>>54663586you jest, but the Gen 1 gym leaders have genuine have problems that no one ever talk about
>Brock has no rock moves, (Though to be fair he is the first boss so I'll cut him some slack) >Misty only has one evolution line on her team (RBY)>Surge only has one Pokemon (Yellow) >Erika's Tangela only has two moves, two normal types moves, one of which is Constrict which has a whopping BP of 10 (RB) >Koga's team has embarrassingly low diversity considering he's Poison user in a generation where over one fifth of all Pokemon are poison type). In RB he has two Koffing with the same exact moveset, and in yellow he only a single family and 3 of his pokemon unevolved. >Sabrina only has one family and her Abra only know Flash and Teleport (Yellow)>Blaine's has unevolved Pokemon despite being the 7th gym leader (RB) >Giovanni' has no moves that deal ground type damage, his entire team has almost no STAB moves at all, and he has early game fodder moves like Poison Sting. Reminder that not only is he the final gym leader, but he's also the final boss of the main villain arch in the game. >There is a massive level jump from Erika (29) to Koga (43) in RB, and in Pokemon Yellow its even worse (32) to (50)!. So to answer the real question "Why are the Kanto gym leaders immune to criticism while the Johto leaders are stuck being a laughing stock?" Unironically because GenWun Privilege. .
>>54664522>Blaine has Magcargo >Erika has Jumpluff and Belossum >Sabrina has Espeon >Janine has Crobat and Ariados >Misty has Quagsire 