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ParaFlinch

Used in Pokémon video games to describe a Pokémon whose sole purpose is to first Paralyze and then try to Flinch the enemy. Due to both status conditions having a chance to stop a Pokémon from attacking, every turn the Paralyzed Pokémon tries to attack has a very high chance to stop the attack from executing because each status is rolled separately (you have to win the RNG paralyze roll AND win the flinch roll to even attack).
I thought I would lose the match for sure, but I was able to ParaFlinch the win out with my Jirachi! He couldn't do a thing about it.
by AnonV February 14, 2015
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