Encore fails?

[w2gMk]

(Jan 31, 2016, 06:57 AM)Apo Wrote: it was a Raichu using Encore on my Togekiss (it worked), and my Togekiss fainted that turn by foe Groudon.
I then sent Whimsicott, and wanted to lock Raichu on Encore thanks to Prankster (so it can't paralyze my Xerneas and that would make me win the match). but my Whimsicott Encore failed.

maybe Encore doesn't work on Encore? but then again it's not specified anywhere.

PS: it was on Showdown, so maybe the mechanics aren't implemented like on 3ds.

i think that would be an endless battle if encore could lock encore. Because then you'd lock yourself into encore because they can only use encore after you just encored their encore so then you'd have to be encored from their encore... That sounds like a pain in the hands.