3rd Gen Hardest Hoenn Gym Leader?
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Juan in emerald was always a pain for me and the only thing that made it difficult was that Kingdra of his. If I didn't already have a Flygon or Salemence then this match would always be a pain.
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Norman; his Slaking is just a tank.
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I never really had much a problem with any of the gym leaders, really. Until I decided to try the Nuzlocke challenge, that is. Man, Wattson must've made me restart completely at least. . . twice? Yeah, I'll go with that. XD
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am i the only one that had troubles with Roxanne? way too strong for the stage in the game
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I don't have trouble with any of them anymore, but when I was younger it was always Winona and Juan who kept kicking my butt. I'm not even sure why; I guess I just sucked haha. Nowadays I just train properly and power through.
I think I recall Tate and Liza taking a while during my first playthrough. I've always been pretty horrible at balancing my training with my Pokémon, so it was usually the Pokémon that were weak against them that were of the highest level. Also the fact that I always seemed to forget what typing Lunatone and Solrock were because of their designs.
Wallace was also a pretty hard one with that Milotic, so he'd probably come in second.
Wallace was also a pretty hard one with that Milotic, so he'd probably come in second.
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Oh my God. I remember it clear as day. It was terrible. Flannery kicked my ash. Haha Pokemon humor. anyway i didnt have a ground type or water type on my team so i often call flannerys gym hell because it was hard and it was a fire gym. I remember it took about 12 tries for me to win. Thats why nowadays I get a water type early!
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Tate & Liza, I was never prepared for a Double Battle. :c
Wallace was hard when I decided to solo with Blaziken, but I think I only won because I was waaay overleveled.
Wallace was hard when I decided to solo with Blaziken, but I think I only won because I was waaay overleveled.
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My first time playing Sapphire way back in '03, I got owned hard by Norman. This is the point where the game's difficulty really stepped up a notch, and basically said, "You've had some experience, now let's see what you can really do!" This is also fitting for a battle against the main character's father. I had to battle him several times before I finally beat him because I underestimated Slaking due to its Truant ability. Now that I'm older and more experienced, though, all of the Gym Leaders are fairly easy.
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Norman, followed by Wallace/Juan. 2 underleveled Slaking in R/S was too much to handle and even though Norman had only 1 Slaking in Emerald, it was still hard taking it out. Wallace's Milotic was hard to beat too; same goes for Juan's Kingdra.
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The first time I played Sapphire (which was when I was like 5 or something) I would have a hard time fighting Wattson just because the only ground type I had was my Marshtomp and I didn't know anything about Pokemon at the time. It probably would've helped if the rest of my team wasn't all part flying type. (Taillow, Wingull, Beautifly)
But I think Norman was definitely the most evil. It took me about 8 tries to beat him, then I drop my Gameboy and the game falls out and I have to fight him like 4 more times. Everyone else wasn't too hard. Nothing I couldn't handle once I got a hang of things.
But I think Norman was definitely the most evil. It took me about 8 tries to beat him, then I drop my Gameboy and the game falls out and I have to fight him like 4 more times. Everyone else wasn't too hard. Nothing I couldn't handle once I got a hang of things.
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I found a lot of the Hoenn gym leaders hard but of course I was a nooby back than. The hardest I have to say were the twins...it took several tries against them in Emerald and in Sapphire to finally beat them... Also Juan was pretty hard, especially without a good strong electric Pokémon
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The twins practically murdered me primarily because i had no good water Pokemon. But with help of hyper potions my Blaziken eventually overpowered them. Norman was'nt hard at all cause my Blaziken's double kick destroyed him and slaking would loaf around all the time
Whenever I started with Treecko, Wattson, his Magneton was evil. I used to train Grovyle to Lv. 29 for Leaf Blade before I'd have a chance at beating him.
Otherwise, Tate & Liza. A sudden 8 level jump from the last gym was shocking if you were unprepared for it.
Otherwise, Tate & Liza. A sudden 8 level jump from the last gym was shocking if you were unprepared for it.
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Damn, now this one's tough. There's alot to choose from. Wattson's Magneton Flannery's Torkoal and Norman's Slaking.
Oh, god...Those Slaking. I had to play the stall game wif em, using Pelipper's Protect and Water Gun to take advantage of that Truant ability. LOL I also had to give it a Leppa Berry.
Oh, god...Those Slaking. I had to play the stall game wif em, using Pelipper's Protect and Water Gun to take advantage of that Truant ability. LOL I also had to give it a Leppa Berry.
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Winona. Thought you could use an Electric-type to breeze (no pun intended) through her team? Well, what a surprise when she starts mowing down your team with her Altaria with Dragon Dance and Earthquake.
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Norman...Slaking is a tank.
I'm doing a bug monotype challenge, and it seems like they are all going to give me trouble, bar Tate and Liza. I really really hate Norman though, since I never picked torchic, or caught any fighting types, I have to 5 hit ko slaking, who can one shot almost all of my pokemon at that point.
I'm doing a bug monotype challenge, and it seems like they are all going to give me trouble, bar Tate and Liza. I really really hate Norman though, since I never picked torchic, or caught any fighting types, I have to 5 hit ko slaking, who can one shot almost all of my pokemon at that point.