>>38297752But that's already the case if you picked Litten and have to grind levels to get past the water trial, since the Fire and Grass ones will be a breeze in comparison anyway. The fact that the trials align with the starter types is what makes it work, since one of them is almost garunteed to be a pushover anyway.
If you start at the one that's the hardest for your team and level up to compensate, then no shit the other two will be easier. The alternative is tackling the one with a type advantage first and saving the one for a type disadvantage last, meaning you're more likely to be underleveled with an advantage or overleveled with a disadvantage.
The Totems on Akaka literally span across a range of 4 levels. Letting the player pick and choose isn't going to break thaflt because it's such a narrow range in a relatively small area.