From d50fb2dae61bc2715e8e78e1a0457d2024b21fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex <93446519+AlexOn1ine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 21:22:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove bounds check in IsBattlerAlive

There is no reason for us to check for `battler > gBattlersCount` since it would return false positives half the time.

But also if you pass `battler > gBattlersCount` then something massively wrong happened and you would get a bug either way.
---
 include/battle.h | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/battle.h b/include/battle.h
index 92f0dff02a..9609627869 100644
--- a/include/battle.h
+++ b/include/battle.h
@@ -1074,9 +1074,7 @@ extern u8 gCategoryIconSpriteId;
 
 static inline bool32 IsBattlerAlive(u32 battler)
 {
-    if (battler >= gBattlersCount)
-        return FALSE;
-    else if (gBattleMons[battler].hp == 0)
+    if (gBattleMons[battler].hp == 0)
         return FALSE;
     else if (gAbsentBattlerFlags & (1u << battler))
         return FALSE;