New Kanto Syndicates

Team X



 * Leader: Xander (Gym Leader 1)


 * HQ: ROUTE 14 -Camp X  - 6 buildings - a complete city including a pokecenter, a market - the first "major" city you come across in the game.


 * Description:  A tiny gang, more like a group of survivors than an official gang, Team X are tough survivalists. You get a quest from Team X. “You want to meet our leader Xander? Prove yourself worthy and go into the “Infected Cave” near our camp and bring us a sample of the huge Mother-Mushroom there
 * Typing Theme: Main Fighting and secondary Bug
 * Typing Theme: Main Fighting and secondary Bug

Commonly Used Pokemon: Mankey, Spinarak, Venonant

Team Y


Leader: Yvette (Gym Leader 2)


 * HQ: SAFARI ZONE - Camp Y - about 4 buildings (around where I marked the Gym in the Safari, in the area to the east, the only one open before you can Surf as I locked the rest with trees) - mini city and mainly a place to fight and talk to team Y before the gym battle


 * Description:  Team Y  resemble ninjas
 * Typing Theme: Poison (and some bugs?)
 * Typing Theme: Poison (and some bugs?)

Commonly Used Pokemon: Nidoran (M+F), Koffing, Drowzee, New Katno Grimer, Venonat, Spinarak,



Team Z


Leader: Mme Z (Zelda)(Gym Leader 6)


 * HQ: Vermillion City


 * Description:  They are henchmen for sale, sort of mercenaries that work for CANKER doing their dirty work travelling in the ruins and getting stuff done for them. You therefore start meeting them when you first enter Team Arcadia territory after defeating Aura (Gym 5) at Cerulean City, and only get to their headquarters in Vermilion after you fight CANKER in the ruins of the central cities (like we already planned)
 * Typing Theme: Dark
 * Typing Theme: Dark

Commonly Used Pokemon: Mightyena, Magishark, Hypno, New Kanto Muk, Persian, Golbat



M.O.N.K (Masters Of New Kanto)


Leader: ... (Gym Leader 4)


 * HQ:  New Saffron - Powerplant Location


 * Description:  A 'good' technocracy, MONK are quite heavily invested into their tech, while gangs X, Y and Z mistrust and shun technology. MONK's main objective is to defeat Arcadia. Sabrina used to be a member.
 * Typing Theme: Electric and Steel
 * Typing Theme: Electric and Steel

??? (CANKER)


Leader: Mewthree (e4 Champion)


 * HQ:  Indigo Plateau (With bases in Lavender Tower, Silph Co Tower, Cinnabar Lab)


 * Description:  The newly resurrected Team Rocket , headed by the seemingly immortal Giovanni (actually Mewthree). Mewthree has 4 head scientists in his thrall ( E4 - Geology: Rock, Physics: Steel? Electric is taken :/  Biology: Grass Chemistry: Fire
 * Typing Theme: n/a