Who is the easiest gym leader to beat

[hothead]

I've seen heaps of threads that say what is the hardest gym leader you had to fight but i have not seen one that says what is the easiest gym leader to beat.

For me it was the elecrtic guy from diamond and pearl my torterra teared right through his gym

 

[Master Jecht]

Easy choice for me. The first gym leader ever Brock!

I chose squirtle and all i had to do was use water gun and that would 1 hit ko his onix and geodude.

 

[Netto Azure]

First one: RGBY or FR/LG

Brock, was the easiest one for me...It goes something like this:

Red: "Go Squirtle use Water Gun!!!"
Squirtle: "Zeni-zen!" *Uses Water Gun, One-hit KO*
Red: *Kawachii-like* "Nandatte????"

 

[Dragon Dance]

I think Brock is the easiest.

 

[BassFace]

Kanto Gyms: I'd say Erika was the easiest, but only because I chose Charmander. With the use of Charmeleon's Fire-type attacks, I was able to mow down her entire team very quickly.

Johto Gyms: Falkner, mainly because of the level issue. His highest level Pokemon is only at Level 9. My Pokemon are usually at Level 13-15 by the time I take him on, and my Cyndaquil is usually either evolved or about to evolve.
I can understand that this battle wouldn't be quite so easy for people who started with Chikorita, because of the bad type matchup.

Hoenn Gyms: I'd have to say Wattson. Again, it's because of my starter choice - Mudkip gained a Ground-type upon evolving, making it a perfect choice against a lineup of Electric Pokemon.

Sinnoh Gyms: Okay, Candice was pretty easy. Her team was just asking to be creamed by my Rapidash.

Overall: Erika. I can't think of a situation where her Pokemon have ever given me trouble.

 

[DonRoyale]

Brock.
First Gym Leader ever, and gave birth to the ever-popular "LET'S MAKE THE FIRST GYM ROCK-TYPES CAUSE THAT'S REAL EASY" >.>

 

[Duskfall]

FR/LG: Brock, like so many others. Baulbadsaur pwns the first few gyms (Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge) and a Vine Whip takes out Geodude (which is like half of a Pokemon in this case) and Onix in one to two hits.
R/S/E: Wattson. Period. I had a Marshtomp, so I just Mud Slapped that guy all the way back to Russia. He couldn't touch me. I could touch him, though. Touch him pretty hard.
D/P: Roark. I got myself a Piplup, so he basically handed me the badge upon sight.

 

[Hiidoran]

I have to go with Falkner.
I understand that he was a little difficult to beat if you started out with Chikorita, however; all it took was a Rattata or the like to easily take him down. Making the first Gym Leader of the Johto Saga a flying-type trainer wasn't the best idea in my book. Perhaps if they would have given him a Hoothoot, he might have been a little better.
(At very least to give him some much needed variety. -.-)

 

[DonRoyale]

What made Falkner such fail is the TM he gave you (...Mud-Slap? COME THE HELL ON.), not necessarily the fact that he was truly weak (which he was, but considering the fact that now, a level 9 Pidgey with Aerial Ace would have been a much better idea, no?).

 

[Pave Low]

well probably roark i go to his gym and defeat him all the time

 

[JX Valentine]

First Gym Leaders for me are always lolgg worthy.

Foremost, you've got Brock, who trains Rock-types. Only they're also Ground-types, which means, haha, he's 4x weak to two out of four starters (if we include Pikachu in this count). Way to go, Brock. Hold on while I hit you with Vine Whip and Bubble and sit back to laugh about the fact that my Pokemon can OHKO you while they're still underleveled. It didn't help that they gave Charmander Metal Claw in FrLg, as if to let Brock get completely pwned by all three traditional starters, and in RBY, Bide totally made even Onix rape bait. ("Oh, you're using Bide? K, I'll just sit here and Growl you to death while you work up your ineffective move. And then I'll Scratch the crap out of you. And then we'll repeat this cycle because the CPU in this game is asking for it!")

In GSC, yeah, you've got Falkner and his WTFlvl9?! Pidgey. I didn't even intend on overleveling for this Gym. But, uh, I did. And then I beat the crap out of his birds. I'll have to agree about the TM, though. WTF, Mud-Slap?

RSE, return of the Rock-types-on-first. Roxanne was slightly harder than Brock (if only because her strongest Pokemon only had a 2x weakness), but come on. Two of the starters have a type advantage still, and the other one evolved into something that could literally kick rock tail. On top of that, let's face it. Rock Tomb? It missed so frequently I had to lol.

DP, same thing with Roark, essentially.

In other words, I'll have to vote for all of the first Gym Leaders. Can't decide on any one of them, personally. I plowed through all of them with just my starters or the first Pokemon I caught (in Falkner's case).

Edit: WTF? I think I was smoking crack during my analysis of Brock.

 

[DonRoyale]

But then again, let's face it.
There are few Gym Leaders that pose an inch of difficulty, due to the fact that they all train one singular type of Pokemon.
You could walk in and sweep them entirely with one Pokemon. >.>

 

[Pave Low]

i know they should just put a caterpie for a gym and it will be harder XD

 

[JX Valentine]

But then again, let's face it.
There are few Gym Leaders that pose an inch of difficulty, due to the fact that they all train one singular type of Pokemon.
You could walk in and sweep them entirely with one Pokemon. >.>

True, but the later Gym Leaders are designed to be progressively harder compared to earlier Gym Leaders. For example, one really can't say that Wallace with his flipping Earthquaking Whiscash and Recovering Milotic was just as easy as Roxanne and her constantly-missing-with-Rock Tomb Nosepass.

In other words, the first GLs are meant to be easy because you're just starting out. It's almost like a tutorial to battling itself. You have the right Pokemon and everything. All you need is to go in there and take them down with a couple of moves. Type matching, pretty much. While you might have the right team and the right levels with later GLs, you can't always take them down using the same strategies as you did back with the first GLs. In some cases, even if you did type match.

In even shorter words, comparatively speaking, first GLs are generally easier than later GLs.

 

[fade101]

For Kanto it'll be Brock, Johto is Bugsy, for Hoenn is seriously the twins... LOL
Idk for Sinnoh...

 

[Guillermo]

Brock is the easiest for all Gyms. This is because he is weak to all 3 starters.Because if you evolve Charmander before you vs him then you learn a fighting move! so then he is PWNED!

 

[Elekid Kid]

kanto:other than brock, giovanni. "go vaporeon! use surf!"
johto:falkner. LVL 9 PIDGEY??????!!!!!!
hoenn: Winnoa, she was so underleveled
sinnoh: gardenia. "go monferno! use ember!"

 

[Arumus]

Brock hands down. Even if I picked Charmander, I just catched a Nidoran and used Double Kick. I always found Misty extremely hard as I always picked Charmander and refused to catch a Bellsprout (Bellend) to help out the Pikachu I catched.

 

[Swift!]

Kanto - Erika
Johto - Falkner/Bugsy
Hoenn - Winona/Wallace
Sinnoh - Gardenia/Crasher Wake/Fantina

 

[Walrein]

First Gym Leaders for me are always lolgg worthy.

Foremost, you've got Brock, who trains in Rock-types. Only they're also Ground-types, which means, haha, he's 4x weak to two out of four starters. Way to go, Brock. Hold on while I hit you with Vine Whip and Bubble and sit back to laugh about the fact that my Pokemon can OHKO you while they're still underleveled. It didn't help that they gave Charmander Metal Claw in FrLg, as if to let Brock get completely pwned by all three starters, and in RBY, Bide totally made even Onix rape bait. ("Oh, you're using Bide? K, I'll just sit here and Growl you to death while you work up your ineffective move. And then I'll Scratch the crap out of you. And then we'll repeat this cycle because the CPU in this game is asking for it!")

In GSC, yeah, you've got Falkner and his WTFlvl9?! Pidgey. I didn't even intend on overleveling for this Gym. But, uh, I did. And then I beat the crap out of his birds. I'll have to agree about the TM, though. WTF, Mud-Slap?

RSE, return of the Rock-types-on-first. Roxanne was slightly harder than Brock (if only because her strongest Pokemon only had a 2x weakness), but come on. Two of the starters have a type advantage still, and the other one evolved into something that could literally kick rock tail. On top of that, let's face it. Rock Tomb? It missed so frequently I had to lol.

DP, same thing with Roark, essentially.

In other words, I'll have to vote for all of the first Gym Leaders. Can't decide on any one of them, personally. I plowed through all of them with just my starters or the first Pokemon I caught (in Falkner's case).

I couldn't agree any more! This is expecially true for the Rock-type GYMs. In the last two gegenartions the Fire-type starter evolves into a Fire-Fighting in the second stage, giving all three starters type advantages over Rock.