The guy in the basement in Goldenrod was just insane compared to anything else so far (including the gym leader right after).

 

Once you get to Morty in the 4th gym, his difficulty level is MUCH higher than his trainers in his gym (I understand its supposed to be this way, but that was a bit too much even though I defeated him in 1 go)

*On a side note: I used a Granbull and Morty's Gengar did nothing but use dream eater on me without me being asleep.

 

I've loved the difficulty ranges so far, I've had to grid up a little bit just before almost every gym and it works well. These are just two spots that seem odd.

I used chikorita to sweep the storymode of johto. It is still a chikorita up to this day...rip evolution.

122316 I've loved the difficulty ranges so far

 

me too

I've been grinding for the 6th gym (steel) for a while now, probably just because my pokemon choice, but it also seemed pretty intense. My tododile is still level 10, lol... Its my hm mule because its stats were terrible

122402 Its my hm mule

 

shhhhhh, dont let them hear that..animal abused is so wrong

122402 I've been grinding for the 6th gym (steel) for a while now

 

Jasmine? try thr route between olivine and cianwood, best spot to grind so far, managed to lvlup few pokes to lvl80+

Nice You are so far ahead :o

I used the place right in front of the safari zone (42 i think) because it had a lot of potential for speed and sp atk ev's. Was leveling staryu

johto recently had a bunch of NPCs added to the area between olivine and cianwood, and the route before johto safari. should lower the difficulty a bit

122494 johto recently had a bunch of NPCs added to the area between olivine and cianwood, and the route before johto safari. should lower the difficulty a bit

 

It's not so much that there isn't enough to train on, it's that the spike feels weird. I think everything else in Johto felt comfortable except for the trainers with level 30+ pokemon in goldenrod and the amount of grinding (compared to other sections of the game) required for the steel gym. The grinding issue isn't that big of a problem because it's just grinding, but those rocket grunts caught me by surprise in goldenrod.

maybe i need to go and nerf these just a little bit then.

For me the Rocket Members in Goldenrod were really hard compared to everything after 4th Gym.

Afair they use Lv. 30-40 Pokémon and I had to go to the Pokécenter after every fight.

Once done I feared the 4th Gym but it was so damn easy, nothing scratched my Pokémon, everything died 1HKO or 2HKO.

Then you leave Goldenrod and encounter Trainers using Lv. 18 Pokémon (not 6, but like 1-2).

 

Johto overall is way(!) too easy, beat everyone until the E4 with a solo Quilava/Typholosion, no EV Training or fancy stuff like that.