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If you were a Pokemon gym leader...?
5 years ago
Yeah, I'm kinda bored right now, so here's a fun little questionnaire for everyone. :P
If you were a gym leader...
1. What would your Type specialty be?
2. What would be something that you're known for? i.e. a job outside of the gym, a particular training style, personality, etc.
3. What would your challenge/trial be?
4. What would your team be, and which pokemon would be your ace? (Optional) How would each one fit into your strategy?
As for me
1. Dragon of course!
2. Instead of directly commanding my pokemon in battle like most trainers are seen doing, I would instead train them on how to strategize on their own, how to use type advantages, and how to recognize and counterattack when they are at a disadvantage themselves. I'd offer coaching in battle when it's needed, but ultimately my pokemon would be the ones deciding what to do. And since they wouldn't have to wait for commands, they'd be able to strike and react a lot faster.
I'd also be known for insisting on only using luxury balls, because "They just look classy as heck! Besides, my pokemon train and fight hard. They deserve to relax hard too."
3. Challengers would have their pokemon battle one-on-one with my other gym trainers' pokemon. But they would not be allowed to give commands to their pokemon during the battle, only counsel them before the battle. The challenger's pokemon must be able to win battles on their own without any direct input from their trainer.
4. Kommo-o (Ace), Flygon, Goodra, Duraludon, Dragapult, and Noivern. Most of them are capable of Fire or Fighting type moves which would make them an offensive threat to Ice type despite being at a disadvantage. And some are also capable of Poison or Steel type moves, which would allow them to effectively counter their other weakness, Fairy type as well. Duraludon in particular would be an effective counter against attempted type advantage exploiters since it lacks all of the weaknesses usually associated with Dragon type.
If you were a gym leader...
1. What would your Type specialty be?
2. What would be something that you're known for? i.e. a job outside of the gym, a particular training style, personality, etc.
3. What would your challenge/trial be?
4. What would your team be, and which pokemon would be your ace? (Optional) How would each one fit into your strategy?
As for me
1. Dragon of course!
2. Instead of directly commanding my pokemon in battle like most trainers are seen doing, I would instead train them on how to strategize on their own, how to use type advantages, and how to recognize and counterattack when they are at a disadvantage themselves. I'd offer coaching in battle when it's needed, but ultimately my pokemon would be the ones deciding what to do. And since they wouldn't have to wait for commands, they'd be able to strike and react a lot faster.
I'd also be known for insisting on only using luxury balls, because "They just look classy as heck! Besides, my pokemon train and fight hard. They deserve to relax hard too."
3. Challengers would have their pokemon battle one-on-one with my other gym trainers' pokemon. But they would not be allowed to give commands to their pokemon during the battle, only counsel them before the battle. The challenger's pokemon must be able to win battles on their own without any direct input from their trainer.
4. Kommo-o (Ace), Flygon, Goodra, Duraludon, Dragapult, and Noivern. Most of them are capable of Fire or Fighting type moves which would make them an offensive threat to Ice type despite being at a disadvantage. And some are also capable of Poison or Steel type moves, which would allow them to effectively counter their other weakness, Fairy type as well. Duraludon in particular would be an effective counter against attempted type advantage exploiters since it lacks all of the weaknesses usually associated with Dragon type.
2. Running a rescue and re-homing service for eevees and eeveelutions in particular, and other lesser loved pokemon in general.
3. Facing off against some of the pokemon that I have re-homed.
4. Eevee, Flareon, Glaceon, Sylveon, Umbreon...
And Typhlosion as my ace. And no real strategy, just eeveelutions I like and Typh for fluff reasons.
I actually have this trainer all ready for art and shit, and a fair bit of backstory and what not
Also, I gotta show this off now. https://i.imgur.com/frqfbUh.jpg
Wouldn't really say I have a backstory myself other than simply being from a fairly isolated village due to the aggressive dragon types living in the surrounding area and making travel difficult. But admittedly I've thought quite a bit about what sort of role I'd play in the story, and the interactions I'd have with the player character if I were to appear in a game.