Clutterfunky

I was thinking about doing that with my Liepard but I didn't want to go all the way back to reteach it the move especially since its level is too low now, but I'll give it a shot, along with those mods, I appreciate it. I really don't want to stop playing it because it's too difficult, I'm really into the plot and everything so that's where most of my frustration was coming from; not just that I couldn't win but that I also couldn't progress the story.

I really liked this game to start off with, and I still do, I really want to like it like I did at the start, but the difficulty is asinine! I've literally spent two hours trying to beat the Lapis gym because the AI spams attacks and the game's mechanics are generally so unbalanced. I don't know if it's supposed to be ridiculously difficult or if it's just been too long since I've played Pokemon, but it's a little insane to give gym leaders six pokemon if they're all going to be so close to the player's level cap. I've had to resort to reloading the game every time the slightest thing goes wrong because if I'm not perfect, I'm not going to win the fight. If anyone has any suggestions on what to do, I'd gladly take them, I'm just sick of dreading the next boss fight because I know it'll take me three hours to prepare for it. I really just want to enjoy the game and the story and atmosphere, but these insane boss battles are sucking all of the fun out of it. I'm at the point where I feel like im never going to be able to progress past this gym because my pokemon get one shot by that stupid Anorith and I don't have any pokemon that can combat it. Like, I get that it's realistic, a Gym Leader shouldn't be a walk in the park to beat, but it shouldn't be IMPOSSIBLE either, and that's where I'm at right now. Also I realized I put this in the wrong category but I don't know how to change it and it's probably really obvious but I'm just so frustrated that I'm not thinking clearly enough to find it