Switcheroo (move)

Switcheroo すりかえ Secret Switch

The user trades held items with the foe faster than the eye can follow.

Battles 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 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.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Switcheroo on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Switcheroo on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

The user switches held items with the target. It will fail only if neither has a held item, or if the receiver has the Sticky Hold ability.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 053 Persian Normal -- 097 Hypno Psychic -- 264 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 023 Ekans Poison Persian LinooneHGSS 309 Electrike Electric Persian LinooneHGSS 336 Seviper Poison Persian LinooneHGSS 427 Buneary Normal Persian Linoone 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 on the move Trick
	Trick | Switcheroo

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