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Ah yea, that's a sticky issue. FWIW, I brought this up to The Immortal, and he said Dynamic Punch (& Hurricane) would do damage without confusion. Personally, I prefer DP to fail altogether (bc it elicits confusion 100% of the time) once an opponent is already confused, but w/e.