Korrina: the roller-skating Gym Leader of Mega Evolution

She's the one who puts the ring on your wrist. Korrina runs Kalos's third Gym, awards the Rumble Badge and gets around on roller skates with a reputation as a virtuoso. But her real role in the story lies elsewhere: she descends from the first Trainer ever to Mega Evolve a Pokémon, and that's why she introduces the player to the sixth generation's big new feature.

Contents

• Kalos's Third Gym, Fighting-Type Specialist
• The Descendant of the First Mega Evolution Trainer
• What She Changes in the Player's Journey
• Korrina at a Glance
• Frequently Asked Questions

Kalos's Third Gym, Fighting-Type Specialist

Korrina runs the Shalour City Gym and awards the Rumble Badge. Her position, third along the way, makes her one of the first real walls of X and Y.

Her Gym team comes down to three Pokémon: Mienfoo, Machoke and Hawlucha. Elsewhere, she fields Machamp at the Battle Chateau, then Medicham, Gallade, Crabominable and Chesnaught in the Infinite Z-A Royale of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. No frills, one specialty held from start to finish.

The game presents her as a girl bursting with energy, so gifted on roller skates that she's said to be able to split a boulder with a kick of her heel. She is also a Marchioness of the Battle Chateau.

The Descendant of the First Mega Evolution Trainer

Her importance goes far beyond her rank. Korrina descends from the very first Trainer ever to Mega Evolve their Lucario, and as such knows some of the secrets of Mega Evolution.

That's why she is the one who takes the player under her wing on this specific subject. The generation's central mechanic is entrusted to her, rather than to the Professor or the League Champion.

Her Lucario is therefore more than a signature Pokémon: it's a family legacy, and living proof of what Mega Evolution makes possible.

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What She Changes in the Player's Journey

Putting this lesson at the third Gym is no accident. The player gets the mechanic early enough to make something of it, but late enough to have already found their footing.

The contrast with the other Gym Leaders of Kalos is stark: most of them are content to run their Gym, she carries a piece of the story.

Her specialty also complements this role. The Fighting type is the one that benefits most from Mega Evolution's raw stat boosts, and her Lucario is the clearest example of it in the whole game.

Korrina at a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

• Where is Korrina's Gym?
  In Shalour City, in the Kalos region. It's the third Gym along the way, and she awards the Rumble Badge to Trainers who beat her.
• Why does Korrina teach Mega Evolution?
  Because she descends from the first Trainer ever to Mega Evolve a Pokémon: their own Lucario. That gives her knowledge no one else in the region has.
• Which Pokémon does Korrina use?
  Fighting types, built around her Lucario: Mienfoo, Machoke and Hawlucha at the Shalour City Gym in X and Y, Hawlucha and Machamp at the Battle Chateau, then Gallade, Crabominable, Medicham, Hawlucha and Chesnaught in the Infinite Z-A Royale of Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
• Does Korrina appear anywhere other than her Gym?
  Yes, she is also a Marchioness of the Battle Chateau, and she returns to the story for everything involving Mega Evolution.

In short

Korrina is the Gym Leader Kalos entrusted with the most responsibility. She doesn't just guard a badge: she passes on the mechanic that defines the entire generation, because her family has practiced it longer than anyone. Gym Leader, heir, and, on top of that, the best roller skater in the region.