Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Types of Trainers

There are two types of trainers in the game: normal and required. Normal trainers are found throughout the game on the various routes and in dungeons. They are usually themed and similar to one another, depending on the route or if they are on land or in the water. Required trainers are usually considered bosses, such as gymn leaders, your rival, and the Elite Four.

firstly i will go over the trainers that you HAVE to defeat to advance through the game.

Your Rival
If your character is male then your rival will be a girl named May. If your character is female then your rival will be a boy named Brendan.

What pokemon you choose depends upon what they will continue to use throughout the game. If you pick the fire type torchic then your rival will use mudkip. If you pick th water type mudkip then your rival will use treecko. if you pick the grass type treecko then your rival will use torchic.

Wally
wally is a young boy living in petalburg city. when you arrive at the gym you will assist Wally in catching his first pokemon which is a psychic type called ralts. he will then move to verdanturf city with his aunt and uncle. later in the story he will be outside mauville city gym with his uncle. he will only have his ralts with him this time. after this he will stay in his house in verdanturf. however, you will challenge him considerably later in the story. he will be at the end of victory road but this time he has a whole arsenal of pokemon including his evolved ralts which is now a gardevoir (psychic), altaria (dragon and flying), delcatty (normal), magneton (steel and electric), and Roselia (grass and poison)