Switcheroo (move)

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Switcheroo
すりかえ Secret Switch
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Type  Dark
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Switcheroo (Japanese: すりかえ Secret Switch) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

The user switches held items with the target. Fails if neither has a held item, if either Pokémon is holding Griseous Orb or Mail, or if either Pokémon has the Sticky Hold or Multitype ability.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0053 Persian Persian
Normal --
0097 Hypno Hypno
Psychic --
0264 Linoone Linoone
Normal --
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Ekans | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Electrike | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seviper | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Buneary | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

In other languages

  • Italian: Rapidscambio
  • German: Wechseldich
Variations of the move Trick
StatusIC HOME.png TrickSwitcheroo


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