[@A Tattooed Girl] Things happen! 

A few questions. Defensive attacks, aka: reflect, safeguard, protect and detect. How well do those work? Can I use protect to block bullets? Can I use reflect similar to in game, a barrier to weaken physical attacks?

Stat boosting moves, could I have a Pokémon (sneasal) use swords dance, then cut though a metal wall?

Could I have a metapod use harden 50 times then carry it around under my shirt as a makeshift Kevlar vest?

How intelligent are our partners? In game and in anime, its implied that pokemon can understand human speech perfectly AFTER being captured, and imperfectly before. Is that the same here?