Gym Leaders: Teams, Levels & Movesets

Soulgold's Gym order is Johto, all eight badges of it, with the Kanto Leaders registered in the same dataset for the postgame. The badge fights sit in tight level bands rather than a smooth curve, and that shape is the thing worth planning around.

What the teams look like

• Falkner (Flying) 11-12 -- Pidgey, Gligar and a Pidgeotto holding an Oran Berry.
• Bugsy (Bug) 19-20 -- Whirlipede, Cutiefly, Scyther.
• Whitney (Normal) 25-27 -- Audino, Girafarig, Miltank. The Gym only opens once you finish the Radio Tower quiz.
• Morty (Ghost) 33-34 -- Galarian Corsola, Doublade, Misdreavus, Gengar.
• Chuck (Fighting) 41-42 -- Hitmontop, Mienshao, Poliwrath, Annihilape.
• Jasmine (Steel) 41-42 -- Skarmory, Tinkaton, Magneton, Scizor, Steelix.
• Pryce (Ice) 41-42 -- Alolan Ninetales, Mamoswine, Glaceon, Weavile, Froslass.
• Clair (Dragon) 57-58 -- Altaria, Gyarados, Hydrapple, Dragonite, Kingdra.

Badges five, six and seven all land between 41 and 42 while badge eight jumps to 57, so the party that clears Pryce is not the party Blackthorn expects.

Each Leader also carries later registered teams for their postgame rematches, which is why the same name can appear with a much higher-level lineup. Hard mode turns these fights into doubles unless another setting forces singles.

The table below is the source of truth for teams, levels, movesets and held items. For the cap you should be sitting at before each fight, see the Walkthrough & Progression Guide, and for the fights around them see Trainer Battles.