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
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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.

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, Medicham ^HGSS
204	Pineco	Bug		Shuckle ^HGSS
207	Gligar	Ground	Flying	Shuckle ^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.