>Gym Leaders have to adjust their Pokemon teams to meet the skill of the challenger Why was this piece of "lore" so celebrated? I hate it. Gym Leaders are supposed to be a challenge for trainers to overcome. They shouldn't be bended their knees to every challenger that works into the door.
The levels in the game are just reflection of the skill level of trainers. Brock's mons are the weakest because Brock is the weakest.
Not that it matters, because it's clearly not canon. You can skip Brawly in Emerald until you have 3 other badges- his team doesnt change. This has never truly been canon in any case other than BW2
>This has never truly been canon in any case other than BW2 How do you explain gym leader rematches in other games? then
Cooper Price
they train and get stronger? it's literally shown in the emerald rematches that they progressively train and get stronger and keep challenging you, and a lot of the time before a rematch a gym leader says "hey i've gotten stronger let's see how i compare to you now"
Adrian Allen
So now every kid starting with their low level shitmon now has no choice but to face a full 6 Pokemon team at level 50+ to participate in the league?
Adam Scott
>identical to the last one
Zachary Williams
That kid would be losing if they brought a low levelled shitmon anyway. Levels don't actually exist in lore either, they're just an abstraction of progress or to make a point (such as Janine having lower levels to show she's new - btw, yet another example that shows gym leaders just use their full team when they fight).
Gavin Turner
The world of pokemon has a battling culture. It's expected for there to be different levels of difficulty to encourage growth. Think of it like tests in school. You wouldn't give a 5th grader a test on differential equations.
Wyatt Morales
I find it hard to believe the strongest trainer in Violet City only has a Pidgey and a Pidgeotto, specially since he said he inherited his Pokemon from his father. So his father only had 2 low level shitmons?
Xavier Edwards
Imagine being mad at lore that actually makes sense and explains something for once in this shitheap of a franchise's existence.
Carson Campbell
Most trainers only carry 2 or 3 pokemon on them max, so sure it makes sense
Thomas Collins
>strongest trainer in violet city uses birds >because that allows him to have defeated the elder, the other strongest trainer, even if he's not necessarily super powerful Holy SOUL johtoCHADS stand with gymCHAD, realteamfags need not apply
William Parker
So this dude was a gym leader, one of the best trainers around, for years before passing his Pokemon to his son and only had level 7 and level 9 shitmons?
Joshua Ross
Nah, not all of them do this. Take the electric gym from Sinnoh.
Brody Cook
Levels don't actually exist as anything other than abstractions for player progress Why are you refusing to engage with that point? It's even shown in the very game you're talking about, how did Blue's Pokemon suddenly drop in level between RBY and GSC?
Parker Cooper
Even if levels don't exist you can't explain how a man's years worth of battling and training Pokemon only led to a Pidgey and Pidgeotto
Isaiah Wilson
I just realized that I don't remember any gyms from Sinnoh. Holy shit, what a grabage region.
Chase Bennett
Do you think Brock has 100 Onixes in his PC so that he can match any trainer's level?
Zachary Diaz
yes
Matthew Johnson
Naw he only needs like 10 tops.
Dominic Davis
Because that's just how training...works? This guy is from Victory Road, canonically has to be one of the most powerful trainers in the region, and yet he has a bunch of unevolved shitmons and one fully evo'd one. Trainers carrying around evolved mons is relatively rare, multiple evolved mons sometimes even rarer. Falkner's dad could also have just been weak by leader standards. Training is hard, strength is relative, levels are abstract. What may look like a "level 9 shitmon" to us could be much stronger by lore.
>fucks up and throws out his level 100 Steelix against some kid's level 4 pidgey
Austin Stewart
No, wait, I think I remember the girl with orange and black hair. She was a grass-type gym leader, right? So you might say that's one.
Andrew Brooks
I'm pretty sure even in the Kanto victory road the majority of Pokemon the Trainers used were fully evolved, or would have required them to trade to evolve.
Literally looking at the Gen 1 list we have: 18 fully evolved Pokemon (for the time, Chansey is on the list) 11 NFE's, two of which are first stage out of three and four of which require trading to evolve (iffy but feels worth pointing out, NPC's have had trade evos before but it might be a consideration that they got the Victory Road solo instead of having assistance).
And then in LGPE which should be considered for being the most up to date media we have 32 fully evolved Pokemon (Onix and Golbat can't evolve in LGPE) 1 NFE (Dragonair)
So yeah clearly VR trainers still have more fully evolved Pokemon than literal stage 1 shitmons. Kind of embarrassing that they still have 11 NFE's in Gen 1 and added more in Gen 3, but they clearly still wanted to show the trainers there were above the average jobbers on routes. Super jobbers.
Brayden Hall
>be born in sootopolis >can't fly because no badges >can't surf or dive because no badges >only pokemon available are some fish and in a cave you're not allowed to enter >home of the 8th gym, water type too ah ggs should have been born elsewhere
Jack Harris
Yeah, but that's why I used Victory Road. Every single trainer in Kanto's Victory Road by definition has to be stronger than the Kanto gyms, they're probably going to be way stronger than Faulkner and his dad. The argument isn't "even VR trainers have evolved Pokemon" it's "even VR trainers have unevolved Pokemon, so a gym leader having unevolved shitmons isn't really surprising".
Nathan Watson
Bro, there are transport vehicles in the anime. You don't need Pokemon to do everything for you, just cash.
Leo Hill
>retards are actually responding to the same ass bait thread RETARDSSS
Because what counts as a challenge to an adult and a 10 year old is not the same thing, you orphanage reject. If you have one, consider using your brain before asking retarded questions next time.
