>>46701949It's misrepresented. It's particularly glaring during the Mahogany Rocket Hideout and later the Radio Tower takeover. If you assemble a full team of six, fight every trainer in Johto and fight a decent amount of wild Pokémon along the way, you end up in a high 30s - low 40s level range for the Elite Four and Champion battles, after which you end up fighting mostly trainers that only hover around Level 30 all throughout Kanto.
