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If you missed your hydro pump, i woulda been able to set up the sun on my magmortar, and then gone for the solar beam, but pretty sure a hydro pump woulda killed.
Ah, good game man. Reallllly close. I was jolly max speed, and was praying to the god i dont believe in that i was gonna outspeed and hit you with a superpower. >.< Either way, AWESOME GAME.
Seriously dude? Just watch a ton of the battles on youtube, and you sort of used to what people are doing, which helps out your predictions a lot. Thats how I did it when i started about a month ago.