>>53537131Emerald gym leaders are fucking crazy compared to just about every other game in the series. They legitimately feel like boss battles even if you brought mons with a type advantage.
Flannery in particular is incredibly threatening if you don’t have a proper way to wall her, all her mons have sunny day and overheat which is a terrifying combo, overheat already hits so ridiculously hard that even at -2 it’ll do ok damage. Not to mention the fact that sun also eliminates her teams biggest weakness, which already is pretty shafted at that point in the game as far as damage potential goes. Stack on that some hyper potions and her Torkoal’s white herb and you have yourself a team that can cut through yours like wet tissue paper if you’re not careful.