Gym Leader Showdown: Hoenn

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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%).

GLS - Clair

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!

RoxanneHoenn - 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.

Hoenn - BrawlyBrawly

  • 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.

WattsonHoenn - 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.

FlanneryHoenn - 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.

NormanHoenn - 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.

WinonaHoenn - 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 LizaHoenn - 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.

WallaceHoenn - 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.

JuanHoenn - 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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756 thoughts on “Gym Leader Showdown: Hoenn”

  4. What major changes are you wanting to see in the next games? Or any major additions?

    The most obvious/ popular ones:
    HM’s going bye bye and replacing them with (someone else’s idea of) passive abilities.
    More postgame.
    Remaining the champion after E4 and protecting your title.
    Sidequests.

    Personal dream:
    I have said this before, but I want Ice to get a new type advantages to buff it up. Maybe make it strong against fairies to weaken that overpowering type rn.

    Minor additions/ changes:
    New weather: Fog/ Smog. Ghost types are immune to its effects, everyone else loses accuracy.
    Dialogue from NPC’s that changes if you continue to talk to them. I want this world to feel more alive.
    Keep the pokemon that fly by (like wingull and beautifly in ORAS). Add some swimming nearby, etc. Imagine a swarm of cutiefly buzzing past you. Looking up and seeing a Komala in a tree, etc.

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    • Fog actually does exist in Sinnoh it lowers accuracy in it appears before Celestic Town and Mt. Cornet before Snowpoint City.

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        • Or make it so that, yes, it affects the battles, but we don’t need to use Defog to actually see where we are moving our player. I would be fine with a low fog that we can still navigate through, but the use of Defog was annoying.

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        • That would great!
          And my idea of what might happen

          They may have a few HM’s but I doubt Surf or Fly will be back since riding Pokemon is available but I believe Cut may be back and possibly Flash

          Gyms may be modified to be different then the usual gyms.

          My hopes that the Pokegear comes back and that you can Rebattles gym like things

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    • The HMs are never going away, why is this such a difficult thing, obstacles blocks progression, HM to find, Badge Needs to be obtained, Gym battle, progress
      And ice could never be improved at this point

      My Personal Dreams, that Super Attacks are only during F4As, Fairy Weak to Fire
      5-7 Fully evolved Pokemon of each type that way everyone has a wide range
      Prankster completely gone
      Customizable Pokeballs
      A god damn cowboy hat and visible mega accessories

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          • I think u misunderstanding me ….if the pkmn learn cut and then u delete it …ut should be still work in over world ..still cutting tree without having cut move ….just a wish.

      • Oh yeah! I want new pokeballs! Those are always fun. I used to be a fan of only using pokeballs and masterballs (OCD) but I’ve since tried using whatever I can!

        And Ice can totally be improved. Dragon and psychic have been nerfed. Poison became even more competitive last gen, etc. It can be done.

        And passive abilities could totally still be based on progression. A gym leader gives you the knowledge of how to cut (for example). You as a trainer now know how to teach any of your pokemon who can cut how to do so effectively. They could give it some name like the O-powers were given a special moniker. They wouldn’t even need to go into that much detail. It could honestly just be unlocked and shown on the party screen like they are when HM’s are learned by your party pokemon.

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    • I like ur last point seeing pkmn swarming around u is cool idea …and I would like to catch them in this way …it would be better than find them in the grass …they need to put many way to find pkmn ,finding them on the grass is so typical.

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    • Battle frontier
      Gym rematches
      Expansive post game
      More interactions with gym leaders outside gym
      No hms/ Lessen need for hms
      Challenge mode back
      Ice type buffs
      Medal System

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    • HMs are not completely going bye bye. I think GameFreak will decrease the amount of HMs to Fly, Surf, and Strength.
      Buffing Ice Types is needed and debuffing Fairy Types is necessary.
      We’ve already had Fog in D/P/Pt; it was fuckinf awful, which is why it never came back.
      I doubt that NPC stuff will happen. No modern RPG (except Persona with Cooperations and Social Links) have that. It’s a waste of time.
      We’ll see some Pokemon in the environment.

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      • Its just a hope list. No need to tell people their hopes wont happen. Im sure the person knows the chances. Plus you saying that doesnt add to anything to their hopes. We can have hopes even if says otherwise.

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          • Lol but the thing is, we never know what will happen with Gamefreak. People thought another type would never happen. *Fairy says HI*

          • True. I knew the Fairy Type was happening because of rumours. I didn’t mean to super harsh. I just hope you saw what could and could not happened.

          • Oh yeah no worries. I made the list, I expect to hear responses both in support and against. I have counter points. Its all just good, speculative, communal fun.

          • You know, when you post things on the internet your open to criticism? It’s nothing new and I’ve sone this before on “hope lists” others have posted. Sorry, if you thought I was rather tough, but it’s internet talk.

          • Youre right. Im sorry. That was my fault. It’s just a little (big lol) pet peeve i have when people criticize someone just for dreaming. I wasnt attacking you either. Just the second one to see do it so i thought i woyld say something I apologize.

        • Lol its okay, but thanks! I think you can still have progression in the story with passive abilities or items (like the Eon Flute) that are given to you after beating a gym leader.

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    • HMs will probably never leave because they are roadblocks to a story. Hopefully they decrease
      I want the PWT back.
      Ice/Poison being buffed. Fairy to be debuffed (what was GF thinking tbh)
      Competitive abilities, which looks like then generation is doing

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  6. Tough question here: If you had to get rid of one type from the game, what would it be and why? (Please dont just say fairy because its the newest, like I wanna know a good reason)

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    • Honestly, ground (it has nothing to do with earthen though). Most of the grounds could be retyped to rock or steel, or could just drop the type altogether.

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    • Rock because honestly having both rock and ground is a little redundant and all rock pokemon could be considered ground but not all ground pokemon could be considered rock.

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          • Lol Its cool. Rockruff is a temp profile pic right now. I plan to change it later. Ice is still my all time favorite type.

          • Rock would be better if they worked harder to differentiate it from ground. When I was younger I didn’t even realize that there was a rock type. I thought rock and ground was the same exact thing. Their weak against almost all of the same things

          • I think it exists purely for that reason. Like, it encomapsses everything that cant be classified. Miltank, for instance, really doesnt fit anything. Its not a fighting, not a ground, not a fairy, etc.

          • That’s understandable. I couldn’t really see Miltank taking on any other type, yet it’s one of the few I can think of that can’t be retyped. Perhaps a name other than “Normal” would best fit the type’s diverse roster.

          • Im not saying I disagree with you not wanting normal type, but I do disagree that most of them can be retyped, they would have to create another basic type for them if their wasn’t normal

          • I saw that, I believe that they are one of those random you tubers that I don’t watch willingly, one of the clickbait-y ones

      • I disagree, I think there are some Pokemon such as ratata that, while I suppose they could be fighting or fairy(but I digress), make more sense not having a real element associated with them because they are elementally plain.

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          • (This is gonna sound like im attacking you but I promise Im not): What would you call it instead?

          • yeah but really, they are normal in a nutshell, so changing the name doesn’t change what they are, y’all said you didn’t like the name so i suggested another one, but you cant really change what they are

          • That’s a good question. If I had the option, I’d get rid of the type altogether. The thing about Normal-type Pokemon is that they aren’t normal. They don’t fit any of the other classifications so they have their own category. Perhaps a word synonymous for unique would best fit them.

          • yeah but in the pokemon world they are not unique, they are just there, normal, basic. Yes still amazing pokemon, but still normal.

          • True, I think it would be better if they didn’t tack it on to Pokemon with elemental types already(i.e. Flying types), but it is what it is.

          • IDK I can see them adding it to make that pokemon unique in typing, make it weak to fighting as a way to balance it, but its also given to some of the creatures that are based on animals (like heliolisk and pyroar in the new gen). Maybe thats what normal is, the “animal” type wihout actually saying “animal” since its in another universe.

          • that pretty much is what it is, with the exception of a few pokemon, I thought thats what most people knew it as but maybe thats just me

          • The problem is that they are inconsistent about it. There are plenty of animal designs that don’t have the normal typing such as the pikaclones, elemental equines, and the 2 fire type dog lines to name a few.

          • Yeah I think its for animals that dont have an element attached to them. Everything you named has an element. Some have two types. And then some of the animals that have an element and normal typing is probably for balance sake and maybe to justify movepools.

    • Fairy.

      Because it’s incredibly strong in its current state. I wouldn’t mind it being weakened slightly, another weakness and a couple of things that resist it.
      Also They were introduced to counter Dragon Types, but due to the extensive move pools of most dragon types, they just forced them to adapt their move sets slightly, causing fighting and dark to take the brunt of the fairy revolution. (Also they screw my favourite fighting type, Scrafty)

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    • I’d get rid of Rock. Not very many interesting designs, and those Pokemon could have Rock replaced with something else like Ground.

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  7. If we were to return to Kalos in the postgame of S/M, on a storytelling level, how would that tie into the story of Alola?

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  9. Going off of Rockcrawdaunts awesome question, I have one of my own. If you could add one type to game that is not already in it what would it be? (this is just a theoretical question so calm yourselves if you’re gunna rage)

    For me it would be sound type because there are already so many sound based moves and a lot of pokemon the have sound motifs like the Noivern line, Explode line, Chatot, Meloetta, Kricetune line, jigglypuff line, and chimecho line
    ohh and Audino

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    • Aw thanks! And yeah, id go with Cosmic/ space type. Give it to clefairy, deoxys, jirachi, beheeyem, etc. Itd work great. So many cool opportunities: a comet pokemon, an orbiting pokemon, more aliens, etc.

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        • It could be another actual nerf for dragons since they could arguably be based on dinosaurs and you know, meteors, and stuff.

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          • Lol i like them too, the problem isnt with their resistances and strengths, its that compared to other types (like bug) there are very few if any weak dragon lines.

          • They should make Dark and Fighting have something on Dragons like Dragon Super effective against Dark for thrives would sneak into Dragon lairs and be killed or escape with treasure and Fighters would be Knight like and Beat Dragons like that.

      • Psychic is already as Cosmic as we should get. Itd be pointless to add it in. It would just unbalance the game like fairies did.

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      • I agree with both types. They are the only ones that make sense, and there’s already a number of Pokémon and moves that can be classed as such. Sound and Cosmic would be a prefect finish to the type chart

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    • *trying to suppress sound type rage*
      Um… I think I would want a………………………. Uh……………. Nuclear type… I don’t know….. I’m fine with the types we have honestly.

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      • yeah thats fine, its just a question, I’m not saying I want it to happen because I don’t, I like the types we have now, but I think its a cool theoretical question….

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    • I honestly don’t think we need another type, and I have a really hard time with this. I would have to agree with you on sound, but still… I think it fits with the normal type…

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      • ok… once again… its just a question, I’m not saying I want it I was just hoping for some creative responses but thats cool

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        • Yea totally… I know it’s just for discussion, I was just saying it’s so hard to think of another type since we have basically everything. But sound is definitely a great idea!

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          • idk I can think of like 30 different theoretical types off the top of my head and reasons for all of them but I guess thats just me, thanks though

          • Light, Magic, Bird, Spirit, Multi (Kinda like the opposite of normal), Cyber/Tech, Virus, Mythic (a type for legendaries), Dream, Neutral, Plasma, Fossil, Air, Space, Mystery, etc

            Now obviously a lot of these types are very similar to types we already have, but that was the point of my question, to be creative.

          • Aight. Yeah you’ve got some copies of ghost, flying, psychic, electric, rock, etc. But dream type sounds cool. And a mythic type with either nothing special about it (to balance legendaries) or some great advantages (to make them really special for once) would be tight.

          • yeah some of them could be considered copies but at the same time not, like bird/flying and flying/air, yes a lot of flying types are birds but not all, bird would just be a specified version of flying for some pokemon, also flying=/=air because air is a separate thing, but as it is right now in the pokemon games flying=air 🙂

          • Yeah I’d like flying renamed to air, but having a bird type is kinda pointless since it would just make things complicated. More so than they need to be.

          • But that sort of typing is incredibly too specific. If that’s the case then we would need a “type” to reflect every animal. If there’s a bird type then we would have to have a rodent type, a fish, a cat type, etc. that’s not how these games operate and idk why you would wish to muddy the wwhole game up.

          • excuse me, but if you had any decency to actually read my other comments on the matter you would know that this is not something I want and am quite happy with the types that we currently have, so get it through your head already that this was a “just for fun” question and stop being so rude just because you feel like you need to have an opinion on everything to feel validated….

          • I did, I’m just saying that, while these are creative, it is hard to come up with a new type that is not encompassed by another type, which I’m sure is what Pokemania88 was saying.

          • yeah but I wasn’t asking for a new type that was totally unique or not already infringing on another type that already exists, so it really doesn’t matter if they are redundant or not, it was just supposed to be a creative fun question

          • I like almost all of them I think fossil could be a type that would replace Rock for the Fossils!

            Mine would be Celestial, Magnetic, Crystal, Light, Beast.

          • Light and sound will never make sense as Pokemon types. What’s next? a time type? All things on earth produce sound, light, and time. These are not elements

          • I always say Cyber type would make more sense than a sound type.

            A celestial type would make sense too seeing as there are so many Pokemon already with strong connections and references to outter space

    • I’ve always been a person that doesn’t like to add new typings, but I can agree with you that Sound type makes sense 🙂 It’s one of the only ‘new type ideas’ I can get behind

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    • Maybe a King type for more Regal Pokemon and Crystal type is a good one for some rock types and Fossil you mentioned earlier would be good for Fossils like Omanyite Fossil/Water, Aerodactyl Fossil/Flying, ect.

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    • Jesus Christ I hate when people make this suggestion. Sound is not an element people. It’s not an element, it’s not a classification, it’s not a cultural phenomenon. If there were be a sound type, would EVERY Pokemon fall under this category? Seeing as how pretty much everything that has mass on earth typically generates sound.. Not to mention that sound doesn’t even exist in most environments outside of earth.. There’s no sound in space, would a sound type be able to exist there? The whole idea just doesn’t make any sense when you think about what sound really even is.

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      • I’m well aware of all the things you just said but really, whats your point? dragons are not an element, fairies are not an element, not all the types are elements…. see this is what I was talking about yesterday when I said people didn’t understand my “just for fun” question, I don’t think there will ever be a sound type, or a light type, that wasn’t the point, it was just a fun question and for you to be so rude about it isn’t necessary so why don’t you go bother someone who cares

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  11. Here’s another question(because we seem to be in a Q&A mood today): If you could remove one FEATURE from Pokemon what would it be?

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  12. *sighs* I wasn’t aware that trying to be creative was such a foreign concept in the jungle, or that it had rules but cool… (╥_╥) bye

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      • no you both were fine, i just feel like no one really understood my question and took it as a chance to explain why we don’t need something rather that just have it be a fun discussion :/ I’m not offended or alienated I just feel like people didn’t understand what I was trying to say and I don’t know how to fix that

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        • To be really nitpicky, the difference in our questions was I said “if you HAD to remove a type” and you said “if you COULD add a type.” Only one of ours will get a “we dont need” response.

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          • Amazing how a simple word change can elicit different responses. I dont think anyone meant to attack you, and Im not saying you were being dramatic, the internet just calls for very specific wording.

        • Well if you weren’t actually feeling offended or alienated and you just felt like no one understood your question, please don’t leave dramatic comments that make everyone feel bad.

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          • I wasn’t feeling alienated or offended, but it still didn’t make me feel very good… and my comment wasn’t dramatic, this is the internet you can never tell what the emotion is behind someones comment, but it certainly wasn’t meant to be dramatic. That is all.

          • Okay dude, I really don’t want to continue to argue with you and I’m not here to hurt people’s feelings because I’m not a horrible person. I hate the feeling that I hurt someone’s feelings and the feeling that someone is angry at me. I’m just here to discuss a video game series that I love and if you have a problem with the fact that I will not agree with everything and think everything is a good idea disqus makes it very easy for you to block me.

    • Dude, when you put something on the internet, people will critique it. You have to be able to counter theirs. Its all constructive here, we’re all fans of the same game. And we all have different parts of this game we find fun or annoying. You had some good points and questions. Sorry you got upset. I tried to be casual about the discussion.

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      • no Rock you were fine, its all fine I just don’t think people understood my question. However, imo constructive criticism is not telling people what is bad about something, but rather telling people whats good about something and encouraging them to expand upon that, thats the canadian way at least, and I find it builds better results and finished products then only focusing on the bad or wrong

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        • Okay cool. I can definitely see that. For me, constructive criticism is nicely speaking of the negative in order to improve. Its not insulting or berating someone excessively, but pointing out the bad in a gentle way while hopefully also praising the good.

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          • eh, unfortunately most people tend to only focus on the negatives and never mention the positives

          • its fine, I don’t imagine it will happen again, I don’t think I will be coming back for a very long time because it seems people are not pleased with what I have to say, (and again I do not mean you)

          • Aw, that’s quitter talk, don’t let the bad eggxecute ruin the good omelet you have~ We like you here, is a question worth leaving over? We can’t stop you, but we will miss you, the good eggs will miss you~

          • its not this question, I’ve been thinking of leaving for a few months now because there is just too much negativity sometimes and it stresses me out so much so that I cant breathe, and yes I have tried to ignore it but, really I think I will just be reading the articles occasionally and thats it

          • Bummer dude. Sorry to see you go. I liked the question and while that doesnt really help much, you’ve always been really positive on here and I liked seeing your comments.

          • Well, if it makes you happy, do it, don’t let us stop you, it’s really your choice in the end, i am just saying it might be possible to fix your misunderstandings here, but please, you have a whole life ahead of you, don’t let us stop you.

          • I’m on that same boat. I’ll have to see how things go. I might wait out until release date, but yeah

          • Aww I feel people are leaving for the same reasons and I feel responsible I’m sorry to all who I offend!

          • Oh it’s not you haha you’re far from the reason. You’ve been nothing but kind to me so no worries haha

          • I’m really sorry, but please don’t leave over one thing.
            It was something I did awhile ago, and I sort of regret that I wasn’t around during that time. I really missed the Jungle.

          • I will miss you buddy I might not agree with you always but your fun to have I’m with you on the Fairy train!

        • Constructive well criticism is never pointing out the good, that’s praise. Constructive criticism, which I will not claim to always make, is criticism that points out the bad to help the criticized change for the better.

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        • You’re gonna have a hard time finding positive people if you leave arguments instead of love with your responses, deer. Try this idea: “I will respect the opinions of others, but understand and evaluate them at least once in my own mind.” Try on their ideas, see it from their perspective, you may find your ideas shifting towards more friendships and less haters or distasteful discussions. I am merely offering a new perspective myself, so if you need to, ignore it, no hard feelings, i am just here to help~

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          • ok, I wasn’t arguing with anyone though… I respect peoples opinions I was just hoping for an actual response to my question instead of getting the “we don’t need it” response, but its fine

          • honestly don’t know how I became the bad guy all of a sudden, all I ever do on this site is try to challenge hate for the things people usually hate on (like the fairy type, normal types, change of any kind, megas, people picking on people for what they like) but ya know, if thats how people are starting to see me then its definitely time to leave

          • You’re not the bad guy tho D: And I really like that you do that.
            The reason I left my response was cause I had no ideas as well as the fact it’s something I don’t think should happen.
            I knew I couldn’t contribute wholly to the discussion, but I still wanted to, you know?
            Please don’t leave over something like this, please D:

          • I wasn’t here for the whole ordeal, but i’ve been here long enough to know you don’t have to feel targeted, if someone is troubling you, speak up, or work it out with them, i made friends before just listening to people, whether they agreed or not with me. I am listening wholeheartedly here, you speak your mind and don’t be shy, deer~

  14. Been thinking about this third legendary, Marshadow.
    If it maintains the same pattern as Solgaleo and Lunala, I expect it to be Psychic/Dark due to the “shadow” in its name. If not, I’d like to see it be Ghost/Water or Dark/Water, seeing as the “mar” in its name could signify a body of water. It’d likely represent the rising/falling tides and/or eclipses.

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  17. I still need more info, I swear we better get some kind of living tiki
    And a specially defensive fire type, and my Yetis
    But most importantly MY FREAKING GROUND/FIGHTING TYPE

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  20. Want to know what grinds my gears How Their is only One Pure Flying type I mean Normal/Flying is by far the most useless dual type make them Pure Flying I mean they are typical birds but normal serves no purpose make them Flying!

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      • Oh but it still there are way too many i mean yes some should be for being very basic but why not make more pure flying it just makes flying completely useless as a type for having almost none that are pure of it

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        • Because when you actually think about it half the time they’re just creatures who just happen to fly, namely all of them, the creature = Primary Type be it most commonly Normal which is mammalian or in this case avian then just the ability to fly
          Pure flying just isn’t plausible like other types, unless it’s pure wind it will always have a primary base

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          • Agreed. There’s plenty logic behind most of the avian pokes being normal/flying , however to please fans and to increase competitive play, there should be more unique designs created to be pure flying. Not everything that flys has to be a bird, it could be more abstract like a Pokemon that is the personification of wind.

          • True at the moment I think Swablu should be Flying it looks almost exactly like a baby cloud

    • Because Flying cannot purely exist without a base
      Tornadus being a Wind Elemental is a perfect example
      Flying is always secondary type unless it was pure flight I.E. a Wind Elemental, but even with that it always has a type that makes up the creature then flight

      The only other exception is Noivern and Noibat as the only primary dual typed flying type being Flying/Dragon, but I give it a half-pass since Noivern has to do with sounds and wind with very little draconian influence, even that it still could’ve easily been a Dragon/Flying type

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    • All it does is make them neutral to fighting type attacks, which is super unfortunate because the regional birds are usually frail in the defense department

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  22. Day two of the Pokemon train trip and it was a heatwave as hot as being on a frying pan or Sun Tanning on the beach,all of the gamers were trying to fan themselves off on a very hot day like this,even the train was sweating.

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  24. My Pokemon go keeps telling me that I’m throwing curveballs when I clearly am not. Now I have zero pokeballs and a stupid goldeen fled from me. I’m so irritated

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    • I think holding the Pokeball square and center (which is hard) does the trick. It’s finicky enough that holding the side of it causes it to think you’re spinning it if you twitch in either side.

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    • Yeah same here, I found if I hold the pokeball for a couple of seconds and swipe. It’s not 100%; my brother compiled some data. The results were that the 2-3 second holds yielded about 78-83% success (pre-Razz Berry) and 69-76% success (post-Razz Berry).

      We noticed that post-Razz Berries, the balls tend to want to curve more. We also did the data based on Pidgeys (most abundant where we live) with CPs between ~100-150.

      If there’s anything else we can do to improve, please let me know. My brother works with me haha he programs a 3D program for the lab to view proteins, nucleic acids, etc. in, well, 3D,but I digress

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        • To also do, the reason for the low percentages was because of either missing, due to curving, or the pokemon popped out. Just remember that this data only corresponds to my brother, my wife, and I and doesn’t not represent the whole population. I would need a much MUCH larger sample size for that haha

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  25. Do you guys think HMs will return? Or better question: Do you think //all// the HMs will return? The biggest argument I’ve seen for keeping them is that they provide roadblocks, but as we’ve seen we have literal roadblocks now (refresh for image). I personally think they could nix all of them while only keeping the necessary ones like Surf, Fly, and Waterfall as TMs (l mean Sweet Scent and Dig are out-of-battle moves but aren’t HMs). And even then, Soar could replace Fly, and Surfing and Waterfall can be replaced by having certain ridable Pokemon in areas where they’re needed.

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