Trainer Route
Trainers
Eight Gym Leaders, four Elite Four members, and the Champion. Each has an Easy and Experienced team. Click one for the full roster with stats, moves, and the attacking types that punish them hardest.
Pewter City Gym Leader
Brock
The first Gym Leader on your journey. Easy Mode keeps it close to the classic Rock-flavored intro fight. Experienced Mode swaps in a tuned 6-mon team with held items, hidden abilities, optimized EVs, and competitive movesets — be ready.
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Cerulean City Gym Leader
Misty
The second Gym Leader. Easy Mode is the iconic Staryu / Starmie duo from the original journey. Experienced Mode goes wide on Water specialists — Frogadier, Cloyster, Palafin Hero, Gyarados, Manaphy, and Mega Starmie all at competitive spreads.
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Vermilion City Gym Leader
Lt. Surge
The third Gym Leader. Easy Mode is the classic Voltorb / Magneton / Raichu lineup. Experienced Mode pushes into competitive Electric — Iron Hands, Tapu Koko, Alolan Raichu, Magnezone, Mega Raichu X, and a Ghost/Electric SpectralExploud lead.
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Celadon City Gym Leader
Erika
The fourth Gym Leader. Easy Mode is the classic Tangela / Victreebel / Vileplume trio. Experienced Mode adds Tangrowth and Rillaboom alongside a buffed Exeggutor packing Esper Waltz — sleep and status pressure are her game.
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Fuchsia City Gym Leader
Koga
The fifth Gym Leader. Easy Mode is a full Poison gauntlet capped by Gengar. Experienced Mode mixes in a Choice-locked Shiftry lead and a Dragon-Dance Mega Arbok closer.
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Saffron City Gym Leader
Sabrina
The sixth Gym Leader. Easy Mode is a deep psychic bench led by Alakazam. Experienced Mode flexes Metagross, Espeon, and a Mega Alakazam closer running Cosmic Song / Matcha Gotcha.
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Cinnabar Island Gym Leader
Blaine
The seventh Gym Leader. Easy Mode is a six-mon Fire wall closing on Arcanine. Experienced Mode brings legendary heat — Entei, Gouging Fire, a Charizardite-X Charizard, and the actual Mega Charizard X as the finisher.
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Viridian City Gym Leader
Giovanni
The final Gym Leader. Easy Mode is a Ground/Poison heavy lineup that closes on a Timid Mewtwo. Experienced Mode is the rematch from hell — a level 100 squad with both Mega Mewtwos and signature moves like Helicopter Kick.
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Elite Four · Ice
Lorelei
The Ice specialist of the Elite Four. Easy Mode is a classic frosty lineup with a Kyurem closer. Experienced Mode brings 100% Ice in shiny form with Mega Dewgong and Kyurem-White.
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Elite Four · Fighting
Bruno
The Fighting specialist of the Elite Four. Easy Mode is the Machamp / Heracross / Breloom / Gallade / Lucario / Keldeo lineup. Experienced Mode brings Koraidon, Iron Valiant, and Mega Lucario X.
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Elite Four · Ghost
Agatha
The Ghost specialist of the Elite Four. Easy Mode is the spooky Kanto-Sinnoh classic capped by Giratina. Experienced Mode brings Annihilape, Basculegion, Flutter Mane, and Mega Gengar.
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Elite Four · Dragon Master
Lance
The Dragon Master of the Elite Four. Easy Mode runs Kingdra / Flygon / Salamence / Dragonite plus Palkia and Dialga. Experienced Mode swaps Kingdra and Flygon for Roaring Moon and Mega Flygon Y.
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Indigo Plateau Champion
Gary
Your eternal rival. Easy Mode runs his classic legacy team — Metagross with Metagrossite, Blastoise with Blastoisinite, Tyranitar, Alakazam, Garchomp, and shiny Arceus. Experienced Mode is the wall — FIVE Megas plus Arceus.
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