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I know this topic will eventually devolve into fangame Gym Leaders having 6 Pokemon so I'm gonna nip it in the bud while I can. Or at least speed up the process.
What if, instead of just being a monotype Gym Leader with 6 Pokemon you slowly and painfully have to take out by just spamming your strongest moves, Gym Leaders had extra strategies added to their already tough teams, or ditching monotype entirely and focusing on something? Like a specific theme or a strategy?
Like, we could have, say, an early-game Fairy Gym Leader packing shit like Sylveon and Togekiss, and relying mainly on stalling through status effects and healing through, say, Draining Kiss? Or a supposed Water Gym Leader using Pokemon that are technically aquatic but aren't Water types? Like Pincurchin or Dhelmise? Or instead we could have doubling down on strategies without even caring about monotype, like a first Gym Leader using Trick Room, and relying on Pokemon like Munchlax or Shuckle?
Or instead you could just throw in a Hard Mode that GIVES Gym Leaders 6 Pokemon.
There are hundreds of different ways to do this shit without making it way too unbearable to battle.
