edit: Since this is post #1 I've cleaned it up a bit.
Anyway, Wide Guard is definitelybugged changed. I first became aware of it since I've never ever failed a second Wide Guard before, out of maybe 15-20 attempts. After awhile I started ruling out luck and today, I did some hard testing. The (partial) results can be viewed here:
Wide Guard almost never fails when used in succession. The video above shows it being used 10 times in a row without fail. The odds of this happening can be found by factoring in the odds of the nine follow-up Wide Guards. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8...1/512. The fully factored odds (with the old rules) are 1 in 35,184,372,088,832.
(edited out excess data) I had done four tests of 10 wide guards each with only one failure among said tests.
(edit) Based on the replies this seems to be intentional, not some flaw with the RNG. The only odd part was the one failure I had. (Level 51's quote: It probably failed because your opponent(s) used move(s) that doesn't/don't activate Wide Guard (eg Protect).)
So anyway, like one of the moderators said, it's worth discussing the implications of this new change.
Anyway, Wide Guard is definitely
Wide Guard almost never fails when used in succession. The video above shows it being used 10 times in a row without fail. The odds of this happening can be found by factoring in the odds of the nine follow-up Wide Guards. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8...1/512. The fully factored odds (with the old rules) are 1 in 35,184,372,088,832.
(edited out excess data) I had done four tests of 10 wide guards each with only one failure among said tests.
(edit) Based on the replies this seems to be intentional, not some flaw with the RNG. The only odd part was the one failure I had. (Level 51's quote: It probably failed because your opponent(s) used move(s) that doesn't/don't activate Wide Guard (eg Protect).)
So anyway, like one of the moderators said, it's worth discussing the implications of this new change.
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