If both players swap Pokemon, who swaps first?

Apr. 26, 2016

I’m hoping to set up a seed block (leech seed and swap into shadow tag). I want to make sure my blocker comes out before my opponent swaps out to shake off leech seed. Also, if any one can give me better tags for this question, I would appreciate that, too.

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Probably not relevant to you, but…

Another mechanic worthy of notein ADVis ‘switch-priority’. In the cartridge, when a link battle begins, the person who acts as player 1 gains switch priority over player 2. To put this in layman’s terms, player 2’s switch-ins are always performed second.

sourceAlso this has been mentioned, but please note that shadow tag doesn’t work if the opponent already decided to switch out. You can’t switch before the opponent makes a decision.

I’ve tested it outhereand it seems that the faster Pokemon switches out first. This could be just random chance that Gothetelle (The faster Pokemon, in this situation) switched out first, but I doubt it.

Hope this helps!