>>54030748I avoided all trainer battles and didn't train my pokemon and it was a bit of a challenge but I didn't really use strong pokemon, I used pokemon I liked such as weavile, vespiquen, scrafty, whimsicott etc. I had trouble with the fairy gym, that one was tough since my 6 member team was weak to fairy and also 5 or more levels below the fairy gym levels. It was fun, but I really had to limit myself. As a whole sword is just ok, you have a not bad not good story until the lulzy rose Leon debacle at the end, I thought the dlc were alright. It's nothing I would go out of my way to recommend or buy, someone else had bought it and the dlc as a gift for me. It was just alright, barely competent or incompetent. I'd imagine the experience is not as good with less people online though.