Greetings Junglers, Evan here! First of all, you can see I changed the name of the series, because it’s now part of the ongoing Showdown-series. Without further ado: the winner of the Kanto Gym Leader Showdown is Sabrina! She won with a stunning 22% of the votes. Apparently the Psychic-type Gym Leader is a popular choice among our community. Our very, very close runner-up is Misty, also with 22%, followed by Blue (15%). One vote made the difference between Misty and Sabrina!
I’m presenting to you: our next round of the Gym Leader Showdown series. This time it’s Johto’s turn. Who’s your favorite Gym Leader? Vote and let us know why in the comments!
Falkner
- Gym Leader 1
- Flying
- Pidgey and Pidgeotto
- Violet City
- Zephyr Badge
- Mud Slap (Gen 2), Roost (Gen 4)
- Name: Falconer
- Trivia: Falkner is the only male Gym Leader that specializes in the Flying-type.
Bugsy
- Gym Leader 2
- Bug
- Metapod, Kakuna and Scyther
- Azalea Town
- Hive Badge
- Fury Cutter (Gen 2), U-turn (Gen 4)
- Name: Bug
- Trivia: Because Scyther knows U-turn in Gen 4, Bugsy is the only Gym Leader who sends out his signature Pokémon in the first turn.
Whitney
- Gym Leader 3
- Normal
- Clefairy and fucking Miltank
- Goldenrod City
- Plain Badge
- Attract (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: White
- Trivia: Whitney is the first Johto Gym Leader that uses a Gen 2 Pokémon, which only half of the Johto Gym Leaders do.
Morty
- Gym Leader 4
- Ghost
- Gastly, Haunter, Gengar and Haunter
- Ecruteak City
- Fog Badge
- Shadow Ball (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: Mortis (Latin for death)
- Trivia: Morty is the only male Ghost-type specialist.
Chuck
- Gym Leader 5
- Fighting
- Primeape and Poliwrath
- Cianwood City
- Storm Badge
- DynamicPunch (Gen 2), Focus Punch (Gen 4)
- Name: Chuck Norris
- Trivia: Chuck’s and Pryce’s lowest leveled Pokémon are both level 27.
Jasmine
- Gym Leader 6
- Steel
- Magnemite, Magnemite and Steelix
- Olivine City
- Mineral Badge
- Iron Tail (Gen 2 and 4)
- Name: Mine or mineral
- Trivia: Jasmine was the first Gym Leader that appeared outside of her home region in the games.
Pryce
- Gym Leader 7
- Ice
- Seel, Dewgong and Piloswine
- Mahogany Town
- Glacier Badge
- Icy Wind (Gen 2), Hail (Gen 4)
- Name: Ice
- Trivia: Pryce’s middle name is Willow, which is his Japanese name’s translation.
Clair
- Gym Leader 8
- Dragon
- Gyarados, Dragonair, Dragonair and Kingdra
- Blackthorn City
- Rising Badge
- DragonBreath (Gen 2), Dragon Pulse (Gen 4)
- Name: Lair
- Trivia: In Gen 2 she owned another Dragonair instead of Gyarados.
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X — EVAN
Tis here!
Chuck, because he’s hot
With his big pig belly? I’d take Morty thank you very much.
I like big pig bellies
😐
Hah, Hell yeah!
Morty
Bugsy because…… I don’t know… I like his design. I don’t really have a tangible reason.
Johto has the weakest selection of gym leaders in my opinion. None of them honestly stand out much, except maybe Clair and Whitney, but only for her evil Miltank. I’m gonna go with Morty though, idk why.
I agree, Bugsy and Whitney are the only ones who I can usually remember.
I was really surprised to find out Bugsy is a boy.
That Miltank ruined my childhood. I still love killing it to this day.
We should throw that stupid utter-sucker into the distortion world
The only reason why I’m more indifferent to miltank than everyone else is because I skipped gen 2 (It’s the only gen I have never played) the only time I’ve fought it was in HGSS where it wasn’t a problem at all.
Morty is the best. Best design, Ghost Gym, Ecruteak City
Yeah, it’s probably for his design. Simple, yet stylized. Ecruteak is one of the best cities in Johto too so that helps.
Ecruteak in the Anime is one of my favorite locations in the entire Pkmn universe.
I think Ecruteak is my favorite city in Johto over all, It’s the most interesting and unique one in my opinion.
My favorite is Whitney. She’s a cutie, I’m fond of Normal types, and Goldenrod is one of the most iconic locations in Johto!
Have I got an iconic Goldenrod?
If it helps you sleep at night 🙂
We should do a poll for best cities next 😉
Cities could be done… It’s awkward though, there might be a bit too many per regional poll. 🙁
You can narrow it down to “Favorite Cities” and “Favorite Towns”, rather than combining them.
Am I the only one not voting with my genitals
No 😛
I never do
Anyone else on FireFox can’t vote or view results?
I vote for Morty! Second choice would be between Falkner and Clair.
I always had difficulty clicking that thing. 🙁
Same 🙁
On Chrome, with adblocker off.
On firefox with no adblocker.
As far as I remember it used to work consistently for me.
Hmm. I wonder why that is happening. I’ll tried explorer as well, and nothing.
Only works on mobile for me. Been like this forever
My favorite was always Claire. I just loved her ego and sarcastic attitude.
hey guys i know this is totally unrelated but i drew Mimicyu! rf (but anyway, my fave would be Jasmine! It was nice to see her in Sunyshore in DPP) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/db0629d2d6bdbec409281449fffa36967c90335465d62c1aa886b47c4c344474.jpg
That’s brilliant!
LOL So cute. <3 He's definitely a fave, because he is cute. (And I love Pikachu. 😀 )
Very nice picture, you did a great job. 😀
aw thanks!!!!
You’er welcome. 😀
Whitney, because she presented a welcome difficulty curve. Also I wish we got to meet Falkner’s dad, the real gym leader.
Ughhhhhh these gym leaders make me sick
Gen two really screwed up the gym leaders
Falkner should used Noctowl
Bugsy Heracross
Chuck Hitmontop
Morty should’ve had at least Misdreavus
Half of them didn’t have native Johto Pokemon and that really just gear grinds my Klink
EXCUSE ME? What did I do to upset you?
You know what you did….
LEFT ME HOLDING THE BAG OF RARE CANDIES AS THE COPS SHOWED UP
You can’t deny it. I’m still the best Gym Leader. We share the same favourite type/s. Me and you sweet cheeks. Let’s rule.
Bug off my crusty blackened heart only holds one person dearly
And that’s me.
Yep, johto leaders suck ass.
https://youtu.be/_w6-iHbtn-Y
I found this quite useful, used this technique today.
It worked! (Is this by HowToBasic?)
Very useful technique!
Yay! Sabrina won! Clair is the best Johto leader!
Clair, Jasmine, Morty and Whitney? Legends only.
Pryce, Bugsy, Chuck, and Falkner? Keep it
also why does chuck even exists? we already have a e4 fighting type. he should go
What? Go away mate. Chuck is my wet dream, he can use bulk up in my room any day of the week.
keep him
Ew, he’s fat and married though
Just how I like them
Should’ve been a dark gym, but whatever
Morty for sure ,ghost type pkmn is awesome……Ecruteak City one of the most historical city in pkmn world It’s kind majestic and romance place at same time it’s also has many majestic legendaries ….that’s make it perfect. http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/a/a4/Ecruteak_City_Landscape.png/661px-Ecruteak_City_Landscape.png
I love this picture so much.
Still can’t vote though.
The whole thing looks so…..flammable
Oh man this picture gives me the feels. :’)
Totally agree. He’s been my fav since the original games came out.
Jasmine as a second fav though.
It’s Morty or Jasmine for me.
Chuck!
Falkner! I love Flying-types (4th favorite type only below Fairy, Ghost, and Dragon) and plus, he’s hot!
In terms of challenge:
– Falkner: easy, even with a Chikorita
– Bugsy: never won against him with a Chikorita, had to restart the game and choose Cyndaquil
– Whitney: Had to grind Quilava to a Typhlosion to defeat Milktank
– Morty: easy until Gengar showed up and almost defeated by beloved Ampharos
– Chuck: wait, he was a gym leader?!
– Jasmine: easy but fun
– Pryce: easy due to Ampharos and Typhlosion
– Claire: hard and memorable, just the way I like it
So you voted for Clair then?
Close second, first is my bae Falkner.
Ah. I see.
Jasmine really sucks as a gym leader though. No trainers, no cool gym design, uses two magnemite…steelix is a pushover too.
I loved her ‘character arc’ with Ampharos and she just feels like a really nice and kind person in general. I loved how HGSS had a sort of arc with Jasmine and Morty.
Yeah I mean she’s fine as a person, but she’s an awful gym leader in terms of being a challenge
True. A Typhlosion is all you need to burn her gym down. xD
Basically. She could’ve at least had a magneton 😛
Clair is great. She gave a really hard time when I first played Gen 2 and I remember how relieved I was when I finally beat her.
Whitney because she’s cute! I never had trouble defeating her Milktank because I had a Heracross. She was an easy leader in my opinion!
I love Jasmine <3 Like Sabrina, she was my Johto role model because she was so caring about Amphy and I love her design! 😀 I would love to cosplay as her someday. Although Clair is easily second for me as well as Morty, both of them rock. I just value Jasmine about them since Clair was so whiny after you win and it bothered me. And I just love Jasmine above Morty.
So when is this Pokketchi whatever starting
In 2 days.
Ughhhhhh
Dawn of the Final Day
~ 22 hours remain ~
(from this post to Pokenchi)
Always a good tip when you start a HGSS and struggle with Whitney. There’s a guy in the Dpt Store that can trade a Machop that knows Low Kick. Don’t even level him up, he can easily wipe out both Clefairy and Miltank.
Yeah. That was really helpful in my first playthrough.
You could also use the Onix from Violet City or catch a Heracross.
I never knew that. I guess I wasn’t supposed to.
That’s basically cheating in my eye though. I’d rather just train my own pokes
I think the same.
When I have a set team, I have a set team! The only exception being an awful pidgeot I had in SS that I swapped for Togetic
… its not cheating in the slightest but I respect that you like to train your own pokemon, I have never used any of the in game trade pokemon myself but its deff not cheating 😛
Well yeah I know it’s not actually cheating…but it is to my personal trainer code
The best way that I found to totally DESTROY her, is to grind your Crocoknaw till its at least a level or two higher than Whitney’s Milotank, and keep the move rage. Use Rage as your very first attack on her first Pokemon, and keep using it, and by the time you get to her Milotank you’ll completely crush it, you’ll have it K.O’ed before its stupid Roll out attack can even start to do serious damage to you. LOL That’s what I did, it was awesome. XD