Playing ORAS for the first time expecting it to be a cakewalk

"Fuck Casuals." -Game Freak

That's what you get for not picking Torchic you casual scum

Pretty sure I steamrolled him.

>hardest Gym in Hoenn before ORAS
>not Norman
>not Tate and Liza

>>25660772
My party upon fighting him
-Grovyle
-Ralts
-Surskit
-Loudred
-Swellow
-Electrike
Nothing I could do, dude.

I don't remember having much trouble with Wattson in Emerald, it's Norman that gave me a run for my money. He and Whitney, man. Normie trainers are OP.

>>25660790
I played regular Sapphire hundreds of times before and never had any trouble with any of the game except for Wattson, consistently. Norman is babby tier, his pokemon spend most of the time asleep and lounging around.

>>25660735
>not picking Mudkip

Steel/Electric is Cancer typing

He's only hard if you pick Treeko

>>25660796
>picked a party with such a massive defensive opening
>complaining when a specialized gym wrecks you

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>>25660846
Why would I ever pick any other Hoenn starter?

>>25660861
You got me there

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>>25660735
>watson
>hardest in the series

he falls over to a good punch, quake, fireball.

>>25660796
Did electrike have lightningrod? That's how I beat him in OR.

>>25660796

>electrike

You had trouble against an electric gym using a mon with lightning rod?

>>25660936
He was underlevelled

>>25660813
Norman's only hard the first time. If you know what to expect in advance, he's far less dangerous.

>>25660917
>level 10 butterfree
I hope you don't think your pic is in the running

>>25660982
I only see norman as the point where my grovyle usually becomes sceptile

>>25661089
>level 10 butterfree
what is this supposed to imply?

>>25660770
/thread

>>25660861
Because Breloom exists

>>25660917
ye old early game earthquake
his rs team is better than emerald at least
magneton is the real cancer with that high sp.atk and sonic boom topped with para and confusion

>>25660813
norman still easily opens holes on players teams with sheer power, consider the hoenn regional dex and the options you get for his team in rs, if anything he even benefits from teh lack of physical / special attacks split
even if truant /balances/ his slaking you are also tempted to use status moves that are quite common options at that part of the game

>>25660770
torchic is only worthy as everstone holder
the rest of its line is worse than gen 5 starters and unpleasing to use while sceptile's line is a dead weight