Gym Leader Toby: "Here is your Comet badge; well done." Me: "Most Comets are actually primarily composed of Ice with only small fragments of rock." Gym Leader Toby: "Get out!"
Ultimate Dark Gym, it's taken over the Blackthorn city gym from Clair and has a Rivalry with the Golden Rod city gym that's become Fairy. When you arrive the Gym is no longer functioning and has been converted into a new Dragon Shrine and you're told that the Gym is in the old cave behind the shrine. As you go through you run into Duskclops, Sableye, Murkrow and Honchkrow with no trainers to be seen, until you get to the old dragon shrine where there's three trainers waiting for you. These trainers are using more malevolent Dark types, the first one has Honchkrow and Houndoom prime representatives of the Johto region and ones known to be more evil than most. The next uses an Obstagoon, Morpeko and Umbreon more mischievous and rambunctious dark types. The last uses a Tyranitar and Hydregon two dark types known to be hard to get and powerful. After beating them they say "You seem to know your stuff, but your true metal will be needed for what's to come." As you enter the inner sanctum of the old Shrine, you see a lone figure standing in the center dressed like a ring master, mixed with a mafia don from the 1920s who says "It's been awhile since someone's gotten this far, glad to see that you're not so afraid of the dark as others." The team consists of Murkrow with it's Prankster to set up tailwind and cause a little mischief, followed by Draipion to deal with potential Fairies and to hit you with High Crit moves like Night Slash, the next is Mobostif as a fast and decent physical attacker with elemental fangs, the next comes out and it's Alolan Muk with it's bulk and Poison touch to start draining your mons further, when it starts ramping up Hydregon appears to wreck the stage with it's Coverage of Surf and Flash Canon. As you get to the final Mon the man starts to laugh "Glory be! It's been awhile since I've had this much fun, even longer since I've been pushed back this hard. But play time is over child, and you're going to hear the last notes of this show." As the last Pokemon to show is Dragapult which terras into a Dark type and cones with Thunderbolt, Flamethrower and Shadow Ball to go with Dark pulse, after this defeat the leader is silent as the lights go bright. "Well... It's been a long time since someone has made it past me and I'm not the least bit upset. These belong to you Kid, you managed to give this showman some entertainment worth while." You get the Showman badge that looks like a spotlight shining on a top hat and the TM for Dark pulse
I like that, the Planet we stand on, then passing a Meteor falling from the sky as we head into space to the Moon, the Sun, and even further beyond other Stars
Hey BirdkeeperToby... Did you know that a pokemon fan-made game playable on the computer was created... it's called> "this gym of mine". I'd love to see you and other poke-tubers play that game. The different kinds of teams that can be built are astonishing! Plus there are regional variants too.
I absolutely love the idea of your rock gym team focusing on Pokémon from outer space and I completely agree with your pick of Starmie as the ace with the rock Tera type. It’s very similar to what I have in mind for my Let’s Go Eevee rewrite which takes place 23 years after Gen 1 in a Kanto with rampant pollution. Staryu and Starmie in Kanto have lost all of their organic matter due to the water pollution near Kanto’s shores and have recreated their starfish appendages with inorganic rock matter, making “Kantonian” Staryu and “Kantonian” Starmie now Rock/Psychic type.
Ok, imma go in there order as you show them, starting with rock. Location: it would take place in an unspecified place in alola, on the poni island, it is a kinda gym place similar to the gym in ula’ ula Puzzle: I like the idea where you are given a tool set and you are to mine through the ground to get to me. Trainers: the trainer classes will have miners, youngsters and hikers with nacklstac, boldore, klawfs, and even an occasional glimmora The team: I like the team I made in showdown, a double battle sandstorm team like rymes. The team will be glimmora (mortal spin: hits both foes and poisons them. Venoshock: doubles if poisoned. Power Gem: stab and earth power for coverage.) gigalith (rock slide: stab and hits both foes. Iron head: coverage for other rock types. Earthquake: powerful move, and can sort of combo with glim thx to toxic debris. And protect.) omastar to cover for ground. (She’ll smash: to buff its self. Scald: to burn other mon. Power gem: stab. And Ice beam for grass mon.) kleavor for grass (x-scissor: stab for grass mon. Stone axe: stab and boosted by sharpness. Brick break: for rock mon and dark mon. And swords dance: to buff its self.) My ace: “alright kid, looks like I need a miracle, as it’s time to end this!” And I now send out a steelix, the reason being that onix had the rock typing till it gained steel with steelix. It will have the sheer force ability, with the moves curse to boost its self, iron head for the SF boost, Earthquake to decimate fire types, and rock slide, being boosted by the Tera and sheer force. After the battle: “We’ll I’ll be, not in a few years had someone managed to beat me, guess the streaks over, huh… hehehe, you did good, guess this belongs to you now kid, and a little goodie with it!” “You obtained the Mine Badge!” (2 pic’s over lapped with each other with a core in the middle) You recieved Tm 89: Rock Slide Cant wait for more of these Bird keeper Toby
Woah, three Toby videos today! I remember when you first made these. A space theme for a rock gym is pretty cool. My idea would probably be based on history but of Homo sapiens specifically. Maybe like a 5th or 6th gym and probably use Probopass (Easter island moai and I guess seafaring), Stonjourner (various stone megaliths made by ancient cultures), Lycanroc (domestication of dogs and I guess animals and plants in general), Kleavor (hand axes and other stone tools used by hominin species), and rock tera Oranguru (last common ancestor of humans and chimps. Ik Oranguru is an orangutan but I think it works better than the other apes Pokemon since it's specifically described as intelligent etc.)
Space rocks is a neat concept, a mineral based gym that uses stuff like the Garganacl, Golem, and Coalossal lines would also be fun. But personally I'd stick to fossils, I am too fascinated by dinosaurs to turn down that chance. For a team of five I'd probably go with: -Tyrantrum, Bastiodon, and Archeops (for obvious reasons) -Either Lycanrock Dusk or Hisuian Arcanine (for Dire wolves/early domestic canines) -Either Dragapult or Dragonite Terra Rock (to reference prehistoric Dragapult or the Dragonite fossils); Tyranitar can fill this if it's a region without Terrastal
I remember the last time Toby did this, I created a space themed gym around Minior, Solrock, and Lunatone. But my man Minior hasn’t been in a game since USUM! I do think a Rock Tera Clefairy/Clefable could be really cool. They used to learn Meteor Beam I think, so there’s a rock move to tie in.
As a rock gym I would use a Probopass, Stonjourner, Bastiodon, Aggron, and Dhelmise. It would take place in the dusty bowl of the wild area in Galar and would only exist after the dlc in Pokemon Shield. I would give out the ruin badge (Looks like a broken brick wall) and a TM for Stone Axe (Kleavor's signature move) as a way to get it in Galar.
Gym Leader Toby: "Here is your Comet badge; well done." Me: "Fun fact, Comets are mainly made of both Rock and Ice. That's two types in one!" Gym Leader Toby: "Good to know."
This is a tough decision for me because I have only played the first 3 generations. However, from observing some playthroughs of later generations I have some ideas. Therefore my Gym Team would be. GOLEM: Flamethrower, Rockslide, Earthquake, Strength AERODACTYL: Flamethrower, Rockslide, Dragonbreath, Fly KABUTOPS: Surf, Secret Power, Fury Cutter, Giga Drain RELICANTH: Surf, Secret Power, Ice Beam, Rockslide TYRANITAR: Dragon Claw, Body Slam, Crunch, Earthquake GARGANACL: Earthquake, Body Slam, Avalanche, Salt Cure As for Terrastallizing if your rules allow it to do so into something other then Rock Type, then would have it be my Aerodactyl transforming into Dragon Type otherwise wouldn't have any Terrastallizing. As for it's location I would have it be in the Hoenn Desert area if possible. However, if has to be somewhere in Kanto or Johto or a Gen 9 location; Kanto would be on Mt.Ember (1 Island from Leaf Green/Fire Red), Johto would be in Mahogany Town, as for Gen 9 location I would choose a Desert location. I would be the 8th Gym Leader and all my Pokemon would be Lvl 60 as well as be Female (unless naturally genderless). The Gym itself would be built as a Tower & have 6 tiers/floors. The entry level has a Receptionist desk and a mini Pokecenter, what's more you have to prove you have all 7 previous badges then battle the Receptionist who would have 3 lvl 50 Pokemon: An Onix, a Sandslash, and an Omastar. Then you can go to the next floor which would have a basic maze with 3 more trainers each with 4 lvl 51-53 Pokemon all of whom have 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon then the other 3 Pokemon being any Gen 1-3 Rock Type of choice. You also have to defeat each of them because they each carry a stone bead you must get. Then you have to use Strength to move the Boulder blocking the stairs to next floor. On that floor it is another maze but this time need Rock Smash to get through and you must defeat a pair of trainers in a double battle at the end who each have 4 lvl 51-54 Pokemon which includes 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon each and the other 3 being any Gen 1-4 Rock Type of choice. Once again must get the Stone Beads and use Strength to move yet another Boulder. Now on the 4th floor there are 2 pairs of double battle trainers and instead of a maze it has knowledge quizzes(similar to Blaine's gym but you still have to battle the double trainers) that you must answer correctly to open the gates which block the way. The trainers teams are similar to the previous floors except are lvl 52-55 Pokemon and the range of Pokemon expands to any Gen 1-6 Rock Types of choice. You get the beads again but no longer have to use Strength to move boulders at the end. Now the 5th floor it's a series of false floor/trapdoors you must cross that if you step wrong you fall into safety nets near the ceiling of the 4th floor and have to be rescued to then try again. Anyway, at the end you battle in a unique triple battle of trainers and they each have a team of 5 Pokemon instead of 4. What's more their teams are all lvl 55-58 though keep the rule of 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon and their other 4 can be any Rock Type from Gen 1-8. After you collect their beads you put all of them you collected into the final gate which opens the elevator that takes you to the top floor. You have to answer a final set of knowledge quizzes that opens the way to me. Then after you defeat me I give you 3 TMs: Earthquake, Rockslide, and Dragon Claw. I also give you a Stone Bead Necklace with a Carved Diamond Studded Badge shaped like a Cross of the Isles attached(call it the Primordial Badge). Then guide you back down to the bottom of the Tower on the Elevator which you then realize opened behind the Receptionist Desk. What's more the amount of Reward money baseline is 20,000 Pokedollars.
I love the concept, id definitely favour punishing the challengers and show them the raw strength of rocks. Glimmora / Kleavor / Cursola / Nihilego and Mega Diancie if I could push my luck would be the team I'd rock... ... I'll let myself out
aw yess the return of this series! :3 I had an idea a while back for a rock gym based around stonjourner's power spot ability. the gym would be designed like a tower defense game with the trainers being the "towers" put in place to stop challengers reaching me. when you do reach me though I'll give you an unconventional battle where you'll have to defeat my rock pokemon while they're being powered up by stonjourner in the background, and only after the rest of my team are beaten will stonjourner itself come forward and terastalize to power up its rock type moves
I would be a ground type leader at the Viridian City Gym since Blue is still at the Battle Tree. My team would have Stunfisk or Swampard depending on the number of badges. * For Badges 1 to 2 the team would be Stunfisk, Numel, and Marshtomp Ground Terra type, to teach trainers to watch out for coverage moves. * For Badges 3 to 4 the team would be Hippopotas, Gabite, Dugtrio, Heliolisk ( terra ground) teaching trainers about Sandstorms.
I think instead of an Gym leader i'd be an elite four member and my team would be Aggron Armaldo Tyranitar (my ace Pokemon) Rhyperior Carracosta Tyrantrum
After Lysandre tried to use the ultimate weapon, Geosenge Town was gaining attention. The League wanted to make use of this newfound attention, so they decided to make a new gym. I don't know what happened to Grant, but they allow a new rock type gym leader because of the crystal cave near it, this gym is run by a woman named Jemma. This gym has a gemstone theme. It will look like a jewelry store, and the workers are all gym trainers. It seems this is where the Kalos gym badges are made. The puzzle is a glass maze, with invisible walls. You can avoid all but one trainer fights by turning right at every turn. That one trainer is at the beginning, and says something along the lines of "this gym was built to remind us to choose the right choices". The trainers will use Glimmet, Minior, and Carbink. At the end of the maze, you will see a woman working on jewelry, with a telescoping lense. She will say "...and there. Phew, I thought I'd never finish this piece. Oh! You must be here for the gym challenge. I accept." And your battle will begin. The battle is simple enough. She will start with Minior, then Carbink, then Glimmet, and finally, a Rock Tera Sableye. When you beat her, she will say "Aw, I got too focussed on the details, and forgot the big picture. Well, you beat me, you earned these!" And she will give you the Jewel Badge and the TM for Power Gem.
Funny you should say that, in Facebook groups we have our own leagues and I'm ALWAYS the rock leader due to how much I love the type and how good I am at using it
Hoping atleast 1 of my favorite rock types makes it here. Archen or dusk lycanroc. As far as a tera I'd have to think about it maybe one of the zolt galarian fossils.
My gym would be taking over Larry’s gym and making it Ghost Type with Gengar, Jellicent(male), Flutter Mane, Dusknoir, Gholdengo, and my ace would be Toxapex with the Ghost Tera. I would give out the Grief Badge and the tm I would give would be called Mood Ring. This move causes the target Pokémon to have a chance to not listen to their trainer for a few turns, depending on friendship level.
The fact that Starmie is the original and arguably best gem cored celestial based pokemon makes it all the more tragic that it probably won't be appearing at all in S/V or its dlc's.
my ultimate rock type team would consist of -Glimmora with the moves sandstorm, spikey shield, explosion, and light screen (with a held item being a smooth rock) -Alolan Golem with the moves earthquake, rock polish, thunder punch, and rest (with a rocky helmet as a held item) -Coalossal with the moves tar shot, flame charge, heat crash, and ancient power (with held item being a weakness policy or a passho berry) -Archeops with the moves ancient power, fly, iron defense, and meteor beam (with held item being leftovers) -Hisuian Arcanine with their hidden ability of rock head, with the moves flame wheel, flare blitz, head smash, and wild charge (with held item being a muscle band) -Kleavor (Terastallizes into pure rock type) with the moves stone axe, smack down, tera blast, and light screen (held item being a hard stone) future rematches would include a Drednaw with strong jaw ability and the moves jaw lock, fishious rend, poison fang, and stone edge (held item being expert belt) with badge i'd give the tm for the move stone edge or ancient power
I've already got my Ghost-type idea, making the Nimbasa Gym my own. I'd send challengers on a quest around the Pokémon Musical theater, where they battle Gym Trainers and find switches that, when activated, set up an elaborate battle arena on the stage.
You could've given the Minior Acrobatics to really mess the player up. You could combine it with Shell Smash, even. The Starmie could also have a Power Herb.
The theme of my gym would overall be mountains, but more broadly rocks and rocky formations in nature. The gym would be a big indoor park with large rock features to climb, and the puzzle of it would be an intricate maze: figuring out which boulders to break or move out of the way, so you can progress through and potentially avoid a few gym trainers. The trainers there would mostly be Hikers, but you might have a couple Swimmers in there, too. Depending on where in the gym circuit I was, I might only have a few of these guys and they might be at different stages of evolution. I would have a Corsola, Gigalith, Garganacl, Coalossal, Rhydon, and a Zangoose(Rock teratype, and knows Ice Punch). My Corsola and Coalossal would be the special attackers of the team, with Corsola having the Regeneration ability. The rest of the team would focus on taking advantage of Sandstorm and having hard-hitting physical moves; my Gigalith would be my ace and know Rock Polish, too. I would be in a Black Belt outfit, and be kind of like Might Guy from Naruto, having dialogue about metaphorical mountains and overcoming obstacles, as well as about the beauty and enduring spirit of Rock type Pokemon and nature. I would give out the Summit Badge, a simple snow-capped mountain emblem with a river curling around the base, and the TM I would give out would be Stealth Rock(with a line about preparing for hidden obstacles or something like that). ...and it's nice to see this series return. Hope you're doing well.
Lavender Town or a cemetery - Ghost Gym- 5th badge-trainers in front of Grave stones and they move upon defeat. -Mimikyu (bc it looks like pikachu) -Anhilape -Gengar -Alolan Marowak -A. Raticate or Kanto Raticate(bc of the playground rumor) (Ghost terra)
I came up with this idea back when Toby was making the original version of this series. My gym idea has the Rock type belong to the 7th or 8th gym leader. The main puzzle has the trainer enter a movie studio and inside is a set being made of miniature buildings, about the size of the player character. The player wanders around the small cityscape and encounters Pokemaniac and Cameraman trainers. These trainers use pokemon like Rhyperior, Carracosta, Tyrantrum, Coalossal, Aerodactyl, Armaldo, Kabutops, and possibly (depending on story details) hisuian avalug avalugg and kleavor. The gym puzzle would have the player use rock smash and strength to breakthrough fake buildings and navigate around. After the player beats all of the trainers, the gym leader calls cut and explains how he was making a giant monster/kaiju movie but after seeing you battle he thinks that he has a star on his hands, wanting to cast you, but he battles you as a final test. The team: Kabutops: Battle armor, Slash, X-scissor, Night slash, Rock blast Aerodactyl: Rock Head, Brave bird, head smash, Hyper beam, Super sonic Aggron: Rock Head, Iron Defense, Heavy slam, Head smash, Stealth rock Tyranitar: Sand Stream, Hyper beam, Head smash, Crunch, Superpower If I were to have a terastilized pokemon it would more than likely be a Duraludon. Obviously this gym's concept is inspired by kaiju films and the filmmaking process from the older productions. Pokemaniac trainers were pokemon costumes similar to the monster suits used in the old Godzilla movies, similarly the cityscape is based on this old filming process. Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Coalossal, and Rhyperior call back to Godzilla, Carracosta is Gamera, Tyrantrum is the American Godzilla, Aerodactyl is Rodan, Armaldo and kabutops are Gygan. Aggron and Duraludon would be Mechagodzilla, and I suppose that Cradily could be added as a reference to Biolante. Some of the move choices aren't the best but call back to the Kaijus that the pokemon represent. Hope you guys enjoy the concept.
My Rock Gym would be located in Driftveil City after Clay eventually retires. In my gym you'll need to go through this dark dungeon-like system, while collecting gemstones from the gym trainers hidden throughout the gym which will assemble into a key similar to the Boss Keys from Zelda Skyward Sword. In the final room you'll find me observing different gems, stones, rocks, and even Mega Stones and crystals reassembling Tera Crystals before I notice you and initiate battle. My team includes: Probopass with the Sturdy Ability: Stealth Rock, Rock Slide, Thunderbolt, and Flash Cannon Shiny Armaldo: X-Scissor, Smack Down, Earthquake, and Brine Aurorus with a Focus Sash: Ice Beam Ancient Power, Hyper Beam, and Reflect My Ace will be a Rock Tera Type Shiny Gigalith with Sturdy: Body Press, Solar Beam, Power Gem, and Thunderbolt I'll hand out the Rock Slide TM and the Geode Badge.
It would be cool if the sword on chien pao had a connection to the sword used to slay the pokemon. What makes this cooler is that chien pao’s sword is also snapped in half like the one of the legend! Just a cool coincidence i guess.😅
Speaking of comets, there's one in the night sky that's at its closest to the Earth tonight (granted, it's still 42 million km, but still), and with a clear sky, low light pollution, some binoculars and knowing where to look, it should be visible~ (google ZTF comet ir green comet for more info lol)
Rather than doing gyms based off types, i like the idea of gyms based off a theme. Like a Circus theme gym would have pokemon like Hypno (hypnotist) or Conkeldorr (clown/strongman). Idk I feel like it would be a cool idea and provide gym leaders with some diversity and make it harder to beat them.
I've had this idea for a while too, love it, and I thought of Pyroar who'd jump through hoops, Popplio with a water balloon, Mr. Mime for well, mime and Zoroark for illusionist, it even has red lipstick make up like a clown !
Oh wow, I really love that you're revisiting this series! I watched your Pokemon gym leader series a while ago and it's so cool seeing how much your production and video editing has grown. I would love a gym like your rock gym too! Ever since seeing Wolfey's video about opening up a real life Pokemon gym, there is a part of me that's so enamored with the idea of what if people could play a game as a Gym Leader and renovate/design their gym, recruit gym leaders, and befriend/mentor challengers along the way, and this video really feeds into that desire. I can't wait to see the rest of this series!! :D
I found this incredibly cool since we both took a similar take on a rock gym. The gym leader I created took more inspiration from Mossdeep City even fathering Tate and Liza. He would have been a gym leader before Tate and Liza who inherited his Pokémon (solrock/lunatone) before following his dream to be an astronomer
My Ultimate Rock Gym: Disclaimer: I'm not replacing any gyms. Instead, I'm upgrading all of my gyms once you've beaten my game. These gyms will be bigger, tougher, and likely to (hopefully) put your back against the wall. Challenge: It's the same challenge as my original rock gym challenge, except harder. The sandstorm is thicker, the pathway is longer, there are more gym trainers than before (3 trainers > 6 trainers), and there are also Moai statues that may block your pathway to the gym leader. Simply find the button to change the Moais' positions to advance your way across the path (essentially having half of the Moais go down, and the other half rise up). My Team: #1: Tyranitar (Level 65) Rock Blast, Fire Fang, Iron Head, Aerial Ace #2: Aerodactyl (Level 65) Earthquake, Roost, Meteor Beam, Giga Impact #3: Probopass (Level 65) Tri Attack, Stone Edge, Dazzling Gleam, Zap Cannon #4: Lycanroc (Level 65, Midday) Trailblaze, Play Rough, Fire Fang, Accelerock #5: Garganacl (Level 65) Hammer Arm, Ice Punch, Salt Cure, Zen Headbutt #6: Sceptile (Level 66, Rock Tera Type) Rock Slide, Leaf Storm, Aerial Ace, Drain Punch Why I Chose My Ace: I've noticed the main mechanic when it comes to the ace Pokemon of the gym leaders of Paldea. Their ace is a Pokemon from another region that doesn't match their type, but then they're terastallized into the gym leader's specific type. And when they are, not only can they fool the opposing Pokemon before their terastallized, but also the other opposing Pokemon that know their tera type's weakness. Well, as long as they have movesets to defeat all of their weaknesses. Therefore, I'm doing the same thing with my ultimate gyms. My aces will have tera types and movesets that ensure that any Pokemon that know all of their weaknesses won't take them down so easily. Badge: Mountain Badge TM: Stone Edge
I recently thought about this series and made my own for each type and region. Thank you for your inspiration Toby!! My Rock Gym would be a second gym with a blue-obsessed, diamond-loving trainer. The Gym will be filled with diamonds and be an important part of the challenge. While not a complicated Gym Challenge the charm comes in all of the Pokémon in the Gym being blue. Gym Trainers will have Pokémon like Roggenrola, Nosepass, Tiratouga, Omanyte, and Cranidos. The Gym Leader won’t be too difficult, but he could be a decent challenge for new trainers. He uses a Amaura, Shiny Lunatone (blue eyes), and Shiny Corsola. I think it’d be cool for other trainers to also have shiny Pokémon to introduce the mechanic. And it’s appropriate for someone who loves shiny diamonds. For a post-game rematch, his Amaura would evolve to Aurorus, and he’d have an Armaldo, a Glimmora (for set-up), and a Shiny Lycanroc (form dependent on version). For defeating him after completing the Pokedex, he could give you the Shiny Charm after being the trainer who introduced it to the MC.
Decided to try come up with a Rock Gym myself. but want to go with a theme that is more unusal & outside of the box for a Rock Gym. Instead of the usual grey/brown theming of a Rock Gym, This gym is a brightly coloured Rock Candy/Sweet shop that produces & sells various candy, with hard "Rock" Candy being its specialty. Once the gym is beaten the shop will allow you to purchase Leveling Candies/ Rare Candies. The Gym Badge would be called the "Chipped Badge" As reference to both chips of rock and chipping your tooth from biting something too hard. Gym Leaders Team consists of: Minoir (As its partilly based on a japanese sweet/candy) Naclstack (sweets can often have suprising amounts of salt in them) Alolan Graveller (Eats Rocks so acts as a quality control tester that can cope with even the most Rock hard of candy) Terastal Slurrpuff (Almost went for Alcremie but Slurpuff felt like it fit better turning to "Rock"). The gym would be located in Hulbury a seaside town as a nod to the popular UK beach sweet/candy "Seaside Rock".
I’m a fighting game fan so I’d be Fighting-type gym leader that took over from Korrina in Kalos and I’d move to be the sixth or seventh. You get to Shalour City, and you might notice various of the people talking about how different the Shalour gym is. You walk up and what was once a regal manor looking building has been renovated and turned into what can only be described as “Mishima Dojo from Tekken 7 mixed with the Howard Estate from Fatal Fury.” You walk in and the you’re immediately stopped by this large buff bald man who says “Hey! You here to challenge the boss?! Well good luck! He’s on the top floor (Four floors) and to get to him, you’ll have to complete the Shalour Survival Test! What’s that?! It’s real simple, runt. Pick the best Pokémon in your squad! You gotta get to the top floor littered with fighters with JUST! THAT! POKÉMON!!! Don’t worry there are various points where you can grab a potion and heal up. We ain’t _that_ heartless. And guess what?! Your first fight’s with me! Bring out your best guy or gal!” So the gym challenge is a long gauntlet, aka a “Survival Mode,” where you go through a long twisting and turning path up through three floors fighting various martial art themed trainers like Boxing, Kung Fu, even some Muay Thai trainers, with dead ends with items, false paths that lead to an unnecessary fight, but if you beat them you get an item, etc. You get to the top floor, and there is a wide room, with large ornate statues in various fighting poses at each corner of the room. At the far end is a large Buddha statue, and sat on one of the shoulders is me, dressed in a pair of Straw sandals, a pair of Hakama pants, and black Gi top, with it off my body dangling at my waist, aka Geese Howard’s default attire in Fatal Fury, with a pair of black fingerless gloves. I sat staring at a Pokéball I’m holding and, without looking at you, I say “What equals the strength of a Pokémon? How many moves they can learn? What type they are? Or is it how many battles they’ve won? Ha! Of course not! What equals the strength of a Pokémon is the strength of their trainer. Both mental and physical, and the best way to get that, is to trainer your body as much as you’d trainer your Pokémon!” I stand up, look at you, drop down and say “The name’s Tony. The new, and much improved, Fighting type specialist of Shalour City. I battle Korrina for the spot, and I won. Now, you gonna stand there and look at the room, or are we gonna do this!!” (My whole team are gonna be references to the roster of Street Fighter 2) I start the battle with a focus sash holding Medicham (Dhalsim), with a Thunder Punch and Rock Tomb for those flying types and fire punch Next up would be Blaziken (Sagat) holding a Black Belt running all Kick and Knee moves Then would be Hitmonchan (Balrog) holding a Focus sash running all punch moves Next would be Incineroar (Zangief) with an Expert Belt Then going to Lucario (Ken/Ryu) Finally down to my last Pokémon I go “Heh. Been a while since I had a trainer put me up in the corner like this. Alright Chun. Let’s show em what put us at this spot in the first place!” Then I throw out my Ace. Cinderace (Chun-Li) with Low Kick, High Jump Kick, Acrobatics, and Pyro Ball. Holding a focus sash. After beating me, Cinderace and I would bow in respect towards you and I’d give you the TM for Focus Blast. Then I d give yo the parting words of “If you thought my challenge was tough, then just wait till the next battle.”
My rock type gym would take over the Vermilion gym. I would remove the trash cans and put up a floor to ceiling maze with the path forward being hidden by painted tarps with battles from Backpackers when you chose right and battles against some Ruin Maniacs when wrong. My team would be based on the strength of rocks with my lead a Shuckle, a lv 30 sturdy Nachstack with salt cure, recover and headbutt. Once my Nachstack is down I send out a Magcargo or My ace a level 35 Nihilego while keeping a Corsola in the back.
Here is my idea for a rock gym. The gym theme is pokemon who aren't rocks themselves but use rocks as a shell, place to live, etc. For the gym location, it would be a gym located in Circhester, Galar. The gym puzzle would be leading pairs of Binacle to rocks they both like. You could fight optional gym trainers who would tell you which rock one of the binacle likes and another binacle would gesture at the one it likes. (Im refering as one of the pair as a single binacle). Gym trainers would be using Drednaw, Shuckle, Crustle, Gigalith, Omanyte, Kabuto, Tirtouga and Armaldo. (Yes, a lot of these are fossils but they fit the theme fairly well). The gym leader himself doesn't have a room because of the nature of Galar gyms but in this immaginary game, let's say you can visit his house later to find a pokemon playground akin to Lillies in the anime except more natural. His team would be the following: Crustle Ability: Sturdy Moves: X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Attract Cradily (Big root) Ability: Suction Cups Moves: Leach Seed, Giga Drain, Ingrain Ancient Power Lunatone (Quick Claw) Ability: Levitate Moves: Ice Beam, trick room, Psychic, Explosion. Barbaracle (Expert Belt) Ability: Tough Claws Moves: Liquidation, Earthquake, X-scissor, Rockslide Runerigus (Tera type: Rock) Ability: Wandering Spirit Move: Earthquake, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Body Press -Crustle is there to set up stealth rock. It's move set is fairly simple with no other strategy apart from Attract which will be used after Stealth Rock (if I can of course). X-scissor and Rockslide for ok damage. -Cradily is a wall. It's meant to heal as much as possible. It can't be switched out of battle no matter what (Ingrain + Suction Cups) and 3/4 moves heal itself. Also big root to boost Giga Drain. -Lunatone is meant to set up trick room and get out of the way. Alternitively I gave it Ice Beam and Psychic but I don't intend for it to do much damage. (Btw, I know it doesn't fit the them, but I these pokemon have low speed stats so trickroom would really help) -Barbaracle is built for sweeping. It covers 3/5 of rock's weaknesess, has an ability that increases the damage on half it's moveset, and has an item to boost super effective moves. Hopefully with trickroom still up, it can move first and do serious damage. -Runerigus is a last resort (as an ace should be) and it's moveset shows it. It's got only attacking moves (like barbaracle) and no real tricks or gimmics. Earthquake, Shadow Claw, and Stone Edge all get stab. Body Press does more damage because of Runerigus's high Def stat.
Hi there, here's my idea : Taking over the Virbank Gym while Roxie is on tour, it's all about Rock and roll ! This time, the gym is full of people, and you need to make your way to the stage. First, a fan stops you : he has a Spinda (Tangled Feet, Teeter Dance, Thrash), Galarian Linoone (Lick, Headbutt) and a Loudred (Uproar). The next fan is a punk for a double battle : Skuntank (Stench, Nasty Plot, Snarl, Belch, Sucker Punch) and Scrafty (Intimidate, Leer, Headbutt, Payback, Low Sweep). Finally just before the stage stands security with another double battle : Machoke (Bulk Up, Vital Throw, Knock Off, Protect) and Pangoro (Body Slam, Leer, Circle Throw, Payback) Showtime : Starting with Golem, the sturdy drummer who will only Rollout, increasing the tempo (and the damage) each turn... Aided by my heavy bassist, Aggron, with the devil horns. With his Heavy Metal ability, his Heavy Slam rocks the stage, while his Metal Sound prepares you for the pyrotechnics: careful with the Flamethrower ! Finally, no metal concert is complete without some head banging, so here he goes Head Smashing your team. Next, the singer comes on stage, Lycanroc in its Midnight form. He throws stuff at the audience with Rock Slide, head bangs away with Psychic Headbutt and Iron Head and finally jumps in the crowd with Body Slam. And he's accompanied by the real star of the show, Toxtricity Amped form rocking the guitar. And what's that ? He shines and is crowned with a pantheon, he really is the God of Rock. He Charms, the guitar Screeches, altering your status. After puting the Overdrive pedal on, he Tera Blasts all the rock within him. The show is over and you endured it all. You're a rockstar kid ! I give you the Stud Badge, (as in a studded jacket). I need to go harder if I want to defeat you next time. But what's harder than Rock ... ? Note : Obviously this team gets bodied by Earthquake, but I wanted to commit to the bit. And having a poison type is a nice call back to the gym previous owner. The gym challenge is fairly easy, I thought about trying to give a limited number of turns to do it, like in the restaurant in ORAS I think. The reason would be that it's the first act or before the show ends. This would be a 6th or 7th gym for sure, in a high level game in general.
I think for me, if I was setting up a Gym, It's A Ghost Gym For sure, and I think both for theming and terastalizing reasons, it has to be set in Kalos, for reasons that will become super obvious. The gym would be set within a mansion, and for simplicity sake we'll say it took up root in Camphrier. Within the mansion is the ghost gym, meant to test not only your skill in battling but your bond with your pokemon. It's not enough to know the match ups, to be skilled in battle or any of that. It's important of course, but your pokemon are your partners. You're supposed to be close to them. So when you enter the gym to challenge, your pokemon are "stolen" from you, save for your oldest pokemon (by which I mean the one that has been on your team the longest). and you are given a challenge to find your fallen pokemon and rescue them from an early grave. The mansion will have several little tests about the bond with your pokemon (for example, where did you meet, What level was it, how many gyms has it helped you with etc) All in heavy quotation marks, they're perfectly safe, but it's alarming after all. At that point you have a few options available to you. Do you A) Go on a hunt for your pokemon across the mansion, tearing through the trainers who now guard your "fallen" pokemon? do you B) Play the mystery that is placed before you and try to solve the pokemon's epitaphs and in doing so bring them "back to life", or C) You say screw that, the fastest way to solve this problem is to beat the gym leader and you solo them with your single pokemon. Obviously doing A And B leaves you with a full team, but C is also valid. It's you and your closest (presumably) pokemon fighting the big bad guy who kidnapped and endangered your friends after all! And as a note They're returned if you leave early, but everything get's reset if you change your team. Gotta follow through. Located in the back of the mansion, beneath a single flowering tree is the site for the gym battle. And of course, once they get to me, they're met with a simple 5 v 5 Gym Challenge. Their order is actually explained if you go through the A and B routes, Or rather the order they're sent out because it's set up to be a story of sorts. And it's Double Battles the whole way down. Trevenant: Grass/Ghost, and The First One Out with a simple, straightforward purpose. He's built to stall (but it's a gym challenge it's not as aggressively spiteful as it could be), and be something of a brick wall, so he's set with Harvest and A sitrus berry. Other than that, it's moves are Horn Leech, Will o Wisp, Confuse Ray and Shadow Claw. The First step in the journey to reclaim your friends, is to simply travel through the dangerous world, set with foes against you. Wandering, wandering for ages, wandering without order or direction, tired, hurt and struggling, but it is simply one step needed to be overcome if your bond is strong, if you're truly willing to do whatever to see them back to life. Golurk: Ghost Ground, No Guard. He's built to Bop. He's meant to basically do as much damage as he can rapidly, and quickly, and as a result he's not exactly the most durable (although he's a big bulky boy so of course he can take a BIT of damage) but he critically he's also here to deal with pesky dark types, at least a little bit. Because Dynamic Punch is in play, and he will use it, but also he's just full aggressive here. High Horse Power, Heavy Slam, and Phantom Force as a final aggressive spite move. He's meant to rumble folks, and in the story, he's the first and mightiest guardian, who destroys all who would seek to overturn death. A guardian true, but it's force turned outward without resolve for itself. The world abhors revival, it is not to be done, so first you must (metaphorically, cause it's a ground type ha ha) overcome the earth. Chandelure: Fire Ghost. Another Fast and easy fight in theory, but one that could hurt badly if you fail to take it out quickly. Hex, Inferno, Pain Split, Curse. Chandelure is another big bonky dude, albeit one that's meant more to cause problems again, after golurks big bonkus, and trevenants tree trolling, we return with someone meant to just be frustrating to deal with, but is also a flash in the pan. Between Curse and Pain Split, it's got a short life span, and inferno hits hard and burns which leads to hex as a nice little double tap. Again, it's not a long fight, but it's meant to be a potentially frustrating one. Going back to the story, Chandelure is the Underworld Sun (Hell Sun if we're allowed to be edgy) just another trial and struggle to overcome before you get to the last guardian. It's intense, but short lived. Aegislash: Steel Ghost. The last Guardian, and arguably the actual star of the show as far as My The Gym Leader's Pokemon Go, but it's more a shared role here. Sacred Sword, Kings Shield, Shadow Sneak, And Swords Dance. Bulky because of Kings Shield and typing, Swords Dance to up damage, and then Shadow Sneak and Sacred Sword to cause problems on purpose for everyone. It is an appropriate Finale for the Final Guardian on the path to revival. An Impassable wall in the story, one that requires not only quick wit and strength, but a keen eye for the hearts of others (because if you screw up and let him set up you're gonna have a REAL bad time), but upon seizing victory you're met with the prize. True Revival. Here represented by Florges: Fairy, With a Ghost Terastalize. And Of course, Florges has no ghost moves. Pollen Puff, Grassy Terrain, Moonblast, Petal Dance. It's the revival, the coming of spring, the new life coming back, and it's also supposed to support whoever it's called forward with to a degree. It's moves obviously exist to punish Dark types in general, but grassy terrain to help with health a bit (i am not recalling if it heals everyone but hey Pollen Puff is also there) and it's also an obvious reference to AZ. Upon achieving victory, the challenger is rewarded with the Revival Badge, and probably a fair amount of glee after the annoying stunt with your pokemon getting yoinked at the start .
I used to play Pokémon showdown with a single type team and change my avatar to a gym leader and I would battle randoms and if they beat me I would say “congrats! Here is your badge”
So happy to see this series rebooted, not simply because they in themselves are great, but it allows the rest of us to come up with new gym ideas as well. Speaking of which in my case instead of taking over the Pewter City gym for Brock I would set up a new Rock type gym over on Cinnabar Island in a bid to reestablish a community on the long since destroyed landmass. Thanks to the volcanoes past eruption the rock covering the island is mineral rich and soon a well established mining town springs up and the league sees fit to name me a Pokémon Gym Leader. A visiting trainer arriving at the docks would first be presented with an ornamental façade of a large Petra like structure and soon come to the realization that the community lives in an underground city. After exploring for a while the challenger would come across the tunnel leading towards the gym. Travelling down it they would be met with miners using Pokémon like Larvitar, Carkol, Graveller, etc. which obviously are used to help mine out new tunnels, but as they go in further some start to have Pokémon like Muk, Weezing, Magmar, and Ditto, which seem out of place. Well until to find yourself in what looks like an old abandoned mansion of some sort filled with mysterious lab equipment at which point you find me. Before we battle I explain how in the past scientist used this lab to discover how to restore fossils into Pokémon and even attempted to create a brand new Pokémon of their own, but also they had several testbed protypes which they were working on as well which were forgotten about after the volcano erupted, or may have been the cause of the eruption. With that mysterious statement our battle begins. I lead with Hysuian Arcanine (Stone Edge, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Rock Tomb) as reference to Blaine's ace, but taking a different form than his. Following that my next Pokémon would be Rhydon (Earthquake, Drill Run, Surf, Thief) to reference the many Rhydon Statues that fill the mansion and knowing Thief in reference to the many burglars which previously could be found within. My third teammate would be Midnight Form Lycanroc (Crunch, Counter, Stone Edge, Drill Run) who is simply here because it is my favourite rock type and shows off a Pokémon with various forms. My fourth Pokémon will likely blindside the challenger as I send out Iron Thorns (Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Stone Edge, Earthquake) a Pokémon which should not exist outside of Area Zero and considered a myth by most trainers. If they manage to defeat it I mention while my Iron Thorns may not be from Paldea I have something that is and send out my Sap Sipping, Terastallized Miltank (Defense Curl, Rollout, Milk Drink, Surf) in an attempt to steamroll any remaining Pokémon they have. After winning the Trainer will receive TM106 Drill Run and the Lapidary Badge. I would then explain if the player continues to speak with me how the lab had early time machine prototypes with have been since made a reality in other regions and how a malfunction may have released large amounts of infinity energy causing the eruption. The energy may have also been absorbed into a resting Lavitat/Pupitar within the mountain which caused it to transform into Iron Thorns which was discovered in the mansion in a hibernation like state when we tunneled it out.
If I were a Rock-type gym leader that could use a full team of 6, my team would probably consist of [Mega] Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Storm Drain Cradily, Gigalith, Crustle, and Hisuian Arcanine.
So, silly as it may be, here is my gym: the Ultimate Electric Gym. With Elesa having stepped down to focus on her modeling career, I have taken over as the Nimbasa City Gym Leader, and what have I made it into? A 1970s discotheque. Yes, Nimbasa is the leisure center of Unova, and with it inspired by New York City, what better to make it themed after than Studio 54. I am known as the Pokémon Disco King, a famous Trainer AND Pokémon Coordinator. And with the flashing lights of a disco, Electric seemed like a perfect match. My Gym Trainers challenge the Trainers by doing mini-Pokémon Contests: the Gym Trainer has one of their Pokémon do a move in one of the five Contest categories, and the player has 30 seconds to pick one of their Pokémon and have them do a move of that same Contest category. If they score higher, they continue; if they score lower, they have to battle the Gym Trainer if they want to progress. After getting past four of them, they challenge me to try and get the badge. There I’d stand on the main dance floor, a neon-light floor under the disco ball, dressed in my yellow and black disco suit and platform shoes, snapping my fingers and tapping my foot to the beat as I wait for the challenger to approach and after I accept their challenge, I declare, “Let’s boogie!” as a disco version of the Johto Rival Song plays. As I picture myself being the 6th Gym Leader, I have a team of five Pokémon. I start off with Magnezone, since it seems like a perfect corollary for a disco ball. After Magnezone would come Alolan Raichu; figuring because it has a surfer theme, it would kind of work as a hippie surfer. After Alolan Raichu comes Pawmot. This may not be the best match, but it being an Electric/Fighting Type in my head just feels like it would work well as being a disco dancer. From there, I go to my fourth Pokémon: Toxtricity Low Key Form. Being that it is based on a bass guitar and the bass line is so important to disco music, that’s another perfect fit. And finally, we need a drummer for that beat, so my final Pokémon and Ace would be Rillaboom with the Electric Tera Type. If you can get past all five of my Pokémon, I admit defeat and congratulate you on “getting through my Pokémon Playlist” and award you the Disco Badge: a disco ball with an eighth note made out of yellow electricity on the front of it
My Rock Type Gym idea: Actually outside the city, either on the route, or on the outskirts. It would be in a canyon of sorts with a lot of wind that causes natural sandstorm effects. My gym challenge will be both a maze and a puzzle, with clues hinting at where to position rocks and pillars (either using strength, an overworld power or some in gym feature) that will redirect wind to make paths accessible. Some are optional, and much like the Galar Fairy gym, it's an advantage to the Gym, with sandstorm being a natural weather effect if you didn't solve the puzzle to direct the winds away from the different battle fields. The theme is a mix of understanding and respecting the natural world, and how one needs to balance controlling and working with it. My team would be Gigalith, Archeops, Lycanroc (for depending on time of day of the challenge), Tyrantrum or Craydily (also time of day), and a starmie I think would be fun to tera.
Okay, I picked Starmie before watching the full video XD Picked it considering Power Gem as the TM given out by the gym, and the 'zen garden' theme XD Perhaps after the battle the camera zooms out so show you the pattern you made throughout the maze. Would definitely let you glide out of the canyon on the redirected winds though.
I remember when you did these and I picked Ice and made like a Snowy Forest with bonfires. While I can't find what I put, my Tera Pokemon would be Poliwrath and it would have Ice Punch, Drain Punch, Waterfall, and Focus Blast. I'll post a new Gym in another comment.
My rock type gym would have: Solrock, Tyranitar, Rampardos, Tyrantrum , Midday Form Lycanroc, and Minior( Light Blue core). My ace would be Midday Form Lycanroc and it would use it's signature Z move during the battle. Ik I could use Mega Tyranitar but I like Lycanroc as a pokemon more so I want that as my ace. My gym would also be the last gym and take place in Alola where you have to travel around by jumping on different meteors and challenging my gym trainers.
My rock gym leader would be a jeweler, I think that'd be pretty fun. The team would be: Carbink Glimmora Minior Coalossal Golem Gigalith I love when gym leaders have Pokemon that aren't the gym type but do fit the theme, so maybe I can swap some members for non rock types but do have jewels or gemstones or the metal rings that go with being a jeweler like Starmie, Sableye, Steelix, Probopass, or Duraludon
I had a similar idea for a psychic type gym leader team, only that minior would be the pokemon that would terrastilize, rather than starmie :D And instead of macargo either orbeetle or beheeyem
My rock gym would be located in Sinnoh, but not in a town or city. Rather, the gym is within the lower levels of Mount Coronet. My gym would also be the 8th and final gym. The puzzle involves the player having to navigate the dark chambers. The trainers would give hints on the correct path along with some glittering gems. Once you reach the lowest level in Mount Coronet, you will encounter me, examining various fossils. I talk about how history is an intriguing thing. I then mention how fossils are proof of a rich history of the Pokemon world. I comment on how you are powerful for being able to reach me and the final test awaits. The battle starts. My lead is Gigalith. Gigalith's whole purpose is to set up Sandstorm with its ability and become a sturdy wall. Physical attackers are key to taking down my team. Next is Bastiodon, a fossil Pokemon and also another wall that'll take a few hits in order to beat it. If you did not bring any fighting or ground types or did not teach any fighting or ground moves, Bastiodon is sure to be a hassle. Afterwards is Omastar, another fossil Pokemon that'll take out any ground types you bring. My second to last pokemon is Tyranitar. A powerful pseudo-legendary that'll be a challenge to take out. It's also the second Sandstorm setter after the Sandstorm from Gigalith runs out. My final Pokemon is a rock tera-type Dragapult. Taking down two pseudo-legendaries is a challenge, but in the end, you prevail. The badge I give will be the Prehistoric Badge. I'll also give you the TM for Stone Edge. After giving those two items, I wish you good luck on taking on the Sinnoh League before continuing my work on researching newly found fossils.
My Rock gym (Gym 3) Theme: Natural History Museum. Puzzle: Fossil replication (walking in sand). Trainers: Hiker, Scientist, Collector, Janitor. Persona: Archeology nerd (Puns/references in my dialogue). Team (Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Tyrunt, Cranidos, Tera-Dracozolt) Dialogue: (Pre-Battle: I see you survived that hothead janitor along with the other staff, let's see if you can go down in history. Time for your final exam.) (Final Pokemon: My team is almost extinct, but it's not over yet.) (Post-Battle: This was certainly fun. I hope you had a "blast from the past" like I did.) (Collect Badge: I hope to see you go down in history as more than a champion. You'll definitely want to take these with you.) Badge: Dino badge (Tyrunt skull head), TM: Rock Slide.
Unrelated to the actual video, but I got my copies of the new tree of evolution, and it's absolutely stunning. Somehow more gorgeous in person, too. Bought one for myself and one for my nephew and he absolutely adores it too. ☺
My rock type gym would be about fossils It would be the fourth gym and have: Amaura: aurora beam, ancient power, dazzling gleam, stealth rock. Lileep: mega drain, leech seed, ancient power, rock tomb Airodactyle: rock slide, ancient power, thunder fang, dragon tail. Tera rock dracovish: ancient power, fishiouse rend, dragon dance, dragon pulse. If you win, you get the primal badge, and the TM for ( you guessed it) ancient power.
The first time I ever thought of making my own Pokemon Gym was after I'd finished my first playthrough of Emerald back in 2005 when it first released. Since then, I've only ever done tweaks and revamps to keep my Gym on par with the current trends of Gyms and their general type of tricks. Whether that was through changes in the battling roster, alterations to move lists, inclusion of gimmicks like Mega Evolution, or whatever else, I've always been proud of my Gym. And through the years, only three things about my Gym have stayed the same: my Signature Pokemon (not always the Ace, mind you), my Gym's location being in Lilycove City in Hoenn, and the fact that my Gym is an optional challenge accessible to those who've cleared the League and can provide proof of their Championship. Region matters not to me. If you became League Champion in Galar, for example, and can show the proof on your Trainer ID, then you can challenge my Gym just as any Hoenn League Champion could. Here's the current design of my Lilycove Gym, as of the inclusion of Paldea into the known Pokemon world. Location: Lilycove City, Hoenn. Specifically, inside the former Team Aqua hideout, long since remodeled to remove most of the teleporter pads. Entry Requirements: Challenger must show proof of having earned the League Championship of any Region. All who can provide such proof are welcome to challenge me. Gym Puzzle: Battle Gauntlet similar to the League Challenge. Five battles must be fought in succession. Loss or retreat at any point will require the Challenger to start the gauntlet from the beginning. Healing in between fights is allowed, but only by using the items you have on hand. (Essentially, this is just like the E4 challenge in the games.) For the final fight, you must initiate by speaking to the Leader, so you have one last opportunity to heal up. Battle One, upon arriving on solid ground inside the Gym: Gym Accolytes Maria and Ariel Specialization: Water-Type Pokemon Team Composition: Dewgong, Lanturn, Gyarados, Ludicolo, Swampert, Primarina (Ace) Battle Format: Double Battle Battle Gimmick: All Pokemon know Surf Battle Two, after descending entryway stairs: Gym Accolyte Pyrra Specialization: Fire-Type Pokemon Team Composition: Camerupt, Rapidash, Turtonator, Ninetales, Blaziken, Infernape (Ace) Battle Format: Rotation Battle Battle Gimmick: All have either move Sunny Day or ability Drought Battle Three, before teleporter pad leading to next floor: Gym Accolyte Aria Specialization: Flying-Type Pokemon Team Composition: Pidgeot, Staraptor, Crobat, Swellow, Squakabilly (White), Charizard (Ace) Battle Format: Sky Battle Battle Gimmick: All know Aerial Ace Battle Four, middle of bottom floor, formerly Archie's Office: Gym Accolyte Sandra Specialization: Ground/Rock-Type Pokemon Team Composition: Krookodile, Golem, Garchomp, Rhyperior, Sandslash, Clodsire (Ace) Battle Format: Triple Battle Battle Gimmick: All have some form of OHKO attack "So, you've made it all the way past the girls, {Challenger's name}. I see, guess that means it's my turn. Let's see what you've got. But first... a question, to finalize your challenge. You must travel from Point A to Point B, with three routes before you. All three will get you there in the exact same amount of time. Do you choose the Land Route, the Sea Route, or the Aerial Route?" Battle Five, submarine launchpad, bottom floor: Gym Leader Aldegor (a name I've used in many of my Pokemon playthroughs) Specialization: Legends and Myths Team Composition, Fixed, First Challenge: Suicune, Galarian Zapdos, Chien-pao, Manaphy, "Aina" (Shiny Gardevoir, Aldegor's original Starter) Battle Format: Single Battle Battle Gimmick: The Ace of the Gym Leader's team is chosen by the Challenger answering the question posed upon battle initiation Land Chosen Ace: Groudon, Primal Reversion capable Sea Chosen Ace: Kyogre, Primal Reversion capable Aerial Chosen Ace: Rayquaza, Mega capable Victory Rewards: 10,000 BP; 50,000 Poke-currency; TM Return (logic is bond between Challenger and their 'mon helped claim victory); TM based on Answer chosen, Flamethrower (if Land), Ice Beam (if Sea), Thunderbolt (If Aerial); Legend Badge (hexagonal three-tone badge (red, green, blue) with the Wheel Of Arceus emblazoned on it in bright gold) The Gym Leader's 'fixed' team members changes with each subsequent victorious challenge, always being Legendaries and Mythicals, with only Gardevoir staying on every iteration. The victory rewards are as bountiful as they are because Aldegor (aka, me) realizes that his gym is indeed a true test of a trainer's skill, and victory should be rewarded as such. the 10K BP is there because he knows the struggle to accumulate enough to get even a single Protein, let alone something like an Ability Patch, is a pain in the everything. And so, with a 10K boost as part of the victory rewards, he hopes it is enough to entice the Challenger to come back in the future and try their luck again. "You've overcome the insane odds of my Gym, {Challenger's name}, and you've beaten me at my own game. I'm impressed. The Legend Badge shows you've taken me down a peg. And here, take these as a sign of your victory. You've definitely earned them. And hey, if you ever want to try again, feel free any time. Just know that my team will switch it up every time you claim victory over me, just to keep things interesting. Except Aina, she's always at my side. The teleporter behind me will bring you just outside the Lilycove Pokemon Center. Let's meet again someday, {Challenger's name}."
I would have a gym with pastel pink walls, fluffy clouds with lightning bolts around, a fluffy comfy cosy theme, electric type gym. Would use Galvantula, alolan raichu, and an eletric tera type altaria. gym puzzel would be to move the clouds out of the way to see the path to me by beating the beauty gym trainers. I would take over the goldenrod gym for this likely and give out electro web ^^
My gym would be at a Dig Site and it would be a FOSSIL gym. No weird puzzles or pointlesss Gym Challenges that have nothing to do with anything. Just a gauntlet of other gym trainers. I think FOUR pokemon would be enough for a decent fight. Kabutops is Rock/Water and Kabuto is one of my favorite pokemon ever. Bastiodon is Rock/Steel Another favorite of mine and with a bulky defense that I like as a strategy Auroras is Rock/Ice so will help if the trainer brings out a Grass type. My Ace will Be Tyrantrum A Rock/Dragon that hits like a truck.
Here's mine: Clay has retired from the position of Gym Leader to focus on his mining business. Until a permanent replacement is found, a volunteer from a nearby region is filling the position. However, when you arrive at the Driftveil Gym, a distressed Gym attendant informs you that the Rock-type gym leader, George, hasn't come in today! He informs you that George has been spending time in Chargestone Cave. As such, you make your way to the cave, where you'll find a pickup truck that's at least 25 years old with a pickup camper on it parked outside. Wandering through Chargestone Cave, you'll have to solve the natural puzzle it presents while battling a multitude of Rock-type trainers. In the deepest part of the cave, you'll find a young man in jeans, work boots, and a jacket with a simple camouflage pattern and neon stripes, his back turned to you. "Okay, how am I gonna..." He suddenly notices your presence, and turns around. "Ope! Sorry, didn't see you there! Isn't this place incredible? I've never seen natural magnets this powerful, or crystals with properties like these!" You explain how the gym attendant sent you to find George. "Karst topography! I must've lost track of time, I'm sorry! I'll head back right away! Say, you want a ride?" Either way, once you find your way back to the Driftveil gym, you'll spelunk through a variety of rock climbing walls, caverns, and gym trainers, eventually finding your way to the young man, George, at the bottom of the cave. "You probably figured this out, but my name is George. I'm a Rock-type specialist, a member of the Elite 4 in my home region, and, for the sake of your challenge, the Gym Leader here. The Pokémon you'll face here won't be my strongest team, but I've been training them specifically for this role, so don't you hold back!" He opens with Alolan Graveler, which sets up Stealth Rock, and challenges your water types with Thunder Punch. Next is Dusk form Lycanroc, which uses Roar to force you to switch Pokémon into Stealth Rock, Accelerock, Stone Edge, and Fire Fang. Then, it's Shuckle, who uses Protect, Stone Edge, Infestation, and Final Gambit. Fourth is Carbink, my final retort against any fighting types you might have left. Once Carbink is down, George tosses his jacket aside. "Hahaha! I love it when I get pushed to the wall! How about we shift gears a bit?" And out comes Pokémon number five: a Persian, which quickly Terastallizes to the Rock type, and hits with Fake Out, Power Gem, Pay Day, and Metal Claw. While an unexpectedly speedy attacker, you prevail, prompting excited laughter from your opponent. "You're quite the trainer, alright! These guys might not be the strongest Pokémon I've got, but they're far from pushovers, and you had us coming down the hill like a landslide! You've definitely earned this: the Cavern Badge! Here, take this as a gift from me, as well!" He hands you a TM for Stone Edge. "Stone Edge is a favorite move of mine. It may not always hit, but it hits hard when it does." Before you leave, he offers one last bit of advice: "Don't be afraid of getting kicked into the dust. It's not fun, but losing holds a lot of lessons you can't learn by winning all the time. Just try to get your feet back under you, and you'll find your footing's more grounded than it was a second ago."
The problem I always run into with these gym leader team things is that my favorite type is fairy, but I very much dislike most fairy Pokemon. Maybe after three generations of fairies I could sift through and find enough Pokemon for a team, but it would be a challenge.
My gym would be Korrina's place. In Kalos. I would take over her fighting type after she has become an Elite Four member. I would have a trial where you have to stay focused by keeping the ball at the center of a meter as all kinds of stuff goes on to make you lose focus and move to one side or the other. I would then have a river going through the gym where you have to jump from balancing pole to balancing pole and if you choose the wrong one, you would fall in where my Poliwrath would be waiting in case people fell in and take you back to the start. You would then get to me where I would keep fighting pokemon. Pangoro, Gallade, Urshifu Rapid Strike, Sirfetch'd and my final pokemon Tera Type Fighting Mega Lucario.
I would be a dragon type gym leader with my ace being dragapult, along with having appletun, turtanator, and garchomp on my team. I would give out draco meteor when you beat me.
I have always said that if I was in the pokemon world I wanna live in sinnoh. So for a rock type gym I'm taking over oreburg city gym. Oreburg is a mining town but I feel the gym doesn't reflect that very wel. So I would make a maze where you have to dig through walls with a pickaxe or something similar. My pokemon would be carcoal, (obvious connection to mining) rhydon (its horn spinns and resembles a drill) and a machoke that terastalizes into rock type, machoke is obviously supposed to resemble a strong miner.
I'd love an actually strong bug gym with joltic lead to deal with flying types and put down sticky webs the araquinid to deal with fire types then heracross then volcarona and finish off with terasteralissed flygon for obvious reasons
I would be a ground type gym leader in Sootopolis City. My team would focus around Ground types with access to Storm Drain, Water Absorb and perhaps some which have abilities/moves with similar effects to Storm Drain and Water Absorb for Grass moves and Ground moves. Also held items like Air Balloon etc. Pokémon I know would feature would be Gastrodon, Clodsire, Quagsire and Seismatoad. I would have a shiny Curly form Tatsugiri that tera into Ground type as my ace. My badge would be called the Bog Badge and would resemble a melting brick. The Gym's whole thing is about challenging you to win with at best effective moves. Which in my mind parallels nicely with an actual bog where there is no easy way traverse one without brute forcing it with huge machinery or straight avoiding it by flying. My character would be a Scottish, risk averse banker who is all about not making the wrong call, alleviating any possible weaknesses in plans, battle strategies and avoiding hurting peoples feelings. The TM I would give at the end of the battle would be a new move similar to Aurora Veil which can be used in Rain called Sticky Feet. When used during rain this move ensures the opposing teams moves will always go last. Ground types gain essentially a Light Screen SpD boost until Sticky Feet expires or the rain expires, whichever is first. The interior of the Gym would be a bank call centre. A barista at the office coffee stand will give you a fresh water and tell you about the gym when you come in. When you go into the contact centre the agents are essentially all Larrys. They have pets to feed, bills to pay and kids in the nursery they need to pick up when they finish. When you move through into the meeting rooms the Mangers and Mortgage Advisors will talk about "red service levels" and "needing to improve CSAT scores". When you get to my office I have graphs with various trends and TV's providing updates on the PTSE and such. I talk about ensuring the bank is always producing more good for people than we do bad, we should only celebrate when we get someone their first home or help save a business and peoples jobs. Profit over people gets you fired in my business. I mention this is nothing compared to the good you did for the region during the rival team story? Then we battle. I should also mention that I am the final gym leader but I am actually a more experienced trainer than the entire elite four and trained them all. The Pokémon game I am in is the hardest because the Elite Four and champion will all use competitive teams and move sets based around winning World Champion teams. No teams beyond me will be single type. My character features as a key character of the main plot because the evil team are trying to cause a financial crisis, at the critical part of the story I aid you because the prices of poke balls, items and even the electricity for the Pokémon centres to run is extortionate. I am essentially the Steven, Cynthia or Lance character of the game but I'm useful for you when we need to team up because my Pokémon have complimentary move sets that de-buff opponents and just don't die. My character gives you the Master ball instead of money when you beat my gym. I tell you that I won't tell you the details of how I got that Master ball, just that it involved a fisherman, a whishcash and that that was one of the weirder days at the office. (an easter egg for anime fans)
Ultimate rock gym in my opinion (as the last gym) Tyrantrum Coalossal Cradilly Garganacl Kabutops Ace if megas are allowed : Aerodactyl if terastalize is allowed : Starmie
My gym would take the gym spot in Goldenrod City. It would be the same layout, but you would have big Lego walls that would need to be broken by rock smash. If you didn’t have the TM, you would battle trainers and after defeating them, they would break the walls. Gym trainers would all be big Youngsters with Geodude, Graveler, Boldore, Rolycoly, Naclstack. The gym leader would be at the end, a young boy playing with action figures and knocking down building blocks or legos. He would taunt the challenger stating “It was so easy beating all those girly girls that used to have a gym here. You’re no match for my wrecking crew!” This would be the third gym still, and he would send out first a Tyrunt, then an Aron, and finally a Terrastal Rock Fraxure (lower than 30 when it should normally evolve). After getting defeated, he’ll throw a tantrum and knock over a few more small structures before his parent would come up and apologize. You would get the Collapse Badge (shaped like a 2x4 Lego piece) and the TM for Rock Slide. On Rematch, full team would be Tyranitar, Tyrantrum, Coalossal, Aggron, Garganacl (who he would say is his super tough Pokémon that can’t ever be knocked down) and Terrastal Rock Haxorus.
Wait, instead of Fraxure it should definitely be an Arctibax. With a team meant to emulate destroying cities, I fumbled and should have included the Pokémon inspired by Godzilla!
Mi gimnasio de tipo piedra trataría de conectarnos con nuestro pasado tribal, cuándo luchábamos contra bestias, los cazadores primitivos te atacarían decidueye con teratipo de piedra, mientras quemo, por ocupar una posición alta, usaré pokémon's de tipo piedra, pero con teratipo de acero. Obviamente me vences, te doy la medaya "pasado verdadero", pero no te daré mt, porque aún no se ha inventado. Por cierto, dos cosas: - Todos vamos a hablar preprotoindoeuropeo. - Y la música del gimnasio será el opening de Walking With Beast.
I would be the last Gym Leader of the Poison Type. "The Whole World has already been poisoned and you are next!" Galarian Slowking Alolan Muk Galarian Weezing Clodsire Overqwil After my Defeat I would give you the Toxic Badge
Ultimate Rock type gym challenge? Okay, let's set it up on Cinnabar Island so the 7th gym. By now Blaine has either passed on or retired and Brock has moved on. Kanto wants a new rock type gym and in the midst of Cinnabar rebuilding after the volcanic eruption a new gym leader steps up not only to help restore the island, but bring in renewed interest through making it a hub for filming and tourism. Specifically the island's tropical nature, volcanism make it a fantastic setting for B-movies that feature ancient looking and powerful pokemon. The island even mines some of the minerals that are used in cameras for the movies. The gym leader would be known as "the rock solid director." The gym puzzle would have you finding broken pieces of a pokemon statue that was supposed to be a prop in one of the upcoming movies. Everyone's too afraid to let you talk to the gym leader while the pieces are missing. The gym trainers would be Camera men, Beauties, and actors primarily with a Gentleman and a Madam thrown in to represent producers or ppl financing the movies. Once you find the prop pieces you'll be let into the gym leader's room. There's a directors chair there and me and a few other people are going over a script and plan for the next film. and when you challenge me, I'd say something like, "It's wonderful you get to go on an adventure. Most people only ever get the chance to do something like that by seeing it on screen. That's how I was for a long time. But seeing stories of valiant trainers made me want to try it too. It's not like the movies exactly but that inspiration was important. It helped give me rock solid conviction. Now, why don't you show me what stories have brought you to this point." The gym team's theme would be pokemon that have a kind of B-monster movie feel to them. Some fossil pokemon may be present but that's not really the point of this team. We're using 5 pokemon. The lead: Glimmora. It's toxic debris ability makes it a good lead and it looks like an alien starfish or face hugger. 2nd: Cradilly. This represents the check against water type pokemon and can handle ground types reasonably well. This pokemon is designed to wall and stall so that you suffer more from Glimmora's spikes. This represents the monster plant movies that were popular B-horror fare at one time. 3rd: Lunatone: Lunatone helps deal with the fighting types and represents the sci-fi type B movies 4th: Coalossal: This respresents the classic kaiju films. It'd absolutely be holding a focus sash so it could deal with tanking a water attack if it needed to and get the boost from steam engine. Finally the terastal pokemon would be Hippowdon. It sets up the sand and gets defensive buffs, can learn coverage for some of the things it'd normally be weak to and hits like a freight train. If you win you get the star badge modeled after the stars on the Hollywood walk of fame. You probably get Power Gem for the TM but I'd probably want some kind of new move to be the signature here.
I would be an ice type gym leader, what you think would be my gym is actually the base of Mt. Silver, you have to go through mountainous ice types like Abomasnow and Avalugg, then a snowstorm starts and all you could hear before it starts is a faint voice from atop the mountain saying "Use icy wind" and you have to find your way around without running into Cetitan and some ancient avaluggs from times gone by, and then when you have made your way through you find you are at the top, and there you find me, the Ice Type gym leader veiled in a mist and you challenged me, first monster ice type you have to fight is Abomasnow, with snow warning, to set up the ice types advantage and you can hear me faintly say, "ice types are brittle, but hard as steel when it is freezing" but being the trainer that they are the challenger defeats my abomasnow, and next is my Vanilluxe, you laugh but my vanilluxe is one of my most feared pokemon because of his move Freeze-Dry, it freezes the opponent so your pokemon is frozen, yet you once again triumph against my pokemon, so I send in my Frosmoth, an ice cannon if you will, knowing ice beam, it will leave your pokemon frozen, not in ice but in fear for they know not of where they will be hit, yet you triumph again making me send out my Cetitan, a monster knowing Thick Fat, making your fire moves normal effectiveness, and a mean bodyslam to obliterate the opposing pokemon, and yet you manage to triumph, at this point the challenger is unfazed and emotionless yet I the gym leader, veiled in snow start to worry, then I send in my alolan nineties for the Aurora veil, you quickly dispatch it, leaving me with my final pokemon and it is at this point the misty veil covering me fades, revealing a man in his 30's,wearing a trench coat and a slightly hunched back, and white hair with a short beard, and this is when I say to my pokemon "come on win this for me, old partner" as I send out my final pokemon, a Baxcalibur, using glaive rush after a couple dragon dances, I start to get the upper hand and then you triumph and then the battle ends when outside of the battle you see me tending to my pokemon's wounds from battle, I say "you managed to break through my solid defense and offense, take this" and I hand you the Glacier badge (Reason I dont use terastal pokemon is because I don't like change and since terastal is new I havent used it yet and still think that I need to use a full team of ice because people call me stuck in my ways) (Edit 2:I would be fine atop any mountain, if they are tight in airspace because I am on the tallest mountain I will move, in alola case the elite 4 will have moved from the mountain top, or I am a travelling gym leader and you caught me at the right time) (Edit:3 I would give out the TM for Glacial Avalanche, a theoretical new move, while saying I was given it when I started but none of my pokemon can use except cetitan but it is supposed to be a defensive beast, not an offensive maniac so I give it to you )
Alright challenge accepted. My Rock Gym would be based Rustboro City, taking over for Roxanne the Gym now acts a a research satation for the Devon Corp as we focus on Geology. the front section of the gym is a laboratory where we study rocks and there are a few scientist trainers you will have to defeat. once they are dealt with you can proceed to the next room which is the mines where we gather new rocks for study. several Worker trainers are scattered around who will clear away boulders blocking your path to the Gym leader. with a team consisting of rock and mineral pokemon. Glimmora(toxic debris) (Stone edge, spikes, stealth rock, mortal spin), Crustle (Sturdy)(X scissor,Shellsmash,withdraw,Stealth rock), Garganacl (Purfiying Salt)(Salt Cure,Hammer arm,Ice Punch,Thunder Punch), Gigalith(Sturdy)(Sandstorm,Stone Edge, Protect,Explosion) and finally a rock tera type Ruinirigus(Trick Room,Phantom Force,EarthQuake,StoneEdge). Defeating the gym leader will earn the player the geode badge and the TM for Stone Edge
i would make a fighting type gym that instead of prioritizing strength and power focuses on intelligence as well. the main mechanic would be to pass through doors you need to solve scrambled puzzles of pokemon. get it wrong or time runs out you would have to face atheletes in pokemon battles with pokemon like machoke and primeape as well as the occaisional sawk/throh. until you get to me you would then face my team of fighting types. first would be annihilape, then would be machoke, lucario,hariyama, and flamigo. get passed them then you face my last pokemon farigiraf which terastilizes into a fighting type.beat my team and you earn the tm for drain punch and the joint badge. which lookes like a foreward facing fist
My Ultimate Rock Gym would be taking over for Tulip in Alfornada. Tulip has grown her brand to the point where she can't delegate being a gym leader anymore, so I set up shop in the gym and raze it to the ground. In the wake of the former gym I've implemented a house of stone. My house, it's a stone facing two story with bits of ironworking, but mostly stone. You can find me in my kitchen having tea with a lady friend. We're discussing a floorplan from her home. I'm actually a part time home renovation specialist, and will bombard you with questions about your perfect home. My gym test is simple, gather 110 stones from the nearby cavern, and the build a stone shed for a client of mine. Once the shed is built I'll grant you your battle in my rock garden across the way from my home. I'll start off with an Aerodactyl rocking the Pressure Ability with Tailwind, Whirlwind, Fire Fang, and Rock Tomb. Following Aerodactyl comes Aurorus that has the Refrigerate ability. Aurorus is loaded up as a special glass cannon with Hyper Beam, Thunderbolt, Iron Defense and Meteor Beam. If you can knock out Aurorus next up is Kleavor boasting Sheer Force as it's ability and utilizing it heavily with a Moveset of Take Down, Close Combat, Steel Wing, and Head Smash. Once that ancient behemoth is down next up is dusk Lycanroc with Accelerock, Endeavor, Sucker Punch, and Stealth Rock. Finally my terastylized pokemon is a Blaziken with Stone Edge, Featherdance, Flamethrower, and Drain Punch; coupled with its hidden ability Speed Boost it'll be a formidable ace to take out. Once defeated I'll give you the Foundation Badge with the TM for Stone Edge as well.
My rock gym would be last and them jems and diemons, team Gilmora (poison flower) gailthic with sandstreem, carbink and lyconrock with sand rush and thunder and fire fang, and last rock treat type sableye
I'm a dragon trainer myself, so if I was to form a gym I'd probably settle in the Unova region and take over the gym for the aging Drayden. As someone who battled against and was mentored by Lance, my appointment as gym leader was unquestioned. The gym would be remodeled to an extensive library on the surface where I research dragons and the legendary ones in particular, but make your way to the back, and descend into a basement where you'll find a tunnel. This tunnel leads to the battle arena set in a cave behind the city. The gym challenge is simple. Make your way past the handful of Dragon Tamers to reach me. As you arrive, the tunnel opens to a cavern beneath a massive sinkhole. Above, the opening reveals the sky above, and before you lies a flat, stone battlefield in the middle of an underground lake. You walk across the bridge to the battlefield where I stand waiting. I marvel to you about the mystery and power that dragon types possess, and how I study them, the history, and mysteries behind them in hopes to better understand the world of Pokemon better and the power they possess. Then the battle begins. As I'm the last gym challenge, it'll be a full, six-on-six battle. My team would consist of my favorite dragon, Flygon, ability Levitate, with the moves: Dragon Claw, Steel Wing, Dig, and Dragon Pulse. Second is Haxorus, ability Mold Breaker, with the moves: Dragon Dance, Outrage, Earthquake, and Iron Head. Third would be Baxcaliber, ability Thermal Exchange, with the moves: Glaive Rush, Ice Fang, Zen Headbutt, and Dragon Claw, and Aerial Ace. Fourth is Dragapult, ability Clear Body, with the moves: Dragon Darts, U-Turn, Phantom Force, and Draco Meteor. Fifth is Salamence (mega if allowed), ability Intimidate, with the moves: Fly, Outrage, Steel Wing, and Flamethrower. My sixth and final Pokemon is my partner I began my journey with, Charizard (Dragon terra type), ability Blaze, with the moves: Air Slash, Flamethrower, Dragon Pulse, and the signature TM I created through study of Dragons called Infinity Burst. As I hand over the badge and TM I explain how it works. Through sheer force, the dragon type move, Infinity Burst, breaks through immunity, allowing this dragon type move to deal normal damage to fairy and steel types, however, the sheer amount of power unleashed makes you unable to act again for one turn. 120 damage, 100 accuracy, 5 PP.
Gym Leader Toby: "Here is your Comet badge; well done."
Me: "Most Comets are actually primarily composed of Ice with only small fragments of rock."
Gym Leader Toby: "Get out!"
lololol
Come back a few months later
Gym Leader Toby: welcome to my ice type gym!
Me: I thought you were a rock type
Gym Leader Toby: oh, not you again!!
I’d say “meteor badge,” instead but those are mostly made of metals.
Prop the mic up don’t hold it! It’s so loud lol turn down the mic on the interface! But love the vids man!
Asteroid Badge is technically more accurate to rock-type but boy does it not have the same ring to it
Ultimate Dark Gym, it's taken over the Blackthorn city gym from Clair and has a Rivalry with the Golden Rod city gym that's become Fairy. When you arrive the Gym is no longer functioning and has been converted into a new Dragon Shrine and you're told that the Gym is in the old cave behind the shrine. As you go through you run into Duskclops, Sableye, Murkrow and Honchkrow with no trainers to be seen, until you get to the old dragon shrine where there's three trainers waiting for you. These trainers are using more malevolent Dark types, the first one has Honchkrow and Houndoom prime representatives of the Johto region and ones known to be more evil than most. The next uses an Obstagoon, Morpeko and Umbreon more mischievous and rambunctious dark types. The last uses a Tyranitar and Hydregon two dark types known to be hard to get and powerful. After beating them they say "You seem to know your stuff, but your true metal will be needed for what's to come." As you enter the inner sanctum of the old Shrine, you see a lone figure standing in the center dressed like a ring master, mixed with a mafia don from the 1920s who says "It's been awhile since someone's gotten this far, glad to see that you're not so afraid of the dark as others." The team consists of Murkrow with it's Prankster to set up tailwind and cause a little mischief, followed by Draipion to deal with potential Fairies and to hit you with High Crit moves like Night Slash, the next is Mobostif as a fast and decent physical attacker with elemental fangs, the next comes out and it's Alolan Muk with it's bulk and Poison touch to start draining your mons further, when it starts ramping up Hydregon appears to wreck the stage with it's Coverage of Surf and Flash Canon. As you get to the final Mon the man starts to laugh "Glory be! It's been awhile since I've had this much fun, even longer since I've been pushed back this hard. But play time is over child, and you're going to hear the last notes of this show." As the last Pokemon to show is Dragapult which terras into a Dark type and cones with Thunderbolt, Flamethrower and Shadow Ball to go with Dark pulse, after this defeat the leader is silent as the lights go bright. "Well... It's been a long time since someone has made it past me and I'm not the least bit upset. These belong to you Kid, you managed to give this showman some entertainment worth while." You get the Showman badge that looks like a spotlight shining on a top hat and the TM for Dark pulse
There is no K in Dusclops!
@@Amelia4111 I just went with how I thought it was spelt
I like that, the Planet we stand on, then passing a Meteor falling from the sky as we head into space to the Moon, the Sun, and even further beyond other Stars
Hey BirdkeeperToby...
Did you know that a pokemon fan-made game playable on the computer was created... it's called> "this gym of mine". I'd love to see you and other poke-tubers play that game. The different kinds of teams that can be built are astonishing! Plus there are regional variants too.
I can't wait to see the rest of this series (slowly) come out.
yeah ahha 2 a month on average is the plan ^_^
@@BirdKeeperToby Have you already got solid ideas for each of them, or is it going to develop over the year?
I absolutely love the idea of your rock gym team focusing on Pokémon from outer space and I completely agree with your pick of Starmie as the ace with the rock Tera type. It’s very similar to what I have in mind for my Let’s Go Eevee rewrite which takes place 23 years after Gen 1 in a Kanto with rampant pollution. Staryu and Starmie in Kanto have lost all of their organic matter due to the water pollution near Kanto’s shores and have recreated their starfish appendages with inorganic rock matter, making “Kantonian” Staryu and “Kantonian” Starmie now Rock/Psychic type.
aw ty so much ^_^
I'd like to see his teams for every type but for each gym 1-8, it would be cool to see the progress as his gym rank increases
Ok, imma go in there order as you show them, starting with rock.
Location: it would take place in an unspecified place in alola, on the poni island, it is a kinda gym place similar to the gym in ula’ ula
Puzzle: I like the idea where you are given a tool set and you are to mine through the ground to get to me.
Trainers: the trainer classes will have miners, youngsters and hikers with nacklstac, boldore, klawfs, and even an occasional glimmora
The team: I like the team I made in showdown, a double battle sandstorm team like rymes. The team will be glimmora (mortal spin: hits both foes and poisons them. Venoshock: doubles if poisoned. Power Gem: stab and earth power for coverage.) gigalith (rock slide: stab and hits both foes. Iron head: coverage for other rock types. Earthquake: powerful move, and can sort of combo with glim thx to toxic debris. And protect.) omastar to cover for ground. (She’ll smash: to buff its self. Scald: to burn other mon. Power gem: stab. And Ice beam for grass mon.) kleavor for grass (x-scissor: stab for grass mon. Stone axe: stab and boosted by sharpness. Brick break: for rock mon and dark mon. And swords dance: to buff its self.)
My ace: “alright kid, looks like I need a miracle, as it’s time to end this!” And I now send out a steelix, the reason being that onix had the rock typing till it gained steel with steelix. It will have the sheer force ability, with the moves curse to boost its self, iron head for the SF boost, Earthquake to decimate fire types, and rock slide, being boosted by the Tera and sheer force.
After the battle: “We’ll I’ll be, not in a few years had someone managed to beat me, guess the streaks over, huh… hehehe, you did good, guess this belongs to you now kid, and a little goodie with it!”
“You obtained the Mine Badge!” (2 pic’s over lapped with each other with a core in the middle)
You recieved Tm 89: Rock Slide
Cant wait for more of these Bird keeper Toby
Woah, three Toby videos today! I remember when you first made these. A space theme for a rock gym is pretty cool. My idea would probably be based on history but of Homo sapiens specifically. Maybe like a 5th or 6th gym and probably use Probopass (Easter island moai and I guess seafaring), Stonjourner (various stone megaliths made by ancient cultures), Lycanroc (domestication of dogs and I guess animals and plants in general), Kleavor (hand axes and other stone tools used by hominin species), and rock tera Oranguru (last common ancestor of humans and chimps. Ik Oranguru is an orangutan but I think it works better than the other apes Pokemon since it's specifically described as intelligent etc.)
Wow this is actually a cool idea! Super interesting!
Aw wow I love this so much ^_^
Space rocks is a neat concept, a mineral based gym that uses stuff like the Garganacl, Golem, and Coalossal lines would also be fun.
But personally I'd stick to fossils, I am too fascinated by dinosaurs to turn down that chance. For a team of five I'd probably go with:
-Tyrantrum, Bastiodon, and Archeops (for obvious reasons)
-Either Lycanrock Dusk or Hisuian Arcanine (for Dire wolves/early domestic canines)
-Either Dragapult or Dragonite Terra Rock (to reference prehistoric Dragapult or the Dragonite fossils); Tyranitar can fill this if it's a region without Terrastal
I remember the last time Toby did this, I created a space themed gym around Minior, Solrock, and Lunatone. But my man Minior hasn’t been in a game since USUM!
I do think a Rock Tera Clefairy/Clefable could be really cool. They used to learn Meteor Beam I think, so there’s a rock move to tie in.
Thank you for *not* trying to justify Magcargo as the sun because of its _internal_ body temperature!
As a rock gym I would use a Probopass, Stonjourner, Bastiodon, Aggron, and Dhelmise. It would take place in the dusty bowl of the wild area in Galar and would only exist after the dlc in Pokemon Shield. I would give out the ruin badge (Looks like a broken brick wall) and a TM for Stone Axe (Kleavor's signature move) as a way to get it in Galar.
Gym Leader Toby: "Here is your Comet badge; well done."
Me: "Fun fact, Comets are mainly made of both Rock and Ice. That's two types in one!"
Gym Leader Toby: "Good to know."
This is a tough decision for me because I have only played the first 3 generations.
However, from observing some playthroughs of later generations I have some ideas.
Therefore my Gym Team would be.
GOLEM: Flamethrower, Rockslide, Earthquake, Strength
AERODACTYL: Flamethrower, Rockslide, Dragonbreath, Fly
KABUTOPS: Surf, Secret Power, Fury Cutter, Giga Drain
RELICANTH: Surf, Secret Power, Ice Beam, Rockslide
TYRANITAR: Dragon Claw, Body Slam, Crunch, Earthquake
GARGANACL: Earthquake, Body Slam, Avalanche, Salt Cure
As for Terrastallizing if your rules allow it to do so into something other then Rock Type, then would have it be my Aerodactyl transforming into Dragon Type otherwise wouldn't have any Terrastallizing.
As for it's location I would have it be in the Hoenn Desert area if possible. However, if has to be somewhere in Kanto or Johto or a Gen 9 location; Kanto would be on Mt.Ember (1 Island from Leaf Green/Fire Red), Johto would be in Mahogany Town, as for Gen 9 location I would choose a Desert location.
I would be the 8th Gym Leader and all my Pokemon would be Lvl 60 as well as be Female (unless naturally genderless). The Gym itself would be built as a Tower & have 6 tiers/floors. The entry level has a Receptionist desk and a mini Pokecenter, what's more you have to prove you have all 7 previous badges then battle the Receptionist who would have 3 lvl 50 Pokemon: An Onix, a Sandslash, and an Omastar. Then you can go to the next floor which would have a basic maze with 3 more trainers each with 4 lvl 51-53 Pokemon all of whom have 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon then the other 3 Pokemon being any Gen 1-3 Rock Type of choice. You also have to defeat each of them because they each carry a stone bead you must get. Then you have to use Strength to move the Boulder blocking the stairs to next floor. On that floor it is another maze but this time need Rock Smash to get through and you must defeat a pair of trainers in a double battle at the end who each have 4 lvl 51-54 Pokemon which includes 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon each and the other 3 being any Gen 1-4 Rock Type of choice. Once again must get the Stone Beads and use Strength to move yet another Boulder.
Now on the 4th floor there are 2 pairs of double battle trainers and instead of a maze it has knowledge quizzes(similar to Blaine's gym but you still have to battle the double trainers) that you must answer correctly to open the gates which block the way. The trainers teams are similar to the previous floors except are lvl 52-55 Pokemon and the range of Pokemon expands to any Gen 1-6 Rock Types of choice. You get the beads again but no longer have to use Strength to move boulders at the end.
Now the 5th floor it's a series of false floor/trapdoors you must cross that if you step wrong you fall into safety nets near the ceiling of the 4th floor and have to be rescued to then try again. Anyway, at the end you battle in a unique triple battle of trainers and they each have a team of 5 Pokemon instead of 4. What's more their teams are all lvl 55-58 though keep the rule of 1 fully evolved Fossil Pokemon and their other 4 can be any Rock Type from Gen 1-8. After you collect their beads you put all of them you collected into the final gate which opens the elevator that takes you to the top floor. You have to answer a final set of knowledge quizzes that opens the way to me. Then after you defeat me I give you 3 TMs: Earthquake, Rockslide, and Dragon Claw. I also give you a Stone Bead Necklace with a Carved Diamond Studded Badge shaped like a Cross of the Isles attached(call it the Primordial Badge). Then guide you back down to the bottom of the Tower on the Elevator which you then realize opened behind the Receptionist Desk.
What's more the amount of Reward money baseline is 20,000 Pokedollars.
I love the concept, id definitely favour punishing the challengers and show them the raw strength of rocks.
Glimmora / Kleavor / Cursola / Nihilego and Mega Diancie if I could push my luck would be the team I'd rock...
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I'll let myself out
aw yess the return of this series! :3
I had an idea a while back for a rock gym based around stonjourner's power spot ability. the gym would be designed like a tower defense game with the trainers being the "towers" put in place to stop challengers reaching me. when you do reach me though I'll give you an unconventional battle where you'll have to defeat my rock pokemon while they're being powered up by stonjourner in the background, and only after the rest of my team are beaten will stonjourner itself come forward and terastalize to power up its rock type moves
I would be a ground type leader at the Viridian City Gym since Blue is still at the Battle Tree. My team would have Stunfisk or Swampard depending on the number of badges.
* For Badges 1 to 2 the team would be
Stunfisk, Numel, and Marshtomp Ground Terra type, to teach trainers to watch out for coverage moves.
* For Badges 3 to 4 the team would be Hippopotas, Gabite, Dugtrio, Heliolisk ( terra ground) teaching trainers about Sandstorms.
I think instead of an Gym leader i'd be an elite four member and my team would be
Aggron
Armaldo
Tyranitar (my ace Pokemon)
Rhyperior
Carracosta
Tyrantrum
After Lysandre tried to use the ultimate weapon, Geosenge Town was gaining attention. The League wanted to make use of this newfound attention, so they decided to make a new gym. I don't know what happened to Grant, but they allow a new rock type gym leader because of the crystal cave near it, this gym is run by a woman named Jemma. This gym has a gemstone theme. It will look like a jewelry store, and the workers are all gym trainers. It seems this is where the Kalos gym badges are made.
The puzzle is a glass maze, with invisible walls. You can avoid all but one trainer fights by turning right at every turn. That one trainer is at the beginning, and says something along the lines of "this gym was built to remind us to choose the right choices". The trainers will use Glimmet, Minior, and Carbink.
At the end of the maze, you will see a woman working on jewelry, with a telescoping lense. She will say "...and there. Phew, I thought I'd never finish this piece. Oh! You must be here for the gym challenge. I accept." And your battle will begin.
The battle is simple enough. She will start with Minior, then Carbink, then Glimmet, and finally, a Rock Tera Sableye. When you beat her, she will say "Aw, I got too focussed on the details, and forgot the big picture. Well, you beat me, you earned these!" And she will give you the Jewel Badge and the TM for Power Gem.
Funny you should say that, in Facebook groups we have our own leagues and I'm ALWAYS the rock leader due to how much I love the type and how good I am at using it
Hoping atleast 1 of my favorite rock types makes it here. Archen or dusk lycanroc. As far as a tera I'd have to think about it maybe one of the zolt galarian fossils.
My gym would be taking over Larry’s gym and making it Ghost Type with Gengar, Jellicent(male), Flutter Mane, Dusknoir, Gholdengo, and my ace would be Toxapex with the Ghost Tera. I would give out the Grief Badge and the tm I would give would be called Mood Ring. This move causes the target Pokémon to have a chance to not listen to their trainer for a few turns, depending on friendship level.
The fact that Starmie is the original and arguably best gem cored celestial based pokemon makes it all the more tragic that it probably won't be appearing at all in S/V or its dlc's.
my ultimate rock type team would consist of
-Glimmora with the moves sandstorm, spikey shield, explosion, and light screen (with a held item being a smooth rock)
-Alolan Golem with the moves earthquake, rock polish, thunder punch, and rest (with a rocky helmet as a held item)
-Coalossal with the moves tar shot, flame charge, heat crash, and ancient power (with held item being a weakness policy or a passho berry)
-Archeops with the moves ancient power, fly, iron defense, and meteor beam (with held item being leftovers)
-Hisuian Arcanine with their hidden ability of rock head, with the moves flame wheel, flare blitz, head smash, and wild charge (with held item being a muscle band)
-Kleavor (Terastallizes into pure rock type) with the moves stone axe, smack down, tera blast, and light screen (held item being a hard stone)
future rematches would include a Drednaw with strong jaw ability and the moves jaw lock, fishious rend, poison fang, and stone edge (held item being expert belt)
with badge i'd give the tm for the move stone edge or ancient power
I stand by my idea, a dual type double battle psychic/fighting Gym. Medicham, Gallade, Gardevoir, and Lucario.
I've already got my Ghost-type idea, making the Nimbasa Gym my own. I'd send challengers on a quest around the Pokémon Musical theater, where they battle Gym Trainers and find switches that, when activated, set up an elaborate battle arena on the stage.
There is a fan game in were you can become a gym leader sorry I never said what it was it's called "this little gym of mine
Link?
What is it called
Not realeted
I like how you mention it but don't mention the name, how to get it or what is it.
Just look up this little gym of mine and you should find it easy I think it has pokemon up to gen 8
You could've given the Minior Acrobatics to really mess the player up. You could combine it with Shell Smash, even.
The Starmie could also have a Power Herb.
The theme of my gym would overall be mountains, but more broadly rocks and rocky formations in nature. The gym would be a big indoor park with large rock features to climb, and the puzzle of it would be an intricate maze: figuring out which boulders to break or move out of the way, so you can progress through and potentially avoid a few gym trainers. The trainers there would mostly be Hikers, but you might have a couple Swimmers in there, too.
Depending on where in the gym circuit I was, I might only have a few of these guys and they might be at different stages of evolution. I would have a Corsola, Gigalith, Garganacl, Coalossal, Rhydon, and a Zangoose(Rock teratype, and knows Ice Punch). My Corsola and Coalossal would be the special attackers of the team, with Corsola having the Regeneration ability. The rest of the team would focus on taking advantage of Sandstorm and having hard-hitting physical moves; my Gigalith would be my ace and know Rock Polish, too.
I would be in a Black Belt outfit, and be kind of like Might Guy from Naruto, having dialogue about metaphorical mountains and overcoming obstacles, as well as about the beauty and enduring spirit of Rock type Pokemon and nature. I would give out the Summit Badge, a simple snow-capped mountain emblem with a river curling around the base, and the TM I would give out would be Stealth Rock(with a line about preparing for hidden obstacles or something like that).
...and it's nice to see this series return. Hope you're doing well.
Lavender Town or a cemetery - Ghost Gym- 5th badge-trainers in front of Grave stones and they move upon defeat.
-Mimikyu (bc it looks like pikachu)
-Anhilape
-Gengar
-Alolan Marowak
-A. Raticate or Kanto Raticate(bc of the playground rumor) (Ghost terra)
Annihilape, not Anhilape!
I came up with this idea back when Toby was making the original version of this series. My gym idea has the Rock type belong to the 7th or 8th gym leader. The main puzzle has the trainer enter a movie studio and inside is a set being made of miniature buildings, about the size of the player character. The player wanders around the small cityscape and encounters Pokemaniac and Cameraman trainers. These trainers use pokemon like Rhyperior, Carracosta, Tyrantrum, Coalossal, Aerodactyl, Armaldo, Kabutops, and possibly (depending on story details) hisuian avalug avalugg and kleavor. The gym puzzle would have the player use rock smash and strength to breakthrough fake buildings and navigate around. After the player beats all of the trainers, the gym leader calls cut and explains how he was making a giant monster/kaiju movie but after seeing you battle he thinks that he has a star on his hands, wanting to cast you, but he battles you as a final test. The team:
Kabutops: Battle armor, Slash, X-scissor, Night slash, Rock blast
Aerodactyl: Rock Head, Brave bird, head smash, Hyper beam, Super sonic
Aggron: Rock Head, Iron Defense, Heavy slam, Head smash, Stealth rock
Tyranitar: Sand Stream, Hyper beam, Head smash, Crunch, Superpower
If I were to have a terastilized pokemon it would more than likely be a Duraludon.
Obviously this gym's concept is inspired by kaiju films and the filmmaking process from the older productions. Pokemaniac trainers were pokemon costumes similar to the monster suits used in the old Godzilla movies, similarly the cityscape is based on this old filming process.
Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Coalossal, and Rhyperior call back to Godzilla, Carracosta is Gamera, Tyrantrum is the American Godzilla, Aerodactyl is Rodan, Armaldo and kabutops are Gygan. Aggron and Duraludon would be Mechagodzilla, and I suppose that Cradily could be added as a reference to Biolante. Some of the move choices aren't the best but call back to the Kaijus that the pokemon represent. Hope you guys enjoy the concept.
Forgot about the badge and tm. The badge would look like a Tyranitar tail smashing a rock and the tm would be head smash
My gym would be poison themed. Since poison is my favorite type. Probably graffiti themed.
"This is my series and I can do whatever I want" love it 😂
My Rock Gym would be located in Driftveil City after Clay eventually retires. In my gym you'll need to go through this dark dungeon-like system, while collecting gemstones from the gym trainers hidden throughout the gym which will assemble into a key similar to the Boss Keys from Zelda Skyward Sword. In the final room you'll find me observing different gems, stones, rocks, and even Mega Stones and crystals reassembling Tera Crystals before I notice you and initiate battle. My team includes:
Probopass with the Sturdy Ability: Stealth Rock, Rock Slide, Thunderbolt, and Flash Cannon
Shiny Armaldo: X-Scissor, Smack Down, Earthquake, and Brine
Aurorus with a Focus Sash: Ice Beam Ancient Power, Hyper Beam, and Reflect
My Ace will be a Rock Tera Type Shiny Gigalith with Sturdy: Body Press, Solar Beam, Power Gem, and Thunderbolt
I'll hand out the Rock Slide TM and the Geode Badge.
It would be cool if the sword on chien pao had a connection to the sword used to slay the pokemon. What makes this cooler is that chien pao’s sword is also snapped in half like the one of the legend! Just a cool coincidence i guess.😅
I had this idea of a Normal gym that's set up like concert hall. I'm sure it's been done before
you're so creative, and that makes these videos such a thrill to watch ☆
Aw thanks Kai ^_^
Speaking of comets,
there's one in the night sky that's at its closest to the Earth tonight (granted, it's still 42 million km, but still), and with a clear sky, low light pollution, some binoculars and knowing where to look, it should be visible~
(google ZTF comet ir green comet for more info lol)
Rather than doing gyms based off types, i like the idea of gyms based off a theme. Like a Circus theme gym would have pokemon like Hypno (hypnotist) or Conkeldorr (clown/strongman). Idk I feel like it would be a cool idea and provide gym leaders with some diversity and make it harder to beat them.
I've had this idea for a while too, love it, and I thought of Pyroar who'd jump through hoops, Popplio with a water balloon, Mr. Mime for well, mime and Zoroark for illusionist, it even has red lipstick make up like a clown !
@@vidux6289 there are so many good ideas for a circus theme gym. These ones are amazing!
I love the use of Pokemon Essentials for the gym battle! Can't wait for the next episode!
Oh wow, I really love that you're revisiting this series! I watched your Pokemon gym leader series a while ago and it's so cool seeing how much your production and video editing has grown. I would love a gym like your rock gym too! Ever since seeing Wolfey's video about opening up a real life Pokemon gym, there is a part of me that's so enamored with the idea of what if people could play a game as a Gym Leader and renovate/design their gym, recruit gym leaders, and befriend/mentor challengers along the way, and this video really feeds into that desire.
I can't wait to see the rest of this series!! :D
I found this incredibly cool since we both took a similar take on a rock gym. The gym leader I created took more inspiration from Mossdeep City even fathering Tate and Liza. He would have been a gym leader before Tate and Liza who inherited his Pokémon (solrock/lunatone) before following his dream to be an astronomer
My Ultimate Rock Gym:
Disclaimer: I'm not replacing any gyms. Instead, I'm upgrading all of my gyms once you've beaten my game. These gyms will be bigger, tougher, and likely to (hopefully) put your back against the wall.
Challenge: It's the same challenge as my original rock gym challenge, except harder. The sandstorm is thicker, the pathway is longer, there are more gym trainers than before (3 trainers > 6 trainers), and there are also Moai statues that may block your pathway to the gym leader. Simply find the button to change the Moais' positions to advance your way across the path (essentially having half of the Moais go down, and the other half rise up).
My Team:
#1: Tyranitar (Level 65) Rock Blast, Fire Fang, Iron Head, Aerial Ace
#2: Aerodactyl (Level 65) Earthquake, Roost, Meteor Beam, Giga Impact
#3: Probopass (Level 65) Tri Attack, Stone Edge, Dazzling Gleam, Zap Cannon
#4: Lycanroc (Level 65, Midday) Trailblaze, Play Rough, Fire Fang, Accelerock
#5: Garganacl (Level 65) Hammer Arm, Ice Punch, Salt Cure, Zen Headbutt
#6: Sceptile (Level 66, Rock Tera Type) Rock Slide, Leaf Storm, Aerial Ace, Drain Punch
Why I Chose My Ace: I've noticed the main mechanic when it comes to the ace Pokemon of the gym leaders of Paldea. Their ace is a Pokemon from another region that doesn't match their type, but then they're terastallized into the gym leader's specific type. And when they are, not only can they fool the opposing Pokemon before their terastallized, but also the other opposing Pokemon that know their tera type's weakness. Well, as long as they have movesets to defeat all of their weaknesses. Therefore, I'm doing the same thing with my ultimate gyms. My aces will have tera types and movesets that ensure that any Pokemon that know all of their weaknesses won't take them down so easily.
Badge: Mountain Badge
TM: Stone Edge
I recently thought about this series and made my own for each type and region. Thank you for your inspiration Toby!!
My Rock Gym would be a second gym with a blue-obsessed, diamond-loving trainer. The Gym will be filled with diamonds and be an important part of the challenge. While not a complicated Gym Challenge the charm comes in all of the Pokémon in the Gym being blue. Gym Trainers will have Pokémon like Roggenrola, Nosepass, Tiratouga, Omanyte, and Cranidos.
The Gym Leader won’t be too difficult, but he could be a decent challenge for new trainers. He uses a Amaura, Shiny Lunatone (blue eyes), and Shiny Corsola. I think it’d be cool for other trainers to also have shiny Pokémon to introduce the mechanic. And it’s appropriate for someone who loves shiny diamonds.
For a post-game rematch, his Amaura would evolve to Aurorus, and he’d have an Armaldo, a Glimmora (for set-up), and a Shiny Lycanroc (form dependent on version). For defeating him after completing the Pokedex, he could give you the Shiny Charm after being the trainer who introduced it to the MC.
Wow i missed this series. Definitely my favorite to go around the poketuber community
Decided to try come up with a Rock Gym myself. but want to go with a theme that is more unusal & outside of the box for a Rock Gym.
Instead of the usual grey/brown theming of a Rock Gym, This gym is a brightly coloured
Rock Candy/Sweet shop that produces & sells various candy, with hard "Rock" Candy being its specialty. Once the gym is beaten the shop will allow you to purchase Leveling Candies/ Rare Candies.
The Gym Badge would be called the "Chipped Badge" As reference to both chips of rock and chipping your tooth from biting something too hard.
Gym Leaders Team consists of:
Minoir (As its partilly based on a japanese sweet/candy)
Naclstack (sweets can often have suprising amounts of salt in them)
Alolan Graveller (Eats Rocks so acts as a quality control tester that can cope with even the most Rock hard of candy)
Terastal Slurrpuff (Almost went for Alcremie but Slurpuff felt like it fit better turning to "Rock").
The gym would be located in Hulbury a seaside town as a nod to the popular UK beach sweet/candy "Seaside Rock".
I’m a fighting game fan so I’d be Fighting-type gym leader that took over from Korrina in Kalos and I’d move to be the sixth or seventh. You get to Shalour City, and you might notice various of the people talking about how different the Shalour gym is. You walk up and what was once a regal manor looking building has been renovated and turned into what can only be described as “Mishima Dojo from Tekken 7 mixed with the Howard Estate from Fatal Fury.” You walk in and the you’re immediately stopped by this large buff bald man who says “Hey! You here to challenge the boss?! Well good luck! He’s on the top floor (Four floors) and to get to him, you’ll have to complete the Shalour Survival Test! What’s that?! It’s real simple, runt. Pick the best Pokémon in your squad! You gotta get to the top floor littered with fighters with JUST! THAT! POKÉMON!!! Don’t worry there are various points where you can grab a potion and heal up. We ain’t _that_ heartless. And guess what?! Your first fight’s with me! Bring out your best guy or gal!” So the gym challenge is a long gauntlet, aka a “Survival Mode,” where you go through a long twisting and turning path up through three floors fighting various martial art themed trainers like Boxing, Kung Fu, even some Muay Thai trainers, with dead ends with items, false paths that lead to an unnecessary fight, but if you beat them you get an item, etc. You get to the top floor, and there is a wide room, with large ornate statues in various fighting poses at each corner of the room. At the far end is a large Buddha statue, and sat on one of the shoulders is me, dressed in a pair of Straw sandals, a pair of Hakama pants, and black Gi top, with it off my body dangling at my waist, aka Geese Howard’s default attire in Fatal Fury, with a pair of black fingerless gloves. I sat staring at a Pokéball I’m holding and, without looking at you, I say “What equals the strength of a Pokémon? How many moves they can learn? What type they are? Or is it how many battles they’ve won? Ha! Of course not! What equals the strength of a Pokémon is the strength of their trainer. Both mental and physical, and the best way to get that, is to trainer your body as much as you’d trainer your Pokémon!” I stand up, look at you, drop down and say “The name’s Tony. The new, and much improved, Fighting type specialist of Shalour City. I battle Korrina for the spot, and I won. Now, you gonna stand there and look at the room, or are we gonna do this!!”
(My whole team are gonna be references to the roster of Street Fighter 2)
I start the battle with a focus sash holding Medicham (Dhalsim), with a Thunder Punch and Rock Tomb for those flying types and fire punch
Next up would be Blaziken (Sagat) holding a Black Belt running all Kick and Knee moves
Then would be Hitmonchan (Balrog) holding a Focus sash running all punch moves
Next would be Incineroar (Zangief) with an Expert Belt
Then going to Lucario (Ken/Ryu)
Finally down to my last Pokémon I go “Heh. Been a while since I had a trainer put me up in the corner like this. Alright Chun. Let’s show em what put us at this spot in the first place!”
Then I throw out my Ace. Cinderace (Chun-Li) with Low Kick, High Jump Kick, Acrobatics, and Pyro Ball. Holding a focus sash.
After beating me, Cinderace and I would bow in respect towards you and I’d give you the TM for Focus Blast. Then I d give yo the parting words of “If you thought my challenge was tough, then just wait till the next battle.”
My rock type gym would take over the Vermilion gym. I would remove the trash cans and put up a floor to ceiling maze with the path forward being hidden by painted tarps with battles from Backpackers when you chose right and battles against some Ruin Maniacs when wrong. My team would be based on the strength of rocks with my lead a Shuckle, a lv 30 sturdy Nachstack with salt cure, recover and headbutt.
Once my Nachstack is down I send out a Magcargo or My ace a level 35 Nihilego while keeping a Corsola in the back.
Here is my idea for a rock gym.
The gym theme is pokemon who aren't rocks themselves but use rocks as a shell, place to live, etc.
For the gym location, it would be a gym located in Circhester, Galar. The gym puzzle would be leading pairs of Binacle to rocks they both like. You could fight optional gym trainers who would tell you which rock one of the binacle likes and another binacle would gesture at the one it likes. (Im refering as one of the pair as a single binacle). Gym trainers would be using Drednaw, Shuckle, Crustle, Gigalith, Omanyte, Kabuto, Tirtouga and Armaldo. (Yes, a lot of these are fossils but they fit the theme fairly well).
The gym leader himself doesn't have a room because of the nature of Galar gyms but in this immaginary game, let's say you can visit his house later to find a pokemon playground akin to Lillies in the anime except more natural.
His team would be the following:
Crustle
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Attract
Cradily (Big root)
Ability: Suction Cups
Moves: Leach Seed, Giga Drain, Ingrain Ancient Power
Lunatone (Quick Claw)
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Ice Beam, trick room, Psychic, Explosion.
Barbaracle (Expert Belt)
Ability: Tough Claws
Moves: Liquidation, Earthquake, X-scissor, Rockslide
Runerigus (Tera type: Rock)
Ability: Wandering Spirit
Move: Earthquake, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Body Press
-Crustle is there to set up stealth rock. It's move set is fairly simple with no other strategy apart from Attract which will be used after Stealth Rock (if I can of course). X-scissor and Rockslide for ok damage.
-Cradily is a wall. It's meant to heal as much as possible. It can't be switched out of battle no matter what (Ingrain + Suction Cups) and 3/4 moves heal itself. Also big root to boost Giga Drain.
-Lunatone is meant to set up trick room and get out of the way. Alternitively I gave it Ice Beam and Psychic but I don't intend for it to do much damage. (Btw, I know it doesn't fit the them, but I these pokemon have low speed stats so trickroom would really help)
-Barbaracle is built for sweeping. It covers 3/5 of rock's weaknesess, has an ability that increases the damage on half it's moveset, and has an item to boost super effective moves. Hopefully with trickroom still up, it can move first and do serious damage.
-Runerigus is a last resort (as an ace should be) and it's moveset shows it. It's got only attacking moves (like barbaracle) and no real tricks or gimmics. Earthquake, Shadow Claw, and Stone Edge all get stab. Body Press does more damage because of Runerigus's high Def stat.
Hi there, here's my idea :
Taking over the Virbank Gym while Roxie is on tour, it's all about Rock and roll ! This time, the gym is full of people, and you need to make your way to the stage.
First, a fan stops you : he has a Spinda (Tangled Feet, Teeter Dance, Thrash), Galarian Linoone (Lick, Headbutt) and a Loudred (Uproar).
The next fan is a punk for a double battle : Skuntank (Stench, Nasty Plot, Snarl, Belch, Sucker Punch) and Scrafty (Intimidate, Leer, Headbutt, Payback, Low Sweep).
Finally just before the stage stands security with another double battle : Machoke (Bulk Up, Vital Throw, Knock Off, Protect) and Pangoro (Body Slam, Leer, Circle Throw, Payback)
Showtime :
Starting with Golem, the sturdy drummer who will only Rollout, increasing the tempo (and the damage) each turn...
Aided by my heavy bassist, Aggron, with the devil horns. With his Heavy Metal ability, his Heavy Slam rocks the stage, while his Metal Sound prepares you for the pyrotechnics: careful with the Flamethrower ! Finally, no metal concert is complete without some head banging, so here he goes Head Smashing your team.
Next, the singer comes on stage, Lycanroc in its Midnight form. He throws stuff at the audience with Rock Slide, head bangs away with Psychic Headbutt and Iron Head and finally jumps in the crowd with Body Slam.
And he's accompanied by the real star of the show, Toxtricity Amped form rocking the guitar. And what's that ? He shines and is crowned with a pantheon, he really is the God of Rock. He Charms, the guitar Screeches, altering your status. After puting the Overdrive pedal on, he Tera Blasts all the rock within him.
The show is over and you endured it all. You're a rockstar kid ! I give you the Stud Badge, (as in a studded jacket). I need to go harder if I want to defeat you next time. But what's harder than Rock ... ?
Note : Obviously this team gets bodied by Earthquake, but I wanted to commit to the bit. And having a poison type is a nice call back to the gym previous owner. The gym challenge is fairly easy, I thought about trying to give a limited number of turns to do it, like in the restaurant in ORAS I think. The reason would be that it's the first act or before the show ends. This would be a 6th or 7th gym for sure, in a high level game in general.
I think for me, if I was setting up a Gym, It's A Ghost Gym For sure, and I think both for theming and terastalizing reasons, it has to be set in Kalos, for reasons that will become super obvious.
The gym would be set within a mansion, and for simplicity sake we'll say it took up root in Camphrier. Within the mansion is the ghost gym, meant to test not only your skill in battling but your bond with your pokemon. It's not enough to know the match ups, to be skilled in battle or any of that. It's important of course, but your pokemon are your partners. You're supposed to be close to them.
So when you enter the gym to challenge, your pokemon are "stolen" from you, save for your oldest pokemon (by which I mean the one that has been on your team the longest). and you are given a challenge to find your fallen pokemon and rescue them from an early grave. The mansion will have several little tests about the bond with your pokemon (for example, where did you meet, What level was it, how many gyms has it helped you with etc) All in heavy quotation marks, they're perfectly safe, but it's alarming after all. At that point you have a few options available to you. Do you A) Go on a hunt for your pokemon across the mansion, tearing through the trainers who now guard your "fallen" pokemon? do you B) Play the mystery that is placed before you and try to solve the pokemon's epitaphs and in doing so bring them "back to life", or C) You say screw that, the fastest way to solve this problem is to beat the gym leader and you solo them with your single pokemon.
Obviously doing A And B leaves you with a full team, but C is also valid. It's you and your closest (presumably) pokemon fighting the big bad guy who kidnapped and endangered your friends after all!
And as a note They're returned if you leave early, but everything get's reset if you change your team. Gotta follow through.
Located in the back of the mansion, beneath a single flowering tree is the site for the gym battle.
And of course, once they get to me, they're met with a simple 5 v 5 Gym Challenge. Their order is actually explained if you go through the A and B routes, Or rather the order they're sent out because it's set up to be a story of sorts. And it's Double Battles the whole way down.
Trevenant: Grass/Ghost, and The First One Out with a simple, straightforward purpose. He's built to stall (but it's a gym challenge it's not as aggressively spiteful as it could be), and be something of a brick wall, so he's set with Harvest and A sitrus berry. Other than that, it's moves are Horn Leech, Will o Wisp, Confuse Ray and Shadow Claw. The First step in the journey to reclaim your friends, is to simply travel through the dangerous world, set with foes against you. Wandering, wandering for ages, wandering without order or direction, tired, hurt and struggling, but it is simply one step needed to be overcome if your bond is strong, if you're truly willing to do whatever to see them back to life.
Golurk: Ghost Ground, No Guard. He's built to Bop. He's meant to basically do as much damage as he can rapidly, and quickly, and as a result he's not exactly the most durable (although he's a big bulky boy so of course he can take a BIT of damage) but he critically he's also here to deal with pesky dark types, at least a little bit. Because Dynamic Punch is in play, and he will use it, but also he's just full aggressive here. High Horse Power, Heavy Slam, and Phantom Force as a final aggressive spite move. He's meant to rumble folks, and in the story, he's the first and mightiest guardian, who destroys all who would seek to overturn death. A guardian true, but it's force turned outward without resolve for itself. The world abhors revival, it is not to be done, so first you must (metaphorically, cause it's a ground type ha ha) overcome the earth.
Chandelure: Fire Ghost. Another Fast and easy fight in theory, but one that could hurt badly if you fail to take it out quickly. Hex, Inferno, Pain Split, Curse. Chandelure is another big bonky dude, albeit one that's meant more to cause problems again, after golurks big bonkus, and trevenants tree trolling, we return with someone meant to just be frustrating to deal with, but is also a flash in the pan. Between Curse and Pain Split, it's got a short life span, and inferno hits hard and burns which leads to hex as a nice little double tap. Again, it's not a long fight, but it's meant to be a potentially frustrating one. Going back to the story, Chandelure is the Underworld Sun (Hell Sun if we're allowed to be edgy) just another trial and struggle to overcome before you get to the last guardian. It's intense, but short lived.
Aegislash: Steel Ghost. The last Guardian, and arguably the actual star of the show as far as My The Gym Leader's Pokemon Go, but it's more a shared role here. Sacred Sword, Kings Shield, Shadow Sneak, And Swords Dance. Bulky because of Kings Shield and typing, Swords Dance to up damage, and then Shadow Sneak and Sacred Sword to cause problems on purpose for everyone. It is an appropriate Finale for the Final Guardian on the path to revival. An Impassable wall in the story, one that requires not only quick wit and strength, but a keen eye for the hearts of others (because if you screw up and let him set up you're gonna have a REAL bad time), but upon seizing victory you're met with the prize. True Revival. Here represented by
Florges: Fairy, With a Ghost Terastalize. And Of course, Florges has no ghost moves. Pollen Puff, Grassy Terrain, Moonblast, Petal Dance. It's the revival, the coming of spring, the new life coming back, and it's also supposed to support whoever it's called forward with to a degree. It's moves obviously exist to punish Dark types in general, but grassy terrain to help with health a bit (i am not recalling if it heals everyone but hey Pollen Puff is also there) and it's also an obvious reference to AZ.
Upon achieving victory, the challenger is rewarded with the Revival Badge, and probably a fair amount of glee after the annoying stunt with your pokemon getting yoinked at the start .
I used to play Pokémon showdown with a single type team and change my avatar to a gym leader and I would battle randoms and if they beat me I would say “congrats! Here is your badge”
So happy to see this series rebooted, not simply because they in themselves are great, but it allows the rest of us to come up with new gym ideas as well.
Speaking of which in my case instead of taking over the Pewter City gym for Brock I would set up a new Rock type gym over on Cinnabar Island in a bid to reestablish a community on the long since destroyed landmass. Thanks to the volcanoes past eruption the rock covering the island is mineral rich and soon a well established mining town springs up and the league sees fit to name me a Pokémon Gym Leader. A visiting trainer arriving at the docks would first be presented with an ornamental façade of a large Petra like structure and soon come to the realization that the community lives in an underground city. After exploring for a while the challenger would come across the tunnel leading towards the gym. Travelling down it they would be met with miners using Pokémon like Larvitar, Carkol, Graveller, etc. which obviously are used to help mine out new tunnels, but as they go in further some start to have Pokémon like Muk, Weezing, Magmar, and Ditto, which seem out of place. Well until to find yourself in what looks like an old abandoned mansion of some sort filled with mysterious lab equipment at which point you find me. Before we battle I explain how in the past scientist used this lab to discover how to restore fossils into Pokémon and even attempted to create a brand new Pokémon of their own, but also they had several testbed protypes which they were working on as well which were forgotten about after the volcano erupted, or may have been the cause of the eruption. With that mysterious statement our battle begins.
I lead with Hysuian Arcanine (Stone Edge, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Rock Tomb) as reference to Blaine's ace, but taking a different form than his. Following that my next Pokémon would be Rhydon (Earthquake, Drill Run, Surf, Thief) to reference the many Rhydon Statues that fill the mansion and knowing Thief in reference to the many burglars which previously could be found within. My third teammate would be Midnight Form Lycanroc (Crunch, Counter, Stone Edge, Drill Run) who is simply here because it is my favourite rock type and shows off a Pokémon with various forms. My fourth Pokémon will likely blindside the challenger as I send out Iron Thorns (Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Stone Edge, Earthquake) a Pokémon which should not exist outside of Area Zero and considered a myth by most trainers. If they manage to defeat it I mention while my Iron Thorns may not be from Paldea I have something that is and send out my Sap Sipping, Terastallized Miltank (Defense Curl, Rollout, Milk Drink, Surf) in an attempt to steamroll any remaining Pokémon they have.
After winning the Trainer will receive TM106 Drill Run and the Lapidary Badge. I would then explain if the player continues to speak with me how the lab had early time machine prototypes with have been since made a reality in other regions and how a malfunction may have released large amounts of infinity energy causing the eruption. The energy may have also been absorbed into a resting Lavitat/Pupitar within the mountain which caused it to transform into Iron Thorns which was discovered in the mansion in a hibernation like state when we tunneled it out.
There is no Y in Hisuian!
If I were a Rock-type gym leader that could use a full team of 6, my team would probably consist of [Mega] Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Storm Drain Cradily, Gigalith, Crustle, and Hisuian Arcanine.
I was kind of expecting your tera pokemon to be clefable, with the "clefairy come from space" thing.
So, silly as it may be, here is my gym: the Ultimate Electric Gym.
With Elesa having stepped down to focus on her modeling career, I have taken over as the Nimbasa City Gym Leader, and what have I made it into? A 1970s discotheque. Yes, Nimbasa is the leisure center of Unova, and with it inspired by New York City, what better to make it themed after than Studio 54.
I am known as the Pokémon Disco King, a famous Trainer AND Pokémon Coordinator. And with the flashing lights of a disco, Electric seemed like a perfect match. My Gym Trainers challenge the Trainers by doing mini-Pokémon Contests: the Gym Trainer has one of their Pokémon do a move in one of the five Contest categories, and the player has 30 seconds to pick one of their Pokémon and have them do a move of that same Contest category. If they score higher, they continue; if they score lower, they have to battle the Gym Trainer if they want to progress. After getting past four of them, they challenge me to try and get the badge. There I’d stand on the main dance floor, a neon-light floor under the disco ball, dressed in my yellow and black disco suit and platform shoes, snapping my fingers and tapping my foot to the beat as I wait for the challenger to approach and after I accept their challenge, I declare, “Let’s boogie!” as a disco version of the Johto Rival Song plays.
As I picture myself being the 6th Gym Leader, I have a team of five Pokémon. I start off with Magnezone, since it seems like a perfect corollary for a disco ball. After Magnezone would come Alolan Raichu; figuring because it has a surfer theme, it would kind of work as a hippie surfer. After Alolan Raichu comes Pawmot. This may not be the best match, but it being an Electric/Fighting Type in my head just feels like it would work well as being a disco dancer. From there, I go to my fourth Pokémon: Toxtricity Low Key Form. Being that it is based on a bass guitar and the bass line is so important to disco music, that’s another perfect fit. And finally, we need a drummer for that beat, so my final Pokémon and Ace would be Rillaboom with the Electric Tera Type.
If you can get past all five of my Pokémon, I admit defeat and congratulate you on “getting through my Pokémon Playlist” and award you the Disco Badge: a disco ball with an eighth note made out of yellow electricity on the front of it
My Rock Type Gym idea: Actually outside the city, either on the route, or on the outskirts. It would be in a canyon of sorts with a lot of wind that causes natural sandstorm effects. My gym challenge will be both a maze and a puzzle, with clues hinting at where to position rocks and pillars (either using strength, an overworld power or some in gym feature) that will redirect wind to make paths accessible. Some are optional, and much like the Galar Fairy gym, it's an advantage to the Gym, with sandstorm being a natural weather effect if you didn't solve the puzzle to direct the winds away from the different battle fields.
The theme is a mix of understanding and respecting the natural world, and how one needs to balance controlling and working with it. My team would be Gigalith, Archeops, Lycanroc (for depending on time of day of the challenge), Tyrantrum or Craydily (also time of day), and a starmie I think would be fun to tera.
Okay, I picked Starmie before watching the full video XD Picked it considering Power Gem as the TM given out by the gym, and the 'zen garden' theme XD Perhaps after the battle the camera zooms out so show you the pattern you made throughout the maze. Would definitely let you glide out of the canyon on the redirected winds though.
It's Hard-G Gordie because it sounds like gourd, like Melony sounds like melon. 👍
I remember when you did these and I picked Ice and made like a Snowy Forest with bonfires. While I can't find what I put, my Tera Pokemon would be Poliwrath and it would have Ice Punch, Drain Punch, Waterfall, and Focus Blast. I'll post a new Gym in another comment.
My rock type gym would have: Solrock, Tyranitar, Rampardos, Tyrantrum , Midday Form Lycanroc, and Minior( Light Blue core). My ace would be Midday Form Lycanroc and it would use it's signature Z move during the battle. Ik I could use Mega Tyranitar but I like Lycanroc as a pokemon more so I want that as my ace.
My gym would also be the last gym and take place in Alola where you have to travel around by jumping on different meteors and challenging my gym trainers.
My rock gym leader would be a jeweler, I think that'd be pretty fun.
The team would be:
Carbink
Glimmora
Minior
Coalossal
Golem
Gigalith
I love when gym leaders have Pokemon that aren't the gym type but do fit the theme, so maybe I can swap some members for non rock types but do have jewels or gemstones or the metal rings that go with being a jeweler like Starmie, Sableye, Steelix, Probopass, or Duraludon
I had a similar idea for a psychic type gym leader team, only that minior would be the pokemon that would terrastilize, rather than starmie :D And instead of macargo either orbeetle or beheeyem
Love the cosmic theme, because Meteor Beam is one of the coolest moves ever.
Good choice with Starmie
(I don't know about Magcargo lol)
My rock gym would be located in Sinnoh, but not in a town or city. Rather, the gym is within the lower levels of Mount Coronet. My gym would also be the 8th and final gym. The puzzle involves the player having to navigate the dark chambers. The trainers would give hints on the correct path along with some glittering gems. Once you reach the lowest level in Mount Coronet, you will encounter me, examining various fossils. I talk about how history is an intriguing thing. I then mention how fossils are proof of a rich history of the Pokemon world. I comment on how you are powerful for being able to reach me and the final test awaits. The battle starts.
My lead is Gigalith. Gigalith's whole purpose is to set up Sandstorm with its ability and become a sturdy wall. Physical attackers are key to taking down my team. Next is Bastiodon, a fossil Pokemon and also another wall that'll take a few hits in order to beat it. If you did not bring any fighting or ground types or did not teach any fighting or ground moves, Bastiodon is sure to be a hassle. Afterwards is Omastar, another fossil Pokemon that'll take out any ground types you bring. My second to last pokemon is Tyranitar. A powerful pseudo-legendary that'll be a challenge to take out. It's also the second Sandstorm setter after the Sandstorm from Gigalith runs out. My final Pokemon is a rock tera-type Dragapult. Taking down two pseudo-legendaries is a challenge, but in the end, you prevail.
The badge I give will be the Prehistoric Badge. I'll also give you the TM for Stone Edge. After giving those two items, I wish you good luck on taking on the Sinnoh League before continuing my work on researching newly found fossils.
If I'll be a ghost type gym leader, I'll come out from a coffin and stand up Dracula style
My Rock gym (Gym 3) Theme: Natural History Museum. Puzzle: Fossil replication (walking in sand). Trainers: Hiker, Scientist, Collector, Janitor. Persona: Archeology nerd (Puns/references in my dialogue). Team (Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Tyrunt, Cranidos, Tera-Dracozolt) Dialogue: (Pre-Battle: I see you survived that hothead janitor along with the other staff, let's see if you can go down in history. Time for your final exam.) (Final Pokemon: My team is almost extinct, but it's not over yet.) (Post-Battle: This was certainly fun. I hope you had a "blast from the past" like I did.) (Collect Badge: I hope to see you go down in history as more than a champion. You'll definitely want to take these with you.) Badge: Dino badge (Tyrunt skull head), TM: Rock Slide.
Unrelated to the actual video, but I got my copies of the new tree of evolution, and it's absolutely stunning. Somehow more gorgeous in person, too. Bought one for myself and one for my nephew and he absolutely adores it too. ☺
aw yo thank you so much :D
I would want to take over the Violet City Gym in Johto from Falkner.
My team would be Hoothoot Level 12 and Natu Level 14 and I'd change nothing else.
My rock type gym would be about fossils
It would be the fourth gym and have:
Amaura: aurora beam, ancient power, dazzling gleam, stealth rock.
Lileep: mega drain, leech seed, ancient power, rock tomb
Airodactyle: rock slide, ancient power, thunder fang, dragon tail.
Tera rock dracovish: ancient power, fishiouse rend, dragon dance, dragon pulse.
If you win, you get the primal badge, and the TM for ( you guessed it) ancient power.
It's Aerodactyl, not Airodactyle! There is no I, and the name does not end with an E!
The first time I ever thought of making my own Pokemon Gym was after I'd finished my first playthrough of Emerald back in 2005 when it first released. Since then, I've only ever done tweaks and revamps to keep my Gym on par with the current trends of Gyms and their general type of tricks. Whether that was through changes in the battling roster, alterations to move lists, inclusion of gimmicks like Mega Evolution, or whatever else, I've always been proud of my Gym. And through the years, only three things about my Gym have stayed the same: my Signature Pokemon (not always the Ace, mind you), my Gym's location being in Lilycove City in Hoenn, and the fact that my Gym is an optional challenge accessible to those who've cleared the League and can provide proof of their Championship. Region matters not to me. If you became League Champion in Galar, for example, and can show the proof on your Trainer ID, then you can challenge my Gym just as any Hoenn League Champion could.
Here's the current design of my Lilycove Gym, as of the inclusion of Paldea into the known Pokemon world.
Location: Lilycove City, Hoenn. Specifically, inside the former Team Aqua hideout, long since remodeled to remove most of the teleporter pads.
Entry Requirements: Challenger must show proof of having earned the League Championship of any Region. All who can provide such proof are welcome to challenge me.
Gym Puzzle: Battle Gauntlet similar to the League Challenge. Five battles must be fought in succession. Loss or retreat at any point will require the Challenger to start the gauntlet from the beginning. Healing in between fights is allowed, but only by using the items you have on hand. (Essentially, this is just like the E4 challenge in the games.) For the final fight, you must initiate by speaking to the Leader, so you have one last opportunity to heal up.
Battle One, upon arriving on solid ground inside the Gym: Gym Accolytes Maria and Ariel
Specialization: Water-Type Pokemon
Team Composition: Dewgong, Lanturn, Gyarados, Ludicolo, Swampert, Primarina (Ace)
Battle Format: Double Battle
Battle Gimmick: All Pokemon know Surf
Battle Two, after descending entryway stairs: Gym Accolyte Pyrra
Specialization: Fire-Type Pokemon
Team Composition: Camerupt, Rapidash, Turtonator, Ninetales, Blaziken, Infernape (Ace)
Battle Format: Rotation Battle
Battle Gimmick: All have either move Sunny Day or ability Drought
Battle Three, before teleporter pad leading to next floor: Gym Accolyte Aria
Specialization: Flying-Type Pokemon
Team Composition: Pidgeot, Staraptor, Crobat, Swellow, Squakabilly (White), Charizard (Ace)
Battle Format: Sky Battle
Battle Gimmick: All know Aerial Ace
Battle Four, middle of bottom floor, formerly Archie's Office: Gym Accolyte Sandra
Specialization: Ground/Rock-Type Pokemon
Team Composition: Krookodile, Golem, Garchomp, Rhyperior, Sandslash, Clodsire (Ace)
Battle Format: Triple Battle
Battle Gimmick: All have some form of OHKO attack
"So, you've made it all the way past the girls, {Challenger's name}. I see, guess that means it's my turn. Let's see what you've got. But first... a question, to finalize your challenge. You must travel from Point A to Point B, with three routes before you. All three will get you there in the exact same amount of time. Do you choose the Land Route, the Sea Route, or the Aerial Route?"
Battle Five, submarine launchpad, bottom floor: Gym Leader Aldegor (a name I've used in many of my Pokemon playthroughs)
Specialization: Legends and Myths
Team Composition, Fixed, First Challenge: Suicune, Galarian Zapdos, Chien-pao, Manaphy, "Aina" (Shiny Gardevoir, Aldegor's original Starter)
Battle Format: Single Battle
Battle Gimmick: The Ace of the Gym Leader's team is chosen by the Challenger answering the question posed upon battle initiation
Land Chosen Ace: Groudon, Primal Reversion capable
Sea Chosen Ace: Kyogre, Primal Reversion capable
Aerial Chosen Ace: Rayquaza, Mega capable
Victory Rewards: 10,000 BP; 50,000 Poke-currency; TM Return (logic is bond between Challenger and their 'mon helped claim victory); TM based on Answer chosen, Flamethrower (if Land), Ice Beam (if Sea), Thunderbolt (If Aerial); Legend Badge (hexagonal three-tone badge (red, green, blue) with the Wheel Of Arceus emblazoned on it in bright gold)
The Gym Leader's 'fixed' team members changes with each subsequent victorious challenge, always being Legendaries and Mythicals, with only Gardevoir staying on every iteration. The victory rewards are as bountiful as they are because Aldegor (aka, me) realizes that his gym is indeed a true test of a trainer's skill, and victory should be rewarded as such. the 10K BP is there because he knows the struggle to accumulate enough to get even a single Protein, let alone something like an Ability Patch, is a pain in the everything. And so, with a 10K boost as part of the victory rewards, he hopes it is enough to entice the Challenger to come back in the future and try their luck again.
"You've overcome the insane odds of my Gym, {Challenger's name}, and you've beaten me at my own game. I'm impressed. The Legend Badge shows you've taken me down a peg. And here, take these as a sign of your victory. You've definitely earned them. And hey, if you ever want to try again, feel free any time. Just know that my team will switch it up every time you claim victory over me, just to keep things interesting. Except Aina, she's always at my side. The teleporter behind me will bring you just outside the Lilycove Pokemon Center. Let's meet again someday, {Challenger's name}."
I would have a gym with pastel pink walls, fluffy clouds with lightning bolts around, a fluffy comfy cosy theme, electric type gym. Would use Galvantula, alolan raichu, and an eletric tera type altaria. gym puzzel would be to move the clouds out of the way to see the path to me by beating the beauty gym trainers. I would take over the goldenrod gym for this likely and give out electro web ^^
The E in puzzle should be after the L!
My gym would be at a Dig Site and it would be a FOSSIL gym.
No weird puzzles or pointlesss Gym Challenges that have nothing to do with anything. Just a gauntlet of other gym trainers.
I think FOUR pokemon would be enough for a decent fight.
Kabutops is Rock/Water and Kabuto is one of my favorite pokemon ever.
Bastiodon is Rock/Steel Another favorite of mine and with a bulky defense that I like as a strategy
Auroras is Rock/Ice so will help if the trainer brings out a Grass type.
My Ace will Be Tyrantrum A Rock/Dragon that hits like a truck.
Here's mine: Clay has retired from the position of Gym Leader to focus on his mining business. Until a permanent replacement is found, a volunteer from a nearby region is filling the position. However, when you arrive at the Driftveil Gym, a distressed Gym attendant informs you that the Rock-type gym leader, George, hasn't come in today! He informs you that George has been spending time in Chargestone Cave. As such, you make your way to the cave, where you'll find a pickup truck that's at least 25 years old with a pickup camper on it parked outside. Wandering through Chargestone Cave, you'll have to solve the natural puzzle it presents while battling a multitude of Rock-type trainers. In the deepest part of the cave, you'll find a young man in jeans, work boots, and a jacket with a simple camouflage pattern and neon stripes, his back turned to you. "Okay, how am I gonna..." He suddenly notices your presence, and turns around. "Ope! Sorry, didn't see you there! Isn't this place incredible? I've never seen natural magnets this powerful, or crystals with properties like these!" You explain how the gym attendant sent you to find George. "Karst topography! I must've lost track of time, I'm sorry! I'll head back right away! Say, you want a ride?" Either way, once you find your way back to the Driftveil gym, you'll spelunk through a variety of rock climbing walls, caverns, and gym trainers, eventually finding your way to the young man, George, at the bottom of the cave. "You probably figured this out, but my name is George. I'm a Rock-type specialist, a member of the Elite 4 in my home region, and, for the sake of your challenge, the Gym Leader here. The Pokémon you'll face here won't be my strongest team, but I've been training them specifically for this role, so don't you hold back!" He opens with Alolan Graveler, which sets up Stealth Rock, and challenges your water types with Thunder Punch. Next is Dusk form Lycanroc, which uses Roar to force you to switch Pokémon into Stealth Rock, Accelerock, Stone Edge, and Fire Fang. Then, it's Shuckle, who uses Protect, Stone Edge, Infestation, and Final Gambit. Fourth is Carbink, my final retort against any fighting types you might have left. Once Carbink is down, George tosses his jacket aside. "Hahaha! I love it when I get pushed to the wall! How about we shift gears a bit?" And out comes Pokémon number five: a Persian, which quickly Terastallizes to the Rock type, and hits with Fake Out, Power Gem, Pay Day, and Metal Claw. While an unexpectedly speedy attacker, you prevail, prompting excited laughter from your opponent. "You're quite the trainer, alright! These guys might not be the strongest Pokémon I've got, but they're far from pushovers, and you had us coming down the hill like a landslide! You've definitely earned this: the Cavern Badge! Here, take this as a gift from me, as well!" He hands you a TM for Stone Edge. "Stone Edge is a favorite move of mine. It may not always hit, but it hits hard when it does." Before you leave, he offers one last bit of advice: "Don't be afraid of getting kicked into the dust. It's not fun, but losing holds a lot of lessons you can't learn by winning all the time. Just try to get your feet back under you, and you'll find your footing's more grounded than it was a second ago."
The problem I always run into with these gym leader team things is that my favorite type is fairy, but I very much dislike most fairy Pokemon. Maybe after three generations of fairies I could sift through and find enough Pokemon for a team, but it would be a challenge.
Since you are adding space to your theme. Trainers with moonstone evolutions would fit because the Moon Stone is supposed to be from space.
My gym would be Korrina's place. In Kalos. I would take over her fighting type after she has become an Elite Four member. I would have a trial where you have to stay focused by keeping the ball at the center of a meter as all kinds of stuff goes on to make you lose focus and move to one side or the other. I would then have a river going through the gym where you have to jump from balancing pole to balancing pole and if you choose the wrong one, you would fall in where my Poliwrath would be waiting in case people fell in and take you back to the start.
You would then get to me where I would keep fighting pokemon. Pangoro, Gallade, Urshifu Rapid Strike, Sirfetch'd and my final pokemon Tera Type Fighting Mega Lucario.
I would be a dragon type gym leader with my ace being dragapult, along with having appletun, turtanator, and garchomp on my team. I would give out draco meteor when you beat me.
I see that 19 badges. What’s up there Toby? Inventing a new type? A gym leader with no type specilization? I can’t wait to find out.
I have always said that if I was in the pokemon world I wanna live in sinnoh. So for a rock type gym I'm taking over oreburg city gym. Oreburg is a mining town but I feel the gym doesn't reflect that very wel. So I would make a maze where you have to dig through walls with a pickaxe or something similar.
My pokemon would be carcoal, (obvious connection to mining) rhydon (its horn spinns and resembles a drill) and a machoke that terastalizes into rock type, machoke is obviously supposed to resemble a strong miner.
Carkol, not Carcoal! And Oreburgh is supposed to end with an H!
I'd love an actually strong bug gym with joltic lead to deal with flying types and put down sticky webs the araquinid to deal with fire types then heracross then volcarona and finish off with terasteralissed flygon for obvious reasons
Joltoik does not end with a C, it ends with a K!
I would be a ground type gym leader in Sootopolis City. My team would focus around Ground types with access to Storm Drain, Water Absorb and perhaps some which have abilities/moves with similar effects to Storm Drain and Water Absorb for Grass moves and Ground moves. Also held items like Air Balloon etc. Pokémon I know would feature would be Gastrodon, Clodsire, Quagsire and Seismatoad. I would have a shiny Curly form Tatsugiri that tera into Ground type as my ace.
My badge would be called the Bog Badge and would resemble a melting brick. The Gym's whole thing is about challenging you to win with at best effective moves. Which in my mind parallels nicely with an actual bog where there is no easy way traverse one without brute forcing it with huge machinery or straight avoiding it by flying.
My character would be a Scottish, risk averse banker who is all about not making the wrong call, alleviating any possible weaknesses in plans, battle strategies and avoiding hurting peoples feelings. The TM I would give at the end of the battle would be a new move similar to Aurora Veil which can be used in Rain called Sticky Feet. When used during rain this move ensures the opposing teams moves will always go last. Ground types gain essentially a Light Screen SpD boost until Sticky Feet expires or the rain expires, whichever is first.
The interior of the Gym would be a bank call centre. A barista at the office coffee stand will give you a fresh water and tell you about the gym when you come in. When you go into the contact centre the agents are essentially all Larrys. They have pets to feed, bills to pay and kids in the nursery they need to pick up when they finish. When you move through into the meeting rooms the Mangers and Mortgage Advisors will talk about "red service levels" and "needing to improve CSAT scores". When you get to my office I have graphs with various trends and TV's providing updates on the PTSE and such. I talk about ensuring the bank is always producing more good for people than we do bad, we should only celebrate when we get someone their first home or help save a business and peoples jobs. Profit over people gets you fired in my business. I mention this is nothing compared to the good you did for the region during the rival team story? Then we battle.
I should also mention that I am the final gym leader but I am actually a more experienced trainer than the entire elite four and trained them all. The Pokémon game I am in is the hardest because the Elite Four and champion will all use competitive teams and move sets based around winning World Champion teams. No teams beyond me will be single type.
My character features as a key character of the main plot because the evil team are trying to cause a financial crisis, at the critical part of the story I aid you because the prices of poke balls, items and even the electricity for the Pokémon centres to run is extortionate. I am essentially the Steven, Cynthia or Lance character of the game but I'm useful for you when we need to team up because my Pokémon have complimentary move sets that de-buff opponents and just don't die.
My character gives you the Master ball instead of money when you beat my gym. I tell you that I won't tell you the details of how I got that Master ball, just that it involved a fisherman, a whishcash and that that was one of the weirder days at the office. (an easter egg for anime fans)
Ultimate rock gym in my opinion
(as the last gym)
Tyrantrum
Coalossal
Cradilly
Garganacl
Kabutops
Ace
if megas are allowed : Aerodactyl
if terastalize is allowed : Starmie
My gym would take the gym spot in Goldenrod City. It would be the same layout, but you would have big Lego walls that would need to be broken by rock smash. If you didn’t have the TM, you would battle trainers and after defeating them, they would break the walls. Gym trainers would all be big Youngsters with Geodude, Graveler, Boldore, Rolycoly, Naclstack.
The gym leader would be at the end, a young boy playing with action figures and knocking down building blocks or legos. He would taunt the challenger stating “It was so easy beating all those girly girls that used to have a gym here. You’re no match for my wrecking crew!”
This would be the third gym still, and he would send out first a Tyrunt, then an Aron, and finally a Terrastal Rock Fraxure (lower than 30 when it should normally evolve).
After getting defeated, he’ll throw a tantrum and knock over a few more small structures before his parent would come up and apologize. You would get the Collapse Badge (shaped like a 2x4 Lego piece) and the TM for Rock Slide.
On Rematch, full team would be Tyranitar, Tyrantrum, Coalossal, Aggron, Garganacl (who he would say is his super tough Pokémon that can’t ever be knocked down) and Terrastal Rock Haxorus.
Wait, instead of Fraxure it should definitely be an Arctibax. With a team meant to emulate destroying cities, I fumbled and should have included the Pokémon inspired by Godzilla!
Mi gimnasio de tipo piedra trataría de conectarnos con nuestro pasado tribal, cuándo luchábamos contra bestias, los cazadores primitivos te atacarían decidueye con teratipo de piedra, mientras quemo, por ocupar una posición alta, usaré pokémon's de tipo piedra, pero con teratipo de acero.
Obviamente me vences, te doy la medaya "pasado verdadero", pero no te daré mt, porque aún no se ha inventado.
Por cierto, dos cosas:
- Todos vamos a hablar preprotoindoeuropeo.
- Y la música del gimnasio será el opening de Walking With Beast.
After I do a pure bird playthrough with flying type Pokemon.... you decide to make a Rock Gym???
I feel so betrayed...
I would be the last Gym Leader of the Poison Type.
"The Whole World has already been poisoned and you are next!"
Galarian Slowking
Alolan Muk
Galarian Weezing
Clodsire
Overqwil
After my Defeat I would give you the Toxic Badge
Ultimate Rock type gym challenge? Okay, let's set it up on Cinnabar Island so the 7th gym. By now Blaine has either passed on or retired and Brock has moved on. Kanto wants a new rock type gym and in the midst of Cinnabar rebuilding after the volcanic eruption a new gym leader steps up not only to help restore the island, but bring in renewed interest through making it a hub for filming and tourism. Specifically the island's tropical nature, volcanism make it a fantastic setting for B-movies that feature ancient looking and powerful pokemon. The island even mines some of the minerals that are used in cameras for the movies. The gym leader would be known as "the rock solid director."
The gym puzzle would have you finding broken pieces of a pokemon statue that was supposed to be a prop in one of the upcoming movies. Everyone's too afraid to let you talk to the gym leader while the pieces are missing. The gym trainers would be Camera men, Beauties, and actors primarily with a Gentleman and a Madam thrown in to represent producers or ppl financing the movies. Once you find the prop pieces you'll be let into the gym leader's room.
There's a directors chair there and me and a few other people are going over a script and plan for the next film. and when you challenge me, I'd say something like, "It's wonderful you get to go on an adventure. Most people only ever get the chance to do something like that by seeing it on screen. That's how I was for a long time. But seeing stories of valiant trainers made me want to try it too. It's not like the movies exactly but that inspiration was important. It helped give me rock solid conviction. Now, why don't you show me what stories have brought you to this point."
The gym team's theme would be pokemon that have a kind of B-monster movie feel to them. Some fossil pokemon may be present but that's not really the point of this team. We're using 5 pokemon.
The lead: Glimmora. It's toxic debris ability makes it a good lead and it looks like an alien starfish or face hugger.
2nd: Cradilly. This represents the check against water type pokemon and can handle ground types reasonably well. This pokemon is designed to wall and stall so that you suffer more from Glimmora's spikes. This represents the monster plant movies that were popular B-horror fare at one time.
3rd: Lunatone: Lunatone helps deal with the fighting types and represents the sci-fi type B movies
4th: Coalossal: This respresents the classic kaiju films. It'd absolutely be holding a focus sash so it could deal with tanking a water attack if it needed to and get the boost from steam engine.
Finally the terastal pokemon would be Hippowdon. It sets up the sand and gets defensive buffs, can learn coverage for some of the things it'd normally be weak to and hits like a freight train.
If you win you get the star badge modeled after the stars on the Hollywood walk of fame. You probably get Power Gem for the TM but I'd probably want some kind of new move to be the signature here.
I was expecting the ace to be clefable, but starmie is very interesting
This is funny because I once thought of a rock type team for Neil DeGrasse Tyson with a similar theme.
I would be an ice type gym leader, what you think would be my gym is actually the base of Mt. Silver, you have to go through mountainous ice types like Abomasnow and Avalugg, then a snowstorm starts and all you could hear before it starts is a faint voice from atop the mountain saying "Use icy wind" and you have to find your way around without running into Cetitan and some ancient avaluggs from times gone by, and then when you have made your way through you find you are at the top, and there you find me, the Ice Type gym leader veiled in a mist and you challenged me, first monster ice type you have to fight is Abomasnow, with snow warning, to set up the ice types advantage and you can hear me faintly say, "ice types are brittle, but hard as steel when it is freezing" but being the trainer that they are the challenger defeats my abomasnow, and next is my Vanilluxe, you laugh but my vanilluxe is one of my most feared pokemon because of his move Freeze-Dry, it freezes the opponent so your pokemon is frozen, yet you once again triumph against my pokemon, so I send in my Frosmoth, an ice cannon if you will, knowing ice beam, it will leave your pokemon frozen, not in ice but in fear for they know not of where they will be hit, yet you triumph again making me send out my Cetitan, a monster knowing Thick Fat, making your fire moves normal effectiveness, and a mean bodyslam to obliterate the opposing pokemon, and yet you manage to triumph, at this point the challenger is unfazed and emotionless yet I the gym leader, veiled in snow start to worry, then I send in my alolan nineties for the Aurora veil, you quickly dispatch it, leaving me with my final pokemon and it is at this point the misty veil covering me fades, revealing a man in his 30's,wearing a trench coat and a slightly hunched back, and white hair with a short beard, and this is when I say to my pokemon "come on win this for me, old partner" as I send out my final pokemon, a Baxcalibur, using glaive rush after a couple dragon dances, I start to get the upper hand and then you triumph and then the battle ends when outside of the battle you see me tending to my pokemon's wounds from battle, I say "you managed to break through my solid defense and offense, take this" and I hand you the Glacier badge
(Reason I dont use terastal pokemon is because I don't like change and since terastal is new I havent used it yet and still think that I need to use a full team of ice because people call me stuck in my ways)
(Edit 2:I would be fine atop any mountain, if they are tight in airspace because I am on the tallest mountain I will move, in alola case the elite 4 will have moved from the mountain top, or I am a travelling gym leader and you caught me at the right time)
(Edit:3 I would give out the TM for Glacial Avalanche, a theoretical new move, while saying I was given it when I started but none of my pokemon can use except cetitan but it is supposed to be a defensive beast, not an offensive maniac so I give it to you )
Alright challenge accepted. My Rock Gym would be based Rustboro City, taking over for Roxanne the Gym now acts a a research satation for the Devon Corp as we focus on Geology. the front section of the gym is a laboratory where we study rocks and there are a few scientist trainers you will have to defeat. once they are dealt with you can proceed to the next room which is the mines where we gather new rocks for study. several Worker trainers are scattered around who will clear away boulders blocking your path to the Gym leader.
with a team consisting of rock and mineral pokemon. Glimmora(toxic debris) (Stone edge, spikes, stealth rock, mortal spin), Crustle (Sturdy)(X scissor,Shellsmash,withdraw,Stealth rock), Garganacl (Purfiying Salt)(Salt Cure,Hammer arm,Ice Punch,Thunder Punch), Gigalith(Sturdy)(Sandstorm,Stone Edge, Protect,Explosion) and finally a rock tera type Ruinirigus(Trick Room,Phantom Force,EarthQuake,StoneEdge).
Defeating the gym leader will earn the player the geode badge and the TM for Stone Edge
i would make a fighting type gym that instead of prioritizing strength and power focuses on intelligence as well. the main mechanic would be to pass through doors you need to solve scrambled puzzles of pokemon. get it wrong or time runs out you would have to face atheletes in pokemon battles with pokemon like machoke and primeape as well as the occaisional sawk/throh. until you get to me you would then face my team of fighting types. first would be annihilape, then would be machoke, lucario,hariyama, and flamigo. get passed them then you face my last pokemon farigiraf which terastilizes into a fighting type.beat my team and you earn the tm for drain punch and the joint badge. which lookes like a foreward facing fist
Honestly I had an idea for a fairy gym but idk if it would be good to say I feel like it’ll be super dumb and not like any other ones lol.
My Ultimate Rock Gym would be taking over for Tulip in Alfornada. Tulip has grown her brand to the point where she can't delegate being a gym leader anymore, so I set up shop in the gym and raze it to the ground. In the wake of the former gym I've implemented a house of stone. My house, it's a stone facing two story with bits of ironworking, but mostly stone. You can find me in my kitchen having tea with a lady friend. We're discussing a floorplan from her home. I'm actually a part time home renovation specialist, and will bombard you with questions about your perfect home.
My gym test is simple, gather 110 stones from the nearby cavern, and the build a stone shed for a client of mine. Once the shed is built I'll grant you your battle in my rock garden across the way from my home.
I'll start off with an Aerodactyl rocking the Pressure Ability with Tailwind, Whirlwind, Fire Fang, and Rock Tomb. Following Aerodactyl comes Aurorus that has the Refrigerate ability. Aurorus is loaded up as a special glass cannon with Hyper Beam, Thunderbolt, Iron Defense and Meteor Beam. If you can knock out Aurorus next up is Kleavor boasting Sheer Force as it's ability and utilizing it heavily with a Moveset of Take Down, Close Combat, Steel Wing, and Head Smash. Once that ancient behemoth is down next up is dusk Lycanroc with Accelerock, Endeavor, Sucker Punch, and Stealth Rock. Finally my terastylized pokemon is a Blaziken with Stone Edge, Featherdance, Flamethrower, and Drain Punch; coupled with its hidden ability Speed Boost it'll be a formidable ace to take out.
Once defeated I'll give you the Foundation Badge with the TM for Stone Edge as well.
My rock gym would be last and them jems and diemons, team Gilmora (poison flower) gailthic with sandstreem, carbink and lyconrock with sand rush and thunder and fire fang, and last rock treat type sableye
Rock type gym leader Toby just keeps birds as a hobby.
I can hardly wait for my tree of evolution poster.
I'm a dragon trainer myself, so if I was to form a gym I'd probably settle in the Unova region and take over the gym for the aging Drayden. As someone who battled against and was mentored by Lance, my appointment as gym leader was unquestioned. The gym would be remodeled to an extensive library on the surface where I research dragons and the legendary ones in particular, but make your way to the back, and descend into a basement where you'll find a tunnel. This tunnel leads to the battle arena set in a cave behind the city. The gym challenge is simple. Make your way past the handful of Dragon Tamers to reach me. As you arrive, the tunnel opens to a cavern beneath a massive sinkhole. Above, the opening reveals the sky above, and before you lies a flat, stone battlefield in the middle of an underground lake. You walk across the bridge to the battlefield where I stand waiting. I marvel to you about the mystery and power that dragon types possess, and how I study them, the history, and mysteries behind them in hopes to better understand the world of Pokemon better and the power they possess. Then the battle begins. As I'm the last gym challenge, it'll be a full, six-on-six battle.
My team would consist of my favorite dragon, Flygon, ability Levitate, with the moves: Dragon Claw, Steel Wing, Dig, and Dragon Pulse. Second is Haxorus, ability Mold Breaker, with the moves: Dragon Dance, Outrage, Earthquake, and Iron Head. Third would be Baxcaliber, ability Thermal Exchange, with the moves: Glaive Rush, Ice Fang, Zen Headbutt, and Dragon Claw, and Aerial Ace. Fourth is Dragapult, ability Clear Body, with the moves: Dragon Darts, U-Turn, Phantom Force, and Draco Meteor. Fifth is Salamence (mega if allowed), ability Intimidate, with the moves: Fly, Outrage, Steel Wing, and Flamethrower. My sixth and final Pokemon is my partner I began my journey with, Charizard (Dragon terra type), ability Blaze, with the moves: Air Slash, Flamethrower, Dragon Pulse, and the signature TM I created through study of Dragons called Infinity Burst. As I hand over the badge and TM I explain how it works. Through sheer force, the dragon type move, Infinity Burst, breaks through immunity, allowing this dragon type move to deal normal damage to fairy and steel types, however, the sheer amount of power unleashed makes you unable to act again for one turn. 120 damage, 100 accuracy, 5 PP.
Did anyone else notice he said 19 Gyms?! A 19th Type?!