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3rd Gen Hardest Hoenn Gym Leader?

Who is the hardest Hoenn Gym Leader?

  • Roxanne

    Votes: 5 1.7%

  • Brawly

    Votes: 25 8.7%

  • Wattson

    Votes: 26 9.1%

  • Flannery

    Votes: 7 2.4%

  • Norman

    Votes: 53 18.5%

  • Winona

    Votes: 22 7.7%

  • Tate & Liza

    Votes: 129 45.1%

  • Wallace/Juan

    Votes: 19 6.6%
  • Total voters
    286

Hikamaru

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    Since the old topic died, I decided to remake it given I haven't posted here much.

    So, which Gym Leader in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald was the hardest for you and why?

    For me, Norman. His Slaking is one of the deadliest threats if you aren't prepared. It took me so many attempts to finally beat him.
     
    Norman as well, BUT...

    When I was younger Norman kicked my ass to be quite frank :/ haha but now that I'm older, I find that none of them gym leaders are really very hard. :P It's amazing what years of getting your butt beat and your face smashed in a million times will teach you once your older :D haha

    When I go searching for challenges and the like: Battle Frontier. THAT was literally impossible as a kid lol
     
    My first team in Sapphire had a few Fire and Ground types, and Wallace kept Water Pulsing my Pokemon. It took me like ten tries before I got a lucky critical hit on his Milotic.
     
    Norman was the hardest for me, Wattson was the second. I didn't evolve my pokémon until late in the game, so... I was defeated several times.
     
    I think they can all be the hardest, depending on what is on your team. For example, Wattson can be annoying with all of Magneton's resistances, Flannery and Overheat, Slaking... and Milotic/Kingdra. But Slaking and Norman are usually the most annoying for me.
     
    I'd probably have to say Norman as well. Dat Slaking and all... But I think Wallace also gave me a hard time when I battled him, though I can't really remember the battle all that well. Just his damn Milotic!
     
    Norman was very annoying to beat...
    Its Slaking... How difficult to take down ! Strong with high defense skills moreover.
     
    Tate & Liza. Solrock was easy to beat down, but Lunatone resists a lot...
     
    Norman....I hate Slaking, he constantly recovers!!!!
     
    I recall having problems against Norman during my first playthrough, and Wattson occasionally gives me trouble when I replay the games, but for the most part, I find the battle against Tate & Liza the most difficult. At least on Emerald.

    I think it's because at this point in the game, my procrastination on levelling up my Pokemon to match that of the Gym Leader's lowest levelled Pokemon (at least) compounds to where I'm really underlevelled upon arriving at Mossdeep. Or I'm just really dreadful at double battles.
     
    Winona, Tate & Liza and Norman, and sometimes even Wattson!

    Winona's Altaria usually always set up on me and swept me with EQ.
    Tate & Liza's damn Claydol owned me sometimes after a few Calm Minds xD
    Wattson's dumb Magneton Shock Wave'd me....
    Norman's Slaking. Everyone knows why. Sometimes his Linoone could sweep me as well after Belly Drum.
     
    Tate and Liza.

    I never grinded much, and by the time i got to them my team would be seriously underleveled, plus i often picked pokemon with low special D.
     
    I didn't find Tate & Liza hard at all, they can be easy to take out with a Water or Grass-type. However, when they spam Calm Mind it can get annoying.

    But yeah, I see that so many people find Norman's Slaking overpowered. It took me 3 attempts to finally defeat him.
     
    Tate & Liza for the longest time... eventually I picked up a strategy but before that it took me soo many attempts haha :)
     
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