Elite 4 made to be an option?

312511 i played for a while finally got all 8 badges in kanto and wanted to progress to the next region, sadly i coul not until i beat the elite 4 from Kanto, i tried it and failed a couple of times, so then i started looking up on how to beat them and that included EV training (i had no idea what that was before), it is just a long and hard grind, and at that moment it just felt more like some kind of job to me than a game which i really didn't like, at that moment i lost a lot of interest in the game, and was altogether sick of playing.

Actually, I advice not to EV-train or grind before Elite 4.

The easiest way to go through a region is:

1. Go slowly (if you don't try to finish everything in one day, you will be able to do trainers and gyms once more before Elite 4)

2. Don't evolve Pokémon until you really need to (first evolution for 6th gym, final evolution right before Elite 4)

3. Do all the side-quests

4. Take time to achieve level (N * 10) before entering gym N (e.g. achieve level 70 with all your party Pokémon before you face 7th gym). If you do so, you will exit that gym with lv. N * 10 + 5, and be easily ready for the next challenge

5. Don't change any team member after 6th gym and don't buy cheap Pokémon right before Elite 4; cheap Pokémon are usually trash.

There are enough trainers and quests between gyms to make you ready.

Any game can be hard if you rush; but every game has a good way to play it.

Once you beat Elite 4 in a region, try to finish all the quests you can do in that region before moving to the next one. And between Kanto and Johto, try to learn how to use Synchronize. After you finish Johto, learn to EV-train.