Jaded after years in the police force, Detective Shardstorm now relies on Dark-type Pokémon to get to the job done by any means necessary. He’s gained a reputation for breaking the rules, but leans into it to get results.
Overcome Shardstorm’s grumpy persona to win the Ill-Tempered Badge!
Spike – owner of Spike’s Home for Prickly Pokémon – believes in the power of a nice hug, offering his open arms to the kind of Pokémon normally kept at a respectable distance. His tattered clothes and bandaged hands chronicle the life of a man who has found that a barbed exterior can often shelter the warmest of hearts. While what’s on the inside counts, he’s come to PAX to show off the formidable, polished protuberances of his precious pointed pals!
Blast away Spike’s barbed battalion to win the Pointy Badge!
Felix is a master of controlled chaos — a calm, calculating trainer who thrives in high-stakes battles where one wrong move could spell disaster. His gym is a ticking puzzle box of flashing lights, booby-trapped tiles, distractions and decoys, all designed to test a challenger’s focus and patience. With his team Felix teaches that victory isn’t about brute force — it’s about timing, clever tactics, and staying cool when things are about to blow. Trainers who defuse his final strategy earn the Defuse Badge, a mark of level-headed thinking and explosive restraint.
Disarm Felix’s explosive strategy to earn the Defuse Badge!
One day, Lily hopped down from her pad to see what all this fuss was about this PAX Pokémon League. Upon seeing what it is, she no longer had to pond-er. She had to jump in and get toad-ally involved with her and her croaky friends for an unfrogettable PAX!
Hop to it and catch the Leap Frog Badge!
Get your trainer cards! This 10-year 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 our 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!
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.
The rules for PAX Pokémon League Australia have been updated!
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.
Liquate Mira’s team to earn the Alloy Badge!
Nix is a trainer who sought after grand stories of myths and legends and eventually wrote his own stories as he travelled. Along the way, he created three characters. One that befriended scaled beasts, one that sunk into the darkness and one who trained in combat. Can you find the weakness in these characters to beat the Unovan Novelist Nix?
Dazzle the novelist and his characters to earn The Colour Badge!
