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Unknown# July 14th, 2013 10:34 AM

Whitney. I hate that miltank.

I also don't like Claire, because even though her fight was surprisingly easy, her entire attitude after you beat her is annoying and unprofessional.

Kanzler July 16th, 2013 6:21 AM

Claire was actually pretty hard for me cuz I deal with elemental types a lot. And then that Kingdra...

tranceking26 July 17th, 2013 6:26 AM

Clair then Whitney

Both took a fair few attempts when I was a young'un and first playthroughs ever

Gogofreak July 26th, 2013 6:58 PM

I chose Chikorita for my starter in Crystal. Bugsy's Gym Killed me multiple times. I then made a new game and chose Cyndaquil instead. I managed to have an easier time with Whitney's Miltank than Bugsy's Scyther!

Mackenzie July 27th, 2013 12:52 AM

Whitney no doubt, that overpowered miltank with flinch hax stomp strategy is just so cheap. That's the only reason why my team carries a female geodude.

CJBlazer July 27th, 2013 4:28 AM

I hated Falkner, not for his battle strategy though. He has that premature Pidgeotto and I am always like "Whoa dude. Your Pidgeotto's at level 12. Its not supposed to have evolved yet."

Though when it comes to difficulty, Janine takes the cake. (If Kanto leaders count). If Johto counts, it would be Claire.

clefable919 August 10th, 2013 7:38 AM

Sabrina in Pokemon Yellow. THREE level 50 Pokemon at the fifth/sixth gym? That has never happened since because it's ridiculous.

ErikaInRainbowCity August 11th, 2013 8:22 PM

I actually never had a problem with Whitney's Miltank, my starter was always overleveled hehe ^_^' i think i'm the only one though.

I never liked Clair much because she made you go into that stupid cave after you beat her

Aeroblast August 12th, 2013 7:41 AM

in b4 Whitney? I still say Whitney. Combination of stomp, attract, rollout, and milk drink... Game Freak surely nailed it on that one.

unmaestropokemon August 13th, 2013 7:31 PM

pokemon of rocks and brock

Rob Ketchum September 9th, 2013 7:52 PM

I disliked Misty. Her damn water pulse always made me confused. And recover -.-
Along with Koga's Venamoth. Let's not even get on that damned Miltank...

Anyone else notice in 1st gen how Brock is a CM Punk fan? haha. Yes, I like wrestling, sue me ha

Hiatus September 9th, 2013 10:51 PM

Clair was one of the hardest leaders I've fought in G/S/C. At the time I was battling her, I used to have a level thirty-eight Typhlosion. It was my strongest Pokémon, and she used to be able to take it out instantly by allowing her Kingdra to use Surf. Noctowl was also one of my strongest, and her Dragonair was able to defeat it quite easily with Ice Beam and Thunderbolt. d:

Whitney was a hard opponent for me as well. Her Milktank was one of the toughest Pokémon I've ever faced. Every time I managed to get its health down, it used to restore itself to more than half of its HP with Milk Drink.

CronicHigh September 9th, 2013 11:53 PM

When I was 8 playing Yellow, Brock used to kill me until I wised up.

And as far as Whitney goes... I beat her and her OP Miltank on my first try ever and I've struggled since.

Cassandra September 10th, 2013 8:01 AM

Whitney wasn't that hard, really. Get an Ampharos or a Kadabra and destroy it with Special attacks.

Brock was easy if you caught that Mankey next to Viridian City. Everybody seems to forget that.

My least favorite is Blue. But he is also my favorite. His party isn't type specific. I went in prepared for ground types, but instead I was up against Exeggutor. @[email protected]

Bestwaffles September 10th, 2013 1:53 PM

Sabrina in Gen 1...Damned OP Psychic types. Whitney was never really a problem for me, not sure why not!

BurningLanguages September 11th, 2013 7:38 AM

The first two gym leaders I think of right off the bat is Whitney(gen 2) and Brock(gen 1).

I think Whitney is obvious but Brock was hard because if you didn't choose bulbasaur or squirtle as your starter you would have a long battle with your charmander using ember. Plus, all the pokemon between pallet town and pewter city or bug, poison, flying, and electric types. The worst types against rock types.

Even though we're all old enough now to win no problem even with a charmander I still remember the day I battled my first gym leader(A.K.A Brock), I got a rude awakening. It was then that I realized that Pokemon doesn't mess around as far as difficulty goes.

Ah sweet memories :P

Alloute September 18th, 2013 10:30 PM

Sabrina in Gen I was always tough for me to battle against and definitely Whitney & Clair in Gen II. Man they were beasts. I hated Whitney's Miltank and all of Clair's dragons.

Zivlok September 25th, 2013 10:00 PM

KOGA, HANDS DOWN. I had no problem with him in the Kanto portion of Crystal, but after beating Crystal I got Yellow (and eventually Emerald - I have a thing for the 3rds), and I was used to the Gen 2 thing of gym leaders being able to use items but only once per battle.

AND THEN I GET TO KOGA AND HE X EVADES HIS VENONAT LIKE EIGHT FREAKIN' TIMES. SO I'M POISONED AND I CAN'T HIT HIM AT ALL.

IT WAS GREAT.

TOTALLY.

I'M NOT STILL A BROKEN SHATTERED HUSK OF A HUMAN BEING, CAPABLE OF BREATHING, BUT INCAPABLE OF TRULY LIVING.

NOPE.

Ari Niko September 29th, 2013 6:06 AM

Whitney's damn Miltank was so difficult the first few times I played GSC...

Negix September 30th, 2013 6:38 AM

I would say I hate Chuck. Because most of the time I ended up missing my attacks, so he ends up countering me by using surf and then focus punch.

Triforce September 30th, 2013 6:47 AM

I'm going to say Clair. The Kingdra she has gave me nightmares for a long time. It took me a long time to beat her originally as well. I do not want to think about her too much *shivers*

Ari Niko September 30th, 2013 4:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Triforce (Post 7855810)
I'm going to say Clair. The Kingdra she has gave me nightmares for a long time. It took me a long time to beat her originally as well. I do not want to think about her too much *shivers*

I hated her Kingdra so much

Even more though I hated Wallace's Kingdra in Emerald. I remember being down to a lv. 20 Shedinja vs his Kingdra who had already used double team... Nightmarish long battle.

TheAsvarduilProject October 16th, 2013 4:22 AM

Whitney is not bad, as there's two reasonably simple ways to beat her:

1) Machop, which you get in exchange for a Drowzee. With a minimum of grinding, you can overpower the whole gym with a single Pokemon, Whitney included.
2) Ghastly/Haunter. The only problem is that her Miltank has Rollout, which is a Rock move if I remember right, so it can hit your Ghost. However, if you can manage to get a Hypnosis off on it, you can usually either swap out to something better (like Machop) or teach it some Poison/Psychic moves during the levelup process so that it can damage the Miltank and maintain sleeplock on it.

The trainer that gives me trouble to this day is Morty actually. His Haunters are OK; his Gengar is usually what rips me a new one.

Vespy89 October 16th, 2013 7:10 PM

I did not like facing Whitney and her miltank it took several hours to beat her i had great joy once i finally beat her.

TheAsvarduilProject October 16th, 2013 7:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vespy89 (Post 7886293)
I did not like facing Whitney and her miltank it took several hours to beat her i had great joy once i finally beat her.

I have a new, but understandable one: Lance of the Elite Four. I've now made my fifth run against the E4 in Gold, but his Aerodactyl...man, that Aerodactyl...


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