>>57376725Honestly, yes.
- The trainers have EV trained Pokémon and decent AI that utilize various strategies that other games could dream of.
- Most routes had a 'boss trainer' who is higher level and utilizes a competetive strategy.
- Aside from the first Totem, all the Totem fights are challenging, Araquanid in particular is designed as a starter solorun filter.
- Ultra Necrozma is brutal if you don't cheese it (Zoroark, Topsy-Turvy, Toxic stall etc.)
- Many boss battles use Z-Moves.
- Exp formula makes it hard to overlevel.
- High number of late game held items.
