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Nakala Pri January 12th, 2015 11:09 PM

How hard did you find the League?
 
Did you have any trouble with the league? Who was the most difficult? Who was the easiest?

Discuss! =D

Mara Zhayn January 13th, 2015 12:56 PM

The only one I've played is Black 2, so my opinion is based on that game.

The easiest was Marshall. I've never had problems with Fighting-type gym leaders, so Fighting-type Elite Four was no problem either.

The hardest was Shauntal. Damn her and that Golurk. I HATE fighting Golurk.

Dragon January 13th, 2015 4:00 PM

Mmm, I didn't find them too be TOO difficult; the Gym Leaders were easy as pie, and so was the Elite Four: Shauntal and Grimsley weren't too bad since my Krookodile and Mienshao handled them both well respectively, but Caitlyn and Marshall were a little bit more tricky.

Caitlyn had her pokemon have moves like Focus Blast and energy which proved.. problematic for my Krookodile, but my Samurott proved useful with his Megahorn against Caitlyn's Psychic pokemon. I faced Marshal last, in which I didn't really have any Flying or Psychic types at the ready, so, I had to purely rely on my Pokemon's defense and how they dish out attacks to win~

Evening January 16th, 2015 5:54 AM

These pair of games are one of the tricky ones. I never expected the Unova League to have that much tricks up their sleeves. So, it was kind of difficult, considering the fact that there's a good chance that you may be underlevelled.

DyingWillFlareon January 16th, 2015 9:02 AM

My team was pretty underleveled so it took us one or two tries. :/ But after we beat it the first time...... I still haven't beaten the League again. ;w;U

Viscacha January 16th, 2015 3:08 PM

Having fully played through White only and a portion of Black 2, my biggest challenges were Lenora. Retaliate was a nightmare :sideways: but that's about it. I mean the only elite 4 member that sorta troubled me was Caitlin. Generation 5 wasn't the most challenging one for me even though I used really odd (not very good) pokemon looking back hahaha

magicalgirlj January 18th, 2015 6:44 PM

To me the hardest part of the elite four was not being able to knock out their Pokemon in one hit and using their full restores

esperance January 22nd, 2015 9:30 AM

In BW, I didn't really find the first time you face the Elite 4 to be too hard. But the second time? Insane. I can't tell you how long it took me to train my team to a high enough level to be able face them again.

Pendraflare January 22nd, 2015 11:57 AM

I don't remember them from the very first time I played White. But in the rematches they did get a lot tougher to my recollection. Although one of the last times I went through White, Shauntal and Caitlin were easy, Marshal took a while thanks to some setup I had to do, and Grimsley was really crazy.

Hikamaru January 22nd, 2015 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flourish (Post 8581993)
These pair of games are one of the tricky ones. I never expected the Unova League to have that much tricks up their sleeves. So, it was kind of difficult, considering the fact that there's a good chance that you may be underlevelled.

This is actually very accurate. The fact that you'll likely be underleveled if you don't Audino grind can make this Elite Four a challenge but if you have the right coverage for their Pokemon they aren't as hard initially, but the rematches are a totally different story.

Altairis January 24th, 2015 9:08 PM

It was actually pretty tough for me the first time around because I didn't plan out my team well enough and it was extremely weak to Fighting and my team members were pretty weak anyway. So I guess that wasn't really the League being tough, because they were pretty easy my second time around, but rather my team was weak :P

blue January 27th, 2015 9:56 AM

I actually recall finding my first attempt at the Unova League quite troublesome. Maybe it was just because I was under-levelled, but I found that they had an all-round balanced team equip with powerful movesets.

ActualRealJamz January 27th, 2015 10:53 AM

BW2 certainly had the easiest league of the two sets, I had next to no trouble at all. I can't remember my exact team, but I remember having an issue with Caitlin. Other than that the whole league was pretty easy (only had to heal twice: before Caitlin and before Iris as a safety measure).
BW was much harder. I actually found it incredibly difficult, although there wasn't one member that particularly stuck out to me unless we count Ghetsis as part of the league. I suppose my main issue would have been Marshall, given the kind of team that I had, but I don't particularly remember much of it.

Saint Sophie July 22nd, 2015 7:30 AM

Marshal gave me a lot of trouble, mainly because of Stone Edge. He was the only one I really struggled with.

Sun July 22nd, 2015 7:42 AM

It wasn't that difficult, though not easy either. Marshal and his Fighting Pokémon posed a real challenge, otherwise I'm pretty much okay with everything. :)

Sirfetch’d July 24th, 2015 12:39 AM

I suppose the rematches are difficult but the initial battles are laughably easy to me. I expected much more of a challenge and was actually a bit disappointed about this :<

LilyGardy July 31st, 2015 10:37 AM

My experiences with each Unova E4 member:

Marshall - I thought he was a cool character but he was the Easiest E4 member for me. I had a Psychic heavy team and my Gothitelle swept his team.

Shauntel - Ghost type should have been tough for my highly Psychic team but the duel types helped me. Jellicent fell to Gothitelle's Thunderbolt and Milotic surfed over Golurk and Chandelure.

Grimsley - Not too bad other than blanking Gothitelle, Simisear took out Bisharp whilst Samurott and Milotic took care of everyone else.

Caitlin - Tricky. After some 'Basketball Battling' (I faint a Pokemon, she faints a pokemon.) It came down to a battle of Gothitelle's. After a lot of shadow balls and healing by both sides my Gothitelle was a bit quicker than Caitlin's and won the day.

Sheep August 24th, 2015 11:08 AM

Pretty difficult, actually. =( I didn't have the best team and even though the champion himself was easier in B/W the E4 members leading up to him were tough. I especially had a hard time with Caitlin and Shauntal.. Marshall was easy enough, seems like that's a pattern for me when battling fighting-type gym leaders and Elite Four haha. Overall they were a bit more difficult than other leagues but still not as hard as Kanto's.

DraconianWing August 24th, 2015 11:30 AM

Due to a matchup loophole in my team, the first run against Marshall didn't go well. Unfezant's "advantage" instantly dwindled as he was pelted with Stone Edge, followed by a crit OHKO on Haxorus. Serperior, Excadrill, and Zweilous never got to do much work. Thankfully, 5th Gen allowed you to face the E4 in any order you wished, so I defeated the other three members and outmatched Marshall through level.

Hikamaru August 24th, 2015 11:38 AM

The one I always have an easy time with is Grimsley for some reason, likely because most of his team have weaknesses that can be easily exploited, and while they hit hard it's said weaknesses that take them down quickly.

Shauntal is definitely the most threatening regardless of what you're doing, that Chandelure of hers is not to be taken lightly, and Challenge Mode only made it even more of a nightmare with that Choice Scarf. Caitlin is also quite scary with that Metagross of hers, because let's face it they are so strong and never fun to fight.

Marshal may threaten Flying-types with Rock moves, but still a good Flying or Psychic move can easily destroy most of his team, the latter which he never seems to have a good answer to.

Hexoc August 24th, 2015 1:55 PM

I found it incredibly challenging in BW, but pathetically easy in BW2. Easiest for me was Grimsley, Emboar too strong sometimes. Hardest is Caitlin, that gotitelle and mushrana just destroy me by being bulky

(Super)Slowpoke August 24th, 2015 2:11 PM

It didn't took too long at the first time but when I went back... It was terrible. Caitlin almost made me cry.
But that was the hardest league where I've been and I think it's good thing. It's boring when it's too easy, finally some challenges!

Dedenne1 August 25th, 2015 8:03 AM

It was easy for me but as soon as i won and got back to my "house" i went straight there and tried challenging it again and after 50 some revives i won the second time honestly the toughest one was Grimsley for me i didnt have any bugs or fighting types that could hold their own against him.

Nah August 26th, 2015 3:49 AM

I think I did have a little trouble with the Elite 4 when I got to them on my White. Though it probably had a lot to do with not being completely familiar yet with all the Unova Pokemon and I hadn't realized yet how useful the Nimbasa sports stadiums were for getting extra exp during the game, cuz I know I was slightly under-leveled.

That and Simipour is ass and I just wanted to hurry up and get Zekrom already lol

But I'm pretty sure that when I start over on my White I won't really have much of a problem with the Elite 4.

Seth Rollins August 26th, 2015 4:06 AM

In my first attempt I was honestly a noob, just caught any Pokemon I could catch and grinded them. I do remember my team being around...45 or 50? I REALLY don't remember my White playthrough. Like REALLY. All I remember is that my starter was Emboar...yeah. I also remember we was useless in the E4 -_-

Then my friend traded me his Rayquaza and i was like where the f did you get that. I used him, he was lv.70...I literally wrecked the entire Unova E4 with Rayquaza.

This is kinda off-topic but Ghestsis' Hydreigon gave me trouble even with Rayquaza

I was a noob back then okay?!

I remember not having that much trouble with the Unova League on BW2, I was much more familiar with the Pokemon world, I knew which Pokemon was good and others that were bad.


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