Board Thread:Versus Battles/@comment-31372267-20190430224807/@comment-28876888-20190430230812

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Grappling and pinning isn't a status effect, it's just physically exerting force

I should note that if you're not familiar with the Displacer Beast, it has an exactly 50% chance to instantly dodge all incoming attacks unless you have methods of seeing through the displacement effects. This means dispatching is not as easy as one might think.