Ruling Some Questions

Lt. Empoleon

Lt. Empoleon

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Okay, I have a few questions:

1. When I play Lucario Lv. X and use stance, will attacks like Drag Off from Feraligatr d still work?
2. When I use Lucario's Aura Sphere or Empoleon's Aqua Jet, does my opponent get to choose the benched Pokemon to take 20 damage or do I choose?
 
1. Of course not. It does a grand total of squat.
2. Let me put it this way. When you shoot something, your target doesn't get to choose where it hits, does it?
 
OK, thanks, whenever my brother has Feraligatr he always does both of those things sometime during the battle.:(
 
Actually, Houndoom is wrong on 1. Lucario LVX is immune to everything for 1 turn. However, Drag Off is likely to target a Benched poke, so there goes your invincibility.
 
Houndoom is right. Putting Lucario LV.X on the Bench with Drag Off is an effect of an attack, so he is immune to it for the turn he does Stance.

Oh, and Houndoom, when you answer a question, just answer it, don't dance around the answer and expect them to know what you're talking about.

To the topic creator, the attack specifically states that you choose the Pokemon to take the damage, not the opponent.
 
Of course, a counter-arguement...
Compodium said:
Q. What happens if I try to use "Drag Off" to bring up a benched Pokémon that has a Holon Energy WP attached ("prevent all effects excluding damage done...")
A. Since the Holon Energy WP would prevent the effect of switching out that Pokémon, you cannot target it with Drag Off. You will have to choose a different target. (Mar 23, 2006 PUI Rules Team)
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Way to say exactly what I just said.
 
Drag Off does nothing if Stance is in effect.

Drag Off (20)
Before doing damage, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokemon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokemon to switch.
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The switch can't happen because that would be an effect on Lucario, so Lucario stays put. You can't damage Lucario, so your attack does squat.

http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?t=61498
 
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