>>50036237>Since it's existed, Lightning Rod has done exactly what does in the games.Ash's Pikachu knocked out a Rhydon by using an electric attack on its horn, this dealt a significant amount of damage and the explanation for how that happened is that Pikachu used Rhydon's horn as a lightning rod, an ability Rhydon would be given as soon as abilities were introduced.
>Yes. If an attack is headed your way, you dodge it. That's how fighting works.Yes, but that's not how Pokemon battles work mechanically, in the games, battles are just complex slugfests.
The anime does not follow the exact same rules as the games do, go ask /padt/, they'll say the same thing.
