Ballonlea Stadium

Ballonlea Stadium アラベスクスタジアム Arabesque Stadium
Location	Ballonlea
Gym Leader	Opal Bede (Successor)
Badge	Fairy Badge
Dominant Type	Fairy
Region	Galar
Battlefield

Ballonlea Stadium (Japanese: アラベスクスタジアム Arabesque Stadium) is the official Stadium of Ballonlea. The Gym specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon. During the Gym Challenge, Gym Challengers battle the Gym Leader Opal to earn the Fairy Badge.

After the player has earned all eight Badges, Bede, who was chosen by Opal to be her successor, takes her place as the Ballonlea Gym Leader.

In the games

Ballonlea Stadium is the largest building in the town and is the site at which the fifth installment in the Galar region's Gym Challenge takes place. It is located at the northernmost part of the town, across a wooden bridge crossing a small lake. Its exterior is primarily gray in color, with purple accents to signify the Fairy type. Like most Stadiums in the region, the Ballonlea Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop.

Gym Challenge

Gym mission

The Gym mission is based on the premise that Gym Leader Opal is searching for a person to take her place as the Gym Leader so she can retire. In order for Opal to select a preferred candidate, challengers are made to undertake an examination as their Gym mission. The mission consists of three Trainer battles. At the end of each battle's first turn, the player is asked a question with two possible answers. Answering correctly results in a boost to some of the stats of the player's Pokémon, whereas answering incorrectly results in a stat reduction.

The correct answer to each question is in bold.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Gym Trainer Annette コト Koto Reward: $3,264	Spritzee♀ Lv.34 No item
	Slurpuff♀ Lv.34 No item
Gym Trainer Teresa チヨ Chiyo Reward: $3,264	Swirlix♂ Lv.34 No item
	Aromatisse♂ Lv.34 No item
Gym Trainer Theodora タチ Tachi Reward: $3,360	Morgrem♂ Lv.35 No item
	Gardevoir♂ Lv.35 No item

Gym battle

Like the Gym Trainers did during the Gym mission, Opal will present several questions to the player during the Gym battle, each one at the end of a specific turn.

The correct answer to each question is in bold.

Opal will Gigantamax her Alcremie at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Opal Ballonlea Stadium Sword and Shield Reward: $6,080

Types: Poison Fairy Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♀ Lv.36 Sludge Poison Special   --       Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mawile♀ Lv.36 Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Types: Fairy Flying Ability: Hustle Held item: None Togekiss♀ Lv.37 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Sweet Veil Held item: None Alcremie♀ Lv.38 Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Acid Armor Poison Status   --       Sweet Kiss Fairy Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Sordward and Shielbert

While pursuing Sordward and Shielbert, the player, Hop, and Piers will arrive at Ballonlea Stadium, only to learn that Bede has already taken care of most of the Dynamax Pokémon the brothers let loose in the Stadium. Before the player's group can leave, Bede demands a rematch with the player. After some assurance from Opal, the player will accept the challenge. After being defeated, Bede leaves to deal with the remaining Dynamax Pokémon at the Stadium.

Gym Leader Bede Ballonlea Stadium Sword and Shield Reward: $10,080

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mawile♀ Lv.61 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Fake Tears Dark Status   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Future Sight Psychic Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Pastel Veil Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.62 Smart Strike Steel Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Hatterene♀ Lv.63 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Mystical Fire Fire Special   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Marnie's League Card	From Marnie upon entering for the first time	Sw  Sh
	Love Ball	From the Ball Guy	Sw  Sh
	TM87 (Draining Kiss)	Reward for defeating Opal	Sw  Sh
	Fairy Uniform	Reward for defeating Opal	Sw  Sh
	Bede's rare League Card	From Bede after defeating him	Sw  Sh
	Opal's rare League Card	From Opal after defeating Bede	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

A female Poké Kid in the lobby will offer to trade the player her Unovan Yamask nicknamed "Masky" in exchange for a Galarian Yamask.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Yamask	Sw	Sh	Trade Yamask	35	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Poké Mart

This Poké Mart is located on the right side of the Ballonlea Stadium lobby.

Left clerk
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $800	Potion $200
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1,500
Max Potion7 Badge $2,500	Full Restore8 Badges $3,000
Antidote $200	Burn Heal $200
Ice Heal $200	Awakening $200
Paralyze Heal $200	Full Heal6 Badges $400
Revive $2,000	Repel $400
Super Repel5 Badges $700	Max Repel7 Badges $900
Poké Doll $300

Uniform shop

This shop is located on the left side of the Ballonlea Stadium lobby.

Male

Female

In the anime

Ballonlea Stadium appeared in The Sweet Taste of Battle!, where Opal hosted the All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge cake-decorating contest there. She sent an invitation to Ash, Goh, Chloe, Leon, and Raihan to attend the contest, not specifying what it was about until all of them had arrived. She loaned each of the contestants one of her Alcremie to provide them the cream they needed, excluding Goh, who had acquired his own Alcremie shortly beforehand.

To everyone's surprise, Ash's overly decorated cake ended up winning. Opal then challenged Ash to a battle, using her Alcremie against Ash's Pikachu. A while into the match, Opal Gigantamaxed her Alcremie and had it use G-Max Finale. Pikachu seemed to Gigantamax as well afterwards, but it turned out that he had simply grown giant due to eating the immense amounts of cream contained in Alcremie's G-Max Move, rendering him too fat and full to continue battling, so the match was called off. Later, everyone ate the cakes decorated during the contest.

Pokémon used in the Gym

		Alcremie ↔ Gigantamax Alcremie ♀
		Opal sent Alcremie out to battle Ash's Pikachu. After a while, Opal Gigantamaxed her and had her use G-Max Finale on Pikachu. This caused Pikachu to grow giant and fat from eating the immense amounts of cream the G-Max Move created, so the battle had to be called off. Alcremie's known moves are Attract and Dazzling Gleam. As a Gigantamax Alcremie, she can use G-Max Finale.
Debut	The Sweet Taste of Battle!

In the manga

Ballonlea Stadium in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Before entering the Stadium, Opal asks each challenger a quiz question about her age. Depending on their answer, their Pokémon's Attack and Special Attack stats either increase or decrease drastically at the beginning of the battle.

Sword & Shield arc

Ballonlea Stadium debuted in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest, as Henry arrived there for his fifth Gym battle. However, as Hop had applied before him, he got to challenge Opal first.

After Hop had won his battle, Henry's turn came. Despite his Sirfetch'd's stats getting lowered at the beginning of the battle due to him having answered the quiz wrong, he was still able to defeat Opal's three Pokémon without losing any of his own ones, using an Expert Belt he had received from Sonia to overcome the stat reduction. During the battle, Opal also made a public announcement of her plan to retire as a Gym Leader once the year's Gym Challenge was over.

In Chomp!! It's Dracovish, Casey was the next challenger to take on Opal. However, despite using her Gigantamax Toxtricity against Opal's Gigantamax Alcremie, Casey was still defeated, ending her run in the Gym Challenge.

In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Bede visited the Gym, following an invitation from Opal. She took a liking to Bede's personality and deemed him as a fitting successor for her. Afterwards, Bede started training at the Gym in preparation for taking on the Gym Leader position.

Pokémon used in the Gym

		Alcremie ↔ Gigantamax Alcremie ♀
		Alcremie is Opal's first known Pokémon. She was first used in Opal's Gym battle against Henry, where she bombarded his Sirfetch'd, Lancelot, with a barrage of high-calorie cream missiles. After surviving Alcremie's attacks, Lancelot defeated her with a Max Steelspike boosted by an Expert Belt. Alcremie's only known move is Draining Kiss*. As a Gigantamax Alcremie, she can use G-Max Finale.
Debut	Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea

		Weezing
		Galarian Weezing is Opal's second known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Henry's Sirfetch'd, Lancelot, in a Gym battle, but was defeated. Weezing's only known move is Sludge Bomb.
Debut	Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea

		Togekiss
		Togekiss is Opal's third known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Henry's Gurdurr, Steeler, in a Gym battle, but was quickly defeated. Togekiss's only known move is Double-Edge.
Debut	Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea

Gym Leaders of the Galar region
Turffield Stadium Milo	Hulbury Stadium Nessa	Motostoke Stadium Kabu	Stow-on-Side Stadium Bea Allister
Ballonlea Stadium Opal Bede	Circhester Stadium Gordie Melony	Spikemuth Gym Piers Marnie	Hammerlocke Stadium Raihan

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