>>41026851The game acknowledges that the first two gyms are easy, and Kabu is where the game starts to be more difficult. In universe, most league challengers give up when they lose to Kabu, and only a few people beat him, so Kabu personally escorts the challengers he loses to out of town. Kabu also is the first Gym Leader to use a Gigantamax, as his Centiskorch is Gigantamaxed.
