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Switcheroo (move)

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

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

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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
053 053 Persian Normal --
097 097 Hypno Psychic --
264 264 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
023 023 Ekans Poison Persian
LinooneHGSS
309 309 Electrike Electric Persian
LinooneHGSS
336 336 Seviper Poison Persian
LinooneHGSS
427 427 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
Status Trick | Switcheroo


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