>>28338474>>28338908I am not that guy but i also started on gen1 and gen2 gym leaders are fucked, just compare to Kanto if you want to.
>kanto 1st gymGeodude, a pokemon you have never seen before and Onix, a pokemon you will only get after your 3rd (or 2nd badge if you skip Surge)
>johto 1st gym1 1st route pokemon and an underpowered evolution of said 1st route pokemon
>Kanto 2nd gymA better falkner, where it has 2 pokemon you have yet to find in the world, with the evo being an actual threat
>Johto2nd route pokemon you have already found in the wild and the first somewhat decent pokemon, a scyther (and despite johto having 9 new bug pokes, it decides to use none of them) but, before the remake it had a terrible movepool
This goes on and on man, Johto gym leaders have bad teams, but they compensated by a lot of them having side quests to develop their characters (somethng gen1 and gen3 later refused to do), so no, they werent flawless.