@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i like to strategize sometimes, but honestly haven't played much pokemon recently
in alpha sapphire, i decided to do a "large team" run where i would catch every new pokemon i found, and promised myself i wouldn't grind, and also only use the bottom 5 levels of pokemon on my team
i'm currently 7 badges in with a level ~22 team, and every battle is extremely difficult
@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i'm also purposely not using my mawile, minun, shedinja, and wobbuffet because they're there if i need to get out of trouble
if they go over level 25, i can't use them until everything on my team is at least level 21
this is important because minun's speed, paralysis, and encore are absolutely vital for taking down really hard mons--and mawile can mega-evolve into something that can actually damage things twice its level
@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz strategy is deeply satisfying for me though, and it's interesting the things you come up with in such hardcore limitations
that's where most of my enjoyment in battles come from