Fantina's gym in Platinum because spoopy aesthetics Also Blaine's HGSS Gym, since it looks so cozy to me for some reason looks like it could be a good Secret Base with a little more work
My favorite gym of all time is Jasmine's gym because no stupid puzzle, no annoying gym trainers and the pokemon are cake walk for Quillava. Yes, I want my time to be spent on better things like talking to my Mewtwo (HGSS) or preparation for glitches (GSC) As for Jasmine herself, I as a kind of a feet guy like her a lot. Not quite as I like Bea, Nessa or some of the Maylene and Phoebe arts (the latter two aren't feminine enough to me because of short hair) though.
Unova definitely has some of the best gyms in the entire franchise, hands down. If I made a top 10 list of gyms, at least half of them would be covered by Unova.
Agreed dude! Tbh though, I could say "Unova has the best *[insert thing here]"* about _everything_ in Unova lol. I love Gen. V, that's basically what I'm saying 😊
Kalos doesn’t slack when it comes to good gym design either. Regardless of what you think of the challenge presented in battle, or lack of, most gyms have unique visual identity. Olympia’s gym is not one you’ll forget for aesthetic, putting a twist on the warp tile puzzle by having it be interlocking pieces of a layered globe like structure.
If they had made one change to the spikemouth challenge it definitely would've been my favorite. The idea of making your way through a town filled with what you think is the evil team only to realize that it was actually the gym challenge all along just seems so cool. It does suck that the town itself is just one hallway (when they could've made it a maze of back alleys) but I have to give them the credit on the idea.
It's the underdog city. All the people who come from there know what it's like to be at the bottom of the popularity food chain and Marnie is trying to change that. Plus, the Team Yell grunts are ballsy enough to jump out of buildings to challenge you. That's definitely worth some respect.
Honestly, whether it’s the turbines or the cannons, Skyla’s is truly the best in both. Elesa maybe could’ve gotten some height on her coaster but alas…
Honestly, I think I love all the gyms in bw2. The first I love the atmosphere of the school, like Cheren work to own it. The second is way cooler with is music. The third feels way to relaxing, loving it. The fourth is way better than in bw1, the fifth is also a big improvment and those ore, it makes light! The sixth is really a fun maze. The seventh is just really awsome in comparison with The other dragon type gym in The previous game. And The Last one is really really marvelous. Tbh bw2 are just the best.
Yeah. IMO; Gen. 5 has the best gyms. There isn't an single one that I hate or thinks it's dull. The only one that I think my be my least favorite is Opelucid City Gym in BW1 cause it's just choosing if u prefer offense or defense battles and rotates or triple battles. BW2 fixes that gym. But even the one in BW1 is still decent.
Elesa’s BW2 Gym hands down. Sure it’s puzzle consists of “Walk Forward and battle a Trainer”, but it’s concept and personality makes up for it tenfold. The idea of walking on a catwalk in front of thousands of fans fits Elesa’s role as a Model, and the music coming to a climax with that “Give me what I need!” when Elesa is revealed is in your face, flashy, and electrifying. The icing on the cake has to be Elesa and her crew walking with you down the catwalk after probably the most difficult gym battle in Unova. In all it’s a gym with so much personality and charm that reflect’s Elesa’s personality perfectly.
How was that a difficult battle? My sandile was level 21 and killed her level 31 zebra Pokemon in 2 moves and one shotted her flaffy. Only her emolga was killed by my starter who was at the same level. It's an extremely easy gym. I'd say that the dragon gym is much harder but that's probably because I didn't have an ice type or used an ice move
@@achyuththouta6957 I mean, it's pokemon, so it's not hard, but it is harder than most of the gyms out there, since if you are not prepared with a good ground type she might sweep some members of your team
Elesa's gym in BW2 will forever be my top 1 gym. The atmosphere, the amazing music, the runway, Elesa's beautiful and stylish look, and her annoying pokemon. 10/10 gym
Honestly, Wallace’s gym is my favorite, at least out of the ones that I’ve played through. The tile punching gets you both thinking and really satisfied when you break all of them while being on the right side, and Wallace’s team is a true final challenge before the Elite Four.
I like the puzzle but i always fight all of the gym trainers for exp because its better than running back and forth in the grass fighting wild Pokemon for it, so if a puzzle makes this objective difficult i get annoyed. (But the puzzle for Lt. Surge in gen 3 is just awful and litterally pure luck making him the worst gym puzzle in Pokemon)
Honestly, I think Unova has the best gyms out of all the franchise. Both aesthically, the designs of it, Gym Leaders having great personality & battles, the battle themes are great and has different theme for each gym; particularly in Black 2 & White 2. There's no gyms in Gen. 5 that I legitimately hate or think it was dull. They're all so good.
Marlons gym is my my absolute fav gym. Has the best gym theme imo and is visually pleasing. It also makes you feel like you wanna just relax close your eyes and just listen to the music. Plus water type is my fav type and you get 1 of the best water type moves as the tm reward being Scald.
My favorites are basically based solely on aesthetics because that’s a huge thing for me. Kanto: Celadon in HGSS because of the greenhouse design. Also love Cerulean in HGSS and Saffron Let’s Go. Johto: It’s a simple design, but I’ve always loved both designs of the Azalea Gym. Blackthorn is also great and Mahogany in HGSS. Hoenn: Sootopolis because of the theme. Also love Fortree in ORAS. Sinnoh: Eterna. Love both the forest maze and especially the clock design in Platinum. Hearthome in Platinum and Sunyshore are great as well. Unova: Humilau is my favorite because I love Water-types and the gym is just designed beautifully. Also love the BW1 versions of Nimbasa and Mistralton with the roller coaster and cannons. Kalos: Coumarine. Love the idea of climbing up a giant grass jungle gym. Also love Laverre and Cyllage. Anistar would be great if the paths branched out more. Galar: Not a huge fan of most of them. Hulbury at least feels like a gym and the teacup game in Stow-on-side is kind of cool. I want to say Ballonlea because it’s such a cool looking town, but the gym was a letdown.
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I am still not over the fact that Opal punishes you for answering a question correctly.
my favourite Gyms based on their Puzzle Kanto: Koga/Janine and their invisible wall Johto: Chuck's dojo, where we should stop the water flow to let him hear us Hoenn: Winona and her turbine doors, I genuinely confused the first time I challange her in Ruby Sinnoh: Candice, just like yours Unova: Skyla's canon in Black & White Kalos: Olympia and her maze Alola: Ryuki's Kantonian Gym Galar: Nessa and her waterpipe based on aesthetic Kanto: Sabrina's Gym in Let's Go games Johto: Morty's Gym in Heart Gold Hoenn: Brawly's Gym, which is an actual Gym in Alpha Sapphire Sinnoh: Byron's Gym Unova: Elesa's Catwalk Gym in Black 2 & White 2 Kalos: Grunt's Gym, just like yours Alola: Ryuki's Kantonian Gym Galar: Kabu's Gym based on the Gym Leader Kanto: Erika Johto: Falkner Hoenn: Tate & Liza Sinnoh: Volkner Unova: Roxie Kalos: Korrina Alola: Ryuki's Kantonian Gym Galar: Piers, the first Dark Type Gym
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It’s pretty funny that Steel and Dark type were introduced in Gen 2, only the former got a gym and when Fairy types were then introduced, it also got a gym in the same region. Seriously, were Dark types chopped liver or something?
Dark types trainers got decent coverage as Elite Four members at least, even if Gen II didn’t have enough Dark types to have a full dark type roster for Karen. Hoenn’s Elite Four had Sidney and Unova Grimsley, and an island kahuna in SM/USUM uses Dark types (which as the gym leader counterpart kinda counts if you see it that way). But did rock type need so many gym leaders?
In Japanese the dark type is literally called "the evil type" which is why it was hard for them to come up with a dark type based and gym leader that wasn't the evil team until the stories got more complex and characters more creative. And yeah, I know there are elite 4 members, but they're final bosses rather than "guides" on our journey, so.
Like the sentiment of most commenters here Unova takes the best gyms with their unique design as buildings with secondary purpose (reflecting their other jobs, unique theme (BW2) also their leaders somewhat proactivity outside their gyms). And play BW2 on challenge mode, much much better.
Here's My Favorite Gym in every Game I Played: BW2: Castelia City. Let's Go: Celadon City. Sw/Sh: Stow-On-Side. (I'm not judging these on Challenge. Though Burgh Definitely Gave me some Trouble.)
My picks for the best gyms. Same rules apply but it doesn't need to be challenging OR a puzzle for me to like it. Gen 1: Pewter City Gym Simple but very aesthetically pleasing. Not to mention its the first gym in the series (unless you skip Brock because Gen 1 RBY were broken messes) Gen 2: Ecruteak City Gym Despite how frustrating it is to fall, the gimmick of having to navigate through the dark without falling is amazing when you get the hang of it. Plus, Morty is the most balanced Gen 2 Gym Leader imo. Not to easy like Chuck or Falkner but not overly hard like Whitney or Clair. Gen 3: Lavaridge City Gym The puzzle is very implemental of Lavaridge's hot spring gimmick. Sure, Flannery's a joke, but I still like the whole aesthetic of the Gym, especially with the overhanging steam. Gen 4: Eterna City Gym I love the forest maze in DP and the way the flower moves like a clock in Platinum is entertaining. Plus, for a Grass Type Gym Leader, Gardenia does pose a decent challenge with Roserade (unless you use Chimchar) Gen 5: Opelucid City Gym DRAGON STATUES! I don't need to say anything else. Gen 6: Courmarine City Gym While Ramos is an absolute joke (then again, so are all the Kalos Gym Leaders) I LOVE the design and aesthetic of this gym. In fact, the same applies to all the Kalos Gyms. Gen 8: Spikemuth City Gym This one wins because its the first Dark Type Gym. That and Piers is amazing, as is Marnie, who becomes Gym Leader in the post-game. Update: Paldea: Glaseado Gym I love the minigame. It reminds me of Empoleon's Snow Slide from Poképark Wii
Raihan was anticlimatic but he was fun too. He was actually one of the only gym leaders to have defeated me, I always cap my pokemon to match the number of pokemon that gym leaders use like the anime. So it was worth it beating him. My Cinderace lost to him twice, leaving some other pokemon to defeat him in the gym rematch. But Cinderace was finally able to defeat Duralodon in the Championship, so it was like a little rivarly.
While Sw&Sh is not particularly my favorite game I would say I do respect Kabu's gym for one you get to catch your own fire type Pokémon in these challenges and when fighting Kabu he's the first one in Galar you face that has a Gigantamax Pokémon.
agree with you on grant, friggin loved that! the rock climbing wa kinda fun, and that was sort of a challenge. thought I would easily sweep the team with my grass and water aces, but oh no, that takedown plus refrigerate ability shocked the heck out of me. I was like, takedown? that’s one weak move. come to find that was super effective against my grass types. I’m like, what? how the heck that get a super effective hit!
I really like Anistar City gym for it's really trippy space aesthetics. Other than that, pretty much any of them from Gens 4 and 5. I think gyms peaked in those generations (as did a lot of stuff).
Almost predicted all your favorites. Missed Unova (cause I still haven't gotten around to finishing the sequels) and had Raihan's gym as your Galar choice.
Eyo finally another snowpoint gym ice puzzle enjoyer 😎😎😎 it seems like a lot of people don’t like it because they found it too difficult/tedious but it was always my favorite gym because i always thought the puzzle was really fun. imo flannery’s gym in emerald always felt way more annoying to navigate through than the ice puzzle because warp tile puzzles suck when all the rooms look the same and you have bad memory.
I gotta say pastoria beats candice for me. A decent challenge, fun puzzle, plenty of variety and my favourite look among them. The water level makes it one of the most dynamic around and a lot closer to gen 5s top tier gyms than a lot of sinnoh
For hoenn lavaridge gym. I remember I had to ask friends how to clear it and avoid that overpowered trainer in it. But skyla's I BW2 are challenging and fun at the same time
Special shoutout to Black & White's Opelucid Gym. Definitely one of if not the coolest looking gyms from the original games, and the dragon maze was a really cool gym puzzle.
my only deviation is in Jotho where my favorite is the ice-gym simply because I like the type of puzzles and his team is really not to be underestimated as just going in using a fighting type really is not the best idea. Yes, pillowsine does suffer from ice not being physical in gen 2 and I wish he would at least carry a sneavile, but it's a fun gym regardless.
Cyllage City (Grant) is definitely, definitely the hardest gym in X and Y. To be honest, for a long I stopped playing at the 7th gym and was kind of shocked when people said XY were too easy, I thought Grant was really difficult, I could not get past Tyrunt with my Greninja. Also it takes forever to get from the first to the second gym, it's literally like Vermillion-Celadon length.
Here are my favourites from each Gen: Kanto: Giovanni as it was a good plot twist, even if it was easy. Johto: Morty because he's an intriguing individual. Hoenn: Tate and Liza as double battle makes it unique and different. Sinnoh: Crasher Wake because of personally and actually had a good team composition. Unova: Clay because he was a great mid game challenge and he is a character I really like from the games. Kalos: Korrina because you actually had development with the character. Alola: Hapu because of team diversity and character development. Galar: Piers because he doesn't use dynamax and you get to learn about him better throughout the story.
I love that in the snowpoint gym in the new remakes for Sinnoh you can just go straight across the gym and then try to walk up diagonally and it will let you.
Here’s my favorite Gym for each region. Kanto: Sabrina (Saffron City) Johto: Probably Clair (Blackthorn City) Hoenn: Either Winona (Fortree City) or Norman (Petalburg City) Sinnoh: Either Platinum Fantina (Hearthome City) or Volkner (Sunyshore City) Unova: I’ll split this into 2 Black/White 1: Drayden/Iris (Opelucid City) (Special mention for Cilan/Chili/Cress (Striaton City) for having a great and unique premise) Black/White 2: Burgh (Castelia City), Elesa (Nimbasa City) (MUCH better in this game than in the first one!!) Clay (Driftveil City), Skyla (Mistralton City), Drayden (Opelucid City), and Marlon (Humilau City) (A personal favorite Gym if I may say) Kalos: Grant (Cyllage City), Korrina (Shalour City), Valerie (Laverre City) (Valerie is my all time favorite Gym Leader), and Olympia (Anistar City) (Winner of most beautiful Gym I’ve ever seen) Galar: Bea/Allister (Stow-on-Side), Gordie/Melony (Circhester City), and Piers (Spikemuth) And here’s my least favorites as well!! Kanto: Lt. Surge (Vermillion City) (Hate the finding switches in garbage cans mechanic!!) Johto: Whitney (Goldenrod City) (Whitney is probably the most annoying Gym Leader of all time to beat!!) Hoenn: Wallace/Juan (Sootapolis City) (Very annoying puzzle to try and complete.) Sinnoh: Candice (Snowpoint City) (Easily my least favorite Gym mechanic of all time that had to make me search up a guide to figure out the puzzle!! Fighting Candice is the only good part of this Gym. I’m going to gate getting to this part in the remakes lol!! 😂) Unova: Black/White 1 is either Elesa (Nimbasa City) (Elesa was MUCH better in the sequels) or Lenora (Nacrene City) (Very annoying Gym Leader to beat.). And Black/White 2 is Roxie (Virbank City) (It’s the worst Gym out of the almost flawless perfect Gyms in this game). Kalos: Ramos (Most underwhelming and dissappointing Gym in the entire game) Galar: Milo (Just a basic Gym that can be pretty forgettable) I hope you like my personal opinions on my favorite and least favorite Gyms in every region!! ❤️😊
Well... I can only really comment on Hoenn, Unova, Kalos, and Galar... So... My favorites were Flannery's Gym in Hoenn, Elesa's gym in Unova (both times just fit her personality so spectacularly, and the dual volt switch Emolgas are pretty iconic), for Kalos I think Valerie's gym (it wasn't a hard battle, but the theming of the gym is just so immaculate), and for Galar my favorite was Milo's (again, not the strongest by any means, but HERDING THE WOOLOO WAS SO FUN!!! Though Melody was also great. And I loved Opal and Allister so much as characters).
The striaton gym in bw1 is such missed opportunity to have been a triple battle gym. They could have made it the 2nd or 3rd gym if they didn't want to have the new battle style right off the bat but it seems gamefreak abandoned the idea as soon as they thought of it with barely having any triple battles in bw1. Same with rotation battles. They added a few more battles in bw2 and added new gym leaders which they could have made into triple or rotation battle gym leaders like tate and liza being a double battle in gen 3. Hopefully gen 5 remakes can make striaton a triple battle but I doubt it.
Also the only mandatory trainer in the gym mission in Circhester is actually the one with just Snom in the Shield version, Sword replaces him with a more competent Boldore, though neither it nor Gordie's Shuckle has Sturdy. Melony is indeed the better gym leader in Circhester, and it's mainly the Eiscue and gigantamax Lapras. Ironic that I had to grind Scorbunny to level 70 just to even have a chance against Melony for precisely this reason.
Kanto: Viridian City. This gym is quite aesthetically pleasing as both a mysterious, difficult gym and the lair of Team Rocket’s Boss. Johto: Ecruteak City. Similar reasons to you, its atmospheric and actually difficult, which is hard to say for many of the gyms. Hoenn: Sootopolis City (Gen 3). Same reasons stated in the video. Lavaridge Town (Gen 6). This gym is far more interesting to look at in my opinion, and it uses the location well, that being next to an active volcano. Sinnoh: Snowpoint City (DP/BDSP). Same reasons in the video Hearthome City (Pt). This gym is TERRIBLE in the DP versions of Sinnoh, but is amazing in Platnium. My reasoning is similar to the Ecruteak City reasoning. Unova: Nimbasa City (BW). This gym is simply fun. Roller Coasters, Neon Lights everywhere, and a leader that needs proper strategy to beat. Castelia City (B2W2). Now THIS is how you make a Pokémon Gym. A unique gimmick and that gimmick relates to the typing of the leader, plus how it relates to Burgh’s profession? Kalos: Cyllage City. You took the words on why i liked it right out of my mouth. Galar: Spikemuth. I love the East London aesthetic of the area. Piers is also a great leader. The gym mission is alright, not as good as Motostoke or Circhester, but the area makes up for it completely.
I gotta disagree about Circhester in Galar. Yes it's fun the first time and it's a cool aesthetic, I think it becomes the most annoyingly tedious gym challenge in the region after the first playthrough. I think Stow-on-side's gym, primarily in shield, takes the cake for me. It's fun every time, even if fairly easy, and the Ghost gym leader to me might be the toughest gym fight in Galar if you haven't planned your team specifically for it. Just my opinion though! I still love Circhester, just not my favorite personally.
I don´t think Melony is stronger than Gordie. Sure, she has won againts Raihan but Gordie is stated to be considered one of the most likely candidates to be a future champion in the Galar region and has a huge fan club. But I do agree that the gym mission for that gym is awesome. Bea´s gym mission is also pretty fun and I think it fits better than with Allister.
Something I always thought was wasted potential about the strialton city gym is that gen 5 introduced rotation battles and they could have easily been the Tate and Liza of this game introducing a new battle type to us.
@@jaretco6423 that's the catch - I don't enjoyed BW . I think if I liked my playthrough of White, I'd probably try Black2, but White was the least visually appealing Pokemon game I've ever played (awkward mix of 3D and 2D, constantly breaking and morphing sprites...) and a lot of new Pokemon designs were awful to look at. Alola and Galar have my two least favorite pokemon (Eiscue and Mimikyu), but Unova on average have the worst bunch - three identical monkeys, trash bags, ice creams, gears, snowflake, Bert and Ernie in taekwondo clothes, two identical buff men legendaries with third being Black version exclusive, Machop line rip-offs, Poliwag line rip-offs, Geodude line rip-offs and the most painful one - not a good regional bird (I love Pidgeot, Fearow, Noctowl, Swellow, Pelipper, Staraptor, Toucannon and Corviknight and Talonflame is literally my most favourite pokemon of all 900+ I want a shoulder tattoo with Talonflame, it was painful to see people use something as dissapointing as Unfezant in Unova, especially a boring female Unfezant)... I don't even like one starter line as a whole - I hate Snivy and Servine, I hate Oshawott and I hate Emboar. If I want my brilliant Serperior or Samurott, I'm forced to pick the starter I don't like and level it up to 17 or even 36. If I want to pick my cute Tepig - I'm forced to give my Pignite an everstone. Unova is the worst...
Koh. Well that's fine. I whole hardly disagree with alot of things u say about Unova being the worst, having worst Pokemons and all of that. But your entitled to your own opinion.
My personal Favorites Puzzles and Gym Fights Kanto: Koga or Sabrina GSC: Clair no contest HGSS: Morty no contest RSE: Brawly DP: Fantina (Honestly Diamond and Pearl had the better Gym Puzzles than Platinum ie Gardenia since it was a scavenger hunt) Platinum: Candice B/W: Lenora (Hm goes to Skyla and Elesa) B2/W2: Clay X/Y: Grant No contest Sw/Sh: Milo bc of that Damn Yamper and my switch Controllers were fried at the time Aesthetic Wise for the Gym Kanto: Erika GSC: Morty HGSS: Tie between Clair and Morty RSE: Flannery (Hm goes to Winona) D/P: Fantina (Just my favorite Gym of all time) Platinum: Fantina BW: 3 way tie between Brycen, Skyla, and Elesa B2/W2: Burgh (HMS go to Clay and Marlon) X and Y: Grant (HMS goes to Ramos and Valerie) Sw/Sh: Allister Gym Leaders Kanto: Lt. Surge Johto: Chuck Hoenn: Wallace Sinnoh: Fantina B/W: Brycen B2/W2: Roxie X/Y: Grant and Korrina Sw/Sh: Piers no contest Edit: Least Favorite Gym Leaders Kanto: Giovanni Johto: Falkner without a doubt Hoenn: Juan (I like him but the Hoenn Gym Leaders👌) Sinnoh: Volkner (If The Underground family wasn't a thing then Byron) Unova: Marlon no contest Kalos: Olympia bc at least Ramos is chilling, Olympia looks like she's on next level Acid Galar: Kabu
I know we’re not talking gym leaders but to this day I Whitney and Clair , are the only gym leaders ever to give me trouble (minus x & y I haven’t played)
I like that Sabrina gym is the pick here but my only problem there is that the panels should be coloured after steling them to make a guide which panels leads where to navigate the rooms more easily since many players would go fight everybody before the leader. Edit it is stepping not stelling or stealing
"but if you mess up even once, and god forbid it be at the very end, then you are mercilessly plunged down to the lower level and rooms crawling with mostly unavoidable trainers" or if you're me, you drop down intentionally to fight every single one of them
For worst gyms, my Kanto vote is for Vermillion. Not only do you need to make the SS Anne detour if you haven’t traded over a Pokemon with Cut (or you decide until you’ve beaten Koga and jumped though the hoops to get Surf), but the puzzle itself is entirely luck based in how randomised it is. Relying on trial and error simply to proceed isn’t good gym design, and when past experience counts for nothing in navigating faster it’s very bad gym design. At least you can memorise where the walls of the Fuschia city gym maze are, and which direction titles to take in Viridian.
Sabrina has a really fatal flaw that doesn’t really pop up in the gen 1 remakes but is glaringly obvious in gen 2. She struggles against dark types. Doesn’t help that you can wait till nighttime and pick up a Murkrow right outside of saffron city.
Personally BW1 8th gym is the best in the whole saga for thematic reasons, how it represents the game themes so well, in white you have a young promise in a City where the past is very treasured, in Black you fight an old glory in a city where is always searching the future
