Only took about a year for me to get back into this run- but pride month always gets me in a Spork mood.
The inclusion of the Exp. All is one of the biggest QoL features, but it also allowed me to sweep through the game after I updated to get it shortly after the Underwater Hotel. I ended up having around a 10 level advantage over everyone by the time I got to ICSW's castle (where I picked up when I started back up the other night), and maintained that through the rest of the game.
My team was as follows:
• Carina - Solgaleo (Starter) [The Sky and the Cosmos are One]
My dearest beloved, the reason I started this challenge was in celebration of being able to start with a Cosmog. Unfortunately, they started with Hidden Power (Ghost), which made everything an uphill battle up until I filled out more of my team. I evolved them immediately into a Solgaleo as soon as they hit level 43 (Thank you, Sun Stone!), which was around the 7th gym.
• Stella - Clefable [The Mage from the Moon]
My first partner, caught in the EV training room of the hotel. While I finally had a Pokémon that could hit normal types (in theory), in practice she didn't get any good moves for that for several levels, though she carried because Cute Charm is so beautifully broken when everyone is Pan. Later in the game she tended to level up faster than the rest of the team, so often she took a vacation in the pc for a few levels before coming back.
• Ansi - Starmie [Alien Starfish]
Named after the Ansible from Ender's Game, they were the third member of my team after I escaped the hotel full of normal types, and the last Pokémon to join my team until Ailora Meadow. They were also my main damage dealer for the longest time.
• Penumbra - Umbreon (Retired) [The Moon]
Apprentice of Darkrai, Penumbra was a long running member of the team, and one of the only guys. He was swapped out for his mentor Darkrai after I got to the Dream Shrine, though.
• Helios - Volcarona [The Sun]
Praise the sun! I spent a long time in Tinder Forest looking for him. He is transgender. He started putting in a lot of work once he evolved.
• Sigilyph - Sigilyph (Retired)
Somewhat of a stretch, but he got Cosmic Power, Gravity, and most importantly: Fly.
• Umbra - Darkrai [The Moon]
Penumbra's mentor: Master of Darkness and putting people to sleep instantly and then yelling at them because they didn't learn Dark Pulse until right before the E4. I really appreciate that Dark Void was buffed to higher accuracy than Hypnosis.
• Cometeor - Minior [Shooting Star]
Name borrowed with love from another fangame I like, Uranium. I do also have a Shiny Minior in Pokémon Moon who shares this name. I used debug to give them Fly, though around Angela I picked up the TM for Acrobatics and since I was doing less backtracking by then... Shell Smash is a very fun move, and I used Stealth Rocks beforehand to get some free damage on most trainers.
And then some screenshots! My Hall of Fame, My stats from HoF, and then an extra picture of Cometeor because they were in Shield's Down mode when I beat Agne and didn't look as resplendent as usual.
Might start up a run with some Hisui Mons now that they've been added, but for now I'm satisfied.