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I've beaten the game twice with an Oshawott and a Snivy
So I'd say if you started with Oshawott, Elesa would be your hardest because it took me like 3 hours, and about 20 times to beat her.
And for Snivy, I would say Clay because his Excadrill was hard because I didn't know his types.
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