>>55691628because if you play up until the elite 4 you fight a certain amount of trainers and wild pokemon and you won't be near the champions level. so unless you go grind, then the intended level for the elite 4 is in the 40s which means steven's difficulty is also partly due to inflated levels.
>uhhhh I was playing dark souls normally but now this boss is kicking my ass gotta go grind lmaogit gud, like also in pokemon you git gud because you have a human brain and the AI NPCs are stupid, you have an advantage