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Old August 31st, 2007 (10:54 AM).
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First go-around in GSC, Whitney was pretty annoying because of Rollout. However, I just restarted my Crystal version a little while ago, and Pryce was insanely annoying this time around. I managed to beat him in one try, but it was tricky just getting to him since almost every Pokemon of mine had a weakness to ice. (Oops.) I had to sneak in a little playing time to catch a Growlithe during the day, since I couldn't find any fire types at night. |D;
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I dunno, probably the 3rd. My Monferno beat her Lucario though. ;)
(0_o) this is for G/S/C it would help to actually look in the forums your posting in

on topic: clair was definitly the hardest (dang kingdra)
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Am I the only person who thinks Whitney was a joke? I used a female Machop with the same level as Miltank and won in two turns with Karate Chop. Nothing hard about that.

This was in the first try too.
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Am I the only person who thinks Whitney was a joke? I used a female Machop with the same level as Miltank and won in two turns with Karate Chop. Nothing hard about that.

This was in the first try too.
That's because you had a Manchop, so of course she wasn't hard.
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Old August 31st, 2007 (6:16 PM).
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Whitney in G/S/C, probaly Brock in yellow, I had such a hard time beating Whitney, i think i restarted about 20 times just to get a female starter so that she doesn't use attract, and her miltank was strong, Brock because both of his pokemon are ground type, so Pikachu can't do anything to the, so had to either, catch a Caterpie, and evolve it into a Butterfree, or catch a Manky and train him to Lv 9 so that he learns low kick
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Old September 1st, 2007 (1:14 PM).
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first time around -Whitney.

but she was easy this time. i had Gastly and Hypnosis. :)
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Old September 13th, 2007 (6:08 AM).
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As with some people here if we're talking GSC..Claire. My Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion pretty much bailed me through all the other gyms due to its many type advantages, same with Feraligatr in Silver, Meganium in Crystal, and so on, but not only was she advantageous against my Gold starter(and my main one, now that the Silver and Crystal ones are long gone), she had a type advantage against ALL of them! With Whitney it was easy, as my Quilava was already pretty close to evolving at that point, and eventually did before I hit the next city, but with her.. Also, I found Blue/Green annoying with his multitypes, just not as much as Claire, as most pokes in my party were well above the 60's barrier at that point. Claire needs to get burned at a stake. SLOWLY.

In the RGBY generation..Only legit I had Yellow, the rest were hacked roms, so I guess it's Brock..Had to load my party with like a lvl 23 Nidorino to win because Pikachu wouldn't do jack****.
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Old September 13th, 2007 (6:25 AM).
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Whitney was pretty hard. Miltank's insane Defense. Good thing abilities weren't around back then, or else Quilava would've gotten owned.
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R/B/Y: Misty, though Brock gave me a run for my money too. That Starmie is really powerful, even when you've got a level 15-18 Pikachu to take it out.

G/S/C: Whitney was pretty difficult, but I've found that decreasing Miltank's accuracy is really the best way to beat it. Rollout depends on hitting several times in a row to work well, and missing even once throws the whole strategy off. Clair has never been a problem for me at all, though. Using strong neutral-damage attacks on her Kingdra takes it down easily enough. Blue was sort of a minor annoyance, but not too hard.

Going off-topic here, but it ties into what's been said about Whitney:
R/S/E: Norman was probably the hardest Gym Leader I have ever faced, even though my Charmeleon had inherited Swords Dance and Brick Break as egg moves from his father in Leaf Green. I managed to beat his Slaking by using Double Team when he attacked and healing during the turns when Slaking wouldn't attack. To bring this back on-topic, it would seem that the toughest Gym Leaders to defeat are typically Normal-type users. Any ideas as to why this is?
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Whitney was fairly difficult in GSC, although I've always found Jasmine to be annoying with that Steelix of hers. >_>

Also, it's an interesting observation, Jamie. It's probably just because of the Pokemon used, however. Normal-types get Pokemon with some serious defenses and only one real weakness. Sure, a lot of things can also resist Normal-type moves (as well as Rock-type moves), but nonetheless, you're left, if you choose to abuse type matchups, to attempt to take down Pokemon with at least base 100 Defense by using then-physical moves. Then, if you don't try going with type matchups, you've got Pokemon with fairly high HP and decent S Defenses, so in other words, you're looking at decent defending Pokemon either way. That's on top of the-opponent-is-screwed Attack stats and pretty annoying physical moves. (For example, with Whitney, Clefairy may take down a bit of your starting Pokemon's HP, but a couple of Rollouts finishes it off. Assuming that Miltank doesn't miss, Rollout's only going to abuse Miltank's normally average Attack to layer Rollout to the point where Miltank smacks around the opponent. And that's before she uses Milk Drink to further annoy you. Slaking, meanwhile, takes advantage of base 160 Attack, hefty defenses, and Facade.)

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Claire. Kingdra has no type disadvantage, so you're Pokemon have to be quite a few steps ahead of it to win.
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Claire. Kingdra has no type disadvantage, so you're Pokemon have to be quite a few steps ahead of it to win.
Wrong. Kingdra is weak to Dragon.
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whitney's milktank is Evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old September 15th, 2007 (9:04 AM).
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clara she is pure dragonn evil! ecspecialy when you start with todadile
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clara she is pure dragonn evil! ecspecialy when you start with todadile
clair is easiest w/ todidile u teach gatr ice punch
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thats what i did but before i had big trouble
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Wrong. Kingdra is weak to Dragon.
Wow. I feel stupid for not knowing that.
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clair is easiest w/ todidile u teach gatr ice punch
It really doesn't do too much if you're aiming for just type advantage. Water is resistant to Ice, so it negates Dragon's weakness to it. You'd probably find that it's just as effective to use, for example, Thunderbolt from a Lanturn (or any other Pokemon that can get STAB from such moves).

Best thing to do is just overlevel her and strike with a move that does neutral damage, as there's no decent Dragon-type move in the game until she coughs up the Dragonbreath TM (considering you can't catch Dratini until after you get the Super Rod in Kanto, Dragon Rage only does 40 HP worth of damage, and Twister generally sucks).
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I just restarted Crystal and I beat Whitneys Miltank in a few hits with Elekid. (hatched/shiny :)) Man I'm happy.
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Old September 16th, 2007 (4:54 PM).
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I'd Have to say Either Bugsy(I started With Chicorita) or Clair
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Id say Whitny the Kanto leaders were easy i battled them before but stronger
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I though Morty was very annoying, with his gengar always putting my pokes to sleep then using dream eater...Whitney, however, seems very easy in comparison to morty....
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Old October 4th, 2007 (5:03 PM).
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imo clara was harder then lance. thunder wave thunder wave thunder wave and them bam! just when you think you have her she brings out her beastly kingdra
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Whitny.... maybe Jasmine too. Then again... it depends what pokemon types u have at that point
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Old October 29th, 2007 (12:38 PM).
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Clair. difinitly.. i mean.. the dragons were impossible
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