How does prankster Trick Room work?

Prankster Trick Room is a strategy that involves using the Prankster ability to increase the priority of non-attacking moves, such as Trick Room, allowing them to be used more effectively in battle. By combining Prankster with Trick Room, players can reverse the order in which Pokémon move, giving slower Pokémon an advantage and making it more difficult for opponents to counter.

Understanding Prankster and Trick Room

Prankster Ability

The Prankster ability increases the priority of non-attacking moves by one stage, making them more likely to be used before attacking moves. This can be particularly useful when combined with moves like Trick Room, which has a naturally low priority of -8.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Trick Room?: Trick Room is a Psychic-type move that reverses the order in which Pokémon move for 5 turns, with the Pokémon having the lowest Speed stat moving first.
2. How does Trick Room work?: Trick Room affects all Pokémon on the field, reversing the order in which they move, but it does not affect move priority.
3. Does Prankster work with Trick Room?: Yes, Prankster increases the priority of Trick Room, making it more likely to be used before other moves, but it does not affect the move’s ability to reverse the order of Pokémon.
4. Can you use Trick Room while Trick Room is active?: No, using Trick Room while it is already active will cancel its effects.
5. How do you counter Trick Room?: One way to counter Trick Room is to use Protect, which can waste half of the turns affected by Trick Room.
6. Does Prankster work with Light Screen?: Yes, Prankster works with Light Screen, as well as other non-attacking moves like Willowisp, Thunder Wave, and Recover.
7. Does Trick Room affect Prankster?: No, Trick Room does not affect Prankster, but Prankster can affect the priority of Trick Room.
8. Does Prankster work against Dark types?: No, since Generation 7, Dark types are immune to moves affected by Prankster.
9. What can break Trick Room?: A common anti-Trick Room duo is Fake Out + Taunt, which can shut down the Trick Room user and prevent them from using the move.
10. Does Trick Room stop priority moves?: No, Trick Room does not affect move priority, but it can be affected by priority moves.
11. Does Trick Room affect all Pokémon?: Yes, Trick Room affects all Pokémon on the field, reversing the order in which they move.
12. Does Fake Out work in Trick Room?: Yes, Fake Out can be used to stop an opponent’s move and allow the Trick Room user to set up the move.
13. Does Gyro Ball still work in Trick Room?: Yes, Gyro Ball is unaffected by Trick Room, as it only modifies the power of the move based on the user’s Speed stat.
14. Does Lagging Tail work in Trick Room?: Lagging Tail forces the holder to move last in its priority bracket, regardless of Trick Room.
15. Does Light Clay affect Trick Room?: No, Light Clay does not affect Trick Room, but it can increase the duration of other moves like Reflect and Light Screen.