Welp, I have completely fucked over my ability to progress and defeat the Champion. All Pokemon in the Wild Area are now Lv 60, and have had all of their stats increased accordingly except Base experience yield. This even applies to the Max Raid Battles: Pokemon there are level 60, but the AI trainers are still at level ~20, so getting candy is physically impossible. Cinderace can only learn one move that’s super effective against Charizard, and said move is only available through Max Raid Battles. My only options at this point are to start over from the beginning and actually grind properly, use my brother’s team instead of my own, or spend several weeks grinding off absolutely pathetic amounts of experience.
EDIT: Through fighting mainly Golurk I managed to get all but Rapidash to level 60. Seems promising…
EDIT2: Figures a Whiscash would be weak enough to take on in a post-Eternatus Max Raid, given it’s double weak to grass and I have a Ludicolo…