Pending Icons next to field effect counters

When there's a field effect active, it gets listed in the top left corner of the screen, and sometimes it also covers the whole background with a graphic. This is pretty good, but when multiple effects with backgrounds get stacked, it can get hard to keep track of, and effects that are only listed as text are easier to forget about. That's why I'm suggesting putting little icons before the effects in the list.

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(though probably shifted over to the right a bit)

Even though some things like Trick Room and Light Screen would share an icon, having an icon there would still make it easier to tell at glance what effects are active. A colorful icon disappearing is much more noticeable than some faint text disappearing, so it would also make it more obvious that an effect without any visual indicator like Tailwind or Trick Room under terrain has worn off.

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dragon.png
electric.png
fairy.png
fighting.png
fire.png
flying.png
ghost.png
grass.png
ground.png
ice.png
normal.png
poison.png
psychic.png
rock.png
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I modeled the icons after the modern symbols from Let's Go and SwSh, using the colors of Showdown's existing type icons.
 
No? Putting icons makes it easier to tell what's going on without having to touch or read anything. Grassy Terrain and Trick Room are up at the same time. You see that bright pink circle disappear out of the corner of your eye, and you know immediately "oh, Trick Room ran out"
 

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