I was bored so I started imagining a Pokémon game where each Gym Leader and the Champion specialize in two types instead of one, and only use Pokémon that match their exact dual typing. The rules I gave myself:
- No legendaries
- No regional forms
- Final evolutions only (open world setting, so any gym could potentially be endgame)
- No repeat Pokémon
- No repeat types across the region : 8 Gym Leaders + 1 Champion = 9 pairs = all 18 types covered exactly once
- 3 Pokémon each for balance (and tbh because 4 each isn't really possible right now)
Here's what I came up with. I don't know if other valid type partitions exist, but I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out!
Some highlights I really like:
The Grass-Dragon leader ends up with only Dipplin evolutions which honestly makes them feel like the perfect first gym. A quirky little apple dragon collector.
The Fire-Fighting leader ends up with exclusively gen 3-5 starters and I can totally picture this person as a millennial who grew up playing those games, became obsessed, moved to this region, and somehow ended up Champion. Peak character writing honestly.
How would you imagine the different gym leaders for each type combo? And how would you rank them difficulty-wise?
by astroriental