>>45963843My strat for Cynthia was to use the 6 rare candies I saved up on Empoleon, which would get it to at least match her Garchomp in terms of level. Then, using the Shuca berry I'd gotten earlier, I could tank an Earthquake and kill it with Ice Beam, or at least knock it into Full Restore range, and that IB+ Aqua Jet could knock it out.
Unfortunately, I forgot to use the Rare Candies, so Ice Beam didn't kill, it wasn't in Jet range, and it knocked me out in 2 EQs.
Fortunately for me, the Abomasnow I decided to pick up on a whim that I'd basically discounted as useless the entire run managed to kill it with Ice Shard, knock the Milotic into red, kill the Roserade with 2 ICe Shards when she swapped into it to tank a Wood Hammer, and then finish off the Milotic.
The rest of her team managed to go down relatively easily, with Garchomp knocking out Spiritomb, Rotom taking out her Togekiss, and Lucario just BARELY going down to Staraptor's CC into Hail damage. It was a close fight, but a damn good one
In terms of what I think of Platinum, it's a damn good game and I completely get why people think it's one of the best in the franchise. There's so much shit to see and do, so many little features to sink your teeth into, and it's got a really nice difficulty curve to it. Also the route design is insane to me, some of the best in the series bar none.
I'm glad I finally got to play it after all this time, and I can't wait to get to B2/W2 and see if they're even better than this.
