I personally use shower, egret call, canopy, scope, and inferno brigade. If I had good enough stats in other moves I would replace call with shot as my perfect loadout.
Wipe your hands before a fight? Normally I pause turn off my phone then clean the screen and my fingers. Turning off your phone when in a match should auto pause the game.
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It makes sense they'd be less reliable because you can use them from a safe place unlike close range moves where it's easy for the ai to punish you.