Gym Leaders Must:

1. Allow the use of all moves, including status effect moves. Allowing OHKO moves is optional - Gym Leaders can optionally disallow these moves
2.  Have a team of six Pokémon
3.  Pokémon from different evolution chains (if possible)
4.  Have a gym built and ready to accept challengers before posting a gym application.
5.  Have their gym associated with a town/city.
6.  Allow at least one rematch per day per challenger
7.  Be active at least once a week.
8.  Be approved by Community Team Staff through a battle with a generic (but competitive) team. 

Gym Leaders Cannot:

1.  Limit the number of Pokémon the challenger uses
2.  Deny the use of items (potions, scarfs, etc.)
3.   Exceed the level cap of said gym with your own Pokémon.
4.   Have their Pokémon be all max levels. There can only be 2 Pokémon with the max levels with a good variation of levels throughout the team (E.g. Maximum of two Pokémon at each level). 
5.  Deny a gym battle due to personal relationship with the challenger. Ex. You can’t deny a challenger simply because you don’t like them.
6.  Have legendary, mythical, paradox forms or ultra-beast on their teams
7.  Use their team for any purpose outside of Official Nightshade Gym League Battles.

Gym Leaders Can:

1.  Have a level cap above your max level
2.  Accept or deny a gym battle.
3.  Have specific rules for your gym that do not conflict with the letter or spirit of the overall rules put forth in on this website.

All rules are subject to change, and are subject to leadership discretion (edited)

1.  You may only challenge a Gym once every 12 hours.
2.  You may not borrow Pokémon to advance through the Nightshade Gym League
3.  No legendary, mythical or ultra-beast, or paradox Pokémon are allowed in official gym battles.
4.  Respect and follow specific rules put in place by the Gym Leader you are challenging.

All rules are subject to change, and are subject to leadership discretion

Open for applicants - Simply visit: https://forms.gle/yYc9mqjDUEpnDHjr8 Thank you for your interest!!

Note: We have slightly differing types from the mainline games for the Plain Badge and the Fog Badge. Please see below for the new typings.

Tier 1 [Leader Level Range: 10-20]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 0 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Boulder Badge	Typings: Rock	Leaders: AliveFeather94
	Zephyr Badge	Typings: Flying	Leader: Zepthz, Skywardstrike

Tier 2 [Leader Level Range: 20-30]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 0 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Cascade Badge	Typings:  Water	Leader: mattman282, Squidge765
	Hive Badge	Typings:  Bug	Leader: Exod99

Tier 3 [Leader Level Range: 30-40]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 1 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Thunder Badge	Typings:  Electric	Leader: DUCKY12435
	Plain Badge	Typings:  Normal / Fairy	Leader: Umrae

Tier 4 [Leader Level Range: 40-50]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 2 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Rainbow Badge	Typings:  Grass	Leader: jacen_solo247135
	Fog Badge	Typings:  Ghost / Dark	Leader: Charrliee, SpookyPlagueDoc7

Tier 5 [Leader Level Range: 50-60]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 3 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Soul Badge	Typings:  Poison	Leader: TheBurntStick13
	Storm Badge	Typings:  Fighting	Leader: OPEN

Tier 6 [Leader Level Range: 60-70]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 4 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Marsh Badge	Typings:  Psychic	Leader: Quert
	Mineral Badge	Typings:  Steel	Leader: silentcore12, MistressNeviah

Tier 7 [Leader Level Range: 70-80]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 5 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Volcano Badge	Typings:  Fire	Leader: SupremeOogie
	Glacier Badge	Typings:  Ice	Leader: Toady39, Elemental_alpha

Tier 8 [Leader Level Range: 80-90]

Challengers may have Pokémon in their team up to 5 Level(s) above the Leader's Level Range.

	Earth Badge	Typings:  Ground	Leader: Shadow_Demon_666, supertuff20
	Rising Badge	Typings:  Dragon	Leader: Esiona, Lukatoni71

Our Elite Four is served by members of our staff and can rotate out based on availability to best serve our players. One staff member may have multiple teams for each Elite Four Position. While we all may dream of battling a certain staff member for the Champion title, sometimes to best ensure needs are met, that may not be always possible. We will allow challenging players to request staff members if desired however.

Unlike Gym Leaders, we have elected to display our Elite Four teams here for all players to see. This gives our challengers a chance to prepare before taking on their toughest challenge. The individual teams each Elite Four member will use for any given fight are listed below.

All Elite Four teams will all be level 100 and will all be well EV and IV trained. Each E4 battle will be a double battle, with the Champion selecting which format they wish to use.

Elite Four Position 1

Typings:  Water / Ice

Teams:

Charrliee

Elite Four Position 2

Typings:  Fighting /  Ground

Teams:

iSammael

 Shadow_Demon_666

Elite Four Position 3

Typings:  Ghost /  Dark

Teams:

 Zepthz

Skywardstrike

Elite Four Position 4

Typings:  Dragon / Fire

Teams:

Skywardstrike

 Shadow_Demon_666

Champion