If you were a Gym Leader, which type would you specialize in, and what would your team be? (You can include why if you want.)
I’d either want to be a Dark-type Gym Leader (though unheard of so far) or a Poison-type Gym Leader. While people who know me would assume I’d want to use Fire-types primarily, I think that Poison-types don’t get as much appreciation as they deserve in-universe and are always just associated with the evil teams.
My team would include a Salazzle, a Toxapex, a Gengar, a Nidoking, a Drapion, and a Crobat. I’d peg myself as the eighth Gym, just so I can have all of these.
While I’m…kind of put off by how…oddly sexualized…Salazzle is, she is quite strong - stronger than most other Poison-types, I believe.
I’m also a jerk that uses Toxapex’s Merciless Ability with Venoshock and Protect in-game, so I’m a big supporter of mean tactics.
Gengar is my dude, my bro, my man. I’ve been fond of him since I first got into Pokemon, so…nostalgia.
Nidoking is just a really cool Pokemon that I’ve always wanted to use. That’s it. I don’t have any other reasons.
I love scorpions, so Drapion ends up here too. Not because they’re strong or anything, but because scorpions.
I also like to GO F A S T so Crobat, one of the fastest available Pokemon, ends up on the team to balance out the relatively slow team.
It’s hilarious how I said that Poison-types get a bad rep, then immediately picked out ones that are actually bad or use tactics that can be considered underhanded. Oh well.
