxanne will only fight one challenger per week.
Sapphire eventually passed the test with a perfect score and was allowed to challenge Roxanne. At first, Roxanne's Nosepass had an advantage over Sapphire's Aron, Rono, due to its Magnet PullAbility restricting Rono's movements and preventing it from leaving the battle. Finally, Sapphire figured out that since Nosepass can only face north, she could strike it from behind, allowing her to defeat the Compass Pokémon and earn the Stone Badge.
Nosepass is Roxanne's first known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Sapphire's Aron, Rono, but lost.
In the TCG
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Rustboro Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Rustboro Gym 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.
