"Unpopular opinion: Xy Early game is actually difficult"

So the main complaint that xy gets is the fact that it was piss easy due to experience share.while by no means I disagree I think the xy Early game was one of the hardest in the franchise.1.viola had a fully evolved pokemon at level 12 knowing infestation and gust.water spout surskit nullifies fenniken while Frankie's water gun is resisted and often didnt hit hard enough(gust hits harder).chespin haa the obvious type disadvantage but thankfully it learns rollout meaning if it can face the vivilion with full health intact it can manage.speaking of gym battles korrinas dual lucario can really surprise too2.Lack of decent early game pokemon/movesHonestly this is a common problem in all games but this one easily has the worst problem after the physical special split especiallyconsidering the huge xy pokedex.dp pl had starly and shinx and his holiness lord bidoof,hgss had mareep,bellspout,geodude,bw2 had tons of good mons before 1st badge(riolu,mareep,sewaddle,venipede) the only exception was bw where you can only get lillipup.coming to moves azurill has to rely on a unstabbed bubble for 14 levels.nice while riolu doesn't get a decent stab until level 15 either.3.lack of decent early game tm. You get return only after forever and infestation is garbage even on a spewa.4.contrary to popular belief Some of the early game xy routes in particular route and 5 were incredibly hard to navigate with mazesSpeaking of navigation route 13 takes the cake for being the MOST ANNOYING ROUTE IN THE FUCKING FRANCHISE BAR NONE.The difficulty does really fall flat around 4th badge though.but the early game is surprisingly hard via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3cWxbzv