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So who gets to chose gym leaders? I understand the importance of completing gym 1-8 in the recommended order but what stops a higher level trainer from easily taking over the first few gyms. The only explanation I can assume is that all gym leaders have a stash of high level Pokémon tucked away for when a trainer wants to usurp their leader status and they have to demonstrate it when the respected gym types only.
>inb4 Opal replaced by PINK
Yes I can see that a gym leader might have to pick their successor, but if I stomp a gym leader with their own pokes then I should be able to take their job