Congrats New Gym Leader, what Pokemon Type will you use?

['Foretold' Joker]

You have been selected to be a new Pokemon Gym Leader.

What Pokemon type will you be representing?
Why that type?
Which six Pokemon will you use? (you can't have starter pokemon)


After much thought I would be a Water Type Gym Leader. Mainly so I can have a swimming Pool in my gym and force would be pokemon masters to learn how to swim.

I'd Use:

Kingler - My main Crab, fear it's attack power
Poliwrath - Hypnosis and then Punch in the face
Gyarados - No water gym should be without one.
Whiscash - Suprise electric trainers, Earthquake
Relicanth - Extinct? Not yet buddy!
Araquanid - Arachnophobia in the Water!!


How about you?

[Dub H]

This is one of the hardests question one can ask!


I think I would have gone Bug Type.

Pokemons:

1-Golisopod-Hard Hitter mean sob
2-Heracross- My buddy , loyal pokemon,the first Bug Pokemon I absolutely loved.
3-Galvantula- Because thats a spider needs, electric powers,also very cute.
4-Volcarona - I can cover every type,i Have Water,Eletric,Fire!Plus Butterfly Dance!
5-Forretress- Gotta have the tank of the group.
6-Scizor- C'mon,its Scizor

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

The Themed Gym thing was always dumb to me. Wouldn’t it make trainers stronger, and test them better to face a diverse roster of Pokémon? Instead of them all potentially being OHKO’d by 1 Pokémon with the right move on the opposition.

Like, we’re always told to make sure to have a diverse 6 so we can handle any situations and literally like every other f***ing trainer we face (other then the rival) has a themed roster. Just seems like piss poor game planning to me

[chrom]

Feb 25, 2019 10:13:39 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

The Themed Gym thing was always dumb to me. Wouldn’t it make trainers stronger, and test them better to face a diverse roster of Pokémon? Instead of them all potentially being OHKO’d by 1 Pokémon with the right move on the opposition.

Like, we’re always told to make sure to have a diverse 6 so we can handle any situations and literally like every other f***ing trainer we face (other then the rival) has a themed roster. Just seems like piss poor game planning to me

Gym leaders now have Pokemon that have moves that are effective against the type their weak against.

Elesa in Unova had an Emolga, a flying type to counter your ground and grass team

[Yamashita Enforcement Division]

Feb 25, 2019 9:21:37 GMT -5 'Foretold' Joker said:

You have been selected to be a new Pokemon Gym Leader.

What Pokemon type will you be representing?
Why that type?
Which six Pokemon will you use? (you can't have starter pokemon)

How about you?

1. Dark type.

2. Dark types have three of my all-time favorite pokemon, and in general the designs are too stylized to really lean into the edginess dark type implies. Also being a dick is pretty cool aesthetically, and looking cool is half of the battle already.

3. Murkrow, Cacturne, Scrafty, Sharpedo, Sneasel, Bisharp.
- A solid mix of secondary typing along with being very pointy and sharp. Also contains all of my pokemon major food groups (knife types, birds, and the f***ing torpedo shark)

Feb 25, 2019 10:13:39 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

The Themed Gym thing was always dumb to me. Wouldn’t it make trainers stronger, and test them better to face a diverse roster of Pokémon? Instead of them all potentially being OHKO’d by 1 Pokémon with the right move on the opposition.

Like, we’re always told to make sure to have a diverse 6 so we can handle any situations and literally like every other f***ing trainer we face (other then the rival) has a themed roster. Just seems like piss poor game planning to me

This right here, is not a good pokemon take. Pokemon as a game is based around each battle being a minor puzzle. Making every battle include several sub-steps (between 2 and 4 for most trainers, and a rare 5 or 6) where you have to consider and counter various typing does not increase the overall difficulty of the game while making each battle more of a slough. Also, pokemon is a (very good) children's game for babies, you can very well choose to beat the in-game with literally anything you choose, but for the people new to the system the game has to emphasize the puzzle aspect of the combat.

If you are talking in kayfabe, replace my game mechanics rant with a similar one about how testing the mettle of someone and specializing is a big part of looking cool, which is half the battle (passim)

[Dub H]

Feb 25, 2019 10:13:39 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

The Themed Gym thing was always dumb to me. Wouldn’t it make trainers stronger, and test them better to face a diverse roster of Pokémon? Instead of them all potentially being OHKO’d by 1 Pokémon with the right move on the opposition.

Like, we’re always told to make sure to have a diverse 6 so we can handle any situations and literally like every other f***ing trainer we face (other then the rival) has a themed roster. Just seems like piss poor game planning to me

I enjoy the theme but I wouldnt mind if they changed it to a less simple theme for the gyms.The Gym leaders still need a theme,but they can deviate a little from being 100% one type. but I also dont want then to have random 6 strong pokemons.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Let's see:

Rockruff
Arcanine
Jolteon
Espeon
Umbreon
Lucario

I can't have a Dog Type Gym? Um... I resign!

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Feb 25, 2019 10:40:07 GMT -5 Yamashita Enforcement Division said:

Feb 25, 2019 9:21:37 GMT -5 'Foretold' Joker said:

You have been selected to be a new Pokemon Gym Leader.

What Pokemon type will you be representing?
Why that type?
Which six Pokemon will you use? (you can't have starter pokemon)

How about you?

1. Dark type.

2. Dark types have three of my all-time favorite pokemon, and in general the designs are too stylized to really lean into the edginess dark type implies. Also being a dick is pretty cool aesthetically, and looking cool is half of the battle already.

3. Murkrow, Cacturne, Scrafty, Sharpedo, Sneasel, Bisharp.
- A solid mix of secondary typing along with being very pointy and sharp. Also contains all of my pokemon major food groups (knife types, birds, and the f***ing torpedo shark)

Feb 25, 2019 10:13:39 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

The Themed Gym thing was always dumb to me. Wouldn’t it make trainers stronger, and test them better to face a diverse roster of Pokémon? Instead of them all potentially being OHKO’d by 1 Pokémon with the right move on the opposition.

Like, we’re always told to make sure to have a diverse 6 so we can handle any situations and literally like every other f***ing trainer we face (other then the rival) has a themed roster. Just seems like piss poor game planning to me

This right here, is not a good pokemon take. Pokemon as a game is based around each battle being a minor puzzle. Making every battle include several sub-steps (between 2 and 4 for most trainers, and a rare 5 or 6) where you have to consider and counter various typing does not increase the overall difficulty of the game while making each battle more of a slough. Also, pokemon is a (very good) children's game for babies, you can very well choose to beat the in-game with literally anything you choose, but for the people new to the system the game has to emphasize the puzzle aspect of the combat.

If you are talking in kayfabe, replace my game mechanics rant with a similar one about how testing the mettle of someone and specializing is a big part of looking cool, which is half the battle (passim)

I was completely talking if I suddenly woke up in Detective Pikachu world, because everything you wrote about the game mechanic is right. Part of the fun of Pokémon is the battles never feel excessively long or artificially drawn out.

[Cyno]

I'd have an Eevee themed lineup:

Jolteon
Vaporeon
Flareon
Glaceon
Umbreon
Espeon

My gym would also have an Eevee daycare center where Eevees and their evolved forms run free and interact with each other and get attention.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

I've always said I'd have a Poison type gym. Congrats, psychic-type users, you'd have a f***ing field day.

[EyeofTyr]

Basic as it comes maybe, but I'd be a Water Type Gym Leader.

My team would be...

Carracosta
Kingler
Lapras
Poliwrath
Tentacruel
Wishiwashi

Mostly picked mons I've run with in the games that I like the designs of and proved to be useful. Because if I'm going to be a gym leader, I want friends I like and can play with. Well. Besides maybe Wishiwashi.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Six Charizards

[Ryback on a Pole!]

I've always liked poison pokemon.

Weezing
Muk
Arbok
Salazzle
Toxapex
Dragalge

[Deleted]

Dark type entirely because there STILL hasn't been a Dark gym. As for specifics...

Zoroark
Sableye
Honchkrow
Malamar
Sharpedo
Houndoom

Good type variety but still kind of a distinctly mid-game threat. Granted a Fairy type alone could wreck the entire team except Houndoom.

[Crimson]

Since Dark is pretty covered, I think I would be a Steel-Type Gym Leader.

My team would consist of:

• Ferrothorn
• Magnezone
• Skarmory
• Aegislash
• Excadrill
• Mawile (Mega)

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Six Snorlaxes, each with one move of a different type to f*** with people. One has fire punch, etc.

[nonrev]

Cocoon gym

Kakuna
Silcoon
Metapod
Cascoon
Pupitar
Shelgon

[aka Cthulhu]

Let's go with a flying type gym for me, then. Like, if the gym is my place of employment, then I'm gonna go to work riding a flying pokemon.

And let's just go crazy with a gym. Since it's flying types, let's make the gym a freaking airship. Make challengers go through hell to get to me. Like if it was a platformer, there'd be wind shenanigans to push them around. Really draw it out so it'll take forever to get to me so I can laze around for a long time. Hell, let's put in some trap doors that'll send them back to the gym entrance.

As for Pokemon...

Staraptor. Staraptor is cool.
Pidgeot. I was the type of player who kept Pidgeot all the way to the end of Pokemon Red/Blue. Like, it was the starter Pokemon, and the first flying type encountered on a permanent spot in my team, and the other four is random. That was pretty much how I played Pokemon, not including the Touhoumon hack and the actual Touhoumon game.
Honchkrow. The "blue oni" to my Staraptors' "red oni".
Talonflame. Not really familiar of the Pokemon of this generation, but he looks cool.
Gligar. Reckon having one flying type Pokemon that's also ground helps spice things up a little.
Salamence. It's a flying type, and dammit I want a dragon type as well.

In the end, the most important thing is the gym has to be an airship. And it moves from town to town. Because screw you trainers, I wanna wander around in a freaking airship with pokemon.

[chrom]

Fighting Type

Hariyama
Machamp
Blaziken
Hawlucha
Scrafty
Lucario

[Mozenrath]

Hmm, maybe Bug or Ground, though part of me wants to say Dragon so I could use my favorite pokemon (Druddigon). Hmm.

Feb 25, 2019 14:33:04 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

I've always said I'd have a Poison type gym. Congrats, psychic-type users, you'd have a f***ing field day.

There's Alola Muk and Drapion who are both part Dark, so you have two options for pokemon immune to psychic types.