Matt Cerise is always excited for a big event and an opportunity to be a part of it. This year he’s bringing his stall over to PAX Unplugged to help the Pokemon league celebrate. Alongside running our side events and handing out prizes Matt will be taking challengers with help from his Dipplin and the Festival Ground itself.
You’ll have to shut down Matt’s Festival Grounds to have a shot at becoming Champion
If you’re looking for information on meetups, look no further than our handy trainer cards. Unfortunately the Community Room was unable to accommodate us this year so keep an eye on our social media for updates on our specific location. Or just look for the bright green scarves and our new lights.
The trainer card also doubles as a handy checklist for this year’s badges, including a sneak peak at this year’s champion, but more on him tomorrow.
What was that sound?! It’s Grease Slimeball, knocking over a trashcan and coming at you with some nasty venom! Look out! Your Pokemon will definitely need to take a sick day after an encounter with this guy!
Clean up Grease’s slimy Pokemon to win yourself the Ooey-Gooey Badge!
With only five leaders gathering the five badges you’ll need to challenge the champion could be a real problem, not to Worry though the champ has added two bonus badges to help you make your way to the top!
The Masterpiece Badge
Help the league out by filling in the missing art on our card collection to earn yourself this badge!
The Who’s That Badge
Beat one of our leaders in a game of Guess Who’s That Pokemon to earn this badge along with a small prize
Nick specializes in controlling the battle with a combination of status ailments and psychic powers. With a calm and calculating demeanor, he uses his psychic-type Pokémon to inflict debilitating conditions like confusion, sleep, and poison to weaken them over time before ending the match with a massive attack.
Stock up on Full Heals if you want to win the Conundrum Badge
Sean Steel, M-1000
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Sean Steel has spent the last few years opening Mystery Box after Mystery Box in order to find the strongest Meltan to fill his deck with. Sean uses these Meltan in a powerful Steel-type deck designed to overpower his opponents.
We’re only a few days out from Pax Unplugged so lets meet this years Gym Leaders!
Justice, The Mad Party-goer
BATTLE STYLE: EXPANDED
Justice has taken up residence as the League’s Bro-fessional Mad Party player. Watch out for the Abilities and Trainer cards to fill their Discard, they’ll leave you feeling Slow, Bro! With their iconic Bro-teagiest tea, they’ll steep you in a bro-tanical fusion of powerful deck synergy and herbal Rooi-bros infusion.
Do you have what it takes to take down Justice and become a Bro-kémon Champion and earn the Party On Badge?
Seymour, The Battling History Buff
BATTLE STYLE: THEME DECKS
As one of the region’s most studied history instructors, Seymour is famous for his deep knowledge of how Pokemon battling has evolved throughout the ages. Most of his time is spent poring through records in his study. Despite this, he can more than hold his own in a Pokemon battle, showing up-and-coming trainers that there is much to learn about the present by studying the past. Now he has come to the PAX Pokemon League, hoping to find trainers who will help him re-enact battles from long ago.
Ace the exam and you will earn the Antiquity Badge!
Get your trainer cards! This spacey design is only available this year, so make sure you ask the first leader you battle for a handy-dandy Trainer Card! This card contains everything you need to know about the PAX Pokémon League and how you can become the Champion! Each card contains a list of all the leaders, meet-up times, our social media and a brief summary of the rules.
Meetups will happen in our regular spot in the Handheld Lounge and in the Ibis Community Room on Sunday!
How to Register and Challenge the PPL for Aus 2024
Just like our overseas counterparts, we will be using a webapp in order to keep track of leader queues and challenger badges. Once you are registered, leaders can scan your trainer card or find you on the webapp, put you into their leader queue and then reward you a badge if you have successfully beaten them.
Kuribo is an inventor who was always trying to study ways to his battling. One day an accident caused an implosion while he was working, destroying his lab. It was then that he realised the key to unlocking his true battle potential was not improvement, but inversion!
Turn Kuribo’s strengths against him to win the Mirror Badge!
Sarah spent years raising orphaned simian Pokémon at a Pokémon sanctuary until she discovered one fact: the monkeys just want to battle. So she re-dedicated her life to helping her simian companions shine in double battles.
This team is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Come take them on to win the Banana Badge!
Victor comes from a long lineage of Kalosian connoisseurs renowned for their extravagant tea parties, but finds himself equally thirsty for battle! With his trusty teatime companions at hand to get him out of a jam (or into some), he has proven his prowess at the Battle Chateau and welcomes a hearty challenge – provided you join him for tea first!
Claim victory over Victor to become royalTea with the Teatime Badge!
When Mira looked down at her crown on the day of her coronation, she was fascinated by the way that various metals and jewels came together to form something sturdy and beautiful. Mira needed this same tactic – both for her kingdom and on the battlefield. Whilst Mira brought together secretaries and subjects to create order in her empire, she also collected only the best metallic ‘mons for her new-founded “alloying” battle style. Now she has come to PAX to show everyone that a good defence is crucial to rule.
