see even though some rom hacks have quite some shitty fights (like, i would know, i played radical red, that hack is a guilty pleasure), they at least had some thought put into it. it's way better thought out to teambuild for an NPC than just "754 BST legendary gets omniboost and 10 level jump lmao"

or like focus sash malamar but that's also cheese

on vikavolt though i think you can blame it on me refusing to use items in battle though

and also playing on set mode but that's a separate issue

making cubone evolve at level 28 and then making shadow bone a level 27 move on alolan marowak when the move reminder is only at the pokemon league has to be nothing but a genuine act of malice from the developers

and ok. the totem marowak is level 25. guess what version it's in :/

and then your rival being a centrist about it

they look so stupid in the boss portrait bro i can't

i would never say this