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5th Gen Hardest Unova Gym Leader?

Who is the hardest Unova Gym Leader?

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Lenora was the only gym leader that took me more than one try. Stupid Watchog. >_<
 
For me it's easily Lenora with that damn Herdier, even with my Pignite and its type advantage over her Herdier and Watchog I found myself trying at least 8 times in succession before claiming victory after a long and grueling bout. I thought Elesa would be pretty tough too but I swept through her team pretty easily with my then newly evolved Emboar at the time lol.
 
I run a team of Dark and Dragons, so I found the Dragon gym quite tough actually.

This is my post for the 18th November, Kaori.
 
Lenora was for me and also Elesa ><
Both were annoying

Lenora was for me and also Elesa ><
Both were annoying
 
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Chili.
I decided not to use the Panpour I was given, and suffered for it.
 
Cilan/Chili/Cress can be very hard if you don't get one of the monkeys.
 
Lenora, her Herdier and Watchog and both evolved pokemon where all my team were still unevolved. Herdiers Take Down was seriously strong and her Watchogs Hypnosis never seems to miss.
I had some trouble with Iris as well.
 
I would say Elesa. That Emolga just wiped my Dewott and my rest of my pokemon out...then i went out traveling, then i caught a sandile, THEN I PWN HER FTW!
 
100 percent Elesa because of me having a water and a flying type on my team and her move abusing Emolga with Volt Switch, I hate that move.


:t354:TG
 
Elesa was easy on 2/3 of my play-through's :x So... for once she isn't!

Lenora and the first gym were the ones I struggled with on my first play-through though because I was underlevelled. :(
 
miltankRancher said:
depends though. Lenora is quite difficult to defeat because of her Watchog's Retaliate. :\ Swept through my team easily.
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Always Lenora. By time of being at other gyms, I usually have something to get the badge with. Laughed when it showed to be an Illuminate Watchog. Good ol' Sturdy Roggenrola

The Dragon gym has more problems for me. Dragon Dance Fraxure mainly.
 
I voted for Drayden, just because he's the only one (plus Iris) that gave me trouble in these games. Lenora and Elesa were tough for me depending on the game, really. Sometimes I easily beat them and sometimes I couldn't. >< But Drayden/Iris always gives me problems, I'm terrible against Dragon-types. fjsdkadsg
 
While Elesa's duo of Emolga proved difficult to nearly every team I used, I think that Lenora is by far the hardest. Her Herdier is pretty bulky and hits hard, so even that proves a formidable foe, but her Watchog is by far the hardest Pokemon to take down, in all of Unova. Once you finish off Herdier, you're looking at a 140 BP STAB Retaliate, which OHKOs pretty much every Pokemon you can get at that point, save Roggenrola. Crunch and Retaliate without the boost also tend to hit pretty hard, both having extremely high base powers for a Pokemon in only the Second Gym. Hypnosis is probably the main reason why this thing is annoying, if you don't have any Awakenings, then your chances of winning are slim to none, as you're effectively taking attacks which probably KO your Pokemon in 2-3 hits, while trying to wake up. Watchog too strongth x)

Ironically enough, though, Lenora is also my favorite Unova Gym Leader.
 
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