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$20-$30 more per night, but I travel a bunch for work so I had points to help with the cost. Rooming with 1 other person. 160 is pretty good even in the Midwest
If you have a specific calc you want to survive (like Shadow Sneak) it makes sense to go naive. From a pure stats perspective Hasty would make sense because it is 80 def 90 sdef. I’m soft resetting too and will probably take the first hasty/naive HP ice I can get