Just beat Elesa without issue on my Nostalgia run. Then again, I have a Bud on my team, so wasn't hard. Two Flame Charges on the Emolga and everything else just got Bulldozed to oblivion. Stan still going strong, I might try to sweep Clay with him but we'll see where things go.
>>43359732Interesting order, but I believe in you anon. Kick Johto's ass and show these Dray hacks what you're made of!
Honestly, if your magikarp survives to evolution, your team doesn't look bad. You do have a bit of a grass and ground weakness though. Tropius could use a flying move. Any reason you added Dill instead of Lotus? could save you grinding, unless you want the extra evs ig.
>>43362115VS Seeker doesn't contribute at all to my difficulty ratings. I don't factor in grinding, since I always enforce strict level caps and am willing to toss a 2x exp code on if I really need it. Most of his hacks have decent grinding options though.
The reason I put Ren Plat so high is part of what you said- unexpected battles. SGSS had a few of them. Ren Plat had at least a dozen- and NONE of them are optional. There were so many extra battles... Lucas/Dawn alone has 3-5 added fights, you're forced to fight all the tag-along partners (Cheryl, Riley, etc.), the Mansion double battle, fucking Aaron and his murder bugs (that SD Drapion can burn in hell), Darach and his ENTEI.. All that, on top of the existing fights getting tougher.
Even now that I'm familiar with the game, I still get fucked over by them (such as my last Ren Plat run, where I wiped TWICE to Chery lol). It's genuinely a difficult game. Better balanced than the flat out aggression of BBVW, but still pretty scary on its own.
SGSS is a decent challenge too, but I've never particularly struggled with it or FRO (which really needs to be revisited imo; barely feels like a Dray hack in comparison to his other hacks). RRSS and BBVW2 are in the middle for me.
