>>44454314I always play on set, don't use items in battle, and if I've already played the game I set a level cap so that I'm always either 2 levels below the next gym leader's strongest mon or 2 levels below the champion's weakest mon.
Cynthia was easy. Self-imposed challenges can make her a little more difficult, but the in-game AI is just so stupid that I don't think it's possible to make battling any NPC a challenge.