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lucario’s ability explicitly calls out that it only affects damage to the opponent’s ACTIVE Pokemon. Melmetal’s ability is not limited to when it is in the Active spot.
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Apparently comments with links get moderated, so I can't link you to the relevant ruling elsewhere on the forum, however: Pocket's rules are shared with the TCG's main rules, and page 12 of the rule book spells this out: "When your Active Pokémon goes to your Bench (whether it retreated or got there some other way), some…
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This is how it behaves both with the TCG physical/Live game, as well as with Pocket. See relevant explanation about effects that target the active Pokemon here: https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/9247/removal-of-attack-effects
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This is how it's supposed to work. Effects on the active Pokemon are removed when the active Pokemon moves to the bench.
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This is how it's supposed to work. Effects on the active Pokemon are removed when the active Pokemon moves to the bench.
