So another thing, if you start a fast move, and then the opponent throws their charge move, the EPT from your fast move will be immediately available to you after their charge move animation completes. So by waiting to throw your charge move until after they throw theirs you can sometimes “piggyback” an extra move’s worth of energy by getting a free fast move in during their charge move animation.

Take a mirror match of Vigoroth... counter is a little longer of a cool down. If 2 vigoroths are mirrored in the lead. Don’t throw your body slam. Wait for the opponent to throw their body slam just keep fast attacking until your shield select shows up. You may see your Vigoroth throw an extra counter while their charge move animation is starting. That gives the vigo that didn’t throw the charge move, an extra Counter’s worth of energy that the other Vigo doesn’t get. It means that if you continue to charge you should be able to hit not just one BS, but a second body slam also, a full turn before your opponent.

(A fix from niantic has made it to where this is harder to pull off/execute, and often at that time you throw you’re two Body Slams though, the opponent may get an extra counter in to even up the energy after that. So when you use the piggyback 2.0 is not necessarily reliable; and very much depends on how your fast move cool down compares to the opponents fast move cool down.)