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This tier is SOOOOO fun. The only thing I hate about this metagame is that some of the Japanese players resort to timer stall in order to secure the win. For example, if they knock out one of my pokemon, they'll timer stall for the remainder of the match in order to secure the 6-5 timer victory...
Unless you're a wizard, which you're probably not, there's no guarantee that your "prediction" will be correct every single time. For example, you send out a flying type anticipating an earthquake but your opponent predicts your obvious switch and decides to use return instead. You'd get...