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What's on your Gym Leader team - at each number of badges?

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There's been a few similar threads asking how we might design our gyms, what type we might specialise in, and what team we might use at a particular point in the game, but a helpful Twitter user recently alerted us to the existence of these handy templates: https://archive-media-1.nyafuu.org/vp/image/1479/02/1479027298131.png


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Here's a great example of what can be done with them: https://twitter.com/Sonicvic1/status/1414875871085797377

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I'll share some of my own ideas soon!
 
There's been a few similar threads asking how we might design our gyms, what type we might specialise in, and what team we might use at a particular point in the game, but a helpful Twitter user recently alerted us to the existence of these handy templates: https://archive-media-1.nyafuu.org/vp/image/1479/02/1479027298131.png


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Here's a great example of what can be done with them: https://twitter.com/Sonicvic1/status/1414875871085797377

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I'll share some of my own ideas soon!
This is absolutely fascinating.
 
This one's pretty fun. It was neat figuring out how the team would evolve at each badge count, and an excuse to play around with a little bit of badge design was also neat.
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Truth be told I mostly just built this backwards from a desire to use my boy Lucario. From there I chose Fighting because I didn't feel like coming up with a theme more complex than "I'm gonna kick your ass", and Steel felt like it would need something like that. From there I just looked through the type list and picked some Pokemon I liked. I initially thought I was gonna use Monferno and Infernape more than I did, but I think I felt like it'd be a bit much for Gym 2 to use one?
I might do more of these at some point, like I said this one was pretty fun.
 
While Psychic isn't my favorite typing, it is my second and I felt that it would be more fun to base a team around. I went with a more mad scientist gimmick considering most, if not all Psychic gym leaders tend to be more mystical.
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My gym includes one Pokémon from each region since I love traveling, and they're my favorite Steel types from generations 2-7. I also own Magneton and Duraludon, but can't have 8 Pokémon on a team. I left out Magneton since it's not fully evolved and I prefer Togedemaru (Steelix can represent Kanto too), and left out Duraludon since I like the others more and I like representing 6 regions in a row instead of skipping one.

Mawile can mega evolve and is shiny. I just couldn't find a shiny sprite from generation 8 to make it fit in with everybody (besides Empoleon).
 
So... many of my favourites are actually my favourites because they complement each other visually, and as such, I don't really have a strong connection to one particular type. I have a mild preference for Ground, so I've interpreted the brief as a reflection of one of my other interests - history. I suppose this is therefore a kind of 'Ruin Maniac' team, with several Pokémon I don't actually care for all that much but which fit the theme really well.

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Yeah, that badge-less Marshtomp would be brutal, so it'd probably just have Tackle and Water Gun or something.
 
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