>>54302294It's artificial difficulty. And unless its in doubles, having a whole match of 6 pokemon is overdoing it, especially if its the first fucking boss. There's so many other ways to make the first boss not braindead other than being braindead in return
>Exhibit A: Having a fully evolved ace >Exhibit B: Not having a shit movepool and being able to defend against type disadvantages>Exhibit C: Limiting the items or pokemon the player can get before the boss (no rock types for you in the flying gym)But instead of thinking people just do this lazy bullshit