Fixing the Kanto Gym Leaders

Today I'm going to be taking a look at the Gym Leader Teams in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green and attempt to fix them by changing up their Pokémon, move sets, abilities, and even giving some Pokémon items!

If you reach the end of the video, let me know what you think about my changes and if you'd do anything differently! Thanks for watching!

[electrified]

Brocks Team is the way it is specifically to teach you how to game works. Imagine a 6 year old kid playing his first pokemon game. You are going to try and tough it out in an epic battle of tackles on both sides with your starter against the geodude. However the onyx after will wreck you because you will literally do 1 damage on every attack. This forces you to pay attention to the types of pokemon and attacks.

[patricklynch]

This is one of the most balanced redesigns ive seen! Making their teams interesting and interactive without going overboard at all 🤝🏻

[luizbezerra]

Koga always says he'll use confusion, sleep, and poison techniques, but all he uses is Toxic. So, how about giving Confuse Ray to Golbat and Sleep Powder to Venomoth, so this issue would be addressed?

[ssjblueinfernape]

Aye these are good balanced upgrades. Big fan of the lack of duplicates, use of the gyms given tm on teams, as well as your set up moves use to at least set multiple teamates up. Also big fan of the use of as many possible type lines in that gym if applicable i always thought gym leaders should be able to represent their type that way. Especially blaine and koga

[Linkswolfform]

Wow, great transitions on the routes showing what mons are available that could give an advantage about the upcoming gyms!
I've always thought Koga needed better representation of Venomoth because Venonat was his staple in the anime.
Cool ideas, snappy presentation

[bbrr]

I like the changes, I think almost all the videos of this type lose the point of a Gym leader, they always do something like: "Oh, so this is the first Gym, so I put 6 Pokemons, put them with 90BP moves, with coverage that sometimes they can't even learn, then level them up and evolve them 3 lvls before they should". Like that isn't fixing, it's making a generic hardcore ROM hack. That's why I really liked your fixes, they're realistic, fair and have an "official" air to them.

[nesradub]

Are you planning to do this for HGSS Johto at some point? Those gym leaders need arguably more work on their teams than the Kanto leaders!

[awakenedthebox]

I just wanted to say you did a great job with these gym leaders. I see so many other Youtubers absolutely fail at improving these gyms but you're different I am pleased with these changes. I can't wait to see how you handle gyms in other Gens. (please no Hoothoot and Noctowl for Falkner)

[NameLess-ksfi]

Who else felt “I never played Gen 1” was a personal attack on us oldheads?

[AlmightyThagomizer]

Really like how the leaders all use different Pokemon, except that the first and last gyms both start with a member of the Geodude family :)

[Vesdus]

Alakazam should definitely have Shockwave to show that Sabrina has also beaten Lt Surge, and as a move that remains Special instead of Physical into future games.

[FrenzyFanboy]

This is one of the greater team fixing videos I’ve seen. The teams are not too difficult, but they’re not easy either. Good Job.

[emperorpalpatine]

A simple solution to make the gyms more difficult is to change their teams slightly, yes. But I feel they should've had a team limiter, if Misty only has 2 pokemon, then the challenger should only have 2 pokemon. This rule has been emphasized even in the anime. They especially should've done this in the B2W2 challenge mode.

[tristiancook]

Kings rock sadly doesnt stack with Arcanines Bite, but it would make all of its attacks have a chance to flinch which is neat

[TimeToTzuyu]

Great video! Really liked your unique take on buffing the gym leaders realistically with what's available in games, compared to other videos or rom hacks that make them super difficult but lose the theme and personalities of the gyms.

Really hope you continue this with E4 and other gens! It's always a disappointment when mons from a game's gen are not showcased by their type's gym, so loved that you emphasized team diversity. One suggestion - when you change a Pokemon's moveset, can you put a before and after side-by-side? It would be easier to see the differences, and there is room on the screen. Thank you!

[sceptile]

Ayo no way!
When you were talking about rhydon, I was thinking " really should give him a quick claw here, otherwise he has no chance against a water or a grass type" and you did.

[Mrryn]

8:36 Interesting point...by that same logic, it can also explain the egg move changes on her team: she canonically beat the Fighting Dojo to establish hers as the premiere Gym in Saffron, meaning she could have won a Himonchan from the leader of the Dojo. Which she then used in breeding to get Fire Punch and Thunderpunch for her Hypno and Alakazam, respectively.

[Seidenkiller]

This was awesome, can’t believe how nice your channel is! You deserve growth

[Luc]

So I'm not the only one who takes on Sabrina as the 5th gym even though she's technically the 6th leader?

[sevensavage]

These adaptions and moves coincide well with the level mechanics and item mechanics with Meltan on the team