Although there is usually no difference between the two moves, most players select Return over Frustration when given the choice, and most Ditto sets keep the default 255 happiness as a result. Allowing Return/Frustration to be randomly selected at the start of a battle (similar to random gender selection) would allow Return/Frustration users the maximum possible counterplay against Ditto (as well as Imposter users in Balanced Hackmons and Transform Mew in Doubles).
One possible method of accomplishing this is to create a fake move named
Another possible method would be to have a client-side flag which causes all instances of Return and Frustration on the selected team to be randomized upon battle start (unless the set has both moves). This could be accomplished through a chat command (e.g.
One possible method of accomplishing this is to create a fake move named
Return or Frustration in the teambuilder/import (similar to the Hidden Power <x> variants) which is converted to either Return or Frustration (with happiness set accordingly) when the battle starts. This would be available to all Pokemon which learn both Return and Frustration (which should be all Pokemon which learn either move, barring some edge cases like NatDex Alphabet Cup).Another possible method would be to have a client-side flag which causes all instances of Return and Frustration on the selected team to be randomized upon battle start (unless the set has both moves). This could be accomplished through a chat command (e.g.
/randomizereturnfrustration) given that there isn't really a convenient spot for a toggle in the UI, and it would persist until it was unset.
