Opelucid Gym

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.

Clyde tells the player about the mechanics of the maze, although he says there are only two dragons, when 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 freezes Opelucid City after the player has defeated Drayden.

Appearance

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Trainers

Pokémon 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


Pokémon Black



Pokémon White



Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer Pokémon
First level
 
Veteran Lucius
リュウセイ Ryūsei
Reward: $3680
  Fraxure Lv.46
No item
Second level
 
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
Third level
 
Veteran Denae
ドレイク Drake
Reward: $3520
Rotation Battle
  Fraxure Lv.44
No item
  Druddigon Lv.44
No item
  Axew Lv.44
No item
 
Veteran Ron
ロン Long
Reward: $3520
Triple Battle
  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 first mentioned by Brycen in Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! as the next Gym that Ash could challenge. However, before Ash and his friends could start on their road to there, a Nurse Joy in Clash of the Connoisseurs! mentioned that the Gym was closed, in which Iris seemed to be very happy about.

The Gym appeared for the first time in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, where Drayden battled Iris and won. Afterwards it was revealed that Drayden was considering Iris to replace him as the Opelucid Gym Leader one day.

In the anime, the Gym is a stone building with two stone dragon statues lining the entrance to the building. Inside is a dimly lit battlefield with statues of Druddigon, Haxorus, and Hydreigon overlooking the field near the ceiling.

Pokémon used in Gym

 
Haxorus
Drayden's Haxorus appeared in Iris's flashback where it battled against her Excadrill and won. Excadrill's loss to Haxorus is what caused him to disobey Iris for many years.

It reappeared in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, where it battled against Iris's Excadrill again. Both Pokémon fought a tough battle, which ended in a tie after a clash of Drill Run and Giga Impact.

Haxorus's moves are Rock Smash and Giga Impact.

Debut Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!
Voice actors
Japanese Kenta Miyake
English Tom Wayland
 
Druddigon
Drayden used Druddigon as his second in his battle against Iris. It battled against Iris's Dragonite, and after a very tough match, finally emerged victorious with its Dragon Tail attack, winning the match for Drayden.

Druddigon was shown to be very strong, being able to withstand Dragonite's super effective Ice Beam and intercept it in the middle of a Dragon Rush.

Druddigon's moves are Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Double Team and Dragon Tail.

Debut Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!
Voice actors
Japanese Kenta Miyake
English Marc Thompson

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Opelucid Gym first appeared in The Cold Hard Truth, where Drayden was seen holding a press conference in front of the Gym. He announced that the date of the Pokémon League tournament had been pushed up, being held in a week instead of the original three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained Kimi that the decision was made in order to lure Team Plasma out of their hiding.

In PS526, it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden has plans to reclaim his position at some point.

In Pokémon Adventures, as shown in A Cold Reception, the Gym has similar dragon statues as in Black and White.

Trivia

  • Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon and the ability of their Haxorus. Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin, and Iris's Haxorus has Mold Breaker while Drayden's Haxorus has Rivalry.
  • 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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