Copycat mechanics

[sax king]

I use a Mischievious Heart Riolu with Overhead Throw and Copycat. The purpose is to use Overhead Throw, which almost always goes last. Then Copycat, which copies the last move used and has +1 priority from MHeart, selects Overhead Throw, giving me priority phazing. On PO, you can only use this once, and you can't chain together multiple Copycats. But I posted this question in the research thread, and it has been confirmed that you can chain together multiple Copycats in-game in BW. We should probably get that fixed.

 

[(makeup)]

Doesn't copycat copy the opponent's move like Mirror Move?

 

[sax king]

It selects the last move used. If you use a move with low priority (like Overhead Throw) then it selects that. It is not a clone of Mirror Move.

 

[(makeup)]

Oh ok, sorry then.

 

[OdeDischarge]

I never even thought about coping my own move. Thanks for the thought!

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Use the SQSA thread. Anything used twice in a row is stopped by Torment, nothing else is.