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Opelucid Gym
ソウリュウジム Soryu Gym
Opelucid Gym anime.png
Location Opelucid City
Gym Leader DraydenBB2W2
IrisW
Badge Legend Badge
Dominant Type Dragon
Region Unova
Opelucid Gym field.png
Battlefield

The Opelucid Gym (Japanese: ソウリュウジム Soryu Gym) is the official Gym of Opelucid City. The Gym specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader the player battles is dependent on the version being played. In Pokémon Black, Black 2 and White 2, the player will battle Drayden and in Pokémon White, the player will battle Iris. Trainers who defeat them receive the Legend Badge.

In the games

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Drayden

"The Spartan Mayor"

Opelucid City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Iris

"The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons"


The Opelucid Gym is designed like a thin maze, with switches to open up the correct path. These switches cause dragon statues' heads to move, creating new paths for the player. After the switches have been hit in the right order, the path will lead the player to the Leader.

File:Opelucid Gym.png
Drayden seen in the Opelucid Gym

Upon talking to Clyde he tells you the mechanics of the maze, although he says there are only two dragons, where there are actually three.

In the two years between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the Opelucid Gym was remodeled to hide the DNA Splicers; signs of construction can still be seen around the Gym.

In Black 2 and White 2, the Gym features a whiteB2/blackW2 dragon vertically on a wall and a blackB2/whiteW2 dragon which the player can control to move to a certain position by stepping on the buttons appearing on its head. The Trainers of the Gym are on four different levels; the player must defeat at least one Trainer from each level to be able to proceed to the next level. On the topmost level, the player will meet Drayden. The DNA Splicers are hidden within the Gym; because of this, Team Plasma froze Opelucid City.

Trainers

Black and White

Trainer Pokémon
 
Ace Trainer Webster
ユウジ Yūji
Reward: $2460
  Fraxure Lv.41
No item
 
Ace Trainer Olwen
マドカ Madoka
Reward: $2460
  Deino Lv.41
No item
 
Ace Trainer Jose
エイジ Eiji
Reward: $2400
  Fraxure Lv.40
No item
  Fraxure Lv.40
No item
 
Ace Trainer Clara
クレア Claire
Reward: $2460
  Fraxure Lv.41
No item
 
Veteran Hugo
ユウゴ Yūgo
Reward: $3360
  Druddigon Lv.42
No item
 
Ace Trainer Tom
ケント Kent
Reward: $2340
  Deino Lv.39
No item
  Fraxure Lv.39
No item
  Druddigon Lv.39
No item
 
Ace Trainer Dara
ユウカ Yūka
Reward: $2400
  Deino Lv.40
No item
  Druddigon Lv.40
No item
 
Veteran Kim
キム Kim
Reward: $3280
  Fraxure Lv.40
No item
  Fraxure Lv.41
No item



Black



White



Black 2 and White 2

Trainer Pokémon
 
Veteran Lucius
リュウセイ Ryūsei
Reward: $3680
  Fraxure Lv.46
No item
 
Veteran Rhona
タツミ Tatsumi
Reward: $3600
  Fraxure Lv.45
  Haban Berry
  Druddigon Lv.45
  Rocky Helmet
 
Veteran Jerry
タツロウ Tatsurō
Reward: $3600
  Fraxure Lv.45
  Dragon Fang
  Druddigon Lv.45
  Dragon Gem
Rotation Battle
 
Veteran Denae
ドレイク Drake
Reward: $3520
  Fraxure Lv.44
No item
  Druddigon Lv.44
No item
  Axew Lv.44
No item
Triple Battle
 
Veteran Ron
ロン Long
Reward: $3520
  Fraxure Lv.44
No item
  Druddigon Lv.44
No item
  Axew Lv.44
No item



Easy Mode/Normal Mode



Challenge Mode



Items

Item Location Games
  Fresh Water From Clyde at the entrance  B  W  B2  W2 
  TM82 (Dragon Tail) Reward for defeating DraydenBB2W2/IrisW  B  W  B2  W2 

In the anime

Opelucid Gym was mentioned in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! as the next Gym that Ash could go to, and he started on the road there. In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, it was mentioned by Nurse Joy that it was closed. Iris seemed to be very happy about this.

The Gym appeared in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!.

Trivia

  • This is the first Gym to have two different Gym Leaders between the initial two versions, and the second Gym to have two different Gym Leaders in the same generation (the first being the eighth Gym of Hoenn, Sootopolis Gym).
  • Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon; Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, while Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin.
  • In Black 2 and White 2, the Veterans' Japanese names are all based on the word "dragon" in different languages: Ryūsei, Tatsumi, and Tatsurō are from the Japanese words ryū and tatsu, Drake is a term sometimes used to refer to European dragons, and Long is Chinese for dragon.


Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym  
     
Cilan Chili Cress
Nacrene Gym  
 
Lenora
Castelia Gym  
 
Burgh
Nimbasa Gym  
 
Elesa
Driftveil Gym  
 
Clay
Mistralton Gym  
 
Skyla
Icirrus Gym  
 
Brycen
Opelucid Gym  
   
Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym  
 
Cheren
Virbank Gym  
 
Roxie
Humilau Gym  
 
Marlon


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