What's the deal with Danger Anticipate?

[Arseus Ex Machina]

I know that the Danger Anticipate ability "predicts super-effective" attacks, but can someone clarify this for me?

 

[Æsahættr]

Good, question, I wanna know, too. Does it tell you before you select an attack, or before your pokemon or your opponents actually attacks?

 

[Trainer-c]

From what I've heard, the way Danger Anticipate works is that upon sending your Pokémon into battle, it tells you if the opposing Pokémon has a super-effective attack, but it does not tell you what the attack is.

 

[paperfairy]

That's.... not very useful. It could be something to worry about (Psychic) or something like Rest, which is a Psychic type move... and would be super effective.... if it dealt damage.

 

[ShadyWolf]

Hopefully this ability is triggered if the Pokemon has an attack, and not just some support move...

 

[mikarugelord]

This is the only scenario where this ability comes useful. Let's say you have a Dokuroggu (poison/fighting) against the opponent's lucario (steel/fighting). As demonstrated by the D/P champion, Lucario can learn Psychic. You are forewarned because of the ability.

Of course, I try not to use double weakness monsters, with some exceptions, (altaria, salamence, rayquaza... how can one resist?) so this doesn't apply to me.