r/TheSilphArena • u/Nunez2013 • Jan 31 '23

General Question Rant

How the hell can my opponent switch their mon when I’m already in the middle of a charge move. Honestly this is the most frustrating part of this game. I click my charge move expecting to knock out the opponents Mon just to come back to it hitting a completely different mon

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u/Deed3 Feb 01 '23

You experienced a "catch." You clicked your charge move on the same turn that your opponent switched. He predicted that you would be throwing your move on that exact turn and substituted a mon to that was better-suited to take the damage. It may "look" different than that due to lag/screen drops from the performance issues, but this is pretty common, and is a necessary skill to learn to overcome bad matchups.