Dreamyard
There's a Lass right up front that has two Purrloin L8 while the Youngster after her has twoPatrat L7 and a Lillipup L7.
Now if you go and talk to the person past the two Trainers, she'll take a look at your starter Pokemon's type and will offer to give you a Pokemon that will complement its type and help against the Gym Leader. If you chose Oshawott as your starter, she'll offer you a Pansear, but if you chose Tepig, she will give you a Pansage, and if you chose Snivy, she'll give you aPanpour instead. Just answer yes with a spot in your party and she'll give you the proper elemental monkey at level 10.
That will make a great addition to your team, particularly for the upcoming Gym Leader battle, so consider training it up a few levels. There's also an X Defend right by him. Unfortunately that's all you can do here for now, though, so go back, heal up your Pokemon, maybe fit in a little bit of training, and then get ready to take on the Gym!
Striaton Gym
As soon as you enter the Gym, the dude that was blocking it earlier will come over to you and introduce himself as Clyde. You know, he's that usual "Yo, champ in the making" guy. Anyway, to prep you for the fight, he gives you some Fresh Water, which heals 50 HP when you use it. That very well may come in handy in your fight, because the Gym Leader is pretty tough.
This gym's puzzle is really easy to solve. There's a curtain with a color and a symbol on it that clearly represents an elemental type. Beneath the curtain are three buttons you can step on: one for Fire, one for Water, and one for Grass. It shouldn't take a genius to figure out which is which. In order to drop the curtain, you need to step on the button that beats the type on the curtain.
That's the easy part. The tough part is dealing with the rather strong Waiter and Waitress inside; the Waiter uses a fierce Lillipup L11 which hits pretty hard, while the Waitress uses aPatrat L10 and a Purrloin L10. Beware the Patrat, because it has Bide, which will cause it to wait two turns before attacking you for double the damage you did to it during that time! The best thing to do if it looks like it's getting angry or whatever is to just use moves like Growl, Tail Whip, and Leer, then attack when it is not saving strength. You can also switch to a not-as-often-used Pokemon to take the hit if you accidentally hit it.
After beating them and getting through the easy puzzle (which, granted, is technically harder than any of the other generations first gyms...), you'll be ready to take on the Gym Leader. Before you do, go back to the Pokemon Center to heal up your Pokemon, then save your game when you get near the Gym Leader.
Surprisingly enough, though, this Gym doesn't have just one Gym Leader... it has three! Only one of them will battle you, though, and it's based off of your starting Pokemon. If your starting Pokemon was Snivy, you'll have to fight against the fiery Chili; if your starter wasTepig, you're going up against the cool Cress; and if your starting Pokemon was Oshawott, you're gonna have to take on the green Cilan.
| Marriland's Pokemon Team at this point | |||
 | Oshawott Lv. 13 |  | Lillipup Lv. 11 |
 | Pansear Lv. 11 |  | Purrloin Lv. 7 |
 | Patrat Lv. 4 | ||
Each one of the trio's Pokemon have the move Work Up, which raises that Pokemon's Attack and Sp. Atk by one stage, increasing their potential to do damage by a lot. You do not want them to use that move too many times. If you have it available, you should counter with Growl right away, especially against Lillipup and Pansage (Cilan's green monkey), as they only have Physical-based attacks.
Cilan's Pansage, Chili's Pansear, and Cress' Panpour are all quite a bit tougher. One cool thing you may notice is that the music changes when the Gym Leader sends out their last Pokemon, making the fight even more dramatic! Thankfully, none of the monkeys have a lot of defenses, so as long as you hit hard and hit often, you should be good.
One of the best ways to take on Cilan, Chili, or Cress is to use the elemental monkey you picked up in the Dreamyard earlier. It will be resistant to the Gym Leader's monkey's only damaging attack, and while theirs can use Work Up to raise its Attack and Sp. Atk, you'll still be hitting for Super Effective damage with your own attack. It won't do a ton of damage unless you train your monkey, and it is hard to do that at this point in the game unless you're fighting a lot of Audino, but it should still be enough to take their monkey out without too much hassle.
After beating Cilan, Chili, or Cress, the trio of Gym Leaders will relinquish the Trio Badge as a symbol of your victory against them, which will enable traded Pokemon up to Level 20 obey you. They'll also give you TM83 (Work Up), which — as you probably saw — raises the user's Attack and Sp. Atk by one stage!
TMs are now unlimited use!
In the older generations, once you used a TM to teach your Pokemon a move, it used up that TM like an item. That caused players to think carefully about which TMs they taught to which Pokemon. However, in Pokemon Black and White, you can reuse TM moves as many times as you'd like, so feel free to teach any of your Pokemon Work Up without fear of making the "wrong decision"!
Just keep in mind that, if you teach a Pokemon a TM move, it will have only as much remaining PP as the move it was replacing had. You can't just use TMs to freely restore PP, sorry!
Congratulations! You just showed these Gym Leaders how to win at their own game! Now head out of the Gym and back to Striaton City.
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