Power Trick (move)

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Power Trick
パワートリック Power Trick
The user employs its psychic power to switch its Attack with its Defense stat.
Battles
Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Cool
Appeal  0
Jam  0
Super Contests
Category  Cool
Appeal  0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Power Trick (Japanese: パワートリック Power Trick) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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Effect

Power Trick switches the user's current Attack stat with its current Defense stat, switching any boosts or reductions the have been applied to that stat. The effect of Power Trick may be Baton Passed.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
213 Shuckle Bug Rock 48
307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 39
308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 42
343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 31
344 Claydol Ground Psychic 31
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
063 Abra Psychic Meditite, Medicham
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: Ingannoforza
  • Spanish: Truco Fuerza


This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.
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