[quote="Squeely"][quote="Carl Skywalker"]
Wait, you only had three Pokémon at the fire trial, and Rockruff isn't evolved? The only trial I've had any trouble with yet was the water trial. Lycanroc took care of the fire trial easily, but I don't have any answer for water types on my team.[/quote]
Yeah. I dunno if I missed some huge amount of battles somewhere, but my team is levels 21-23 right now. I've only turned Exp Share on a couple short times, so maybe I should have kept it on. I'm wondering if the game is structured the way it is due to so many people complaining about Exp Share being "broken" last gen. Every trial has made me feel like I should be higher leveled than I have been. Was trying to maintain difficulty by keeping the Exp Share off and not grinding up too much, but I'm starting to feel like I should keep Exp Share on.
Edit: Aaaand I just came upon a bunch of trainers I missed on Route 6. Probably took on the Fire trial before I was supposed to, lol.[/quote]
I've been making sure I explore everything I can before progressing, which I do in every game basically, and I left the Exp. Share on. So that's probably it. I've just completed the Electric trial, and my Pokémon are all ~40, while most of my enemies are low 30s or high 20s.
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Man I need a new job. This is getting so exhausting.