ok now i figured as well that the npc knows exacly what my items are and what my next move is and switches accordingly.
and with every soft reset and every team setup change the rng gets worse. now i ALWAYS get 3-turn sleeps (20 times in a row now).
the more i try, the more impossible this gets. like seriously wtf is going on? it is like this game has a memory of soft resets.
no attack crits anymore. nothing works in my favor.
haunted field hidden side effect. the user's entire game gets cursed.
edit:
sry for raging, I know this sounds ridiculous, but this has to be some kind of bug.
i can turn on a stream and show you...