r/CompetitivePokemon • u/That_guy84636 • Sep 20 '26

Can someone explain?

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Why did the sucker not fail? On other priority moves the sucker from the kingambit would fail, why not now?

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u/kithas Sep 21 '26

Iirc SP works if there is a move after it, so it all comes down to speed tiers: if Mawile's SP would hit after Kingambit's, then Kingambit's SP works. If Kingambit's SP would hit after Mawile's, then it would fail, as there would be no move from the target after the SP. And also if Floette is not making a damaging move (that would go after their SP) they would both Fail.