Aura Hand Nerve Illusion inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig and Fly. Aura Hand Nerve Illusion will not hit if the target uses a move such as Protect. If the user uses Metronome after the process the moves used after AHNL will miss