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5th Gen Hardest Unova Gym Leader

Which Gym Leader gave the hardest challenge for you?


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Cherrim

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    Hardest one was easily Lenora for me. x_x Her Pokémon just owned mine in both games I played. I had to level up a bit higher than her to beat her in White and I still just barely scraped by, I think. But no one else was even a challenge for me. :/ I had a balanced team from the start (and had only just started training it when I faced Lenora) so that's probably the reason.
     
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    Elesa. Her little flying Pikachu wannabes are fricking annoying. Para Hax + Double Team Hax= 1 Annoying pkmn
     

    DoctorFred

    I am not amused. ಠ_ಠ
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    Elesa and Lenora (but i frogot to vote for elesa :X)

    Elesa with her uber zebstrika and spamming Double Team rat squirrels.

    Lenora's stragety was basically this:

    herdier - take down, take down, take down
    watchog - retaliate (140 base power now means instant ko), hypnosis, crunch, crunch, crunch,
    It took me several times to beat her.
     

    Romantica

    the danger in starting a fire
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    Elesa, only because she trolled the ever living mess out of you with her use of double team.
     

    Mr Cat Dog

    Frasier says it best
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    Drayden was easily the hardest for me, as I had no Pokemon with Dragon or Ice moves, so just had to have my beloved Excadrill Earthquake the crap out of all of the stooges and Drayden himself, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.
     
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    they were all easy actually... i was disappointed with the dragon leader...
     

    espeon2020

    I loves eeveelutions :D
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    I'd say that only the first Gym was hard. I wasn't trained well and I lost once, but with some strategy, I won the second time. As for Elesa, she WAS hard but i had my Zebstrika that knew Shock Wave to take out the Emolgas (Shock Wave = Neutral effectiveness because of Flying dual type) :). None of the Gym Leaders were very difficult after that although Drayden's Haxorus almost swept my team because of Dragon Dance.
     

    Geras

    Roleplayer
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    Lenora was tough with her evil Watchog's retaliate and me only having one pokemon (my panpour didn't count). Elesa was very easy, as I countered her double team with my Snivy's coil. Drayden was very difficult, and I had a lot of fun battling him, as his dragon dance Haxorus was evenly matched with my coiling Servine. At least until he started using dragon tail.
     
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    i dont know, i had trouble at the beginning.
    but later on i leveled so much that the whole game was easy.
     

    Psyshock

    Psychic Type Master
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    Training is too easy in these games for me to have lost to any of the gym leaders but the one that gave me the most trouble would be Elesa. Her Zebstrika was nothing but I had trouble with the Emolga due to them being part flying type.
     
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    Elesa was the hardest for me because of her freaking Emolgas and their Double Team. x_x; I seriously had three Pokemon in there that couldn't get a hit for like, 5 turns because of that. And because they're part-Flying, they're immune to Ground, making my poor Krokorok somewhat useless in that battle.

    Lenora was kind of tough as well because of her Watchog's Retaliate. It OHKO'd my Pignite and I ended up having to soft reset (I hate losing, lmao) and trying again. XD;
     

    Azure Revolver

    HONK HONK
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    How is Lenora and Elesa a challenge? In my first playthrough, I had no trouble whatsoever sweeping her team with a Timburr.

    Elesa, I had a Drillbur with Rock Slide.
     

    Theab95

    Legend hunter
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    Pokemon B/W had the easiest gym leaders but I have to say Lenora and Elesa.
    Also if you notice that the trainers in the final gym are hard, every time I defeat one of the trainers I go heal my Pokemons.
     

    Zayin

    #1 Team Rocket fan
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    Lenora because I didn't want a fighting type in my party, so it took me a while to defeat her. 2nd is Elesa.
     
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