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Also, they not only are +2, but they naturally have priority over anything because they are items; so that is crucial in some fights where you'd get outsped and wiped off, you get your +2 off before their attack. This means they are definitely better than moves like Nasty plot or such. Because they don't occupy a move slot and they have priority against anything. Also, money doesn't really matter since you can just grind 5k at a time on the circus trainer "challenge" and X items are only 350 to 600 I think. Use a X-Special Def/X-Def depending on the moveset of the gym leader's first poke, then keep setting up your speed and attack to wipe their team.This might not be the prettiest way to do it, but is definitely a better option than grinding an entire team just for 1 battle. The main reason I opened this thread was because of all the advice threads I saw around with several posts reccommending strategies/movesets that would take a long time to achieve just for 1 fight. Maybe the best advice is to buff up your stats with these OP items. Still, I might be wrong, as I said this is just what worked for me; might be different from another perspective

I've recently came across this game on a youtube video and decided to try it out. It was a great game and enjoyed it very much. Reading through the forums I noticed a lot of people have a lot of knowledge about optimal teams and adapt to every gym to win within a few tries. I don't know much about this game - I even had to rely on a type chart and googling the types of the pokemon I see because I just don't recognize the later gen ones. I've seen that everyone wins with just their team or moveset and specific strategies against each fight; but from personal experience, all my gym/difficult battles go the same way: spam X items to go to +6 and praying to not get crit, and wipe their entire team if I'm able to set up (if not, soft reset). I just think that, if I hadnt had this option, this game would be on an entirely different level of difficulty, because I would have to actually use the fields and custom pokes for every gym and beat their unfairly overpowered pokemon without any help (some of the leaders with their mega evolutions are ridiculous); but my "ugly" strat just ignores all of that. I only used 5 pokes and 1 slave for the entire playthrough because of this. Edit: The main reason I opened this thread was because of all the advice threads I saw around with several posts reccommending strategies/movesets that would take a long time to achieve just for 1 fight. Maybe the best advice is to buff up your stats with these OP items.