Greetings Junglers, Evan here! It’s time for the results of last time. The best Gym Leader in the Johto region is… Clair! She won with 26% of the votes! Second place goes to Jasmine (22%), followed by Morty (21%).
This time we’ll have a look at the Hoenn Gym Leaders. Tell us who your favorite is and let us know why in the comments!
Roxanne
- Gym Leader 1
- Rock
- Geodude and Nosepass
- Rustboro City
- Stone Badge
- Rock Tomb (Gen 3 and 6)
- Name: Rock
- Trivia: Roxanne is the only female Rock-type specialist.
Brawly
- Gym Leader 2
- Fighting
- Machop and Makuhita
- Dewford Town
- Knuckle Badge
- Bulk Up (Gen 3 and 6)
- Name: Brawl
- Trivia: Brawly is a Fighting-type trainer that likes water, while Crasher Wake is a Water-type trainer that likes fighting, plus they both wear blue, black and orange clothes.
Wattson
- Gym Leader 3
- Electric
- Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton
- Mauville City
- Dynamo Badge
- Shock Wave (Gen 3), Volt Switch (Gen 6)
- Name: Watt
- Trivia: Wattson is the founder of Mauville City.
Flannery
- Gym Leader 4
- Fire
- Slugma, Slugma and Torkoal (or Slugma, Numel and Torkoal in Gen 6)
- Lavaridge Town
- Heat Badge
- Overheat (Gen 3 and 6)
- Name: Flame (omg that rhymes)
- Trivia: Flannery is the only Hoenn Gym Leader whose team changed between originals and remakes.
Norman
- Gym Leader 5
- Normal
- Slaking, Vigoroth and Slaking
- Petalburg City
- Balance Badge
- Facade (Gen 3), Retaliate (Gen 6)
- Name: Normal
- Trivia: Norman is the only known father of the protagonist in the games.
Winona
- Gym Leader 6
- Flying
- Swellow, Pelipper, Skarmory and Altaria
- Fortree City
- Feather Badge
- Aerial Ace (Gen 3), Roost (Gen 6)
- Name: To winnow, wing, wind
- Trivia: Winona’s Gym battle can be skipped until the League in Gen 3.
Tate and Liza
- Gym Leader 7
- Psychic
- Solrock and Lunatone
- Mossdeep City
- Mind Badge
- Calm Mind (Gen 3 and 6)
- Name: Levitate
- Trivia: Tate and Liza are the only pair of Gym Leaders. Tate is also the only male Psychic-type Gym Leader.
Wallace
- Gym Leader 8
- Water
- Luvdisc, Sealeo, Seaking, Whiscash and Milotic
- Sootopolis City
- Rain Badge
- Water Pulse (Gen 3), Waterfall (Gen 6)
- Name: Water
- Trivia: Wallace uses his Champion team from Emerald in the Delta Episode.
Juan
- Gym Leader 8
- Water
- Luvdisc, Sealeo, Seaking, Crawdaunt and Kingdra
- Sootopolis City
- Rain Badge
- Water Pulse (Gen 3)
- Name: Pronounced similarly to water
- Trivia: Juan is the only Gym Leader without a VS-sprite
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X — EVAN
Wattson, cause he electrifies my pants…
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First off YAY for Clair winning, had no clue Jasmine was so popular. Guess she caused some wet dreams in many peoples childhood.
As for gen 3, Winnona definately. She made me sweat with her Altaria.
Jasmine is for hug not fug
I used to have a crush on Flannery as a kid when Ruby and Sapphire were released lmao
“used to”
You’re right, I still do.
I knew it…
I also still have a crush on you
WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON’T HURT ME. DON’T HURT ME. NO MORE.
But… but… but….
Same here. Her booty was too much for me as a kid.
Winona! Flying-types are my fourth favorite types of all time and her design, her gym puzzle(s), and her epic anime battle with Ash makes her one of my biggest favorite gym leaders! Plus she’s really pretty, but still not as hot as Falkner.
The “Gym Leader Showdown” is quickly becoming “Who’s the hottest?” contest. If you want proof, just look at the previous articles, or just literally scroll two comments down.
Just wait until we have the Gym Leader Showdown: PokéJungle Edition.
I’d feel like a piece of meat 🙁
Hahahahahahahaha. Technically, you’re not a Gym Leader. 😉
Then I have nothing to worry about 🙂
I’d vote for you~~
??
I’d be flattered not embarrassed. xD
That’s what I meant with the emoji’s 🙂
Oh. XD The second one looks embarresed to me.
moving: 0 votes
This is sadly the reality of it. 🙁
Wait I just saw Chico’s comment.
moving: 1 vote
Still zero, he counts for nothing.
I never said I’d vote for him though lmao.
Moving: 0 votes
Who’d you vote for lol
Even though you aren’t a Gym Leader, I would vote for you every day.
I’d vote him off the island
But Chico would survive because he got that Milotic swagggg
I didn’t say he’s leaving by sea…
http://a1.files.blazepress.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,dpr_1.0,q_80,w_620/MTI4OTg3MjY0NDgyMDU1NDQy.jpg
O my
And before something about spraying water to solidify the magma a quick geology lesson
Volcanoes are basically a gigantic cauldron of infinitely increasing heat, half the amount of water or ice would evaporate before getting close enough to completely cool the molten rock and the rest would just barely do enough damage
Seems like it’s doing fine (rf)
It’s cooked into a lifeless husk, dehydrating it and weakened
Searing in its juices and rapidly burnt to ash
It’s on.
You’re green. Ew.
Well… tastes differ. I mean, I don’t like big, bulky men and others love them and vice-versa. Plus, they may only note that aspect of the gym leader because it’s most relatable and an easy way to get your point across to someone. 😛
I know, I’m just making a joke. But to be honest it kind of is.
I feel like I’m the only one who based his votes on the type difficulty and so on
But then again i don’t find any of the Gym Leaders attractive
As for my pick, Winona always gave me the hardest time, and as I’m sure you know by this point (I whine about it a lot lol) I love difficulty in Pokemon games, so I’ll have to go with her.
Same for the exact same reason (and she’s the coolest looking)
I have a tough time deciding between Wattson, Flannery, and Norman. I’m not a fan of Norman’s outfit in the original RSE, but ORAS Norman is looking really cool. While it’s really close I may have to go with Norman actually. Wattson and Flannery are tied for second essentially. The rest are fine, but not as cool to me lol
Seeing these designs really makes me realize how much I dislike Sugimori’s current artstyle. I’m glad that they replaced him for S/M.
Woah what? A new art director? Who?
I think his name is Ohmura. He also did the protags for B/W2.
Sorry if this is stupid but is he also responsible for the Pokemon designs as well?
It’s not stupid at all! We’re not sure which Pokemon he’s designed yet, but it’s likely that he’s done the official art for all of them. He’s notable for creating Xerneas and Yveltal though.
When I find out I’ll know if I like his style or not. I REALLY hate some of them, but I REALLY love a few, so the response is mixed for me.
*cough* the ugliest protags yet *cough*
Well they didn’t replace him. He’s just not designing all the art now. He still does the final versions of all the Pokemon and characters. It’s just now he’s taken more of a role as director rather than coming up with designs.
That was a hard vote. I went for Tate and Liza since I loved their twin gimmick. They’re also Psychic users (including Xatu), so I’m predisposed to liking them 😛
I love Winona! Her gen 6 design especially is awesome!
Norman’s trivia should be changed slightly to say the only known father of the protagonist, I mean Cedric Juniper is also a father!
As for these gyms, the hardest were deffo Tate & Liza – Emerald version I think where they had more than one Pokemon each
Yep, a very tough battle. They actually used strategy, Earthquake/Levitate, Sunny Day/Solarbeam/Flametrhower
Tough for all the starters.
There’s also:
-Silver and Giovanni (confirmed in HG/SS)
-Bianca and her dad
-Roark and Byron
-N and Ghetsis (whether or adoptive or natural remains to be seen)
-Alder and Benga (it’s his grandson, but he’s still a father to someone)
-Brendan and Birch (I think this is right? Either way, one of the protags is his child)
-Oak and Gary (again, grandfather thing)
-Barry and Palmer
-Roxie and Pop Roxie (yes, that’s his name)
There are probably more lol
Edited it! I’m glad some people actually read the articles 🙂
Always read the articles, I mean if people spend their time to write em, of course I’m gonna spend my time takin it in!
Gonna have to go with Wallace. He’s fabulous..plus it’s cool that he becomes champion and also that he mains milotic. Not to mention he’s a contest star and you can challenge him in the master beauty rank in ORAS! I also like (and also hate) Liza and Tate, because they were friggen difficult in Emerald. Third place goes to Flannery or Norman, who both posed a good challenge in Gen 3.
Also, I posted this in the other article before realizing there was a new one…but I bet Comfey will be a gift pokemon!
All of them, all of them are terrible
I never liked Hoenn and ORAS was pandering and causes me nothing but anguish
Earthen votes for Roark
Honestly, this was tough… It came down to Wattson or Wallace. But I would say Wattson…. Just because I like his loud personality better XD
Best set of Gym leaders in my opinion.
Gotta give this one to Tate and Liza, simply for being unique. And my two favourite Pokemon are Psychic types (Metagross, and Gardevoir)
I struggle between Malamar and Claydol
Malamar because I like the design and Claydol since I like the whole floating psychic idol vibe and that’s it I really don’t like Psychic types
Gen 3-5 all have good gym leaders. (Along with gen 1 but perhaps mostly for nostalgia)
I’m probably biased for Gen 3 cos I played Emerald like 10 times.
I like them all except Brawly. He ugly. Watson’s okay too..a little obnoxious
Honestly my favorite set of gym leaders were Gen 1 Gen 3 and Gen 5.
I like them all except Gen 2 (worst, imo). Gen 6 is alright, it’s just the leaders had little story influence.
It was between the adorable Tate and Liza and fabulous Wallace and I chose Wallace.
Winona is bae <3
Ya know, for kids
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Yeah! For kids… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dem flying type leaders
Tru Tru…
Well Falkner is pretty lame.
He inherited the gym from his father. Smh lol
True but his only saving grace is that he has the intelligence to use a Honchkrow 🙂
Don’t even get me started on little miss Air Battles
*Spits* that kinda attitude in regards of gym leaders makes me sick
Anime cannon =/= games cannon bro
Omg to cute.
Whoa.. Is this an actual card? XD
Yep
Okay that one is a little much…haha
She’s flat
For an anime character, sure. At least they look believable.
If it was an anime character they’d be like 4 times bigger
Flat…lining the hearts of the all the men who think they have died and gone to heaven when seeing her
She’s so fly <3
I see what you did there….
You want to know the sad thing about both of these cards?
They were both illustrated by a woman
Hey nothing wrong with that. Everyone can enjoy…. them
Of course Sabrina won… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Of course Clair won… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Of course Fannery will win… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Of course Candice will win… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Of course Elesa or Skyla will win… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Of course Korrina will win… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
( ͡0 ͜ʖ ͡0)
Those are actually all of my favorite gym leaders except Flannery.
Like I said. “Who’s the hottest?” contest.
Feh
To be fair, most gym leaders arent interesting in any way so you kinda have to judge on designs
True. We don’t get much backstory besides their speech before/after battling. Outside of that, unless the anime reveals anything or they’re party of the story, they’re just like every other NPC in the game
Gen 5 is the exception though (Except the ice one) Most of those leaders are pretty good with Elesa even getting Bianca’s dad to give her permission to battle and stuff
Oh dang I forgot, they even come to the castle at the end of the game to defend their region!
Candice won’t win. Volkner will.
Elesa will win unova or maybe Iris..
Korrina will probably win XY cause she actually had story presence but Clemont could give her a close race because he has anime influence.
Candice is cool though. Volkner is just an emo cry baby.
And Iris isn’t really that cool until she becomes champion. Drayden is the better leader.
I like Volkner because of his character design and preference for electric types. Plus his gym is home to one of the coolest and greenest cities in all of pokemon. He is a bit broody but he opens up 🙂
Sunnyshore city never really clicked with me I guess. I suppose I just didnt like cities with gyms you had to fight after you caught the legendary. I like going to the E4 right after
The story is a bit flat after you defeat team Galactic. I agree that you should just go straight to the E4. I like Sunyshore though, it begs to be done in 3D and even receive some sort of cool expansion like Maville.
>Candice is cool
Pun intended or nah?
Yep!
https://66.media.tumblr.com/35d6894f7d8022d427486672c31edbec/tumblr_inline_oap3aiUC7a1sf7bzu_540.gif
But is it really girl power if you’re only voting for them because they’re sexy..? Seems counterproductive
um i dont find them sexy.. lol. in all honesty mus of the female leaders are more memorable than the males one. the only bad batch of female leaders was gen 4
I didn’t mean you personally 😛 But a lot of people are voting for them because they’re hot
lol true. i wont deny that.
I was going to say the same thing. It’s more objectification if anything 🙁
That’s how I feel. I don’t think any of the gym leaders are actually attractive, but I also
1) am ace
2) find it illogical be attracted to artwork
The arm doing the punch makes sense, but the other arm that is setting up for a dab that never happens… it’s tilting me. It seem so lost ;_;
Sad that Jasmine didn’t win, but whatev, I like Clair too 🙂
I voted for Tate and Liza cause I found the idea of twin leaders that are Psychic and 1st and only Double Battle leaders awesome and still do <3 Plus they are adorable.
I also really like Roxanne, Flannery, and Winona for various other reasons <3
They’re all bland and two-dimensional.
Sun and Moon better give us Gym leaders with actual Personalities :
If it gives us any at all. #trigger
*TRIGGERED* haha jk
You mean Gym Leaders with a story presence? All of them have their own personality. I’m assuming you want leaders similar to the ones in B/W.
Earthen’s Gym Leaders
Sandra: Ground, Local Beach goer who’s known for amazing sand sculptures
Rusty: Grass, Owns a large farm and raises Pokemon and crops
Cade: Electric, Slacker arcade enthusiast, shirks off duties to play in town’s arcade
Capt. Fluke: Water, Highly respect mariner who sailed the region
Leopold: Ghost, a young Blind Violinist who communes with the spirit world
Merlin: Psychic, A magician who uses his Pokemon to weave stunning tricks
Tyra: Dragon, tough as nails wild women who command Dragons with great loyalty
Masters: Fighting, old yet extremely seasoned battler who has been training with Pokemon since his birth
1/10 not enough Dark
Cool concepts though. I appreciate the effort.
Funny joke Dark type gym leaders
And besides I had a dark type gym leader
Bailiff: Dark, Chief of Police, originally was a criminal who decided to use his Pokemon to stop crimes then commit them
Not trying to be a grammar nazi, but I assume you mean “than”, because it confused me for a second because you said he was originally a criminal but by using “then” you’re reversing the order >.< I like that though, perhaps we'll get one this gen :O
90% doubt it though 🙁
*Hurls a hatchet*
Girl you know what I say about physical attacks against me
Hmmm then I’ll use reverse psychology
Do you know what, I’ll use the one thing I don’t ever use,
A ground type
May I ask the name origin behind rusty? Wouldn’t it be better as a steel gym name?
Rustic
And if your wondering
Dune Badge
Sprout Badge
Token Badge
Brine Badge
Void Badge
Trick Badge
Fang Badge
Disciple Badge
Gym puzzles
Just a beach cove filled with trainers
Corn maze….Maize Maze
Player stands on a DDR platform and moves in adjacent with a screen match colors
A pirate ship involving pulling down gangplanks, Gym leader crow’s nest
A pitch black room and you must follow the music into different rooms
Guessing games (parlor themed)
Four switches each opening a giant dragon’s maw
Five straight battles, no questions
Flannery or Winona are my pick. Both are sexy Gym Leaders! Yet, I’m going to pick classic bae Flannery. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
^^^^^ more proof
Sexy bae leaders are where it’s at! 😉
We need a petition to change the name of the contest to “Sexiest Gym Leader Contest”.
We’ll I’m sure the 15 people who voted for Tate and Liza would beg differ.
And we all know Wallace will win this, if not come close. Flannery is a fly on the wall
Then the one winning would be the one I actually voted for 🙂
Wallace, yeah!
Embrace. Kawaii or bust!
Holding back from making a dirty joke here, I’m sure you can figure it out though.
Kawaii girls with busts
Bingo.
( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
Winona because she is the most memorable gym leader in my emerald run ( her team is beast)
My vote keeps getting second… 🙁
Voted for Wallace this time.
Character design in this generation was really good.
Ps: Jasmine should’ve won.
Agreed, and agreed 🙂
I click ‘vote’ and it doesn’t do anything? :/
Try on mobile.
Who did you vote for?