gallade's sonic blade attack

[rhodesia123]

"Put damage counters on the Defending Pokémon until it is 50 HP away from being Knocked Out. If you do, your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon."

does the "if you do" imply that the pokemon does not get switched out if it already has 50 remaining HP?

if the pokemon has less than 50 remaining hp, do you remove damage counters from the defending pokemon until it is 50 hp away from being knocked out?

 

[bulbasnore]

Right. It isn't switched out & no, you only PUT damage counters, not REMOVE them. I see where you were going, but you'll only get a double bogey from there.