Okay first up for updates is Gym Leaders! The next one for sure will bring up the Elite Four, then I'll do a character profile for both the writer and her team.
Okay so here's a heads up for people going up against the Gym Leaders! This is VERY important since from what I hear from visiting trainers from other regions their Gym Leaders focus only on one kind of Pokemon for their gyms…. Ours are a bunch of wild cards in that case.
See Amestrian Gyms don't focus solely on one type, rather our Gym Leaders focus more on types that work for what the town is well known for. See for example, in Rush Valley they are very keen on automail, prosthetics and health. So the gym there will have pokemon and Alchemymon that would greatly help provide for that.
Word of advice is to study up on the towns with gyms and then piece together the information needed for what kind of Pokemon/Alchemymon you will be up against.
As for the leaders themselves…. Well… they are pretty quirky to say the least… hell I'm still convinced at least one of them is actually a very intelligent Alchemymon that learned to talk because the resemblance is uncanny.
(We'll expose that gym leader one day guys! Or you know at least get the proof that it is just a huge coincidence… Envy for the last time no we are not gonna go the violent route for it.)
Ahem anyways, my best advice for if you decide to NOT research the town the gym you're gonna challenge is in… have a well mixed/balanced team or prepare for a test of knowledge.