Clay

Clayヤーコン Yaakon
The Underground Boss
Character information
Gender:	Male
Hometown:	Driftveil City
Region:	Unova
Preferred type:
Battle details
Badge:	Quake Badge

Clay is the Gym Leader of the Driftveil City Gym. His gym is the fifth gym to be challenged by the trainer. He specializes in using Ground-type Pokémon. He will award the player character the Quake Badge if defeated. His outfit resembles that of a Texan businessman's and he has a Texan accent.

Appearance

Clay is a large man with brown hair and eyes. Clay wears a large cowboy hat, with a yellow stripe and a teal gem on the front. Clay also wears a sleeveless jacket, with small ribbons on his chest, as well as a hazel shirt underneath. He also wears teal pants, with a belt with a yellow buckle, underneath his large brown ones, as well as a pair of dark shoes. Clay is usually seen with his large suitcase and has a watch on his left arm.

Personality

Judging by his appearance, Clay has the serious attitude of an industrious and time-constrained company owner.

Biography

Black and White

Clay first appears after Elesa asks him to lower the bridge that links Nimbasa and Driftveil. He later blames the player character and Cheren for allowing Team Plasma into Driftveil. Since he blames them, he asks the player character to find the Plasma members. They can be found in the Cold Storage. After finding Team Plasma, Clay comes in and arrests Team Plasma but they escape. After that, the player character can challenge Clay.

He is later seen helping the player character in N's Castle by holding off all of the Sages alongside the other Gym Leaders, excluding Cilan, Chili and Cress.

Black 2 and White 2

In Black 2 and White 2, he has redesigned his Gym. After the player character defeats him. Clay will question Hugh on his rage towards Team Plasma. If Memory Link is used, it is shown that Clay interrupts a conversation between Burgh and Lenora about bones, by bringing a fossil for her to evaluate as he hopes to sell the piece at a high price. Unfortunately for Clay, the fossil was quite common, however with a rather unusual soil. This brings newfound hope for Clay to keep digging on his tunnel. Burgh questions Clay about what he thinks on bones. Clay replies that bones are what's left when one passes away. The three are seen satisfied with the many opinions on the subject.

Other appearances

Anime counterpart

Adventures counterpart

Masters counterpart

Clay in Generations (anime)

Sprites

BW battle sprite		B2W2 battle sprite		VS. Sprite

Pokémon

Games

Black and White

Krokorok		Palpitoad		Excadrill		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 29	♂	Lv. 29	♂	Lv. 31	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Moxie		Ability: Swift Swim		Ability: Sand Rush		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Crunch		Muddy Water		Slash		-	-	-
Swagger		Aqua Ring		Rock Slide		-	-	-
Bulldoze		Bulldoze		Bulldoze		-	-	-
Torment		Bubblebeam		Hone Claws		-	-	-

Black 2 and White 2

Gym Battle

Krokorok		Sandslash		Excadrill		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 31	♂	Lv. 31	♂	Lv. 33	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Intimidate		Ability: Sand Veil		Ability: Sand Force		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Bulldoze		Bulldoze		Bulldoze		-	-	-
Crunch		Crush Claw		Metal Claw		-	-	-
Sand Tomb		Rollout		Slash		-	-	-
Torment		Fury Cutter		Rock Slide		-	-	-

Krokorok		Sandslash		Onix		Excadrill		[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]
Lv. 34	♂	Lv. 34	♂	Lv. 34	♂	Lv. 36	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Intimidate		Ability: Sand Veil		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Sand Force		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?
Bulldoze		Bulldoze		Bulldoze		Bulldoze		-	-
Crunch		Crush Claw		Rock Slide		Metal Claw		-	-
Sandstorm		Rock Slide		Explosion		Slash		-	-
Torment		Hone Claws		Rock Polish		Rock Slide		-	-

Driftveil Tournament/Mix Tournament

Ground-type Tournament

Unova Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Trivia

• Clay's Japanese Leader title is アンダーグラウンド　ボス / Andaaguraundo Bosu. "Underground Boss"
• Clay's English name comes from the type of sticky, fine-grained soil, often used to make pottery, bricks, and ceramics. His Japanese name comes from 坤 (kon, a sign in the I Ching system that represents earth).
• All of Clay's Pokémon are the same in both anime & game.