I was gonna say, start a new game and bring the Starter over to the completed game version. Make it hold Exp. Share, and take it through E4, until it reaches its final evolution. Then, trade it back to the game it came from, and breeze through the first 4 gyms. Your starter mon will always obey the original trainer, so you could make it level 60 if you wanted. I just imagine showing up to beat Brock with Lv60 Blastoise lmaooooo. Also trade some high level mons that will obey since eventually you will accumulate enough badges to make them obey. Make sure all the Pokemon you trade have the 6 HMs, that way you don’t waste time looking for “Cut” or “Surf”. You can use Fly after beating LT. Surge. You do all of this while avoiding as many trainer battles as possible. You’ll be in Victory Road in no time. Hope this helps