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Charge move before message

Sometimes a defending Pokemon will use a charge move that hits before the message appears, leaving the attacker with no time to dodge.

For me, the most common victim is Jolteon. Gyrados suddenly starts shooting water from his mouth and I try to dodge, but too late. By the time "Gyarados used Hydro Pump!" appears on the screen, my Jolteon has already fainted.

Is this a glitch? Any known solutions or workarounds?

Asked by hkn8 years 2 months ago

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As far as I know it's just that the message is buried under thousands "super effective" pop-ups.

This kind of glitch has happened since forever - my solution is to always use the yellow flash as reference for when to dodge. The text message isn't reliable at all.

This happens almost always here for some time now, I thought it is normal. Seems to be a network issue

Sometimes? I have never relied on the message. You have to guess or time it

stop spamming tap, i mean fast moves... try tap twice/attack for dodge animation(some mons need to recovery his animation before can dodge) - so u can look the defender mons, its ez to know when the mons try to use charge move, the mons will stop for few sec - still hard tho sometimes no yellow flash. what i do spam dodge /sucessesfull dodge 90/100%

Yes

I don't consider it a glitch. Some charge moves just have different timing relative to the text & animation. After the changes to move stats with the Gen 2 release, Hydro Pump seems to come very quickly and without warning. However, with exprience, you can get a feel for when it is about due. Also, the defending pokemon usually pauses in its animation before launching a charge attack.

Psychic is another one that comes without much warning, and again, you just need to develop a sense of when it is about due.