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apologies if this doesn’t count as a “challenge run” but i’m currently running what i’ll call a “merch run” of white 2
basically, for a while now i’ve wanted to do some sort of run where i don’t fully evolve everything, like how ash would constantly include NFEs in his team.
my original idea was just a nuzlocke where i used an RNG to decide how far i could evolve each encounter, but i just never bothered. then i realized so many of my favorite pokemon were available in white 2, and when i started brainstorming my team, i wanted to do it with them at my favorite stages. when i realized all i needed to do was not evolve my sandile and everything was some form of merch the run was born
as for how i’m doing, i’m doing fine. i just got up to the team plasma ship on route 21 so i’m closing in on the end game. my NFEs haven’t been too big of an issue yet. i’ve been keeping the first stages essentially on par with opponents, my middle stage a few levels below than, and fully evolved mons even lower, but everyone’s pulled some weight. aron was genuinely pretty crucial against drayden, solid physical bulk + the dragon resistance let her put in work with a rocky helmet punishing them. i think i’ll probably need to grind my team overleveled for the elite 4, but my type matchup isn’t horrible at least. aron resists 3/4, sandile beats 2, and reuniclus beats the fighting type. i’ve got pretty limited options for grimsly though, i might have to rely on a predamaged reversal arcanine or just outlasting with aron (but i think he’s got krook? i’m relying on memory instead of using guides)