Power Trick (move)

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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Power Trick on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Power Trick on Eevee's Movedex

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

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 066 Machop Fighting Meditite, MedichamHGSS 204 Pineco Bug ShuckleHGSS 207 Gligar Ground Flying ShuckleHGSS 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.