CONFIRMED: Lake Acuity Bug ongoing.

Jami3

You don't need any energy attached to your pokémon to get the defence buff.

PoisonInsect

did you get attacked to see if it was reducing the damage by 20 without energy?

TechHog

There haven't been any patches since it was discovered so of course it's not fixed. Maintenance downtime isn't a patch.

Jami3

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/5727#Comment_5727

Yes. In a match, but I had to replay three times against AI to replicate the problem.

Resilient30

Sometimes, even if I DO have energy, it DOESN’T work.

Jami3

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/5759#Comment_5759

wow that's awful... 😓