22) Preparation of battling Drayden

C22-01: Opelucid City

As you enter the city, you'll meet up with Iris. She tells you about the gym leader/her Grandpa(Drayden) Then she'll walk off.

The Pokémon Center is the first building you'll see in the city. You can buy some very useful variants of Poké Balls.

The first house to the north of the Pokémon Center has a guy upstairs who is a bit of a Tympole Maniac. Apparently he wants to see your Tympole, so if you show him one of yours, he'll give you something — though you can't get Tympole just yet, so come back to him later when you do get one.

The house north of that, over by the closed entrance to Route 10, has some children upstairs that will play a game with you. One will say a Pokemon's name, then three others will say either that name or two very similar names, and you need to talk to the one who said the name the first one called, but boring......

To the west of that house is another house. Inside is a lady who gives you another Smoke Ball.

West of that, you'll find the Opelucid Gym. You can take it on right away if you want, but there's still more to explore in town as well as on Route 9.

The house south of the Gym has a Gentleman inside who will give you Props for your Prop Case each day that you talk to him.

Lastly, Drayden's house in the centre of town. There's an American Football player up top who gives you a Float Stone. The girl south of him gives you a Ring Target, a bad held item!

At this point, you can either go straight for the Opelucid Gym, or you can take a detour onto Route 9 to pick up some more items and get in a bit of last-minute training, I'll better go to Route 9.

C22-02: Route 9

From the start of the route, head south into the grass and pick up the Elixir over in the corner.

Further west, there's some dark grass as well as a Roughneck.

L43 Krokorok (Ground & Dark)

West of him is a Nugget, while south and towards the ruins of the Challenger's Cave is an Iron. There's a Dark Gem hidden in the forested area to the south.

Now go back to the entrance and fight the Roughneck right above you, by a vending machine.

L43 Scraggy (Dark & Fighting)

Then the near Biker:

L43 Pawniard (Dark & Steel)

Shopping Mall Nine can be found right above him, but not yet fully explores this Route, continue explores Route 9!

Otherwise, head west and pick up the Quick Ball, then fight the Biker around it.

L43 Skorupi (Poison & Bug)

Just past him are a band of Hooligans.

L42 Krookodile (Ground & Dark)

L42 Drapion (Poison & Dark)

Then pick up the HP Up they were guarding.

You can enter the gateway to the Tubeline Bridge, but you won't be able to actually go onto it until after you've beaten the game.

Now head through Shopping Mall Nine.

C22-03: Shopping Mall Nine

So, this is the main department store of the Unova region and where you can go for a wide variety of items.

To the west of the front counter on the lowest floor is a woman. Speak with her and answer 'Yes' to receive $1200! Hell yes! Now, speak with her again and answer 'Yes' once more to receive an Energy Root. Have a nice day!

To her north, standing in front of the western set of stairs is the Waitress. Moving into her line-of-sight doesn't trigger a battle, luckily, only if you talk to her.

L43 Minccino (Normal)

Head to the east side of the bottom area and you'll see a door on the back wall head through. Inside you'll find the storage area with an item in the north-east corner. Grab it to find that it's a Poke Doll. Once you have it, head back out. From there, head up the main, central set of stairs to the very top floor. There's a Waiter here.

L43 Liepard (Dark)

Besides the shops themselves, there's not actually anything else to do here. Here's the list:

Once you're done, let's go to the gym!

C22-04: Opelucid Gym

Go forward and speak with Clyde to get some Fresh Water.

The dragon at the bottom of the Gym will act as an elevator, allowing you to control it to move up and down levels, as well as side to side. By winning a battle on a particular level, you're allowed to move to the next level, meaning that you only have to defeat one of the two on a particular level, if there are two on that level. This continues until you reach the top of the opposing dragon, where Drayden resides.

To actually move the dragon, you must stand on its head. When you do a number of panels with arrows on them light up. Standing on a panel that's lit will move you in the corresponding direction. Use this to navigate the Gym.

Every trainers is a Veteran.

1F:

L46 Fraxure (Dragon)

2F West:

L45 Fraxure (Dragon, Haban Berry)

L45 Druddigon (Dragon, Rocky Helmet)

2F East:

L45 Fraxure (Dragon, Dragon Fang)

L45 Druddigon (Dragon, Dragon Gem)

3F West, Rotation Battle:

L44 Druddigon (Dragon)

L44 Fraxure (Dragon)

L44 Axew (Dragon)

3F East, Triple Battle:

L44 Fraxure (Dragon)

L44 Druddigon (Dragon)

L44 Axew (Dragon)

At the end ,you'll meet Drayden!

After the fight, you'll receive the Legend Badge, thereby concluding the penultimate Gym fight in the Unova region. You'll also be given TM82, Dragon Tail. There's no shortcut to leave, unfortunately, so you'll have to just keep taking the arrows down.

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