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** Alice is a seasoned fighter with well-honed reflex and muscle memory, and combat is as much as XanatosSpeedChess as physical endeavor. Ellen may be able to see and dodge Alice's initial attack plan, but she can't anticipate Alice's reflex and reaction to her dodging, as these are impromptu and by its nature, unpredictable.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ...even in the case of MoreDakka, MacrossMissileMassacre, or ''FrickinLaserBeams''.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ...even in the case of MoreDakka, MacrossMissileMassacre, or ''FrickinLaserBeams''.[[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]].
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** Ellen is not actually a precog...However, she's TheAnticipator, and one that is so good at the SherlockScan that she can still [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower predict every move her opponents makes before they happen,]] giving her CombatPrecognition in practice if not in theory.

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** Ellen is [[BadassNormal not actually a precog...However, ]]However, she's TheAnticipator, and one that is so good at the SherlockScan that she can still [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower predict every move her opponents makes before they happen,]] giving her CombatPrecognition in practice if not in theory.



** Emperor Evulz gains VictoryThroughIntimidation, by simply asking Ellen to look into the future and see how many times, exactly, does she walks out of this one alive?

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** Emperor Evulz gains VictoryThroughIntimidation, by simply asking Ellen to look into the future and see [[HopelessBossFight how many times, exactly, does she walks out of this one alive?fight alive?]]

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** Ellen predicts the outcome of an entire battle in her head before she fights it... Including the predictions.

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** Ellen predicts the outcome of an entire battle in her head before she fights it... [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Including the predictions.predictions of Emperor Evulz, who's a precog in his own right!]]


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** Emperor Evulz gains VictoryThroughIntimidation, by simply asking Ellen to look into the future and see how many times, exactly, does she walks out of this one alive?
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**Ellen is not actually a precog...However, she's TheAnticipator, and one that is so good at the SherlockScan that she can still [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower predict every move her opponents makes before they happen,]] giving her CombatPrecognition in practice if not in theory.

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** Ellen predicts the outcome of an entire battle in her head before she fights it... Including the predictions.



* '''Averted''': No one can mess with time in the story.
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': No one can mess with time see the future in the story.
* '''Enforced''': ???It's a justification for VideoGameLives: every "death" is an alternate timeline that Ellen foresaw and rejected.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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** "Hey! Seeing the future is cheating!"
* '''Invoked''': ???'''Invoked''': [[RPGMechanicsVerse Ellen multiclasses into mage]] [[MagicKnight specifically to get access to scrying magic and therefore this trope.]]


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** Scrying is mentioned to take immense amounts of time, resources and focus, and Ellen can't spare that while in mid-combat.
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**Ellen is constantly confused between visions of the future and the present, which means she takes more hits than usual and jumps at attack that never happen due to this confusion.


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** Even if it's confusing enough mid-battle that it's not too reliable for dodging, Ellen's precognition allows her to avoid any and all ambushes planned for her.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Ellen's CombatClairvoyance allow her to [[TakingTheBullet take]] [[HeroicSacrifice the]] [[strike:bullet]] [[strike:bullets]] ''[[MoreDakka dakka]]'' aimed at her allies. (Preferrably while carrying the BarrierWarrior Yoshino with her, otherwise she's toast.)

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Ellen's CombatClairvoyance allow her to [[TakingTheBullet take]] [[HeroicSacrifice the]] [[strike:bullet]] [[strike:bullets]] ''[[MoreDakka dakka]]'' aimed at her allies. (Preferrably while carrying the BarrierWarrior Yoshino with her, otherwise she's toast.)
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** Alternately, Ellen can focus her attacks on the enemy initiating the attack, causing them use a different attack which may not be as effective, or even defeating them before the fatal attack ever happens in the first place.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Since Ellen is such a master of dodging, she can't protect her allies when enemies start ganging on them.

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Ellen is such a master of dodging, she can't protect her allies when enemies start ganging on them.them.
**Ellen's enemy has SuperSpeed and thus can't dodge and counter her opponent's attacks.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Ellen has this ability, but it's not reliable, and doesn't cover attacks she wouldn't be able to see, so it fails at dramatically appropriate moments.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Since Ellen is such a master of dodging, she can't protect her allies when enemies start ganging on them.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ellen's CombatClairvoyance allow her to [[TakingTheBullet take]] [[HeroicSacrifice the]] [[strike:bullet]] [[strike:bullets]] ''[[MoreDakka dakka]]'' aimed at her allies. (Preferrably while carrying the BarrierWarrior Yoshino with her, otherwise she's toast.)



* '''Defied''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] mastered [[MartialArtsAndCrafts quantum-based martial arts]] to prevent his moves from being countered this way. So basically, he can choose ''which'' attack to happen in the next moment, and these are never the attack that Ellen peeked... [[TakeOurWordForIt yeah]].

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* '''Defied''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] mastered [[MartialArtsAndCrafts quantum-based martial arts]] to prevent his moves from being countered this way. So basically, he can choose ''which'' attack to happen in the next moment, and these are never the attack that Ellen peeked... [[TakeOurWordForIt So, yeah]].



* '''Deconstructed''': Since Ellen is such a master of dodging, she can't protect her allies when enemies start ganging on them.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ellen's CombatClairvoyance allow her to [[TakingTheBullet take]] [[HeroicSacrifice the]] [[strike:bullet]] [[strike:bullets]] ''[[MoreDakka dakka]]'' aimed at her allies. (Preferrably while carrying the BarrierWarrior Yoshino with her, otherwise she's toast.)



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* '''Justified''': Ellen's psychic power allows her to see time in non-linear way.

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Ellen's psychic power allows her to see time in non-linear way.



* '''Inverted''': Ellen's ability is learning from the attacks ''that have happened'' and planning for every possible next move, but not peeking into the next moment itself.

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Ellen's ability is learning from the attacks ''that have happened'' and planning for every possible next move, but not peeking into the next moment itself.
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* '''Defied''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] mastered [[BeyondTheImpossible quantum-based martial arts]] to prevent his moves from being countered this way. So basically, he can choose ''which'' attack to happen in the next moment, and these are never the attack that Ellen peeked... [[TakeOurWordForIt yeah]].

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* '''Defied''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] mastered [[BeyondTheImpossible [[MartialArtsAndCrafts quantum-based martial arts]] to prevent his moves from being countered this way. So basically, he can choose ''which'' attack to happen in the next moment, and these are never the attack that Ellen peeked... [[TakeOurWordForIt yeah]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] can ''also'' see his enemy's attacks before they happen, and he's better at it than Ellen. When the two of them fight, he uses this power to throw Ellen off-guard by planning to use one attack before actually using another.
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* '''Downplayed''': Ellen can see an attack before it happens, but can't react fast enough to do more than shout a warning.


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** Ellen can't see an enemy's attack before it happens, but she can see the result of ''her own'' attacks before she uses them and can use this information to perform the best attack for any situation.
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** Ellen is a mind reader, and can peak at her opponent next move directly from his mind.
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I saw you going back to Combat Clairvoyance.

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