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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WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THAT THE GUY WITH MEGA GARCHOMP HAD A RHYPERIOR
yeah and Charizard beat him easily maybe cuz of that they didn’t tell yah.
That fight was fixed
I will choose Byron ……..his eyes actually reflect what Canalave ppl r suffering from ..I mean the insomnia due to the mighty Darkrai ,I remember they show this in anime.
-Canalave city is very unique in Sinnoh the bridge, library with amazing mythical stories ….and of course the conflict between 2 amazing legendaries Darkrai and Cresselia.
* Canalave gym is awesome in the anime.
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/Canalave_Gym_anime.png
If I were to own a gym it would be an underground pit with a bowl shaped arena
The field would be only sand and dirt allowing my Ground types to freely burrow underground and attack from underneath
A trainer must overcome my total control of the battlefield to earn the Terrain Badge
Alright, my favorite region’s gym leaders! 😀 <3
While I love every one of them, really I do, my fave is definitely Volkner. I love his design and his personality, as I can definitely relate to having nothing to do since nothing comes by that challenges you.
However, runner ups are Candice, Fantine, and Maylene ^^
I mean, I knew volkner was popular, but I didn’t realize he was THAT popular haha. But I loved his simple, but song and almost haunting story
Yeah same ‘:o
Guys the reason Volkner is depressed is because he just played XY.
Byron is Roark’s dad? Was it a teen pregnancy??
That was what I thought haha
He’s adopted. Not canon
To those afraid there won’t be a league in Alola, the backpacker in XY mentions a champion, so there’s that at the very least.
Byron is in fifth place. ? ?
The best is in first though, so it’s good. >:)
Also Gardenia is named after the flower. Not just Garden
Also Roark’s badge is the Coal Badge, not the Coal Badg 😀
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Volkner curbstomp!! Yes! Electric types ⚡⚡
Fantina is bae.
Ewwww I will do it if I must, but I don’t feel anything from most of these lameos!!!
But granted these gym leaders were probably if not THE hardest batch of gym leaders (in platinum). I lose to over half of them every rerun of the game
Roark: 2/8 Ew get a personality. But you are actually a hard gym leader Cranidos has 125 attack
Gardenia 3/8: Still very boring But is actually hard too, I often lose to her
Fantina 5/8: Love the unique origin and also gives me trouble, I usually lose to her
Maylene 4/8: I love her design for some reason. She’s just so cute, but it doesn’t help cure her bland. I lose to her like everytime
Wake 6/8: Love his excitement It’s just so overwhelming and I just get excited battling him
Byron 1/8: Son gets blandness from somewhere I guess, Never any challenge with guy AND uses the worse of the sinnoh fossils. Just so gross.
Candice 7/8: A smiling person that wears shorts in cold weather and ice trainer, AMAZING. she’s definitely one of the coolest leaders here. And she’s hard if not prepped correctly
Volkner 8/8: Personality, yes. Cool type, yes. The rude archetype that people adore, yes. This guy is just so cool. Decent difficult, yes. He definitely is amazing.
TL:DR Im voting Volkner
Also why are we showing DP teams and not Platinum teams? the Platinum teams were the better ones
Also Badge is misspelled under Roark entry
What were the gym leader differences in Pt? I’ve never played gen 4
hmm, finally the top comment isn’t about the hot gym leader? thats nice
I personally think the sinnoh gym leaders are a lot better than previous gens. They aren’t as bland and have interesting personalities.
Volkner is easily the best one. I like his design, Friendship with flint, and his portrayal in the anime
WHY IS BYRON IN SIXTH THE OTHERS ARE MEH