@Shingdiii A similar issue can also occur with Talonflame’s Unite Move.
You can refer to the following very old clip and watch it at 0.25× speed for a clearer view:
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@Shingdiii This might be by design or a long-standing bug. When Greninja uses Surf against certain moves, the ability sometimes only restores HP but fails to deal damage. This seems to happen especially when interacting with moves that both include a dash and hindrance resistance.
@TadanoNagisa Yes, that’s exactly what I always do.
When I encounter Umbreon, I keep rapidly pressing the A button when I anticipate getting disrupted.
Holding down the A button getting interrupted might be a bug because sometimes the attack gets interrupted, and sometimes it doesn’t.
@TadanoNagisa In the following two video clips, I only held down the A button and used simple movesets, yet you can clearly see such a huge difference.
@TadanoNagisa It seems to me that this might be related to the character's attack speed and animation. When the character has a higher attack speed, you can simply hold down the A button to achieve near-maximum attack output.