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Lightning Rod in Gen 3 only guarantees that Electric Moves target the pokemon. It also bypasses accuracy checks, so the moves don't miss. It doesn't provide immunity or the Special Attack boost until Gen 5.
Is this hack just gonna be more of what you see in early routes?
I'm all for a more difficult pokemon play through, but so far this game has only been any more difficult than regular games because of the advantage that cpu players get in getting berries and consumables on everything, and...