What is a chance that an ingame trainer will switch their Pokemon?

My rival sent out golbat, after a few attacks, he switches into meganium. After 2 turns, he switches back into golbat. So I’m wondering what is the chance for an ingame trainer to switch their Pokemon?

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Okay, so I have a bit of experience from doing rom hacks of the gen III Pokemon games. There isn’t a single set probability of what the chance of a trainer switching, but I can share how the AI works in the game to give you a general idea since there are just so many situations that come up that there simply isn’t a clear probability. The AI in the Pokemon Stadium games is much higher since there’s no grinding nor are there as many trainers.

The same applies for wild Pokemon and for the rarer partner trainers like your rival teaming up with you in Heart Gold against Lance and Clair, but even these trainers have their own set AI that follows the same pattern of higher=better, but in this case, it comes down more to giving partners appropriate moves (ex, not giving them Earthquake so there’s no chance of hurting your Pokemon.)

Factors that can influence AI behavior in 3 categories (Pokemon, move, item) this is including but not limited to:

Sources:Basic programming experience, Pokemon AI Tools