Power Swap (move)

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Power Swap
パワースワップ Power Swap

The user employs its psychic power to switch changes to its Attack and Sp. Atk with the foe.

Battles

Type	Psychic
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Super Contests

Category	Beauty
Appeal	0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Power Swap (Japanese: パワースワップ Power Swap) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Power Swap switches any changes to the user's Attack stat and Special Attack stat with any changes to the target's Attack stat and Special Attack stat. The effect of Power Swap can be Baton Passed.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		--
150	Mewtwo	Psychic		64
177	Natu	Psychic	Flying	44
178	Xatu	Psychic	Flying	54
196	Espeon	Psychic		78^Pt ^HGSS
203	Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	--
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

#	Pokémon	Type		Father
037	Vulpix	Fire		Espeon Girafarig ^HGSS
102	Exeggcute*	Grass		Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry ^HGSS
114	Tangela*	Grass		Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry ^HGSS
273	Seedot	Grass		Espeon Girafarig ^HGSS
307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	Mr. Mime
333	Swablu	Normal	Flying	Natu, Xatu ^HGSS
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.