Batomon Showdown Characters — Trainers, Batomon and Regions

Batomon Showdown characters split into two very different categories, and conflating them is the most common mistake. Trainers are the archetype you commit to at the start of a run and they shape everything that follows. Batomon are the collectible creatures you draft, merge and position on the board. The official store page structures its pitch around exactly that division, listing choose your trainer and level up your Batomon as separate pillars.

Trainers and Batomon Are Different Things

The official store page describes the flow as choosing your trainer, selecting your Batomon and assembling a team. KeenGamer reads the same text and emphasises that trainers bring distinct abilities that change how your strategy works, while Batomon are the units that actually fight.

Category	What it is	When you choose it
Trainer	A run-wide archetype with a passive or economic effect	Before the run starts
Batomon	The collectible creatures on your board	During the run, from the shop
Region	The creature pool family, Pantra or Jinto	Implicit in what the shop offers
Trinkets and items	Passive and consumable support	Bought or granted during the run

The Trainer Roster

The official store page names trainer archetypes rather than a full roster. Official patch notes add confirmed names, which is the strongest evidence available for specific trainers.

Trainer	Evidence	What the source says
Bug-catcher	Official store page	Listed as an example archetype
Dragon-whisperer	Official store page	Listed as an example archetype
Chef	Official store page	Cooks new types onto your Batomon
Smuggler	Official v1.2.0 patch notes	Added in v1.2.0, brings Batomon from other regions into your shop
Chemist	Official v1.2.0 patch notes	Toxic starting Poison increased from 1 to 3
Redhead	Official v1.2.0 patch notes	Burn per win to Fire monsters increased from 2 to 3
Gamer	Official v1.2.0 patch notes	Now reveals which Mythical it will grant at the start of a run

Note the balance direction in that table: v1.2.0 buffed the Chemist and Redhead because they underperformed at higher matchmaking ratings, which is a useful reminder that trainer strength shifts with patches.

Pantra and Jinto Regions

Community sources describe the roster as split across regions, naming Pantra and Jinto. Official patch notes corroborate the split without defining it, because v1.2.0 groups its changes under separate Jinto Batomon and Pantra Batomon headings.

• Jinto creatures were nerfed as a group because the developer wrote that Jinto teams still had about 1.5 times the median damage of Pantra teams at day 10 and beyond.
• Pantra creatures were buffed to close that gap, described as inching closer to Jinto level.
• A v1.2.0 trainer, the Smuggler, explicitly brings Batomon from other regions into your shop, which confirms that region access is normally restricted.

Named Batomon From Official Patch Notes

The most reliable named-creature list comes from official patch notes rather than from fan dexes. The v1.2.0 notes mention the following, among others.

Creature	What the official note changed
Petrirex	Shield and damage per ally knocked out reduced, cooldown raised
Opalion	Cooldown raised, shield increased
Cairnage	Shield-to-damage multiplier reduced
Bonshell	Damage and shield per cast reduced
Steamscuttle	Cooldown raised
Cinderfly	Cost reduced, burn increased

• Bestiary data lives on third-party sites, so it is unverified.
• Roster size claims conflict across official and community sources.
• No first-party trainer tier list has been published.

What the Roster Pages Do Not Tell You

Three gaps are worth stating plainly. First, there is no official in-game or first-party bestiary page, so the fan data site batodex.com and the tracker at batomon.com are third-party and unverified. Second, roster size claims conflict, so do not quote a single number as fact. Third, trainers beyond the archetype examples and patch-note names are not documented, so any complete trainer tier list should be treated as to confirm.