>>45565962I literally just beat Sword for the first time. My self-imposed rules were
>battle style set to Set, not Shift>no grinding>no items in battle (except held items)>only use as many Pokémon as opponent gym leader (e.g. enter the Stadium with only 3 Pokémon when fighting Nessa)>no legendaries>no overpowered bs obtained from Wonder Tradealso not a hard rule but I decided to only use Galar Pokémon since it's more fun to play with stuff I was unfamiliar with.
The game was still easy except until Leon. My entire team was 7-8 levels under, and he beat me the first time. Second try I beat him with one Pokémon left alive. It's probably my favorite champion fight in the series now, that Haxorus was deadly.
