Why does his team Gen 1 Pokémon only? He's the only Hoenn gym leader like this. This honestly triggered me so hard, I got GSC flashbacks. Why did they do this? I mean, Electrike is right there...

>>57988587 (OP)
? it's not

>>57988587 (OP)
Because Game Freak has alway been cock-sucking morons. But you’re allowed to criticize Gen2 because that’s designated scapegoat.

>NOOOO I DONT WANT TO USE THE NEW POKEMON MYSELF I NEED TO STARE AT THE NPCS USING THEM
thank god I’m not a fucking retarded zoomer who cares about shit like this.

>>57988591
>took a third version for the hoenn gym leader to have one (1) line from his home region

>>57988617
>crystal did nothing

>>57988617
Magnemite and voltorb are native to Hoenn.

what was she thinking

>>57988587 (OP)
Hoenn was too scared to shill its own mons, bless GODnova for that.

>>57988617
>no trainer uses tyranitar
>70% combined usage of KANTO mons by gyms and elite 4
>introduces the dark type, yet let's you only use 1 (one) before the postgame
johtobros....

>>57988649
honestly this team isn't much better
her camerupt should have magnitude too

>>57988674
>>no trainer uses tyranitar
>t. never played the tower

>>57988646
Actually there's a good chance they were introduced there.

>>57988674
>deflection

ruby and sapphire aren't canon chud

>>57988649
Those are three gen 3 pokemon

>>57988649
After the abysmal showcasing of the Gen 2 Pokemon due to horrible dex distribution in the deeply flawed and poorly designed Johto games, they decided to show off some of its shitmons in Gen 3.

Is this the Nidoking thread

>>57988754
no this is the we make up fanfics about gen 2's development thread

>>57988754
>>57988796
Same thing

>>57988674
Pretty sure Tyranitar is a gen 3 mon at this point.

>>57988649
>>57988677
Probably they were thinking Sunny Day Overheat would be a lot for a kid to handle. I used to see people here and there be surprised at it.

>>57988677
This team is fine. White Herb with Overheat can kill 2 mons if you aren't prepared.

>>57988740
Slugma is from gen 2. It was rare enough in GSC that many people assume it was made in gen 3. Same is true for Skarmory.

>>57988602
>he would be fine with every npc having 6 pidgey

>>57989072
He would unironically like that so he can call his Johto shitmons decent enough for the campaign.

>>57989038
> Same is true for Skarmory.
Skarmory is just version exclusive. It’s percentage encounter is even the same in both gens

>>57989084
How bad are you that you think any pokemon is too bad for the single player?

>>57988591
>Sneedmerald

>>57989084
No one wants to admit it but most campaign teams have 1-2 mons doing 80% of the work and carry the other 4-5 shitmons that always need extra grinding

>>57989121
0/10 bait. Go hijack the Nidoking thread again if you're that desperate.

>>57989153
I think it's mostly true. Some mons are simply stronger than others and some types like water are more versatile in-game. That's why new exp share exists I suppose.

>>57988587 (OP)
Magneton is a better choice than Manectric, he's the nerdy type guy that did the underground city with magnets and shit. Magneton is no longer a pure Electric type line, has a VERY high Sp.Atk for its generation, a solid bulk given by the typing and defenses despite the average HP, paralysis lets him outspeed and stun, Machop/Makuhita/Meditite line is frail and you aren't expected to have Machamp that early, same for Golem, Golem's line has low HP stats and you don't accurately EV your mons in the playthrough so Sonic Boom hits hard, if by the time Gen 3 had the phys/special move split and any weaker version of Flash Cannon it would be raping even more mons.
Your only solid answers for it were Combusken for quick clear or Marshtomp for bulk and Ground x4 damage rather than Fire or Fighting x2.
Else Shedinja if you knew how to obtain in, and even then it would have worked after 40 turns later of normal and bug type weak attacks and dodging confusion.
The other cheese like for some other game gym leaders is Growl/Leer/TailWhip/MudSlap,StunSpore,SleepPowder etc or Headbutt 30% spam, STAB Normal attacks in early gens until 3/4 were very solid bruteforcing options, especially Gen 3 having early level up Sword Dance Zangoose that could later learn Secret Power/Strength, Return, Brick Break, Shadow Ball and Dig too I believe.

>>57989153
That's literally never been my experience. Please don't project onto the entire player base.

At most I've had a grass type or something that became highly dependable after evolving (Petilil, Deerling, Paras, Shroomish, etc)

>>57988587 (OP)
Geodude gets fucked
>>57988591
Geodude rolls through this

>>57989893
bro can't read

>>57988809
>Fucker you can only get at the ass end of FRLG in post-game 90% of the board hasn't played qualifies as a "Gen III mon"

It's a Gen IV mon because of the buff to Sandstorm. That's when it reached its true potential

>>57988587 (OP)
Gym Leaders using multiple Pokemon from the same line triggers me so hard.

>>57989880
even in emerald i'd say the magneton is basically his ace, manectric is just there to seek up on your remaining mons
same with morty's second haunter