2010-03-21, 09:46 AM
How is it even possible to be underleveled in HG/SS?! In my Japanese version playtrough I didn't have any level problems until Red (my whole team was in the high 50s with nothing but the powered up E4 and Red to defeat), all I had to do was get the gym leaders to rematch me a few times until I could defeat the new E4, then grinded my way up to Red.
I have used more healing items than I usually do though, mainly because the trainers only get your team to ~5 levels below the next challenge, and with the amounts of moves the Pokémon have acces to in the higher levels now(simply because there are more moves, and abilities too) you have a bigger challenge than with the original games. Level grinding sucks, but I will do it on my EU version, before defeating Green as the E4 powers up after getting the 16th badge, and not after Red. It will be like 8 badges, E4, 7 badges, E4 until high 60s, Badge, E4 until high 70s/low 80s, Red.
Team I used in JP HG: Typhlosion, Ampharos, Victreebel, Crobat, Gyarados, Ho-oh(replaced by Scizor in Kanto).
Team I plan on using in EU SS: Typhlosion, Ampharos, Victreebel, Crobat, Quagsire, Gengar/Haunter(this team should have less difficulties).
I did use an underleveled team in Platinum, but for some reason Diamond was harder.
I have used more healing items than I usually do though, mainly because the trainers only get your team to ~5 levels below the next challenge, and with the amounts of moves the Pokémon have acces to in the higher levels now(simply because there are more moves, and abilities too) you have a bigger challenge than with the original games. Level grinding sucks, but I will do it on my EU version, before defeating Green as the E4 powers up after getting the 16th badge, and not after Red. It will be like 8 badges, E4, 7 badges, E4 until high 60s, Badge, E4 until high 70s/low 80s, Red.
Team I used in JP HG: Typhlosion, Ampharos, Victreebel, Crobat, Gyarados, Ho-oh(replaced by Scizor in Kanto).
Team I plan on using in EU SS: Typhlosion, Ampharos, Victreebel, Crobat, Quagsire, Gengar/Haunter(this team should have less difficulties).
I did use an underleveled team in Platinum, but for some reason Diamond was harder.