0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars why the fuck is they only normal to fight a ghost why in this porn game do i have to grind and over level to beat a freaking mimikyu for a porn game
I agreed with you. I believe most of us(if not everyone) got our asses kicked by that at first. Putting her as the first npc fight is impossible to beat without grinding.
The meta for me is to grind at Chanseys in Route 15 to level up to 11 and learn Nasty Plot. It takes 6 Chanseys on average to get to lv11 (just Chasey, run away from others).
After that bottleneck, everything else is beatable except for the Gym leader which is kind of a challenge so it's understandable.