Greetings Junglers, Evan here! It’s time for the results of our Hoenn Gym Leader Showdown round and the winner is… Wallace with 20% of the votes, followed closely by Flannery with 18% of the total votes!
Next up is the turn of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, let us know who your favourite Gym Leader is and check back in a week for the reveal of the winner!
Roark
- Gym Leader 1
- Rock
- Geodude, Onix and Cranidos
- Oreburgh City
- Coal Badg
- Stealth Rock
- Name: Rock and Ore
- Trivia: Roark is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who doesn’t have a fully evolved Pokémon on his team.
Gardenia
- Gym Leader 2
- Grass
- Cherubi, Turtwig and Roserade
- Eterna Town
- Forest Badge
- Grass Knot
- Name: Garden
- Trivia: Gardenia is the only Gym Leader who uses a starter Pokémon that’s native to that region.
Maylene
- Gym Leader 3 (4 in Platinum)
- Fighting
- Meditite, Machoke and Lucario
- Veilstone City
- Cobble Badge
- Drain Punch
- Name: Melee
- Trivia: Maylene is the only Gym Leader in DP who can’t be seen outside of her Gym.
Crasher Wake
- Gym Leader 4 (5 in Platinum)
- Water
- Gyarados, Quagsire and Floatzel.
- Pastoria City
- Fen Badge
- Brine
- Name: Crashing wave
- Trivia: Crasher Wake is the only Gym Leader whose real name isn’t known.
Fantina
- Gym Leader 5 (3 in Platinum)
- Ghost
- Drifblim, Gengar and Mismagius
- Hearthome City
- Relic Badge
- Shadow Claw
- Name: Phantom
- Trivia: Fantina’s dress is based on a Drifblim, but she doesn’t use one during her Gym battle in Platinum.
Byron
- Gym Leader 6
- Steel
- Bronzor, Steelix and Bastiodon
- Canalave City
- Mine Badge
- Flash Cannon
- Name: Iron
- Trivia: Byron and his son both use a native fossil Pokémon and a member of the Onix line during their battle.
Candice
- Gym Leader 7
- Ice
- Snover, Medicham, Sneasel and Abomasnow
- Snowpoint City
- Icicle Badge
- Avalanche
- Name: Candida (Latin for shining white) and ice
- Trivia: All of Candice’s Pokémon have gender differences.
Volkner
- Gym Leader 8
- Electric
- Raichu, Ambipom, Octillery and Luxray
- Sunyshore City
- Beacon Badge
- Charge Beam
- Name: Volt
- Trivia: Volkner is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader who only uses single-type Pokémon.
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