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Back in 2009-2010, when I was playing 'Pokemon HeartGold', I ended up being asked to put together a gym leader team for a convention that I didn't end up attending. It didn't feature all the Pokemon shown here, but it did specialize in steel-types. Trainers who defeated me would've received the Clockwork Badge. Sadly, the team didn't really incorporate the TM I would've given to trainers for beating me, which would teach the Pokemon that used it the move Gyro Ball. However, it did utilize a lot of entry hazard moves like Spikes and Stealth Rock, plus several Pokemon on my team knew moves that forced the opponent to switch Pokemon, like Whirlwind and Roar. So it was kind of a troll-ish team, but it was still fun putting the team together, so I've always kind of considered myself somewhat of a specialist in steel type Pokemon since then.
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The artwork was done by
Baralust, and the submission in his gallery can be reached via the link below: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40257648/
'Pokemon' belongs to the Pokemon Company, GameFreak and Nintendo, and the dork in the silly outfit in the middle is me.
Some of my awesome friends that I've met in the fandom:
Insigniia
tylerfurlong
ceralor
bennybug/
fox-rox
dracowhale
bobbythornbody/
scatterpaws
altallo
charlestonrat
halcyonheartbeat
dmshade 
snozzy
redliox
meaninglez
luckyboy
cedricbrowning
fattydragonite
lunostophiles
maxgoof/
dipper_draper
kresblain
kitsunekit
brubearbrown 
darthtater342 Category Artwork (Digital) / Pokemon
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Admittedly, this isn't the exact team I had when I was actually putting the team together. The actual team was probably not that good since it had a very easily exploitable vulnerability to Electric-type Pokemon. Granted, considering it's a gym leader team, I guess it wasn't *not* going to have a very easily exploitable weakness, but still, considering every other Steel-type gym leader that had come out up to that point had at least had Steelix on it, you'd think I would've thought to include one. I guess I just didn't want to limit my choices since, even by 'Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver' there was still kind of a limited pool of Steel type Pokemon to choose from and I wanted to show off some of the other ones and what they were all capable of.
Gym Leaders wold try to build their team to cover most weaknesses, but there will be some they would still be weak too it's just what gives the gameplay balance after all. True your choices were more limited in the Gen 4 days, now you have four more generations and add Pokémon from those that could be useful to your team nowadays.
The split between TMs and TRs also means that a lot more Pokemon have a lot more access to a lot more moves too. Plus, a lot of the newer Pokemon have unique type combinations, meaning they have the potentially to add some new move or playstyle options to people's gym leader themed teams. Honedge here, for example, has the unique Ghost/Steel type combination, which gives it immunity to one of Steel's three main weaknesses, Fighting, while also having access to a fairly wide movepool.
Yep. The thing with dual types though is that you always have to consider both of the types weaknesses in battle. Normally Steel types are affected too badly by Ghost moves, but Honedge can be. Still for a Steel type gym leader, you would cover the Steel weaknesses first and foremost.
Of course! I mean, I'd probably also want to account for his weaknesses to Ghost and Dark type attacks, but making up for the Steel-type weaknesses comes first and foremost. The changes brought about in Gen 6 mean that Steel-types are not only now less resistant to Ghost and Dark-type attacks, but the introduction of the Fairy-type now gives them some offensive viability.
Fair enough. Of the four, Steelix has the highest defense, and probably has the highest base stat total, while Alolan Dugtrio is the fastest, though it also has the lowest base stat total. Then there's Excadrill who has the highest attack of the four. None of their special attack stats are particularly great, but Galarian Stunfish has probably the highest, even if it's still not its best stat or even particularly passable.
Yeah, but choosing Steelix for a Steel-type team...It's a lot like making a Rock-type team and having a member of the Geodude line, or making a Fighting-type team and having Lucario; it's the most basic, obvious, uninspired choice. It lacks any semblance of imagination or creativity.
Thanks! I think it's also kind of funny that, for the next two generations of games after this, I consistently ended up having at least one Steel type Pokemon on my main teams for those games (Ferrothorn for 'Pokemon White', Aegislash for 'Pokemon X', and Mawile for 'Pokemon Alpha Sapphire').
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