4th Gen Gym Leaders

Well, many of us have beaten hg/ss by now. So how many tries did it take you to beat the leaders.my progress.
Falkner swept with quilava
Bugsy swept with quilava
Whitney no sweep, but still easy
Morty, almost lost, killed himself with curse
The fight guy, forgot his name, swept with Typhlowsion
Jamsemine swept with Typhlowsion
Pryce swept with Typhlowsion
Clair took five tries before I won with Roselia
Brock was swept with Roserade
Misty was swept with Roserade
Erica was swept with Typhlowsion
Lt. Surge was swet by Typhlowsion
Sabrina wasn't a sweep, but no trouble
Janine was swept with Pidgeot
Blaine was swept with Empoleon
Blue was no sweep, but no trouble.
How did you do agaisnt gym leaders?

If I recall correctly, very few of them took me more than one try. Ironically, I defeated Leaders like Whitney, which seem to give everyone trouble, on my first try; and struggled a little bit on Leaders like Chuck, which are generally considered pretty easy to beat.

The only Gym Leader that I really had problems with were Claire, as I didn't carry and Ice or Dragon-type on me and Sabrina(was low on Dark attacks).

Red was another, but he's not a Gym Leader. :P

Yono said:

The only Gym Leader that I really had problems with were Claire, as I didn't carry and Ice or Dragon-type on me and Sabrina(was low on Dark attacks).

Red was another, but he's not a Gym Leader. :P

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As a person training Fire, Electric, Fighting, and a Dark type Pokemon at that point, Claire was absolutely dreadful. She's the sole reason for my putting a Lapras into my HG/SS team.

Claire was hardly a problem. A good level'd Feraligatr's Ice Fang made quick work of her Dragonair, Kingdra was no match for my Sunflora (yes, a Sunflora) and Gyarados vs Steelix was just fun...Stone Edge xD

I think the only Gym Leaders to give me some issues were Blue and Erika.

all of the gym leaders were really easy. Now the elite four, they were tough!

Falkner: swept easily by starter Pokemon (Totodile in HG, Quilava in SS) and Mareep
Bugsy: swept by Larvitar
Whitney: her Miltank was tough.
Morty: he was okay, thanks to Scizor
Chuck: he was okay.
Jasmine: easy
Pryce: easy
Claire: Kingdra wasn't as hard due to having my own Kingdra in HG.

-I made him cry when he got beat by my Bayleef, how embarrassing for him :D


-I have always had problems with her him in the past games, but since I had a Pidgeotto the battle seemed a bit easier.

-NOT THIS TIME COW LOVER! I came prepared! I completely overleveled Bayleef and Pidgeotto and evolved them into Meganium and Pidgeot! I crushed her with my mighty team! Muuwhhaaaa!! This was also the time I bought Dratini from the Game Cornner (I loathe voltorb flip, and I couldnt wait until blackthorn to get one lol)


-Ohhhh boy, it wasnt hard, but it wasnt easy. I dislike his Gengar very much.


-Easy win with Pidgeot and Dragonair :D


-Im pretty sure she fed her Steelix steroids before our battle. That thing was a mofo to beat.


-Hey! Hey you! Yeah you with the cane and the completely new and improved sprite! Eat dirt and die!! I hated this battle sooooooo much. Not only because the majority of my team were weak to ice, but because my attacks kept missing! Ughhhh


-Hahaha okay okay. You want to know something funny? I used my level 45 Dragonair against her entire team. BEST BATTLE EVER. Lol I just thought that was funny xD

I grind before every gym so I only need to battle each one once.

7 down and 8 to go on HG....

Falkner: Took him down with Quilava while training my Mareep by sending it out first and switching it with Quilava.
Bugsy: [Am I the only person who always knew Bugsy was a guy?] Swept him with Quilava. Caterpie.....feel the wrath of Flame Wheel! Mwuhahaha!
Whitney: Her miltank was one heck of a cow to take down but several super potions and a few well placed attacks later... I sent her crying and I had to wait for her to get over her hissy fit so I could get my badge D:<
Morty: Hate that Gengar. But I still managed to survive it somehow. I dodged a Hypnosis and my Flaaffy dived in for the kill!
Chuck: His Primeape was a bit of a bother for me as I had no Psychic or Flying types... his Poliwrath went down with a few Thunderpunches from my newly evolved Ampharos though :3
Jasmine: That Steelix was on freaking steroids or something. Still took it down with Quilava's Flame Wheel though.
Pryce: Piece of cake. Ampharos for his water types + Quilava for his ice types = Death to the old man's Pokémunz!

Yet to battle Clair. I've heard she's tough so I'm gonna be very well prepared >:3

SquirtleGirl said:

7 down and 8 to go on HG...
Yet to battle Clair. I've heard she's tough so I'm gonna be very well prepared >:3

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she is, you should catcha swinub and use it too knock her out.

Yeahhh...and hope Kingdra doesn't kill it, right?

SquirtleGirl said:

7 down and 8 to go on HG....

Falkner: Took him down with Quilava while training my Mareep by sending it out first and switching it with Quilava.
Bugsy: [Am I the only person who always knew Bugsy was a guy?] Swept him with Quilava. Caterpie.....feel the wrath of Flame Wheel! Mwuhahaha!
Whitney: Her miltank was one heck of a cow to take down but several super potions and a few well placed attacks later... I sent her crying and I had to wait for her to get over her hissy fit so I could get my badge D:<
Morty: Hate that Gengar. But I still managed to survive it somehow. I dodged a Hypnosis and my Flaaffy dived in for the kill!
Chuck: His Primeape was a bit of a bother for me as I had no Psychic or Flying types... his Poliwrath went down with a few Thunderpunches from my newly evolved Ampharos though :3
Jasmine: That Steelix was on freaking steroids or something. Still took it down with Quilava's Flame Wheel though.
Pryce: Piece of cake. Ampharos for his water types + Quilava for his ice types = Death to the old man's Pokémunz!

Yet to battle Clair. I've heard she's tough so I'm gonna be very well prepared >:3

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Find a Jynx in the Ice Cave, she's uber pro with her Psychic/Ice combo. :D
Jynx should take care of Claire and the rest of the trainers in that Gym.

The only gym where I had trouble with was Whitney's. Stupid resting cow. Claire was a slight toughie too, cause I don't use dragon pokemon, and my main poke was Typhlosion then. I got though most gym leaders with ease, and have never died in a battle till Red. mofo red.

Most of the Johto leaders were a pushover despite me having an undertrained team because Butterfree was my best pokemon and Sleep Powder is extremely useful (especially against Miltank). But I had to battle Claire twice because I only had 1 pokemon that was at a higher level than Dragonaire, that's my level 40 Typhlosion. He got swept by Kingdra though :( But I managed to defeat Claire with a team of

L40 Typhlosion
L38 Butterfree
L37 Togetic
L35 Ampharos
L32 Red Gyarados
L25 Pidgeotto

and 3 hyperpotions. Man that was a very long battle. Kingdra was hell.

Haven't battled Kanto Gym Leaders yet.. Still got lots of training to do before the Elite Four >.<

Falkner - I don't even know how he even became a Gym Leader in the first place. His team is incredibly easy to take down (unless you're using Grass or Bug-types). I used my Geodude, who left the battle completely unscathed.

Bugsy - That Scyther is freaking annoying. Fortunately for me, I defeated it in one hit thanks to my Zubat's critical with Wing Attack. The rest of his team is a joke.

Whitney - Holy cow (no pun intended)... that Miltank is the most irritating thing ever to walk the Pokémon world. Clefairy goes down easily, but Miltank puts up a fight. I had to spam Rock Smash excessively, since I didn't have a Fighting-type at my disposal.

Morty - Pretty simple, except for that Gengar. Swear to God, that thing was probably tripping on acid. I mean, it was even faster than my Golbat, whose speed is through the roof. Needless to say, I spammed Bite and won handily. The rest of his team fell victim to my Kadabra's Confusion.

Chuck - The easiest and shortest of them all. By this time I had a Crobat, and I beat both of his Pokémon in one hit.

Jasmine - Another cakewalk. I'll admit I was skeptical of Steelix at first, but my Feraligatr made scrap metal out of it with Surf.

Pryce - Relatively easy, but this particular battle took a while, since I didn't really have a type advantage. I basically used my Magneton's Charge Beam on his Seel, but since I didn't have a Fire-type or Fighting-type to combat Piloswine, it took a while to defeat. However, it didn't really attack much, thankfully.

Clair - Frustating battle, especially when I had to defeat Kingdra with Feraligatr when my Magneton fainted (critical hits always happen at the worse possible time). The rest of her team wasn't too difficult.

I only found a couple of them difficult (Morty & Whitney) apart from that I had a pretty sturdy team to take them out (Lunatone, Solrock, Swellow & Altaria)