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Attacks and Abilities Guide

Do double team clones give off shadows, and if they don't, could you command your Pokemon to look for a shadow to determine which is the real Pokemon?
 
Double team clones do not cast shadows, so yes, looking for them would be a way to determine what the correct target was.
 
But now Tuft making fifteen clones won't be nearly as impressive!

How does normalize work, exactly? Would the boosts from a moon stone/silk scarf/normal gem apply to every move, even if the move is not usually normal type?

It states that normalize makes every move have STAB. What if normalize was granted to a pokemon that wasn't normal type? Would it become psychic-ize/dragon-ize/whatever-ize, would the pokemon suddenly gain STAB from normal type moves, or what?
 
Clones not getting shadows: Double Team just got a lot more useless.

Can a combo be used to remove a substitute and Status an opponent (say, Whirlpool + Toxic, where Whirlpool traps the sub and prevent it from blocking attacks) ?
 
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What happens if you use Counter/Mirror Coat/Metal Burst after your energy gets hit?

EDIT: Also can you fit health Drain Punch and energy Drain Punch into a single Drain Punch conditional slot?
 
If a pokemon is under the effects of some statuses and is Skill Swapped the ability Synchronize, does it immediately transfer its statuses to the opponent or does it only transfer any new statuses it receives? In this case, statuses refer only to ones that can be transferred by Synchronize.
 
Lord of the Fireflies said:
Everything becomes easier all of a sudden. Would it take an action to do so?
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No, you could say "Flamethrower on the one with no shadow."

Mai said:
But now Tuft making fifteen clones won't be nearly as impressive!

How does normalize work, exactly? Would the boosts from a moon stone/silk scarf/normal gem apply to every move, even if the move is not usually normal type?

It states that normalize makes every move have STAB. What if normalize was granted to a pokemon that wasn't normal type? Would it become psychic-ize/dragon-ize/whatever-ize, would the pokemon suddenly gain STAB from normal type moves, or what?
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Moon stone etc. boosts would apply to attacks made normal-typed by normalize. If a pokémon not normal-type was granted normalize, it would still make all of that pokémon's attack normal-typed, and they would not get STAB. It's only written that way because the only pokémon with normalize are normal-typed.

Crazy Linoone said:
Clones not getting shadows: Double Team just got a lot more useless.

Can a combo be used to remove a substitute and Status an opponent (say, Whirlpool + Toxic, where Whirlpool traps the sub and prevent it from blocking attacks) ?
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You could remove a substitute with whirlpool, then use toxic on the pokémon successfully. As a combo, though, no, that wouldn't work.

Zhorken said:
What happens if you use Counter/Mirror Coat/Metal Burst after your energy gets hit?

EDIT: Also can you fit health Drain Punch and energy Drain Punch into a single Drain Punch conditional slot?
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Nothing and no.

Lord of the Fireflies said:
On this note, can you use draining moves to drain both energy and health (at half power each)?
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No

blazheirio889 said:
Can a Pokemon with Suction Cups be lifted into the air with Telekinesis, Psychic, etc.?
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No

Crazy Linoone said:
If a pokemon is under the effects of some statuses and is Skill Swapped the ability Synchronize, does it immediately transfer its statuses to the opponent or does it only transfer any new statuses it receives? In this case, statuses refer only to ones that can be transferred by Synchronize.
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Only if new statuses are laid.

Wargle said:
Could a Suction Cups Octillery suction an opponent's face and restrict breathing?
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Not significantly.
 
The description of Counter implies that it will reflect only attacks during the action, and only if the user is faster than the opponent. However, in the games, it reflects the last physical attack, whether it was this turn or a hundred turns before. What is the standard way of dealing with this situation?
 
bulbasaur said:
The description of Counter implies that it will reflect only attacks during the action, and only if the user is faster than the opponent. However, in the games, it reflects the last physical attack, whether it was this turn or a hundred turns before. What is the standard way of dealing with this situation?
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In the games, I'm pretty sure Counter only reflects a physical attack made during the same turn that you use Counter.
 
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