>>56112570I don't understand why they made most trainers in Kanto, including Gym Leaders, weaker than the E4 in GSC.
I get it - the E4 should be the highest in the region, so it makes sense for every other trainer to be lower leveled.
However, we are fighting them AFTER the E4 so there should be an additional challenge. Simply raise the levels of the E4 the second time around. It would have been very, very simple.
>>56112608At the time you fight him, there's very little opportunity for leveling, hardly any STAB-pokes unless you picked the fire starter, most pokemon around you that are catchable are horribly weak, and you also have to fight your rival in what is possibly the hardest second rival fight in all the games. Take that into account when looking at Bugsy.