>>56205454I get the sentiment about not wanting to hack anon, I think I've just gotten so spoiled from features in other hacks -- like RR's Egg Move Tutor -- that I just think "am I really going to breed a whole new mon and start over just for an egg move?" especially when even gen 9 has remedied that shit, I'll just hack it in y'know? Same thing with waiting until an arbitrary point for some mon, but it gets weird when it's a mon that would be broken early-game due to lack of evos and such.
That being said, I think it's pretty justified in your case with Unbound considering that in NG+ you actually get access to the Battle Frontier before post-game, meaning Trick Room as soon as you reach Seaport City. Also a feature that lets you bring over 6 mons that devolve and fall to Lv. 10 as well.
Yeah Double battles are fucked between shit like Jax sabotaging you, or Penny with her bullshit field that gives her dragons Serene Grace, shit's pretty cancerous.
What difficulty did you play on? I've only played Expert and Insane so can't speak on the lower two but I'd hope they're less "Smogon-like". On Expert I always feel like I need at least 2 or 3 specialized mons for each gym leader. I just downloaded a save file with a "godscanner" so building up new mons is almost instantaneous, but the E4 cunts will always be cunts.
Sidenote, Weavile got a pretty fire new shiny too if you haven't seen it.
