>>51367994update: I have learned the hard way that this game is balanced around the exp share. 5 level jump from route 1 to the tournament needed for progression, and another 2 levels after that lol. Enjoying the game quite a lot so far but man does the balancing issue suck.
Also, i'm struggling embarrassingly hard with team comp. Went back and caught almost everything from the previous routes when I could just so that I had choice, and now I've got paralysis lmoa. Lax is a new addition (and pretty decent IV-wise/nature-wise, I think), replacing a Meditite that had potential but made my weaknesses to flying and bug too severe, but I'm honestly considering binning the whole team and restarting, even if I really don't want to. Don't think this one can really last much longer