


Meanwhile in Gen III, Skarmory is catchable on a route the player has to travel through, and pops up on several trainers, such as Gym Leader Winona and Champion/ex-Champion Steven Stone.

Not to mention that it's never used by a single trainer in either Johto or Kanto. In Gen II, it's a rare Silver/Crystal exclusive encounter on an optional late route of Johto where it's very likely to be skipped over, because you're usually heading for the Pokémon League by this point. Meanwhile in Gen III, it's more common in Hoenn being catchable at locations the player has to travel through, and is even used by several trainers, such as Gym Leader Flannery and your Emerald rival if the player didn't start with Treecko.

He makes for a nice break after you're required to deal with Team Rocket at the Lake of Rage and possibly the Radio Tower. Pryce is a breeze for a Gym Leader due his relatively low levels and use of Ice-types.Dark is even outright immune, along with having an offensive type advantage against them. Both of them are able to resist Psychic-type moves, which were otherwise uncontestable outside of another Psychic-type during Gen I. Anti-Metagame Character: The introduction of Dark- and Steel-type Pokémon.Janine is easily the worst, with none of her Pokémon even hitting Level 40 when you're probably showing up to fight her with a team at least in the mid to high 50s. Their Pokémon are typically under Lance's team's levels (and thus likely yours) and have less members overall for their teams. Most of the Kanto Gym Leaders are fairly underwhelming considering that they all come after the Elite Four and Champion.Her Steelix even knows Sunny Day, which strengthens fire-type moves but confers no benefits whatsoever to any of her team. Considering she has pokémon that're higher level than the 7th gym leader, this should be one epic battle, right? Wrong - she uses two Magnemite at level 30 (which by then should have evolved into Magneton), and her Steelix is wrecked by a good Fire type because all fire types are special. After all of this, she tells you that she's using the newly discovered steel type, a type you surely have almost no experience in fighting. Even though, geographically, you encounter Jasmine right after Morty, it's obvious she's the 6th gym leader and you have more to do before facing her. Jasmine's so shy and awkward it's impossible not to be charmed by her.Professor Elm's slightly dorky mannerisms only make him more enjoyable."Behold my graceful BALL dexterity!" Quoth Juggler Irwin on Route 35.It's probably no coincidence that he is removed in Crystal and had his name extended to Richard in HeartGold and SoulSilver. There is a Firebreather in the Burned Tower named Dick in Gold and Silver.
