Switcheroo (move)
- Switcheroo redirects here. For the facility involving the Battle Agency, see Festival Plaza.
Switcheroo すりかえ Secret Switch | ||||||||||||
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Switcheroo (Japanese: すりかえ Secret Switch) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.
Effect
Generation IV
The user switches held items with the target.
Switcheroo fails if neither Pokémon has a held item, the user is a wild Pokémon, if either Pokémon is holding Griseous Orb or Mail, if the target is behind a substitute, or if the target has Sticky Hold (even if it has no held item). It also fails if either Pokémon has Multitype.
In link battles, battle facilities, Secret Bases, and the Trainer House, items stolen will be returned at the end of the battle.
Generation V onwards
Switcheroo no longer switches a Trainer's Pokémon's items permanently; however, items switched in wild battles are permanently switched.
Switcheroo can now exchange a Griseous Orb as long as neither the user nor the target is Giratina. Switcheroo fails if the user or the target is Arceus when either Pokémon holds a Plate (Multitype has no effect on Switcheroo), if the user or the target is Genesect when either Pokémon holds a Drive, if the user or the target is holding a Mega Stone or a colored orb that could allow either Pokémon to undergo Mega Evolution or Primal Reversion, if either Pokémon is holding Mail or a Z-Crystal, or if the user or the target is Silvally and either Pokémon is holding a memory.
If powered up by a Darkinium Z into Z-Switcheroo, the user's Speed stat is raised two stages.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0053 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
053A | Persian
Alola Form |
Field | 1 | ||||||||
0097 | Human-Like | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0264 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0312 | Fairy | 13ORAS | 13 | ||||||||
0655 | |
Field | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0686 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
0687 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
0781 | |
Mineral | 1 | ||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
019A | Rattata
Alola Form |
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Field | ✔ | |||||||
0023 | Field | Dragon | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0190 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0309 | Field | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0331 | Grass | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0336 | Field | Dragon | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0341 | Water 1 | Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0361 | Fairy | Mineral | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0418 | Water 1 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0427 | Field | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0546 | |
Grass | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0566 | |
Flying | Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0688 | |
Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0707 | |
Mineral | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0714 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Switcheroo fails if either Pokémon is not holding an item.
Description
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user trades held items with its opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Hypno switches the places of an item it is holding with one that its opponent is holding. | |||
Al's Hypno | All About Arceus IX | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
In other languages
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Variations of the move Trick | ||
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