okay, now that I've gotten 8 badges I can safely say the difficulty levels out after wattson. it doesn't completely go away though like other difficulty hacks, can't just mash through the important fights and I've been ev training everything I've used. 3 tries
https://streamable.com/6xo98n>>57376110gg. you gotta remember that rejuv is the game that spawned things like vanguard, you're playing the original strain