PPL 2023

Online 2023 Leaders, PPL 2023, PPL Online 2023

Leaders: Hyde, the Graveyard Shift Worker, and The Narrator, the No Nonsense Expert!

Hyde, the Graveyard Shift Worker!

Someone has to work the graveyard shift, and Hyde is that someone. Working all night at the local haunt has familiarized them with all the spooks and even given them an edge when training them.

Use your own ghosts or something darker to earn Hyde’s Midnight Badge!

 

The Narrator, the No Nonsense Expert!

The Narrator is the guide to this wonderful picture show. Some say he is a criminologist who retells tales lost in time, space, and meaning. But don’t judge this book by its cover, for this menagerie of mischievous miscreants are not just pretty faces.

Halt these spirits with Ghost and Dark moves to earn the Horror Badge!

 

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Leaders: Jass, the Explorer, and Liam, the Pace Master!

Jass, the Explorer!

After a terrible disaster struck Jass, she went on a spiritual journey, finding new friends along the way. She has now traveled the world and made many friends. See if you can discover yourself in a battle you won’t forget!

Explore the world in one battle to earn the Exploration Badge!

 

Liam, the Pace Master!

Liam was a racer who came from a family filled with athletics elites. He followed in their footsteps and became one of the fastest humans known to all people. After so many victories he decided to throw in the towel and try a new hobby, battling. After watching many battles he decided to start the gym challenge, and after seeing how much fun leaders could have he decided to apply to be a Gym Leader himself. Now he owns the Lightspeed Gym and is awaiting new challengers to keep up with his speed.

Outpace Liam’s speed of light strategies to earn the Speedster Badge!

 

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Leaders: Murray, Assistant to the Paldea Region Assistant Manager, and Yoshi, Team Star Normal Squad!

 Murray, Assistant to the Paldea Region Assistant Manager!

Larry is away on business, and his assistant has come down with the flu. Due to bureaucratic policies, the next person in line is Murray. Technically he’s qualified for the role, but this is beyond his job description. Help Murray meet his challenger quota and earn a Pre-Approved Substitute Badge.

Make Murray work overtime to acquire the Pre-Approved Substitute Badge!

 

Yoshi, Team Star Normal Squad!

Yoshi is a loner that calls himself a member of Team Star. According to him, he is in Normal squad, which nobody has ever heard of. Even the actual Team Star doesn’t recognize him. He once was a Gym Leader, but decided to go out for a trip. He saw Team Star, and that sparked an idea that he wanted to be like them. He built his secret base with cardboard on the side of a cliff, and waits for challengers to challenge him.

Challenge Yoshi to make him Hasta la Vistar and earn the Normal Squad Badge!

 

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Leaders: Josh, the Tempered Blade and Orithyus, the North Wind!

Josh, the Tempered Blade!

“Those who forget the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them.” In a world where most conflict is solved through Pokémon battles, it is so easy to forget mankind once specialised in developing bigger and bigger weapons for victory over our own kind. Josh is a trainer who respects both the art of weapon crafting, and the lessons to be remembered from our history. Specialising in Pokémon whose natural evolutions have taken them down paths once dominated by man, Josh brings this natural collaboration of man and Pokémon to bear against those who would challenge him.

Prevail in single combat to earn the Armory Badge!

 

Orithyus, the North Wind!

After getting lost in the snowy woods as a child, Orithyus was found by a friendly Snover, who led him back to his cabin. The next morning, Snover was waiting for him, and the two became inseparable partners. Ori has spent years mastering control over the cold, ice, and snow, and he now sends challengers home shivering.

Thaw out the frost to take home the Iceberg Badge!

 

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Leaders: Kenny and Doomy, the Time Traveling Duo, and Wolf, the Leader of the Pack!

Kenny and Doomy, the Time Traveling Duo!

Kenny, from a wild and primitive Paldea. Doomy, from a futuristic timeline. While on their Treasure Hunt in each of their respective realities, a mysterious portal opens before them to a place called “Area Zero”. Now spending all their time there, they wait for unsuspecting challengers to battle their cool and different Pokémon!

Find the balance between past and future to win the Paradox Badge!

 

Wolf, the Leader of the Pack!

As a child, Wolf and his brother Arven were each gifted a Maschiff upon enrolling in Naranja academy. Together, the four of them spent endless hours scavenging Paldea. It wasn’t until a devastating event lead to Arven’s Mabosstiff sustaining a severe injury, till Wolf realized just how much he truly valued his partner. From then on, Wolf and his Mabosstiff spent years searching for a remedy for his brother’s beloved partner. By the time Wolf found the needed remedy, he had already created a pack of Pokémon that aided him in his hunt for the Herba Mystica. Seasoned from his past, and forged with his brother’s tenacity, Wolf and his pack rise to the challenge to show trainers what being a team should truly embody.

Learn to run with the pack and seize the Allegiance Badge!

 

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PPL Online 2023!

Hey everyone, PPL Online 2023 starts in only two weeks!

When and where?

Friday July 14th thru Sunday July 16th we will be hosting an online version of our Pokemon League on our Discord server.  As we get closer to the event special channels dedicated specifically to PPL Online will become available.

Format:

This year we will be shaking things up a bit from our usual beat X gym leaders, then beat Y elites to face the champion.  Instead once you collect enough badges you can challenge the champion right away to try to enter this year’s Hall of Fame.   For those of you that have been to PAX West recently, this format may be familiar to you.

This time around 8 badges is all you need in order to challenge our champion.

How to Battle:

All of the battles will be organized through our new and improved webapp.  Those of you that have been to a PAX in the last couple years will remember our webapp, and those that have challenged in PPL Online will be familiar with our bot,  This year we will be combining the two and adding all sorts of new features based on our experiences and feedback that we have received.  We’re really excited to unveil the new webapp!

More info about how to use the webapp will be available soon, so make sure to join our Discord and keep an eye out for further announcements.

Fun Events:

Every PPL Online we host a handful of events such as game nights and panels, and this year is no exception.  Below is the schedule for the weekend.

In addition, some leaders will be streaming battles on their own Twitch channels.  Announcements will be made in a special channel when they go live.

Prizes:

Every PPL features some prizes that we give away for participating.  Check out what we have for you this year and how you can get them.

That’s everything we’ve got for you for now, but starting Monday we will be revealing some gym leaders every week day!

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The PAX Pokemon League East 2023 Hall of Fame!

Congratulations to this year’s League Champions!


League Champion: Brendan

“Gryphon” “Freyja” “Mithril”
“Duality” “Valkyrie” “Ruin”

 


League Champion: John Swack

 
“Chien-Pao” “Garchomp” “Dragapult”
“Tyranitar” “Queengambit” “Annihilape”

 


League Champion: Nerd Cruncher

“Chief” “Chimney” “Lorbungo”
“Eusine” “Bepis” “Bouta bust”

 


League Champion: Inkydog

 

“Geetaval” “Dragonite” “Garganacl”
“Gastrodon” “Akbiar” “Lycanroc”

 


League Champion: Unleashed Twilight

“Mimikyu” “Quaquaval” “Iron Valiant”
“Dragonite” “Pawmot” “Dragapult”

 


League Champion: ORION TAYLOR

“Skeledirge” “Kingambit” “Hatterene”
“Rotom” “Garchomp” “Garganacl”

 


League Champion: ExtremeEvoBoost

“Friend♥” “May Flowers” “Yoink”
“Chungoose Jr.” “sorry” “Don’t Say it”

 


League Champion: Wyvernxk7 and His Rad Hair Team!

“No, Ma’am!” “Zorn” “Yah, Mon”
 
“Burnin’ Love” “Samba Amiga” “Queengambit”

 


League Champion: Wolfblood

 
“Glimmora” “Rabsca” “Zoroark”
 
“Daschbun” “Gastrodon” “Houndstone”

 


League Champion: Shakkassu

“Meowscarada” “Dragonite” “Toxapex”
“Grimmsnarl” “Chien-Pao” “Rotom”

 


League Champion: Luke Labella

 
“Ground” “New” “Skeledirge”
“Greninja” “Power” “Dragalge”

 


League Champion: Angotti

“Dragapult” “Azumarill” “Skeledirge”
   
“Baxcalibur” “Bellibolt” “Iron Hands”

 


League Champion: SlawIndustries

 
 
“Zava” “Yucky” “Fergus”
“Flutter Mane” “Kong-crete” “THE BERG”

 


League Champion: Aurethious

   
“Citadel” “Crypto” “Coastrey”
“Cladoking” “Chargata” “Casilica”

 


Sprites from PkParaiso, with Gen 9 sprites from adamsb0303.
If you see any errors, or if you were left off accidentally or something’s missing, leave a comment or send an email to paxpokemonleague at gmail dot com and we’ll do our best to fix it!
Thank you for Playing! This is East 2023’s Final Post!

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Champion: Volcanus, the Scarlet Rogue!

Volcanus, the Scarlet Rogue!

Volcanus is back at PAX after being held hostage by his own Volcarona. This year he is redder than ever and is bringing the heat with a team of rouge rogues from the beautiful scarlet fields of Paldea.

Volcanus often uses Fire types! Use violet colored Rocks to diffuse the scarlet on the battlefield and be entered into the Hall of Fame!

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Elites: Ephraim, the Soaring Seeker, Nieve, the Shy, Shivering Skiier, Brantley, the Area Apparition and Coben, the Moon Gazer!

Ephraim, the Soaring Seeker!

A profound sense of adventure drives Ephraim ever forward. Always looking for something new to discover, he soars around the world with his Flying-type friends. From up on high, he looks to the world for the next discovery.

Ephraim soars the skies with Flying types. Bring them down with Ice and Electric attacks to earn the Welkin Emblem!

 

Nieve, the Shy, Shivering Skiier!

Nieve has always been a shy quiet boy growing up in the snowy mountains of Paldea as the brother of Grusha. One day, watching his brother at a snowboarding competition, he saw skiers and it was love at first sight. He slowly became the best ski racer, winning many ski races and becoming famous all over the region. Being the shy person he was, he left the fame to follow once again in his brother’s footsteps and becoming a gym leader.

Strap on your skis and hit the slopes to speed past the competition and win the Alpine Skiing Emblem!

 

Brantley, the Area Apparition!

Brantley is a Pokémon specialist dedicated to the study of Ghost-type Pokémon and the occasional Dark-type they accompany. As a former scientist at the Silph company in Kanto, Brantley has since retreated to the recluses of the old chateau in Eterna Forest where only his most recent student studying terastallization has contact with him. A former Gym Leader, Brantley returns to the PAX Pokémon League to serve in battle as an Elite.

Those who manage against the supernatural will be awarded the Silph Emblem!

 

Coben, the Moon Gazer!

Coben is used to traveling alone at night. He favors clear, moonlit nights where he can relax underneath the stars with his Pokémon. Ghost-types used to bother him back in Galar as a kid, but in Paldea he carries dark friends that keep him safe.

Bring your best Fighters, Bugs and Fairies to earn the Moon Emblem!

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Elites: Aidan, the Master of Drakes, Sal, the Plow Driver, Mehnit, the Magical Guardian and Cass, the Punk Toxicologist!

Aidan, the Master of Drakes!

Aidan has spent many battles using various dragons. Together they’ve overcome many battles and challenges and seek more competition. In Paldea they encounter new challenges and add new dragons to the team.

Stop Aidan’s Dragons from taking flight to earn the Roaring Night Sky Emblem!

 

Sal, the Plow Driver!

Sal hails from the frigid north where he spent much of his childhood amid snowdrifts and helping out where he could with the family road clearing business. Nowadays he and his Pokémon friends run the business, having inherited it from his father, and in the off-season he lets their talents shine brightly as a representative of the League.

Weather Sal’s barrage of salt, sand, and steel to earn the Saltstorm Emblem!

 

Mehnit, the Magical Guardian!

Little is known about the true identity of Guardian Mehnit after they appeared one night with their Terastallized Pokémon to save the city. It is rumored that this guardian of love and justice is on the lookout for powerful helpers against the forces of evil. Gather enough badges and you too will have the chance to prove you’re worthy!

Mehnit uses the Fairy type! It will take more than foul Poisons to defeat the magic of teamwork and win the Mahou Emblem!

 

Cass, the Punk Toxicologist!

A former Team Skull grunt, Cass was left directionless after the team’s disbanding. Encouraged by Plumeria, Cass decided to go back to school and get her degree in Toxicology. Now armed with skill and knowledge, Cass has come to the PAX Pokémon league to give trainers a dose of her corrosive battling style!

Demonstrate your immunity to earn the Toxicant Emblem!

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