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 The current wording of the effect is a bit ambiguous.  "False Swipe inflicts damage, but will leave the target with 1 HP if it would otherwise cause it to faint...  If used against a substitute, False Swipe is able to break it and will not leave the substitute with 1 HP."
-Does False Swipe deal reduced damage against a Substitute if the target has less health than False Swipe would do?  Such as if False Swipe could do 50%, but the target has 20% left, would False Swipe do 20% (the amount that would KO the target) or enough to break the Substitute (since no hit would actually KO the target due to being intercepted by the Sub)?  I suspect the first, but haven't been able to confirm.
+Does False Swipe deal reduced damage against a Substitute if the target has less health than False Swipe would do?  Such as if False Swipe could do 50%, but the target has 20% left, would False Swipe do 20% (the amount that would KO the target) or enough to break the Substitute (since no hit would actually KO the target due to being intercepted by the Sub)?  I suspect the first, but haven't been able to confirm. {{unsigned|Ordalca}}
+:False Swipe can destroy a substitute, but, unless the user can make the move bypass Substitute (like with Infiltrator), the move will never hit the Pokémon behind the substitute. --'''[[User:Bfdifan2006|<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#f83,#3fa);background-clip:text;color:transparent">Bfdifan2006</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|contribs]]) 08:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)