It would seem that not even Drayano can fix Sinnoh's piss-easy early game. In fact, the abundance of gift 'mons exacerbates it. 6-0ed Roark by yawning the Nosepass then switching into Lucario and settiing up a Swords Dance then just spammed Force Palm. I don't see myself really struggling here until I get to Fantina, but we shall see.
>>46054797Learning which trainers are optional helps. You'd be surprised how many trainers in every game are optional.