Thread: Gym Leader/Elite 4/Champion Discussion

Keep surprise he's from a region we all know about, keep a surprise when Game Freak has been incredibly transparent when making reference to an old game, keep a surprise when all these trainers are appearing in the World Tournament, probably without a Kyushu dialect...

Originally Posted by Gym Leader Byron

I don't find Flaaffy awful, but Flaaffy has pretty poor/middling speed. How will her famous "Volt Switch" strategy work? She was the most annoying and challenging Gym Leader with an actual strategy in the game. But, the main reason it worked so well was because Emolga and Zebstrika are both fast Pokemon. Flaaffy doesn't have such awesome speed, so do you think it will be axed for a more defensive strategy, there's Cotton Guard, Attract, and Cotton Spore I guess, but still.

Flaaffy also has Static as an ability, IIRC. Punch him once earns the player a 30% chance of paralysis.

Drayden got dropped to 7th and Shizui is now at 8th? Should've been the other way 'round.

Burgh just switched Whirlipede with Swadloon. That's it. :/

That's a little disappointing. I thought maybe he could've had a Bug-type Pokemon from one of the previous generations.

Looks disappointing so far.

Wheres Miltank when you need her? :/

Not impressed by Burgh's lack of non-Unova pokemon. Swadloon and Leavanny is just dire aswell. You can kill 2/3 of his team with Ember or Peck.

Burgh could've had Beedrill or Vespiquen (even though it's female) to go with his honeycomb-themed gym...assuming it hasn't changed from B/W. Either of them could put up a decent fight. Bug-type Pokemon have huge weaknesses though, so they aren't very challenging to begin with. But why on earth does he have Swadloon AND Leavanny now?

Elesa's team: Emolga Lv.28, Flaaffy Lv.28, Zebstrika Lv.30. All female.

Burgh's team is stupid. At least there's a pretty significant level jump from him to Elesa.

Just like everyone else, I'm a bit disappointed by Burgh's 'new' team. Was a Heracross too much to ask?

EDIT: Well, at least they raised his levels by two.

Clay's Team: Level 31 Krokorok, Level 31 Sandslash, Level 33 Excadrill

I had a feeling that he would use Sandslash to complement Excadrill. I'm glad because I've been meaning to use it myself.

Well, at least Clay has one pre-Gen V Pokemon.

EDIT: Clay's entire team is male. Just like in BW.