>>36430079I lost two Pokemon to gym trainers before fighting Iris herself, I was able to win somewhat easily after overleveling (i would've wiped several times over if I imposed a level limit on myself honestly)
Speaking of overleveling, I spent basically the whole day just grinding for the Elite Four. I always have a tough time fighting N and Ghetsis in normal runs so I really want to be prepared so I have the fewest number of deaths possible.