>>46725142anything before the first gym was fucked because the fucker would keep disobeying but dragon rage made the mid game easier.
It felt like having a stubborn pokemon that was also really powerful (like charizard in the anime). But sadly archies shardepo is fucked up and ended him with an ice fang. So rip.
The only thing that sucks about it is not being able to give them real nicknames (you should be allowed to change the name of a traded pokemon thats unamed).