Every Gym Leader Team That Makes No Sense

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Every Pokemon gym leader that I think needs at least one of their teams fixed.
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[@MandJTV]

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[@motivated4500]

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[@udayverma9749]

Do a Grunty boi lets play plssss!!

[@user-balls69]

Ok

[@bisomarei668]

Pringles

[@hughqualvidstrustmebro]

Na

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

So basically Let's Go improves on literally every single Kanto Gym Leader's Pokemon Team, except for Giovanni. I agree with you on all of them tbh.

[@dutrany7573]

Hi

[@Someone-ro5ct]

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[@samcreeper07]

Nooo its you.

[@omalibart3201]

How are you even here

[@bendover-pp7tm]

your everywhere

[@bisomarei668]

I swear he’s never changed that intro for years and yet it never gets old

[@Naggfruit]

well, he had differenet intros befdore

[@dommydom95]

Hehehehehe

[@bisomarei668]

@@Naggfruit yes but this is the most used intro and the most iconic one

[@enigmatic2878]

@@bisomarei668 and I freaking love it

[@pokegamerbis7983]

Yes

[@sorenssrorigin]

Also Clair’s dragons seems to be more water based so Lapras is a perfect fit for her

[@yerman0564]

And Ampharos. Unless you consider that a retcon from gen 6, but it’s dumb that no major trainer has an Ampharos.

[@pukenmg284]

@@yerman0564 FunFact: Ampharos was first planned to be Electric/Dragon type but was canceled for some reason so that’s why mega ampharos is dragon

[@yorecf9641]

@@yerman0564 Elesa uses Flaafy though. Also, Wattson uses Ampharos on his Emerald rematch team and Lt Surge uses one for his Kanto Leaders Tournament team in BW2.

[@michaelfragoso6572]

I’d give Clair a dunsparce it’s dragon like and learns dragon rush

[@cheesevelvet6358]

@@michaelfragoso6572 except dunsparce is LITERALLY the worst pokemon that an eighth gym leader could have

[@iamhere6497]

"In the upcoming remakes, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, they will have access to the platinum dex" damn that aged like milk

[@ferb9623]

Oh well....

[@jeffreygao3956]

Drat!

[@cannabishornliu6119]

@@ferb9623 Sort of... But one thing did BDSP show off... How bad the original games actually were if it wasn't for Platinum fixing like 80%-90% of their problems.

[@phoenixwright777]

Oof

[@jeffreygao3956]

Because it totally should have!

[@ConcernedAlien]

I think that Giovanni using a Marowak on his team with people knowing about Team Rocket's high-profile killing of a Marowak would be a great way of reminding the audience of how evil Team Rocket is supposed to be and how disrespectful they are to pretty much everyone and everything.

[@sharkshrek4154]

except it will be kinda weird since well team rocket fricking commited oof to one in the wild and giovanni just catches one before or after (imagine he caught one after tho) and then he has another creature of that species just eradicated.

[@chrisishere8673]

@@sharkshrek4154 That was the whole point of ConcernedAlien's comment. To show how much Giovanni does not care and how evil Team Rocket was supposed to be. You missed the point.

[@theresagrawe7053]

Exactly my thoughts giovanni basically forcing the poor marowak to fight for him

[@abadgamersperspective3111]

@@theresagrawe7053 Isn’t that all bad guys in Pokémon

[@theresagrawe7053]

@@abadgamersperspective3111 yeah that's pretty much true To be honest I don't get team Plasma like they wanna devide humans and pokemon but fight with pokemon and kidnap pokemon and use them to fight you like what the what? You guys make no sense at all

[@crimson2444]

“A dragon type with 6 weaknesses, you’ll be fine” I love this channel

[@themineking_09]

Lap Milo is pretty late and hey rookiedie is just so good for the gym

[@gerardoareyesm]

Besides applin learn few moves naturally

[@ethantreadway9478]

Plus if Flapple or Appletun were his ace. I bet it would make the battle a bit easier.

[@lordogaming0998]

@@ethantreadway9478 yeah

[@DancerDave123]

“Also for the Sinnoh leaders, they’re gonna have access to the Platinum Dex in the upcoming remakes Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl…” Oh boy that aged well….

[@halfapoptart]

Are you sure about that

[@modelomegatyler]

we wish

[@RFDN0]

@@modelomegatyler Well they technically do in post game.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@RFDN0 i guess....

[@peterrealar2.067]

Yeah, the remakes SUCK.

[@silent7159]

I really love the design of Raihan's gym battle. While not the first gym leader to have a double battle format, it reinforced the idea that we could use more. Weather effects being the main gimmick for his entire gym is really fun. Not flawless, but would definitely like to see the concepts used more

[@waynejenkins5991]

I don’t considering he is a dragon gym leader with only 2 being dragons when there are multiple dragon types you can get before the 8th gym

[@AT-il2ej]

@@waynejenkins5991 yes yes we got it on the first 15 comments you made this post on now ask mommy for your bottle you need bedtime

[@michaelcarter6178]

Plus to make this more sense, dragons can sometimes cause changes in weather. I did a Google search.

[@TheGremlinGhost]

@@waynejenkins5991 his battle would be easier with more dragon types because as Mikey put it, there are no other dragon types besides Duraludon and Flygon that don’t take damage to sandstorm and his gimmick is that he uses a competitive sandstorm team

[@waynejenkins5991]

@@TheGremlinGhost ok he's a dragon gym leader not a ground gym. Only ground and steel get a buff from sandstorm. The gimmick itself doesn't belong. Sorry but if it's a dragon gym I'd expect more dragons

[@tuesday9670]

Kanto gym leaders: has a problem Mikey: *Let's Go*

[@Ditto.007]

Pikachu?...Or eevee?... (ok that was a dumb joke i know)

[@dogex2673]

LES GO

[@theelixirdefender2714]

@@dogex2673 Da mikey

[@exaltedfalcheon1793]

@@Ditto.007 both

[@Ditto.007]

@@exaltedfalcheon1793 lol

[@lorisaur3023]

I think I need to point out that Elesa's main gimmick was to spam volt switch so that you didn't really know which Emolga you were fighting and I think that was quite clever. As a kid, I used to consider Emolga as Elesa's ace honestly

[@austinsmith7859]

As a person who used Throh extensively, I entirely agree

[@dekustick6870]

Yes

[@ulisesarmenta8155]

The issue is than both emolgas had the exact same movesets, but I like you idea.

[@---oq5kb]

If only there was a blue and pink indicator or something.

[@SS-ui7by]

Fr. That volt switch was hella frustrating

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

I actually object to the "replace one of the Emolgas with Tynamo" thing for BW1 Elesa because two volt-switiching Emolgas is a very, very good gimmick.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Too bad they're exactly the same

[@SupahNoiseGaming]

Make It a _shiny_ emolga

[@cannabishornliu6119]

@@thedragonwarrior5861 A choice item would be perfect to justify the gimmick. One has a Choice Scarf to be faster snd the other one has a Choice Specs for a stronger Volt Switch! Without any held items they are just the same Pokémon constantly switching up all the time without any good reason to do so!

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

@@cannabishornliu6119 that would be a good idea

[@cannabishornliu6119]

@@thedragonwarrior5861 Thank you but the idea would still only work on paper but never in-game because EVERY player see the HP bars of the two Emolgas and already knows that something isn't right. The Volt Switch Spam could work as a strategy with choice or over held items but not as a wannabe version of Zoroark's Illusion ability. Not even Best Wishes Ash would fall for this nonsense and we all know his fight with Elesa in the anime!

[@clintmcbride7830]

I honestly wish that they would branch out from just having gyms specialized around types. I like what you mentioned in another video about a hypothetical situation where someone was a honey tree specialist. Imagine a gym leader who in pokemon available at night. Or a Dog Breeder specialist who has different dog Pokemon. A gym that is part science lab that studies dreams and has sleep/dream related pokemon. Maybe only have a few like this per generation so most of the game is still more traditional.

[@j.martinez8767]

The gym leaders have their own pokemon yet the leagues forces them to use one single type. This can be evidenced by the first gym leader of black and white 2. Not only do we know he has stronger pokemon, we also know he has a starter.

[@zacharyjoy8724]

I like the idea of a team that isn’t specifically just one Type. Giving a team a unifying strategy or thematic connection would be great. And to be fair, I think Raihan does this pretty well with his Sandstorm team. So getting more teams like that would be great.

[@j.martinez8767]

@@zacharyjoy8724 I think the role of those fell into the frontier brains and other post game stuff. Too bad it didn't became a recurring thing like gyms and the elite four are.

[@adriancomia6618]

Or just get the idea of Pokémon unbound, I guess?

[@AshenHawk96]

Honestly I kind of agree. I think a good example I had discussed with a friend when the new games were announced was a sort of "futuristic/technology" themed gym, with example pokemon such as the Porygon line, Metagross line, and Rotom. Or a "storm" gym with a mix of water, ice, electric, and flying types and a heavy emphasis on weather.

[@abimaelreyes7134]

"Its a dragon type with 6 weaknesses, you'll be fine" i fucking died 🤣🤣

[@LunchBox092]

It's a dragon this is weak to birds... I respect it...

[@abimaelreyes7134]

@@LunchBox092 i honestly use Flapple and Appletun. more appletun tho since he has much better stats and can actually survive at least 2 hits before dying.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

@@abimaelreyes7134 If you get off that dragon dance though, tasty sweeps. Still props to Appletun, I just prefer dealing damage to stalling it.

[@Korro9600]

@@vanguardbreaker8826 hehehehe. Tasty

[@amaze_z1953]

Alternative Title: How Let's Go balanced out the Kanto gym leader roster

[@NicoFlame9]

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[@yumekojabami1326]

@@NicoFlame9 no one cares

[@dommydom95]

@Juanito Yeet indeed

[@dommydom95]

@@NicoFlame9 don’t click it’s a rickroll

[@MegaPokefan97]

Later gym leaders shouldn't have two moves on their ace

[@melissam6931]

I always forget Skarmory is a Johto pokemon, finding it on route 13 so much as a kid and Winnona using it has it permanently ingrained in my brain as a Hoenn pokemon

[@christianshark6678]

16:25 Mikey: “Also the Sinnoh leaders will have access to the Platinum dex so we’re going with the Platinum dex.” Oh how naive we were.

[@jameskeeling5278]

Areyousureabouthat?

[@amberstargames]

Some platinum Pokémon are in post game but you still can’t use them during the story tho

[@jonathanbowers8964]

​@@amberstargameswell many platinum dex pokemon are available in the Underground during the playthrough. Sure it takes extra work to find them, but they do help tremendously with team building.

[@jared_kc3155]

Mikey: "Her Milktank is like three pokemon by itself, so I think she's fine" *War Flashbacks with Whitney's milktank*

[@Ditto.007]

Am i the only one who one-shotted her miltank in my first ever crystal game like it wasn't that hard to beat for me...

[@The_knightuno1]

WHAT

[@anangrygeekontheinternet5183]

Me who 2 hit ko’ed it with heracross Laughs in superiority

[@RikoJAmado]

@@Ditto.007 Yes. You are. And that makes you a precious, special jewel.

[@Ditto.007]

@@RikoJAmado Awww thx!

[@Ghost-ql6tn]

"Elesa's black and white team repeats Emolga for no good reason" Me as a young child trying to beat her stupid volt switching and healing bs: visible confusion

[@FalcoNat]

Me as a young child with my Samurott and nothing else even remotely strong enough to beat her because I didn’t know about grinding a team: *_confused screaming_*

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

@@FalcoNat I had to use Zebstrika with grinding my nuzlocke challenge team up to the same level. I know, it sucks, but at least I can use my favorite move, Attract, to get past her Zebstrika. My Zebstrika's ability: Lightning Rod (Absorbs Electric-type Attacks and boosts Special Attack)

[@StephenMeek]

I just had a dwebble with stealth rock, so I didn't have any trouble against the emolga; but I can see why you would.

[@TrufirEdog]

i had to beat het emolga with my own emolga since my ground types had no effect

[@pascalsimioli6777]

Hardest part of beating Elesa is playing with one hand.

[@matt54740]

"BDSP will have the platinum dex so ill use that!" Oh you poor innocent boy

[@jonathanbowers8964]

Well the player does have access to many of the Platinum dex pokemon (houndoom, Gardevoir) during a playthrough via the Underground, but yeah, the NPCs need access as well.

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

19:34 Forgot to mention that Drayden uses an Altaria on his Challenge Mode team Skyla uses a Sigilyph on her Challenge Mode team Marlon uses a Mantine on his Challenge Mode team Burgh swapped out his Swadloon for Shelmet and Karrablast on his Challenge Mode team

[@augustchristiansen1988]

I love how Grunty Boy Come exacly whenever he talked about Giovanni

[@ChaosInsues9091]

*YES*

[@swampy725]

It was perfect tbh

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

Anyone else thought that he should've maybe added a clip of the "We killed a Marowak!" line from the Team Rocket vs. Team Skull rap battle at that point?

[@asemimam561]

@@IAmMissingnoMaster they did

[@nateschendel4585]

Kanto Brock give him a omanyte theres a fossil museum right there Misty give her a goldeen n psyduck Surge add magnemite Erika give her an exeggutor Koga team change to muk golbat weezing venomoth Sabrina give her alakazam hypno Mr mime slowbro Blaine add charizard n magmar to his Yellow team n were good Giovanni give his pokemon tms and a bunch of moves, his movesets should be alot better Team of 6 dugtrio rhydon nidoking nidoqueen Persian and marowak I do think Giovanni as a final leader should get one not weak to grass or water with type diversity Sandslash I actually like Golem I like too Kanghaskhan I also like His movesets are mostly what I have problems with

[@ballora2445]

Mikey: "no gym leaders should be using Delibird" Also Mikey: 11:15

[@TunaBear64]

Still better than Seel

[@CR1MSONACE]

First gym as ice? then Use Delibird

[@huychuongao254]

Just remember in the Adventure Manga, Pryce's Delibird able to defeat Ho-Oh.

[@naganut9718]

@@huychuongao254 That lvl 100 delibird probably battling a level 10 ho-oh

[@mrwhatever3580]

@@huychuongao254 whot

[@courtneyevie]

"with the sinnoh leaders, they're gonna have access to the platinum dex in the upcoming remakes, brilliant diamond and shining pearl" oh... oh how wrong we were...

[@Direwolf181]

I still don't know why theu went with the godawful D/P dex... everything was so lazy and ugly

[@thearcadiusproject3500]

Daddy Masuda always gets his way with 151 goddamn pokemon in the dex.

[@SchmergDergen]

Yeah. The demakes sure sucked ass.

[@BaconNuke]

@@Direwolf181 Third party devs probably were told "you remaking DP games" and they went "oh okay so do same game, but prettier" and then somehow.. still included *some* of Plat dex... only in the underground.. only for the player.. but *did* do Plat dex for rematches... but also just royally fucking with the E4 by being competitive stats and hidden abilities... they.. seriously did suck a weird mixed bag but still did the worse of each option

[@jeffreygao3956]

They should have had the Battle Frontier too!

[@esqimo6647]

I think the anime and manga are helpful for explaining the gym leaders teams. Sabrinas Abra Kadabra and Alakazam team makes sense because in the anime, her gym is full of psychic spoon benders, so while it may be a somewhat redundant team, her reliance on them makes sense. You suggested replacing Giovannis first Rhyhorn with a Sandslash, but I personally think a Golem would make more sense, as Brock is mostly seen with a geodude instead, and his signature pokemon is more onix/steelix, while Giovanni uses a Golem in the Adventure Manga and blows up the entire gym, which i think is hilarious.

[@fel24thecat]

Kanto gym leaders: Have a bad team Their Let’s Go team: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@nousername191]

I never looked at Let's Go but I didn't realize just how much it fixed their teams. This is what all remakes should do, fix garbage teams. Nobody's that nostalgic for garbage gym leader teams.

[@iuk5099]

Then there movesets like

[@nickdentoom1173]

The only thing they should have done with Lets Go is either replace Slowbro or Jynx with Hypno (To avoid to much overlap with Lorelei) and replace Koga's Weezing (Since Crobat is his Johto ace) with Tentacruel to avoid to much overlap with Agatha.

[@RayoMcQueen95990]

the only thing the did right with the team is the pokemon themselves, but the movesets.................

[@raerohan4241]

@@nousername191 Worse movesets though, so it kind of balances out

[@utubeiskaren7796]

Him: “Whitney’s team is just fine.” Me: **Confused screaming**

[@shelbybayer200]

He did also say that Miltank is like 3 Pokemon, which means he saying "Really, do you want this battle to be *HARDER* ?"

[@RFDN0]

@@shelbybayer200 There are people who want a pokesouls game. They love pain and suffering.

[@utubeiskaren7796]

@@shelbybayer200 he said miltank was 5 pokemon, not 3.

[@doyouknowdaway65]

The only way to make Whitney's team better is to add another miltank.

[@RFDN0]

@@doyouknowdaway65 Honestly no, milktank was just overpowered for the situation it was in. Giving Whitney a 3rd mon would increase her difficulty.

[@PixelSodaCreates]

Something that i have an issue with when you were talking about koga. “Poison is the most abundant type in kanto” But that also means a lot of other major trainers use poison types in kanto. Erika: vileplume and victreebel Sabrina: venomoth (sometimes) Giovanni: nidoking and nidoqueen Agatha: arbok, gengar/haunter, golbat (These were taken mostly from the FRLG teams) I’ve seen people on the mandjtv subreddit complain a bunch of times about koga and poison types in kanto, but nobody seems to realize how many other trainers have poison type pokemon in kanto.

[@intergalactic92]

This is why I think treating Koga as a poison specialist is too simplistic. His poison specialism is more incidental. I’d argue he's a status condition specialist. His tactics are based on ninjitsu: stealth and hitting from the shadows. In the Elite 4 he speaks more about how many status conditions he will inflict than his type specialty and all his pokemon inflict at least 1 condition, and this is without even mentioning his evasion tactics. He’s a ninja first, poison type trainer second.

[@ImfernusRizen]

Erika makes sense but Sabrina having a Venemoth in the first place makes no sense since there are other psychich types and Agatha should never have been made a Ghost specialist due to there only being one Ghost line. So it makes no sense for the Gym Leader who SPECIALIZES in Poison to have to repeat Pokémon just because they gave them to specialists that don't need them. Besides the "other trainers use other Poison types" arguement is silly because 1.) There are still other Poison types that weren't used by them 2.) Different specialists means different strategies can be employed and 3.) Gym Leaders already use Pokémon used by other trainers anyways.

[@Kristalya]

I believe that a younger Sabrina was saved by that Venomoth during her Mt.Silver travels. Most likely a dangerous dark type like a wild Tyranitar wiped out her entire team and that wild Venomoth having a vendetta against that Tyranitar because of it's rock typing used Bug Buzz and defeated the Tyranitar. Then she also noticed the psychic potential of Venomoth and the eternal telepathic bond was created. 🍥🦋💜

[@ziros8444]

this can be a whole fan fic

[@thedace7670]

"Or simply not enough pokemons" Kalos:Now it's my time to shine!

[@3393matthew]

One thing to note with Johto is the reason Chuck, Olivia, Pryce, and the general level curve of their areas being so similar is Game Freak technically allows you to handle them in any order so in order to compensate for that they kept everything around the same level.

[@junglejuicejuno]

They’re pretty much expecting you to go right instead of left in ecruteak city because Pryce is a lower level than the others

[@Snipergod1024]

I think you mean Jasmine, mate. Who is Olivia? XD

[@3393matthew]

@@Snipergod1024 I got her mixed up with Olivine City

[@Snipergod1024]

@@3393matthew That's fair. I thought you were confusing her with one of the Kahunas, since I think there's one called Olivia?

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

@@Snipergod1024 indeed

[@theflyingeyeball]

16:30 sadly their Pokémon teams will be from D/P. So…

[@KingCanada]

It's really sad. I mean, I understand that they said the developers said they would stay faithful to the original Diamond and Pearl games, but frankly this is staying a bit TOO faithful for my tastes. Also, why did they show those Pokemon from the Platinum Sinnoh Dex in the trailers, then? Was it just a blatant tease? Are these Pokemon still catchable in the main story but just not in the Sinnoh Dex? What's going on?

[@NormalGuy985]

@@KingCanada very few platinum dex Pokémon are catchable in the caves in the underground

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

Buffing their original DP teams into competitive level (such as held items, movesets, abilities) in BDSP still does not solve the problem

[@tenko5614]

in the case of kalos gym leaders, i think everything would be solved if the starters had mega evolutions, until the 4th gym your starter would probably already have the level to evolve to its final form, if you received a mega after the 4th gym and all the others from there would be much better (it would be almost the same of ORAS because they did it right)

[@dragonslayer7724]

if gyms 5-8 had megas, then clemont would be ampharos, valerie would be mawile, olympia would be mega slowbro, and wulfric would be mega abomasnow

[@arandomhumanbeing9341]

Yeah some of the mega evolutions picks, while needed, were weird. If I’m not mistaken I don’t believe a single gen 6 mon got a mega, which is weird because gen 6 introduced megas?? Also gen 1 and 3 starters got megas, but NOT the starters of mega evolution’s home region.

[@JediSlayer21]

@@dragonslayer7724 one problem with olympia though is that mega slowbro did not exist until ORAS

[@dragonslayer7724]

@@JediSlayer21 My bad. Mega Alakazam, then?

[@intergalactic92]

@@arandomhumanbeing9341 Megas we’re basically new evolutions for old pokemon. Gen 6 didn’t need any 'new' megas because they were brand new that generation.

[@pt3704]

Scizor's typing is too good. The player who chose Cyndaquil: *It's free real-estate*

[@robertlupa8273]

The Scizor taking notes from Jasmine's Steelix and knowing Rain Dance: *(laughs like Tom the cat)*

[@olympian543]

Alternate title: Every gym in the Kalos region analyzed

[@ojusgoyal2191]

True, except viola, everyone sucks in terms of roster

[@dommydom95]

Rip kalos

[@Amethyst_Espeon]

Yeah all their teams suck. except for Viola, she’s fine.

[@npcmcishark7379]

And Johto

[@magdalenomartinezjr8805]

@@npcmcishark7379 speaking of Johto, why on earth they didnt gave Morty a misdreavus? (Same goes for the other gym leaders that have that type of Situation)

[@3Y3ECE]

Hey man, lurker here, just wanted to say, the Weezing line and Venomoth line teams make sense, if you think about it, there is a master and some apprentices, very ninja, and it shows how annoying a single type of pokemon can be when they are scaled up a couple levels, and have a slightly different moveset. Just an observation though, not to argue, I just prefer the poison type, and always thought his teams were a nice homage to ninjas in that regard. Great channel, keep up the good work, hopeful for gen 9!

[@warpstarrogue3554]

Michael: talks about diamond and pearl teams are garbage compared to Platinum. BDSP: **intense sweating**

[@skeepodoop5197]

Most raid shadow legend videos: "Again seriously?" MandJTV: "Grunty boy commercial POG!"

[@CR1MSONACE]

Grunty boi ONLY makes sponsors longer, so you don't know how far to skip. And that's the reason I don't like Grunty boi

[@sorasong9708]

Patreon is the only good option to earn money as a content.

[@TiredOfNamesTaken]

@@CR1MSONACE Finally! Someone acknowledges this!

[@CreepDestroyer]

@@CR1MSONACE Maybe don't skip? Grunty Boi is a great way to show sponsorships, as it's a way to add humor into the sponsors that people normally hate... And also the two seconds of your time to watch sponsors, is not precious, watch all sponsors,

[@pawmal6435]

@@CreepDestroyer grunty boi is the best sponsorship change my mind

[@SuperSupper2]

Watson having Plusle and Minun would actually be counter-productive from a design standpoint as their abilities, plus and minus respectively, were meant to show synergies that could occur in the at-the-time new double battle system. Unless Watson had a battle partner, Plusle and Minun would have muddied the synergy concept by appearing in singles format from a gym leader.

[@befrugalwithus]

Yeah same here.

[@modelomegatyler]

or he could have just sent two pokemon out like the player does when they get into a double battle.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Make a double battle gym leader

[@ethantreadway9478]

In fact Watson’s battle should of been a double battle with Plusle and Minun.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@ethantreadway9478 or plusle and minun should have been part psychic type so they could also be used by the twins.

[@NeroAngeloTH]

16:25 Yeah, about that...

[@jeffreygao3956]

And it was an easy fix!

[@horseastudio4490]

Bad news. Sinnoh gym leaders aren’t gonna have acces to platinum dex in BDSP

[@peterrealar2.067]

Because Masuda is a greedy bastard.

[@travisc.7231]

I definitely agree that every Kalos leader should've had a Mega, and even the E4 could've definitely had them as well. I feel like Megas should've been a staple for Clemont and beyond, Since Ramos is older, Maybe he's against that "New Fangled Mega Evolution"

[@johannessguten2527]

Eternal x and wilting y do exactly this

[@keeganguyer5237]

But Mega Evolution isn’t new, at least in-game.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@keeganguyer5237 Then why do we have to do "research"about it? Well now that I think about it in gen 2 it's considered revolutionary to see a Pokémon egg.... I think the Pokémon professors sucks XD

[@shadowkingdom275]

Maybe because it would be a bit overpowered for most of the gym leader battles (Except for Wulfric) and it would seem unfair to the player.

[@shadowkingdom275]

Actually, if you add a second Abomasnow with a mega stone equiped then it would be a decent enough challenge, but still beatable.

[@huychuongao254]

Mikey: Noctowl is too strong to be a first gym ace. Me, who read the manga: He has a Skarmory.

[@panicatthemood2776]

Let’s not forget the Unova gym leaders get crucified.

[@novemberninth4392]

Not to mention he fought the legendary beasts with said Skarmory

[@mazeppa1231]

He even had Articuno

[@robertlupa8273]

@@novemberninth4392 Skarmory is badass, so I see no problem with that.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@robertlupa8273 When the legendary beasts are fire, electric and water, there's a little problem yes XD

[@stephenhealy6367]

"Pokemon diamond and pearl remake gym leaders will have access to the platinum dex" Hah

[@austinmoe4865]

YES! Thank you! Finally someone else understands that Mega Evolution was severely underused by opponents in X&Y!

[@KingCanada]

Jeez, even freaking ORAS did it better, and they just threw that mechanic in because it was a Gen 6 game. Let's do the math: X & Y had the Lysandre fight and the championship fight against Diantha (I'm not including the Mega Lucario vs. Mega Lucario fight in that because it's basically a glorified tutorial), while ORAS has the final fight with Maxie/Archie, the fight with Wally at the end of Victory Road, the championship fight against Steven AND the post-credits fight against Brendan/May. And that's not even including the post-game content, where every Elite Four member gets a Mega on their rematch teams. Dear God, how did X & Y screw this up so much??!!!

[@realhydrogenbomb7702]

Elesa having two emolgas does have a point, it’s her strat, spam volt switch on them, that’s why she has two emolga specifically, cos its fast

[@BingQilin]

Elesa is the Cheese Queen for a reason

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@BingQilin If you're like twelve

[@simon-pierredoucet8936]

For Volkner I would personally add a rotom because the only thing needed to beat him is a Pokémon that can earthquake. Maybe rotom could be programmed to be a form super effective vs your starter or it’s completely random every time.

[@Mariokemon]

which one would it be for empoleon? since its naturally electric. Also, it was ALWAYS Elec/Ghost in gen 4.

[@antimatterg]

Make it rotom fan just to troll people

[@omarmendez0402]

And a Pachirisu

[@tallboiedd2846]

@@omarmendez0402 it's too bad for 8th gym

[@HMMadsen]

16:24 Oooofff, that didn't age well, at least not for the main campaign

[@TheRsoares23]

16:29 - "Also for the sinnoh leaders, they will have access to the Platinum dex in the upcoming remakes" My, how the tabels have turned...

[@RedDragonForce2]

Now we need a “Every Gym Leader Gets a New Ace: National Dex Edition”!!

[@starlight2964]

I like this idea

[@overfreak4303]

@@starlight2964 same

[@abimaelreyes7134]

Well in ORAS once they added the national dex after you first beat the elite four. They get mega evolution and change their teams to national dex pokemon. I remember drake using a Hydreigon and Haxorus

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@abimaelreyes7134 that’s Elite 4 Members, not Gym Leaders, and even if it was, that was Hoenn, not all Region Gym Leaders.

[@jahingaming3372]

nope

[@ElPikminMaster]

Johto's 5th, 6th, and 7th Leaders can be fought in any order, as are...most of Kanto's Leaders, so the level curve is bad there. All of them should have 4 Pokemon still.

[@bdf1006]

I disagree. While you do have flexibility in what order you fight them in there is still an intended order. Fighting a higher placed Gym Leader early is essentially the player choosing to have a more difficult battle OR the players team matches up better against a later gym so it's better to fight that gym for levels and stat boosts (As Gym badges in early games boosted your Pokemons stats). It's pretty common from my experience that players will delay Sabrina until after Blaine since Blaine's AI is terrible and team isn't particularly strong while Psychic types are OP in Gen 1.

[@navolas2]

@@bdf1006 I'll give you Kanto being more of a player choice than a game design intention. However with Johto it feels very intentional that the player is allowed to choose the order of gyms 5, 6 and 7. Since after gym 4 you get surf. Additionally you're in a crossroad and the next gym choice both require surf to access. Hell if anything I'd say Jasmine is gym 7 since she is game wise, further away from gym 4. Additionally a point for the intention being "do these gyms in your order" is the radio town. After you complete gym 7, the radio town takeover happens forcing the player back to a central location and putting them back on route to the next gym after takeover.

[@heathbaker1138]

I believe gym battles should always be 3 on 3. The Elite 4 should be 4 on 4. The champion should use 6. Only that regions Pokemon should be used by gym leaders. Everyone else can use whatever.

[@ethantreadway9478]

So like give Chuck a Machop.

[@majs1996]

This may be an unpopular opinion but I'm actually fine with some gym leaders having one pokémon that doesn't belong to the type they specialize in, I think it makes things a little more unpredictable and challenging.

[@AgentOcto]

10:05 "Next is Jasmine- I HATE HER TEAM!" Got me ROLLING

[@SabbyCat52]

I genuinely enjoyed battling Ryhan as I favor doubles myself, and I liked that he had a theme running with the sandstorm, but it has bothered me from the start that they call him a Dragon type gym leader when he's really a weather gym leader. Even his underlings had other weather effects in their battles..

[@paulrance5445]

He’s the weather master.

[@soulhoney1227]

I like to think rayhan say to the cameras Ryhan: my gym is dragon types When his true passions is weather and double battle

[@melellison6901]

I favor double battles myself as well, and I hate that there aren't more. Every time I run into two grunts of the evil organization at once, it INFURIATES me that they don't always do them as a double battle. And it's not because they're letting you heal between, because usually the next one starts right after.

[@waynejenkins5991]

There is literally 4 other dragons accessible by the 8th gym to literally give him a team of 5 to 6 dragons by the 8th gym. You have flygon, duraludon, drakloak, dracovish, dracozolt, noivern, and a few others bc his current team is a disgrace to be called a dragon gym and dragon types are my favorite. I literally beat x and y with all dragons starting with lvl 1-5 dragon Pokémon

[@kirayoshikage3922]

I liked that Raihan was different with his battle style. Choosing to do a double battle was unexpected and very cool the use of weather effects was also very unique

[@brizzleyoh]

Bugsy’s scyther is irreplaceable in my mind. I had such a hard time with it my first play through on the original gold when I was younger so it was so satisfying beating it that I fell in love with that battle.

[@SnowyWolborg]

I feel the same way with Faulkner and the Pidgeot line. Some Mons are just symbolically linked to certain trainers and they can't be separated.

[@SpadeDraco]

Everything before Morty in Gen 2 was just blatant trolling by the devs. Flying type gym has a ground type coverage move. Bug gym whacks you with a STAB 110-Attack fueled move that doubles in power each time it's used. And of course everyone knows about Whitney's Demon Cow. (Honorable mention to her Clefairy who once Metronome'd me with a STAB hyper beam)

[@zyaicob]

+

[@stefanovitali2925]

@@SpadeDraco Meganium being strong only against Chuck's Poliwrath through 8 entire gyms feels trollish too

[@intergalactic92]

@@SpadeDraco fury cutter is only base 20 on the first hit, I know it reaches 110 at its peak but it takes a few turns to get there. You are implying it starts out at 110 and doubles each turn, potentially ending up at 3520 base power on the 6th pokemon, which simply isn’t true.

[@TopMostFlavor]

>the sinnoh leaders in brilliant diamond and shining pearl will have access to the platinum dex This aged poorly 🥲

[@George-sy5ej]

I like venomoth in a psychic gym and octilery in an electric gym. Gives some versatility. Wish we had more gym leaders who equipped Pokémon that didn't match their type of gym.

[@redtutel]

Despite it's reputation as a "baby game," Let's Go has solid teams for the Gym Leaders.

[@NicoFlame9]

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[@volcanianthegreat]

Yup, its a baby game. Ya cant change my mind >:(

[@volcanianthegreat]

@Lavya Khayàndelwal i wasnt insulting him, i was insulting the Pokemon GAMES. Mikey is actually one of my fav youtubers lol.

[@volcanianthegreat]

@Lavya Khayàndelwal btw thats nothing lol i beat Reactor Man,Ghost Woman and Honey Woman no damage buster-only in Mega Man Rock n Roll, this isnt an insult to MandJTV just provin pokemon is a baby game.

[@volcanianthegreat]

@Lavya Khayàndelwal yeah sorry for not making it clear. Btw pokemon isnt a very hard game so i usually just search up a walkthrough just for like one part i get stuck on because pokemon likes making shitty clues on what to do next

[@cometcal7387]

Me hoping none of the Unova Gym Leaders are mentioned: *sweats intensely*

[@VixieCake]

Are we just gonna skip over the fact that you used the phrase "it bothers me" rather than "it bugs me" when it comes to Bugsy? 🤔😂

[@DragonsController8]

“BDSP will have the platinum Dex available to gymleaders” oof that didn’t age well…

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

Ironic that this video popped up in my recommended right after I finished watching Lumiose Trainer Zac's "New Teams For Galar" video 😂

[@dunwuco3392]

XD

[@mnggzenith188]

Lol

[@clupos74]

Ha lol

[@dommydom95]

:D

[@ramahis]

I love lumiose trainer zac

[@drestonjclaw2839]

10:56 ok, ik Johto has problems, but I can defend this. After Ecruteak City gym you get the HM surf, which doesn’t just make Cianwood City available, but also makes Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage available to you. This means that you could choose either route. This also means that the devs probably saw this, so they made the levels to be more equal to Jasmine and Chuck. It is part of Johto’s open experience, which is one of the reasons why the original and the remakes are so deeply loved by a lot of fans. Now, it could’ve been a coincidence, idk, but still, something to think about.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

shout-out to jasmine being a Steel-type leader without having a stereotypical "steel trainer" design xD She's just a cute little girl.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

I'm sorry, but this 'open' experience is why I don't like Johto as much as the other regions. Unless you like grinding, you're bodied into using the in-game trade mons, so half your team is gonna be the same- the antithesis of why pokemon playthroughs are fun, the diversity of it. My home region is Sinnoh, idk about the backtracking, but Johto would've been so much better if there was a strength block to get into Mahogany town.

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire And I love her for that too! Silk hiding steel indeed.

[@AT-il2ej]

@@vanguardbreaker8826 so you need your hand held to play. Noted

[@egon3705]

still no excuse for one of the effective FIFTH gym leaders having TWO pokemon

[@JeremysCrazyMind]

"The Sinnoh leaders will have access to the Platinum dex in the upcoming remakes" This statement did not age well.

[@MaxWelton]

1:08 so Misty went from two Water-types with Psychic moves...to two Water-types with Psychic moves. Brilliant job everyone

[@jahvondopwellhall]

Bugsy has the Hive badge that literally matches Ledyba’s Pattern 😭

[@rurihime4965]

Ah yes the ladybugs hives

[@skyrogue1977]

I think Koga should’ve had an Arbok and Beedrill on his team, to go with the quick ninja aspect he has.

[@FroststormFrenzy]

If he was in Kalos or Unova, breaking type for a Greninja or Accelgor would've fit even more

[@duckymomo7935]

@@FroststormFrenzy accelgor is perfect. He probably doesn’t need the greninja.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Yeah, but i can see why they didn't give him Arbok, cuz Agatha also uses one (Despite that though, Koga shouldn't have had Weezing either, give him Tentacruel instead).

[@mazeppa1231]

Yeah, Beedrill fits; its pin missile in Gen 1 is definitely ninja-ish, and in pokemon yellow, they could put swords dance and double team on it to make it more of a ninja theme. Arbok also fits because it has glare, which adds to the whole strategy theme Koga also had. Imo, Koga should've also had Gengar. It's name comes from "doppelganger".. a body double or shadow. It screams ninja. But I guess it wouldn't make it unique to Agatha. But still, I think it's a missed opportunity there.

[@FroststormFrenzy]

@@mazeppa1231 Agatha didn't really need to exist in Kanto though, Koga having a Gengar is fine. Agatha is just a repeat poison specialist. Her first non-Poison type is her Gen 3 Rematch team with a Misdreavus, and she doesn't have another until Let's Go with Alolan Marowak.

[@min3bubblegum]

Mikey: "Besides, Sinnoh gym leaders are gonna have access to Platinum dex in BDSP." Me from December 2021: *cuckles in ice-type Medicham, electric-type Octilery and Ambipom, and fire-type Loppuny, Drifblim and Steelix*

[@aang121z1]

“Also for the Sinnoh leaders, they’re going to have access to the Platinum Dex in the upcoming remakes…” Yeah, and we now know how much the devs managed to mess THAT up.

[@RadKC]

I understand why so much companies sponsor him - he has grunty boy.

[@weakforest]

Yeah because companies know that sponsoring him is better because everyone will watch the sponsor means more chance of people using there products.

[@OTGamer95]

The only change I’d make for Raihan’s gym team is to replace his Gigalith (which has basically no dragon-like attributes) with a Tyranitar. Tyranitar is far more dragon-like than Gigalith, and both would have similar functions: setting up sandstorm for the rest of his team. The only major differences are that Tyranitar is faster than Gigalith, but is also 4x weak to Fighting.

[@waynejenkins5991]

Again there are multiple dragons you can get by the 8th gym his whole team pissed me off since he literally had 1 galar dragon and are at least 6 new dragons in the game. Definitely would of enjoyed his gym more if it was a full team of 6 double battle with actual dragons instead of a sandstorm team.

[@OTGamer95]

@@waynejenkins5991 yeah I agree

[@reggieandfrankee4928]

Tyranitar is a shield exclusive Watcha gonna do bout DAT?

[@OTGamer95]

@@reggieandfrankee4928 good point…

[@agatha6999]

Reggieandfrankee ! And Mismagius is a Pearl exclusive but that didnt stop Fantina

[@yichlyichl4204]

10:23 Actually for that matter, NO NPC trainer, generic or otherwise, uses a Skarmory in the entirety of GSC.

[@marverickbin]

I agree in getting rid of repeating pokemon. But I like the notion of having more than 1 of the same line. First remind you of some pokemon you know, to later showing the new evolved form you haven't seen yet. The evolution process is clearly shown in the battle. I like that.

[@justinenulam]

2 things: firstly, Applin only knows astonish so it’s even more fine than you said; secondly, video idea - teams for the gyms in hypothetical versions of the games where every fight is a double battle

[@DaBannyGaming]

“Not enough Pokemon from their home region” *sad Flint not a gym leader noises*

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

let's hope he makes an E4 version

[@Robin280497]

Imagine him actually only using Fire-Types in Diamond and Pearl. *Imagine an Elite 4 Member using a Chimchar.* Edit: Oh wait, I can just pull a Glacia. Just give him 2 Monferno, 2 Rapidash and Infernape. XD

[@duckymomo7935]

Flint was forced to use Infernape(a starter) because the only other fire type was rapidash. Game freak didn’t think to add any fire types to DP dex. And then they had to give him drifblim which fits the theme and lopunny (fire punch) This is exactly the same issue for Volker

[@austinparkisonx]

I will say I think the reason Sabrina & Lt Surge only uses the Alakazam line & Raichu in their respective Gym Battles in Pokémon Yellow is because Yellow was made to mimic the anime as closely as possible but since she's the strongest Gym Leader in every version of Kanto, it makes sense to keep the Alakazam from Red, Green and Blue since her Kadabra didn't evolve in the anime, and Raichu was Lt Surge's only Pokémon in the anime. But nevertheless I agree with all your gym leader changes. Another great video as always, keep up the great work Michael

[@frokydafroakie]

3:20 Drayano : *laughs in 6 mons per gym while still making it fun and far from unfair or frustrating but still making it challenging*

[@firegaminggeek938]

There isn't as much wrong with Chuck, Jasmine, and Pryce's teams when you consider that they are able to be beaten in any order.

[@LenOnTheDoor0000]

IMO Jasmine probably could’ve made excellent use of a Forretress

[@53prime]

I always felt like Koga and Sabrina got jumbled up somewhere because Marshes are more associated with murk and poison and the like whereas Souls are more associated pyche/psychics. Plus Sabrina has Venemoth and Koga's gym is full of Drowzee and Hypno wielding jugglers. Like, it seems like they decided to switch their roles in the game but they never got around to finishing rewriting all of the code for the game. Or something.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Yeah, it's weird

[@robertlupa8273]

At the very least, the localisation team screwed up their badge names.

[@Kyush4]

@@robertlupa8273 what do you mean?

[@robertlupa8273]

@@Kyush4 The badges are named after colors in Japanese - Marsh Badge (the Psychic one) is called the Gold Badge (gold is associated with psychic powers for some reason). Meanwhile Soul Badge is called the Pink Badge. Basically, whoever translated the games might've switched the names of the two for whatever reason. The original names make sense.

[@OG_CK2018]

22:42 Post game serena fight: Am I a joke to you?

[@CoreyLandry91]

He said main story not post game

[@baccroomsfan22]

Yellow is a game based on the anime meaning that all the gym leaders will have the teams they had in the anime

[@jefferyfeistel3843]

I'm glad I found someone else that has the same mindset as me. While I was watching I literally felt like pulling out my hair because the pokemon Yellow teams were made the way they were due to Tha anime. Though I can understand not liking to Red and Blue teams.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@jefferyfeistel3843 Then why doesn't Blaine have his Magmar?

[@jefferyfeistel3843]

@@robertlupa8273 I did some research and the most likely reason is because by the time the anime got to Blaine, Game Freak was pretty ready to release the game, so anything around that time was just modified from the game instead of being based fully on the anime.

[@pyroacid5566]

Gamefreak: hires mikey Mikey: gives castform a all of the forms from lockstins video and adds the weathers before boosting castforms stats and making it available on the first route Michael Groth 1994-2021 RIP

[@timekeeperz9714]

This is accurate because gamefreak wont add fanmade pokemon and mikey would get fired

[@j4englund]

It would not be the exact designs

[@puppylowl5344]

Lol

[@pyroacid5566]

I just meant that he would re create them not straight up copy and paste them into the game

[@cockmeister]

Not so fun fact: The johto gym leaders use in total 4 johto pokemon miltank,steelix,piloswine and kingdra!

[@AqilMayo234]

Johto gym leaders are genwunners

[@omarmendez0402]

@@AqilMayo234 But in the HGSS games rematches, they use Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokémons.

[@TheAnonimoshadow]

Wow that's just sad

[@ThedHomie]

The moment he realized that BDSP has the DP teams instead of the Platinum teams

[@zentendoxn8955]

12:12 Fun fact: Each Johto Gym Leader specializes in a Type that is strong against the next (Flying -> Bug) except for 2nd & 3rd. Much like how each Kanto Gym Type is weak to the next except 2nd to last & 3rd to last. So the attempt to keep that parallel is why we see a Dragon Gym as opposed to Dark. I know that doesn’t apply to Lance, but back they went from just trying to use then-uncovered types in the E4, not knowing they were gonna make a sequel, to not having a clue who to make dramatic champion of that sequel. The franchise was just finding its footing. (When hasn’t it been?) TBC, it still doesn’t excuse the mindset of “Let’s not give these Pokémon to the bosses, hoping players will use ‘em”, while also giving players multiple reasons not to use ‘em.

[@zentendoxn8955]

For Morty, I think one of the Haunters, not the Gastly, should’ve been swapped for Misdreavus. Sure, it’d make him a tiny bit easier, but it’d mean there were no repeats.

[@johannessguten2527]

Morty with mega/gmax gengar

[@zentendoxn8955]

@@johannessguten2527 I guess in the next Johto remakes?

[@The_knightuno1]

Yea

[@The_knightuno1]

It makes sense

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@zentendoxn8955 Let's Go Pichu and Let's Go Togepi

[@michaelnelson1127]

10:57 I think the reason Pryce’s levels are the same as Chuck’s is because the game allows you to challenge either one of them first, which while this makes the game structure more open, it’s also forced to lower Pryce’s levels in case the player would challenge him first. I honestly think it would’ve been better if they just blocked off Mahogany until after Jasmine and kept it linear, which would let them increase Pryce’s levels.

[@marvdick-underwood]

Deadass, I thought Skarmory was introduced in Hoenn cause of Steven. I was a literal child when G/S/C came out, and stayed as far away as I could from ground/rock/steel types cause of their slow exp growth. Anything rock and ground could beat, I used electric and water and/or grass for, respectively

[@therunny3201]

16:20 really didnt age well x,D

[@masterofchaos7282]

Kind of want to see a version of this for any elite four, champions or evil teams with bad teams.

[@maxprovine4458]

We need grunty boys starting team through all the generations

[@ThePipofDespair]

I stan this idea

[@PlayMyMusic92]

I really enjoyed listening to this video … your reasoning was great, backed up with evidence from the anime, I loved it👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@destinthomas9921]

“It is i GRUNTY BOI” never gets old

[@YukimuraCrimson]

I mean having a different type in your team is fine, but still have moves that are relevant to your type specialty also makes sense. Giving every gym the same type team is very prone to a sweep.

[@stalincom]

I have no issue at all with gym leaders having starters. After all it's reasonable to assume that gym leaders were once eager 10-year old trainers who loved Pokemon enough to receive a starter from their regional professor. Now obviously they wouldn't use them in a gym team if no longer type relevant, but for grass, water or fire type gym leaders especially, it would actually make perfect sense for them to have one.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if most of the time their ace IS their starter. I mean, in Bede's case I'm pretty sure his Hatterene was his starter and, lucky for him, it also happens to work with his switch to fairy. Marnie's is stated to be Morpeko, but it's never her ace as a gym leader, though it still stuck around. Plus in some other games you can find random trainers use starters so there's reason to assume you could just find it out somewhere in the wild in normal circumstances. I mean Gardenia uses the Turtwig line, Flint has an Infernape, Lance and Leon have Charizards, Red has all three of the starters as well as a Pikachu and Espeon to represent Yellow and Maylene gets an Infernape in BDSP rematches as well as Byron getting Empoleon, the triplets getting the Unovan starters in the PWT, Misty, Erika and Blaine getting the Kanto starters in the same game, and Flannery with Blaziken and Wake and Gardenia with Empoleon and Torterra respectively.

[@TornadoHyenyaku]

I think there's a reason behind the fact that Koga's teams have too many repeatitions, that is he is a ninja, and the repeatitions are reference to the shadow clone jutsu.

[@fawful-chortles1281]

11:00 that’s probably because Chuck, Jasmine and Pryce can be battled in any order and were probably meant to be interchangeable in the order you battle them (like Koga/Sabrina, and Maylene/Crasher Wake)

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Honestly I like it when Gym Leaders use Pokemon that aren't their type, so long as it fits a theme. I loved the Gym Leader set of the TCG back in the day that diversified Gym Leader rosters while picking Pokemon that fit each Gym Leader well.

[@robertlupa8273]

Example, please? I don't know much about TCG, but you got me interested.

[@MegaPokemon23]

Yeah, can you give examples?

[@msdrakegx]

Completely agree! Gym leaders should NOT just have one type of pokemon. Having at least one pokemon that's a different type adds some difficulty and makes them feel a bit more creative.

[@msdrakegx]

@@robertlupa8273 Giovanni had a Persian and Machamp, Brock had a Ninetales. Sabrina had a gengar and a venomoth. Erika had a Clefable and I think a Dragonair. There were probably tons of others but those were some of the ones I got as a kid. Of course they also had plenty of pokemon of their own type.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@msdrakegx Or at least, if not the Gym Leaders, then at least the Elite 4 should do so. They're supposed to be the best trainers in the region. Surely they'd know there's such a thing as "crippling overspecialisation".

[@thechemicalseal776]

Let’s be honest Grunty Boi was gonna play Raid Shadow Legends at some point

[@ChaosRyan3]

"They're gonna have access to the platinum dex in the upcoming remakes" Fact checking really isn't hard. They never claimed that before the release.