Which gyms can be *accidentally* skipped in each main series game until you reach Victory Road?

Mar. 17, 2021

For example you can skip Saffron gym in FrLg and directly take on the rest of the 7 gyms.

This doesn’t include Cianwood / Olivine / Mahogany Gyms in GSC or HgSs, as you have to defeat all the three in order to proceed to Blackthorn City.

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“Until you reach Victory Road” is an interesting stipulation because it eliminates almost every Gym from every game — no Victory Road can be accessed without obtaining eight Gym Badges, save for one. In Generation III only,Winonacan be skipped until the Pokemon League, allowing you to clear Victory Road without ever fighting her.

If you want to be cheeky, you could say that you can skip the Fighting Dojo in Kanto indefinitely. If you’d like to be even cheekier, you could say that Paldea’s “Victory Road” storyline can be commenced without earning a single Gym Badge.