My favorite gym leader is purely nostalgic for me. It's Sabrina ofc, the episodes meeting Abra and learning her lore has stuck with me for 20 plus years
Yup you can’t beat the nostalgia you get from the og gym leaders. I remember like it was yesterday playing pokemon yellow and overleveling pikachu so I can brute force kill Brock’s onyx with quick attack because I didn’t want to level a water/grass pokemon.
For me the best gym leader is Clay from Unova, playing through the game and seeing him being usefull by helping fight team Plasma, and even helping you get to N with the other gym leaders after the elite 4 is what makes him my favorite (and also i like his cowboy hat) Also his daughter is cute
One of my favorite gym leaders has to be Sabrina, but I also think Koga can be an underrated one. His design is cool and all the trick rooms in the anime were hilarious!
Definitely Blue (or Gary Oak from the tv Show), and for a number of reasons! 1st of all, seeing as the gold and silver were a continuation of the the red and blue storyline, being able to return to Kanto region was quite a big surprise, and when you finally reach Veridian City Gym... well one would wonder who would be the gym leader since Giovanni was taken out from being behind the criminal organization known as Team Rocket. Imagine my surprise to see that "Smell ya later" brat as your final gym leader. The nostalgia from losing to him again and again back in the pokemon league from the previous games was still fresh so it came as a nice surprise to be able to beat him again. Plus, back in the day, you were so used to each gym leader committing to a certain type, that reaching Veridian City in pokemon gold was a breath of fresh air. one last opponent, a nostalgic one and one who does not abide by the rules (aside the true final boss: Red)
Honestly, my favorite has to be Elesa. My main reason is because of her relationship with Bianca, helping Biance by giving her the confidence to tell her dad that she can be a pokemon trainer. But all the Unova gym leaders are goated. Larry is a new favorite of mine, mainly for his vibe and aesthetic, the idea of a normal gym leader being a tired business man is such a flavor win tbh.
My favorite has to be Blaine. The high energy back and forth between Magmar and Charizard was massive for my brother and I. Plus, the dude fights over lava.
I would say with Sabrina . Psychic types were so overpowered back then. Her Gym with its teleporting puzzle, really felt like a mind-bending challenge. Plus facing her Alakazam was no joke it was fast, powerful, and could sweep teams if you weren’t prepared you should make her deck next
Favorite gym leader is Clay. In both B/W and B2/W2 he's just such a cool personality and is actually involved with the affairs of his city, which was a cool theme with the gen 5 gym leaders. Also his character design is just awesome with that hat and those pants.
For me, my favorite gym is actually Misty. She’s a fun character with nice interactions with her co-leads and some of the characters of the week, especially when she’s showing compassion for younger siblings.
Got a deck for you. Been having some fun with it… it can hit fast and it can annoying. Have made Mewtwo Ex decks rage quit when they couldn’t do anything. It is: 2 Articuno Ex 2 Omanyte 2 Omastar 2 Helix Fossils 2 Misty 2 Professor Research 2 Potion 2 Sabrina 2 X Speeds 2 Poke Ball (could swap out 1 for Giovanni or Red Card or something else like Lapras Ex).
Iono has a fantastic use of terastallization. Brassius is a close second on that regard, but no other gym leader is as creative Gameplay wise as Iono is
My favorite is Morty from gold/silver. I always liked ghost pokemon and it was nice to see a gym leader at an early stage of the game. Plus I believe that’s where you got shadow ball from as a tm reward and I always felt like that was a great ghost move
For me, my favorite gym leader is actually Raihan. I love double battles, way more than singles, and he was the first gym leader that double battled using strategy, unlike Tate and Lisa.
I love Koga. His battle in the first generation games was cool, his battle in the anime was also very interesting, and the guy was cool enough to be promoted to Elite Four member on generation 2. Koga is sick 😎
Its Brock for sure. Non-stop certificated lover boy, full time parent of his 9 brothers and sisters + first gym leader of Kanto and Ashs first (actually second) best friend. A true definition of a man.
Favorite gym leader is Brock. He represented a real challange back in Pokemon Yellow. Without internet or any guide, trying to beat him with non effective attacks was a nightmare.
my favorite gym leader is a tie between Elesa and Skyla, I love their designs and the interactions with them in pokemon Black and White are great, Skyla saw an Injured Pokemon at Celestial Tower when she was flying her Cargo plane and went to help it, and Elesa is one of the Many gym leaders that help Bianca figure out her pathing by helping Bianca convince her father to allow her to continue her journey with her Pokemon. The Black and White Gym Leaders are all Cool though if I'm Honest.
For me, my favorite gym leader in anime is Sabrina. I'm a long time fan of the Alakazam line. Pokemon Crystal was the first game that was introduced to me, I'd say in that game, my favorite is Bugsy. I love Scyther and love it even more when I forst saw Scizor.
my favourite is jasmine from 2nd gen. she looks like a frail gentle girl but then uses steel type pokemon, steelix in particular which is pretty menacing to look at, lol
Favorite Gym leader? Blane!! That fight between Magmar and Charizard was epic. And now here Blane deck is very capable as well... rushing enemies in 2nd turn onwards
My favourite Gym leader has to be Claire. Yeah she's kind of a crybaby after you beat her but I think the Dragon's den is a cool way to add more of her typing into the world. Her Kingdra is a menace and her design is also 10/10. If we're only counting Kanto it's Brock because of his legendary quotes like "A frying pan becomes a drying pan". Thanks for the vid ❤ Love trying these decks out!
My favourite gym leader is Flannery. Loved fire Pokémon a bunch growing up and her strategy was difficult to face growing up. Super iconic location and time of the game for me
Favorite gym leader is Sabrina or Koga, also the game where you got no professors with little cards in the deck left was tragic. Similar things happen to me too where I don’t get my full evo cards
Favorite would be sabrina, I love using a deck themed around her in ptcg too, snorlax and alakazam. Snorlax might seem strange but I’m pretty sure her was in her colosseum team.
Sabrina hands down. Watched the show as a kid and I always wanted to have her pokemon as my own team. Pretty sure alot of people feel the same tho haha. Love the vids, keep doing you.
Oh its deffo gotta be Morty. As a ghost fan since gen 1 seeing a ghost gym get some representation was peek. Second favourite is Ryme because they combined ghosts and hip hop and when you combine my favourite stuff magic happens!
My favorite gym leader is Steven Stone!! His blue hair is as iconic as his stacked team. METAGROSS is one of the most badass pokemon ever made! The most unique suedo legendary! Hoenn has some of the most unique pokemon ever made! Claydol, Cradily and Armaldo being the best examples of how unique the pokemon are in Hoenn! I would be remiss if I didn’t mention his backup steel monster; Aggron! His team is full of weird looking but intimidating pokemon that has stuck with me for years! Love the content and keep it upppp
Sabrina has always been my favorite. Introducing Psychic and ghost Pokémon was amazing as a kid. Plus Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar are just the best. Can you try and build a Viridian Forrest deck?
Never was a big pokemon fan but giovani is my fav gym leader because of his cool leader type role in the anime and his variant is also my fav card in the game.
Im a fan of Lt. Surge! He’s one of a few references that links the Pokemon world to our world in the original games, plus I’m a big fan of electric Pokemon
So mine is off the wall a bit but my favorite gym leader is Winona from gen 3. Sapphire was my first game and I still have nightmares from her Altaria with Dragon dance and earthquake. It was BRUTAL
My favorite gym leader has to be misty, as a kid playing pokemon for the first time that’s where I always got stuck and the music haunts me. Side note that should also be who you do next if you continue the series!
Koga is awesome. Love his style, his type of choice (Poison all day BOI) i loved him in adventures, I love using Koga themed decks in Pocket, and I love that he was so cool he got a promotion in gen 2.
Favourite gym leader gotta be Brock he’s the first gym leader I was ever introduced to and it’s purely nostalgic for me also love the fact he joins the crew after and becomes like a mentor to Ash.
I always have two Sabrina in my deck. I do not put Giovanni anymore because most of the time +10 attacks just do nothing. I would rather put one more professor or pokeball if I have space.
My favorite gym leader is Clair. She was so hard to beat back then and i loved the challenge. If i was a trainer myself i would try to get a Dragonite as well.
My favorite is Brock, I started in the OG red and blue days. He was a hard nut to crack for a little kid and his Charmander...Not to mention he was clutch in the anime!!
My favorite leader is Jasmine from gen 2! She is this cute girl with an Ampharos, come to find out she is tough as nails with the Steel team! Very cool
LMAO no shot you pulled that off in the try-hard event. Also maybe just use Mewtwo regular instead in the deck and save one point, its used purely as a tank in the Blastoise Mewtwo deck already (which is borderline winnable even in tournaments). Which also mean you don't have to run psychic energy as well. Also that Pikachu Ex deck almost wining even after AFK for three turns is crazy. Insane high-roll deck. (Though Starmie, Articuno, Marowak in the meta are also all possible 4 turn kills?)
Roark is definitely my favorite cause his gym was the first I battled. I remember how great it felt when I got my first gym badge from him. I'm definitely making a deck based on his team❤️🔥
My favorite Pokemon trainer must be Brock. Loved him in the anime, had always the coolest Pokemon. Vulpix, Sudowoodo, Ludicolo, Pineco, Mudkip. Also love using him in TCG Pocket with Onyx.
I’ve noticed a lot of weird decks the past day or two in the event. I’ve been going in with off-meta/fun/troll decks and I have seen some of the strangest decks imaginable. Some meta ones sprinkled in. As a side note, if you get mad because of bad RNG, draws, coin flips, matchup, or are going to lose, etc… please just concede if you don’t want to finish the match. The rage quit disconnect and making me sit there for several minutes is really rude.
The only thing about dual energy decks is that it adds to the already massive amount of RNG in the game. This is why dual energy decks are not as popular. instead of just having card RNG, coin RNG, you have energy RNG. Certain cards can slightly counter act this but not enough to be consistent . Too bad there is not currently a way for dual energy decks to be more consistent.
My favorite gym leader is purely nostalgic for me. It's Sabrina ofc, the episodes meeting Abra and learning her lore has stuck with me for 20 plus years
Yes 💪🏽 Same favorite 🔥
Yup you can’t beat the nostalgia you get from the og gym leaders. I remember like it was yesterday playing pokemon yellow and overleveling pikachu so I can brute force kill Brock’s onyx with quick attack because I didn’t want to level a water/grass pokemon.
For me the best gym leader is Clay from Unova, playing through the game and seeing him being usefull by helping fight team Plasma, and even helping you get to N with the other gym leaders after the elite 4 is what makes him my favorite (and also i like his cowboy hat)
Also his daughter is cute
Favorite leader has to be Blue for me. Finding out he was the gym leader for Viridian City in the Gen 2 games was so hype.
One of my favorite gym leaders has to be Sabrina, but I also think Koga can be an underrated one. His design is cool and all the trick rooms in the anime were hilarious!
Definitely Blue (or Gary Oak from the tv Show), and for a number of reasons!
1st of all, seeing as the gold and silver were a continuation of the the red and blue storyline, being able to return to Kanto region was quite a big surprise, and when you finally reach Veridian City Gym... well one would wonder who would be the gym leader since Giovanni was taken out from being behind the criminal organization known as Team Rocket. Imagine my surprise to see that "Smell ya later" brat as your final gym leader. The nostalgia from losing to him again and again back in the pokemon league from the previous games was still fresh so it came as a nice surprise to be able to beat him again.
Plus, back in the day, you were so used to each gym leader committing to a certain type, that reaching Veridian City in pokemon gold was a breath of fresh air. one last opponent, a nostalgic one and one who does not abide by the rules (aside the true final boss: Red)
Honestly, my favorite has to be Elesa. My main reason is because of her relationship with Bianca, helping Biance by giving her the confidence to tell her dad that she can be a pokemon trainer. But all the Unova gym leaders are goated.
Larry is a new favorite of mine, mainly for his vibe and aesthetic, the idea of a normal gym leader being a tired business man is such a flavor win tbh.
My favorite Gym Leader has to be Giovanni himself he has always had the clean intros and the twist of him being team Rocket's leader is great
sabrina here for the physic and ghost type. she was the first trainer introduced to me when i was younger and has stuck with me.
My favorite has to be Blaine. The high energy back and forth between Magmar and Charizard was massive for my brother and I. Plus, the dude fights over lava.
I would say with Sabrina . Psychic types were so overpowered back then. Her Gym with its teleporting puzzle, really felt like a mind-bending challenge. Plus facing her Alakazam was no joke it was fast, powerful, and could sweep teams if you weren’t prepared you should make her deck next
Favorite gym leader is Clay. In both B/W and B2/W2 he's just such a cool personality and is actually involved with the affairs of his city, which was a cool theme with the gen 5 gym leaders. Also his character design is just awesome with that hat and those pants.
I've been running the weezing/golem deck that you did a video on and have been having a blast. Keep up the great content
For me, my favorite gym is actually Misty. She’s a fun character with nice interactions with her co-leads and some of the characters of the week, especially when she’s showing compassion for younger siblings.
Got a deck for you. Been having some fun with it… it can hit fast and it can annoying. Have made Mewtwo Ex decks rage quit when they couldn’t do anything. It is:
2 Articuno Ex
2 Omanyte
2 Omastar
2 Helix Fossils
2 Misty
2 Professor Research
2 Potion
2 Sabrina
2 X Speeds
2 Poke Ball (could swap out 1 for Giovanni or Red Card or something else like Lapras Ex).
Iono has a fantastic use of terastallization. Brassius is a close second on that regard, but no other gym leader is as creative Gameplay wise as Iono is
A game mode where you play with a selection of a different preset trainer decks would be fun, especially with rewards for winning with certain decks
I think my favorite is Roark. Was the first gym fight I ever watched and Ash’s way of using Turtwig to take out Rampardos was cool to young me :)
My favorite is Morty from gold/silver. I always liked ghost pokemon and it was nice to see a gym leader at an early stage of the game. Plus I believe that’s where you got shadow ball from as a tm reward and I always felt like that was a great ghost move
My favourite is Brock for the memes and nostalgia. Him using a pan in the rain and calling an onigiri a doughnut lol
For me, my favorite gym leader is actually Raihan. I love double battles, way more than singles, and he was the first gym leader that double battled using strategy, unlike Tate and Lisa.
I love Koga. His battle in the first generation games was cool, his battle in the anime was also very interesting, and the guy was cool enough to be promoted to Elite Four member on generation 2. Koga is sick 😎
Its Brock for sure. Non-stop certificated lover boy, full time parent of his 9 brothers and sisters + first gym leader of Kanto and Ashs first (actually second) best friend. A true definition of a man.
Favorite gym leader is Brock. He represented a real challange back in Pokemon Yellow. Without internet or any guide, trying to beat him with non effective attacks was a nightmare.
my favorite gym leader is a tie between Elesa and Skyla, I love their designs and the interactions with them in pokemon Black and White are great, Skyla saw an Injured Pokemon at Celestial Tower when she was flying her Cargo plane and went to help it, and Elesa is one of the Many gym leaders that help Bianca figure out her pathing by helping Bianca convince her father to allow her to continue her journey with her Pokemon. The Black and White Gym Leaders are all Cool though if I'm Honest.
For me, my favorite gym leader in anime is Sabrina. I'm a long time fan of the Alakazam line.
Pokemon Crystal was the first game that was introduced to me, I'd say in that game, my favorite is Bugsy. I love Scyther and love it even more when I forst saw Scizor.
Favorite gym leader is probably Brock due to how iconic he is in the anime especially with the frying pan scene
my favourite is jasmine from 2nd gen. she looks like a frail gentle girl but then uses steel type pokemon, steelix in particular which is pretty menacing to look at, lol
Favorite Gym leader? Blane!! That fight between Magmar and Charizard was epic. And now here Blane deck is very capable as well... rushing enemies in 2nd turn onwards
My favourite Gym leader has to be Claire. Yeah she's kind of a crybaby after you beat her but I think the Dragon's den is a cool way to add more of her typing into the world. Her Kingdra is a menace and her design is also 10/10.
If we're only counting Kanto it's Brock because of his legendary quotes like "A frying pan becomes a drying pan".
Thanks for the vid ❤ Love trying these decks out!
My favourite gym leader is Flannery. Loved fire Pokémon a bunch growing up and her strategy was difficult to face growing up. Super iconic location and time of the game for me
Love Koga, this guy wasn’t messing around in the gb game
Favorite gym leader is Sabrina or Koga, also the game where you got no professors with little cards in the deck left was tragic. Similar things happen to me too where I don’t get my full evo cards
I would have to say Koga, the invisible walls in their gym was cool and trippy to navigate as a kid.
My favorite gym leader is Whitney. Only because now, as a grown-up that evil cow is no longer an issue!
Favorite would be sabrina, I love using a deck themed around her in ptcg too, snorlax and alakazam. Snorlax might seem strange but I’m pretty sure her was in her colosseum team.
Sabrina hands down. Watched the show as a kid and I always wanted to have her pokemon as my own team. Pretty sure alot of people feel the same tho haha. Love the vids, keep doing you.
Crashed wake, sinnoh region games were the ones I grew up on and crashed wake had a cool but kind of goofy design and I loved it
Definitely Blaine. That Magmar episode is insane
Oh its deffo gotta be Morty. As a ghost fan since gen 1 seeing a ghost gym get some representation was peek.
Second favourite is Ryme because they combined ghosts and hip hop and when you combine my favourite stuff magic happens!
Sure, why not? My favorite gym leader is Piers. He's just such a bro in the second half of the game. Plus, he's a rock star.
My favorite gym leader is Steven Stone!! His blue hair is as iconic as his stacked team. METAGROSS is one of the most badass pokemon ever made! The most unique suedo legendary! Hoenn has some of the most unique pokemon ever made! Claydol, Cradily and Armaldo being the best examples of how unique the pokemon are in Hoenn! I would be remiss if I didn’t mention his backup steel monster; Aggron! His team is full of weird looking but intimidating pokemon that has stuck with me for years! Love the content and keep it upppp
Sabrina has always been my favorite. Introducing Psychic and ghost Pokémon was amazing as a kid. Plus Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar are just the best.
Can you try and build a Viridian Forrest deck?
Favorite Gym Leader is one of the newer ones in Grusha. Just a huge fan of the design. I think Skyla, Larry, and Morty are also all up there.
Never was a big pokemon fan but giovani is my fav gym leader because of his cool leader type role in the anime and his variant is also my fav card in the game.
Im a fan of Lt. Surge! He’s one of a few references that links the Pokemon world to our world in the original games, plus I’m a big fan of electric Pokemon
So mine is off the wall a bit but my favorite gym leader is Winona from gen 3. Sapphire was my first game and I still have nightmares from her Altaria with Dragon dance and earthquake. It was BRUTAL
My favorite gym leader has to be misty, as a kid playing pokemon for the first time that’s where I always got stuck and the music haunts me. Side note that should also be who you do next if you continue the series!
My favorite gym leader is probably clay even though I like every gym leader from unova. The gym puzzles were always fun in those games. Love the vids!
I’ve been playing for a bit still haven’t got a god pack hopefully y’all have got some
Koga is awesome. Love his style, his type of choice (Poison all day BOI) i loved him in adventures, I love using Koga themed decks in Pocket, and I love that he was so cool he got a promotion in gen 2.
As a kid I liked Koga. The ninja-esque style was always a bit cool!
Favourite gym leader gotta be Brock he’s the first gym leader I was ever introduced to and it’s purely nostalgic for me also love the fact he joins the crew after and becomes like a mentor to Ash.
Definitely Blue & Giovanni are the best gym leaders 🔥
Fav gym leader for me is tate and liza, remember liking their arena alot when u fight them
My favourite gym leader is Clair from gen 2. I always loved her design and fighting a dragon gym leader was always kinda hype :D
I always have two Sabrina in my deck. I do not put Giovanni anymore because most of the time +10 attacks just do nothing. I would rather put one more professor or pokeball if I have space.
My favourite gym leader has to be Sabrina. Her relationship with Abra has always stucked in my memory all these years
Grant is definitely my favorite gym leader. I LOVE TYRUNT AND AMAURA. Plus his rock climbing idea is really cool. Kalos is the best region btw
My favorite gym leader is Clair. She was so hard to beat back then and i loved the challenge. If i was a trainer myself i would try to get a Dragonite as well.
My favorite is Brock, I started in the OG red and blue days. He was a hard nut to crack for a little kid and his Charmander...Not to mention he was clutch in the anime!!
My favorite leader is Jasmine from gen 2! She is this cute girl with an Ampharos, come to find out she is tough as nails with the Steel team! Very cool
My favorite is Sabrina, she has a very interesting story around her from manga, ge, and anime.
Lt. Surge. having to go through dustbins finding switches was fun.
Favorite one is cynthia for sure.. Was so hard for me but felt so good once i beat her for the first time when i was young
Damn, I was looking for decks and you just uploaded a video. Really useful content, thx!
It's Sabrina for sure but lately I've been rocking weezing koga deck so koga is coming close to being the best for me
We need more challenges, I like the concept.
Sabrina is my favorite gym leader! This game made me wanna rewatch the entire indigo series
My fav one is Volkner. Diamond was my first pokemon game and Volkner was my fav gym leader since then. Also the electric type is my fav one.
Crasher Wake because I liked the town and atmosphere of the fight and it is where I first saw Gyrados.
I was born in 96 and i watched pkmn, but i didn't play until GSC so my fav gym is jhotos whitney. She was the first wall for young me
LMAO no shot you pulled that off in the try-hard event. Also maybe just use Mewtwo regular instead in the deck and save one point, its used purely as a tank in the Blastoise Mewtwo deck already (which is borderline winnable even in tournaments). Which also mean you don't have to run psychic energy as well.
Also that Pikachu Ex deck almost wining even after AFK for three turns is crazy. Insane high-roll deck. (Though Starmie, Articuno, Marowak in the meta are also all possible 4 turn kills?)
Oh my goodness mine has to be clement, he was there with ash the whole time and learned his tricks and put up an amazing fight
Favorite gym leader is brock as hes so iconic in the show 😂
Sabrina. I remember seeing her in the original series as a kid and thinking Ash was cooked.
Sabrina I remember seeing her in the original series as a kid and thinking Ash was cooked.
Roark is definitely my favorite cause his gym was the first I battled. I remember how great it felt when I got my first gym badge from him. I'm definitely making a deck based on his team❤️🔥
Favorite leader is the crazy one with the psychic Pokémon and puppets. She had me scared as a kid. Let me get that gold!!
It's Giovanni for me. The gymleader who secretly also is the leader of a cult 😂
In Kanto my favorite gym leader is Sabrina, but recently I've been liking Larry a lot
brock, he can use his frying pan as a drying pan
My favourite gym leader is Skyla, definitely the most unique design for the gym leaders imo.
My favourite is Steven because bro was so good he got bored and left to explore the world
Ash’s battle with Brock was so good! Pure nostalgia
Favorite trainer has to be Koga, it's also one of the most fun decks to play in the game
My favorite Pokemon trainer must be Brock. Loved him in the anime, had always the coolest Pokemon. Vulpix, Sudowoodo, Ludicolo, Pineco, Mudkip. Also love using him in TCG Pocket with Onyx.
Whitney, because its a reminder of when Pokemon games actually skill checked you. Volkner was cool too.
Fav leader is Winona. I loved the gym puzzle and also that beautyfull Altaria
Lt. Surge, probably because the trash cans are embedded in my mind from Pokemon Red to this day.
Have been using your decks bro … lot of fun wins … favorite gym leader is Blaine
Sabrina's usability and full art are the best, can't let her out of any of my decks
I’ve noticed a lot of weird decks the past day or two in the event. I’ve been going in with off-meta/fun/troll decks and I have seen some of the strangest decks imaginable. Some meta ones sprinkled in.
As a side note, if you get mad because of bad RNG, draws, coin flips, matchup, or are going to lose, etc… please just concede if you don’t want to finish the match. The rage quit disconnect and making me sit there for several minutes is really rude.
That all articuno pack was crazy
My Favorite Gym Leader is Sabrina. She's a badass to use and in the anime her story is just the best
Here is one from left field, my favorite gym leader is Brock, that back story can be relatable
The only thing about dual energy decks is that it adds to the already massive amount of RNG in the game. This is why dual energy decks are not as popular. instead of just having card RNG, coin RNG, you have energy RNG. Certain cards can slightly counter act this but not enough to be consistent . Too bad there is not currently a way for dual energy decks to be more consistent.
Favourite gym leader is clearly Lt. Surge, his sprite in HGSS was kinda hot hahah
My favorite is Brock. Especially the one in Pokemon Origins 😊
Maybe also change Mewtwo EX with Regular Mewtwo as a wall for this deck?
My favorite gym leader is lt surge! I still remember the puzzle to get to him too!
My favourite gym leader is Misty, Most annoying was probably Whitney's Miltank.