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Before you say that kahunas and trial captains are different, Prof. Colress is on the steel type page and he's neither a gym leader nor an Elite 4.

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@sumwun Players are supposed to finish Trial captains' trials before becoming champion.
@ Jawa The player doesn't necessarily have to battle them. I'm pretty sure the definition of type specialists are people who use a certain Pokemon type in battle.
Also, Plumeria specialized in poison Pokemon, Faba and Dexio specialize in psychic Pokemon, and Sina specialized in ice Pokemon.
But the trial captains ARE type specialists. When you battle them they use only one type. Besides, Trial Captains are the Alolan equivalent of "Gym Leaders" as far as the Pokémon game formula is concerned.
You know what, fair point.
In USM, battling some of them is more important to the story-line, more specifically, the fairy trial. As well as battling the other specialists as part of the story line (or Ryuki as an edgy dragon master that challenges you at the Pokemon League...)

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Please don't bump questions. I'm aware of the suggestion and will fix it when I have chance.

However, it is slightly more difficult as the "notable trainers" part takes its data from the same place as the gym leaders page. So it requires a trainer to be listed with their Pokemon like that, and IIRC you don't battle all the trial captains.

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Thanks and sorry for the bumps, I just wanted a response.