Minimal damage (actually, none)? Minimal EN cost? Yes please.
Reflect > Encore > Wish
Reflect > Encore > Wish
According to these sentences, Maxim's sub would activate (I asked dogfish, he agrees, see http://prntscr.com/7a9pzs here) and the round would end a good bit differently.Handbook said:An attack clause takes the form "If Pokemon X uses move or move class Y" or "If X is ordered" or "If Pokemon is to use X" or even "IF Move". However, despite the terminology used, the substitution with that clause will activate if the right move is ordered, regardless of whether or not the move is actually successfully used.
FishEdit: My fault, I only looked at the Move Substitutions where it made claims that could boil down to "IF blah blah blah MOVE_X, THEN" would always activate regardless of the move's success. I'm going to edit a few things in to clarify, because if I'm not able to understand something after reading it, then like hell I'm going to expect anyone else to o_OWith this simple change we can use stuff like "IF X is under Protect" or "If Protect is used successfully" without any fear of it being deemed illegal. Sure, the ref would have some discretion to decide what is and isn't allowed, but most situations are clear-cut anyway and there is always irc. We do that for combos in a much much more subjective manner and we haven't exploded because of it yet.