Rustboro Gym

Rustboro Gym カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym
Location	Rustboro City
Gym Leader	Roxanne
Badge	Stone Badge
Dominant Type	Rock
Region	Hoenn
Battlefield

The Rustboro Gym (Japanese: カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym) is the official Gym of Rustboro City. It is based on Rock-type Pokémon. It is one of the eight official Gyms that form part of the Hoenn League. The Gym Leader is Roxanne. Trainers who defeat her receive the Stone Badge.

In the games

The Rustboro Gym is in the Generation III games Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. It is a simple field full of boulders 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 chose to skip directly to battling Roxanne if they wish. The Trainers and the Leader's party are different in Emerald.

When defeated, Roxanne will give the player the Stone Badge as well as TM39 (Rock Tomb) as a reward.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $96	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.6 No item
Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $176	Geodude♂ Lv.11 No item
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.

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Ruby and Sapphire Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1500
Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $160	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $128	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
Hiker Marc ソウタロウ Sōtarō Reward: $320	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
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.

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $1500

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Oran Berry Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Block Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Tackle Normal   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

First rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $7400

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.32 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Kabuto♀ Lv.35 Swords Dance Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.35 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♂ Lv.37 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Second rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $8400

Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omanyte♂ Lv.37 Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.37 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabutops♂ Lv.40 Swords Dance Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.40 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♂ Lv.42 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Third rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $9400

Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.42 Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.42 Protect Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Kabutops♂ Lv.45 Swords Dance Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.45 Iron Tail Steel   --       Explosion Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Nosepass♂ Lv.47 Double Team Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Fourth rematch

Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $10400

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.47 Focus Punch Fighting   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.47 Protect Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.47 Protect Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Kabutops♂ Lv.50 Swords Dance Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Steelix♂ Lv.50 Iron Tail Steel   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Roar Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♂ Lv.52 Protect Normal   --       Double Team Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Explosion Normal   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM39 (Rock Tomb)	Reward for defeating Roxanne.	R  S  E

In the anime

The only appearance of the Gym is in A Winner by a Nosepass!. After meeting Roxanne as a teacher in the Pokémon Trainer's School, Ash asks her for a battle. The academy and the 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 be the referees. The battle is an elimination match with each Trainer using two Pokémon, only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokémon.

When Ash challenged Roxanne, he used his Treecko and his Pikachu. Even though Treecko was a Grass-type, it was defeated by Roxanne's Geodude because it didn't know any Grass moves. Pikachu, however, defeated Geodude with an up close Thunder attack and defeated Nosepass with an Iron Tail.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Before challenging Roxanne, the challenger 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.

The challenger, as well as Roxanne, can only use two Pokémon, and will lose if either one of them faints.

Sapphire passed the test with a perfect score and battled here with her Aron, which defeated Roxanne's Nosepass.

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan

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