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Does weather effects like Sand and Hail round up or down when dealing damage? Or will it do say 12 one turn and then 13 the next? What about Leftovers or Sitrus Berry? Thanks.
Thanks, Mike! This is great news! 20 minutes means stalling shouldn't be as much of a problem as we complain and top cut is always a nice addition! Hopefully my friends will deal with waking up at 8:30 to drive downtown.
TPCi pays a lot of attention to player feedback and one of the biggest thing we said this year was that swiss format is something to keep. I can't see them removing it any time soon.
From personal experience, using Surf Politoed + Absorb Bulb Ludicolo is a very effective strategy. Ludicolo can easily outspeed every Fake Out user and ensure that it will be at +1. You don't need Grass Gem to guarantee the KO on Terrakion and other common foes when the +1 Special Attack acts as...
Don't run Fake Out on Toxicroak if you think it's too used. A simple moveset of Substitute / Drain Punch / Sucker Punch / Protect destroys if you sub t1 when they protect, expecting a Fake Out. Then Protect t2 as they double target to smash Toxicroak. Black Sludge works wonders with this set...