[Ranylyn]

The counterplay involves NOT going for the skip as the faster character. Ergo, it does not hinge on the opponent making a mistake. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

taking your action instead of hoping you don't get outskipped, and then skipping on your last momentum.

They enemy still has to fail to counter-skip.

This is not valid anything.

Ah, it was me who misunderstood what you meant. Not even sure how I managed to do so. I guess I was more frustrated at that external problem that is no one here's fault than I thought. Sorry about that.

You do have a valid point, to be sure. The opponents I've done this against didn't bother skipping because I was taking my turn at the start of the round so they didn't see a need TO skip, but it's true that they could just take their turn even later. It'd involve either being aware of this, or just skipping every single turn out of habit, but it WOULD be a hard shutdown to this solution.

Sorry for any confusion caused by my misunderstanding.