[Scripting Question] How to code an Auto-Reflect Ability? Like Magic Bounce but for Physical Attacks, so if you use Mach Punch on a mon with this ability you take damage.

[SuperSpyroDragon64]

How to code an Auto-Reflect Ability?

Like Magic Bounce but for Physical Attacks, so if you use Mach Punch on a mon with this ability, the pokemon with this ability takes no damage and you take the damage instead. It's like a better version of the move Counter, but it negates incoming damage instead of taking damage and getting revenge for it, plus it's in always-active ability form not move form.

Also, how do I code the same thing but for Special Attacks like Energy Ball?

Don't worry, this is fair and balanced because the weak gimmicky Pokemon who gets one of these two abilities sucks.

 

[silverlime]

You probably can do this by changing the target of the move to be the user instead. Try pasting this after "user=pbFindUser(choice,targets)" in Pokebattle_Battler:

    #Change target to user for Auto-Reflect
    for i in 0...targets.length
      if targets[i].hasWorkingAbility(:AUTOREFLECT) && thismove.pbIsPhysical?(thismove.type)
        @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1}'s {2} reflected the attack back at {3}!",targets[i].pbThis,PBAbilities.getName(targets[i].ability),pbThis(true)))
        targets[i] = user
      end
    end

This should also work on multi-target attacks and have it hit the other targets as normal (should also make the user take the attack twice or thrice if 2 or 3 targets have the ability). I didn't test this, so let me know if there are problems that you don't know how to fix.