Can benched Pokemon use attacks?
Can benched Pokémon use attacks? If an attack explicitly states that benched Pokémon take damage, then yes. When this occurs though, keep in mind that you do not apply weakness or resistance to benched Pokémon. What do benched Pokémon do? While they do not heal hit points, a Pokémon that retreats or otherwise moves to the bench does remove all other conditions - any status condition such as poisoned, burned, confused, asleep, paralyzed; any effect from attacks or abilities (that aren't still acting on it) is removed (things like "this Pokémon can't ... What counts as attacks Pokémon TCG? A...