Fan Art of Paldea's Gym Leaders from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

*Note: This article features spoilers for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the latest entries in the globally popular Pokémon series. Read at your own risk.

One of the mainstays of most Pokémon games is going out and catching your favorite little critters and turning them into a team of battle-ready beasts! The Gym Challenge is typically the best path to helping you reach your goal to be the very best.

What makes the Paldean Gym Challenge different from all others so far is that you can freely challenge them all in no particular order. In previous generations, players would often need to complete certain subtasks before even getting to encounter a town's Gym Leader or would be forced into one particular path due to each Leader having Pokémon of increasingly higher levels.

Paldea's revolutionary system is just one of the aspects of the Gym Challenge that has fans in awe. The other, of course, is its lineup of fun and interesting Leaders who specialize in Pokémon of a certain type.

Following the game's example, here's a list of Paldea's Gym Leaders in no particular order:

Brassius, the Grass-type Leader of the Artazon Gym

Kofu, the Water-type Leader of the Cascarrafa Gym

Katy, the Bug-type Leader of the Cortondo Gym

Larry, the Normal-type Leader of the Medali Gym

Iono, the Electric-type Leader of the Levincia Gym

Ryme, the Ghost-type Leader of the Montenevera Gym

Grusha, the Ice-type Leader of the Glaseado Mountain Gym

Tulip, the Psychic-type leader of the Alfornada Gym

It's only after defeating each of these Trainers and their prime team of Pokémon can you make your way towards being one of Paldea's Champions. Have a look at the fantastic fan art below and see if there's one in particular that you think will give you the best fight.