Skill Swap (move)

	Skill Swap; スキルスワップ Skill Swap
Type	Psychic
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	0
	Does not make contact; Affected by Protect; Not affected by Magic Coat; Not affected by Snatch; Affected by Mirror Move; Not affected by King's Rock;
	Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Introduced	Generation III
	TM48 in Generation III; TM48 in Generation IV; Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2; Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire; Move Tutor in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon; TR40 in Pokémon Sword and Shield; TM48 in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl; TM098 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet;
Condition	Clever
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
	Makes the appeal as good as those before it.
Condition	Clever
Appeal	0
	Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.
Condition	Clever
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
	Shows off the Pokémon's appeal about as well as the move used just before it.
	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III; Generation IV; Generation V; Generation VI; Generation VII; Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

This article is about the move in the core games. For the Skill Swapper enhancement in Pokémon Shuffle, see List of items in Pokémon Shuffle → Enhancements.

Skill Swap (Japanese: スキルスワップ Skill Swap) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III.

It is:

TM48 in Generation III, Generation IV, and in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
TR40 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
TM098 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Effect

Skill Swap exchanges the Abilities of the user and the target. If a Pokémon affected by Skill Swap is switched out, it regains its original Ability.

Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has the Ability Wonder Guard, Multitype, Illusion, Zen Mode, Stance Change, Schooling, Comatose, Shields Down, Disguise, RKS System, Battle Bond, Power Construct, Ice Face, Gulp Missile, Neutralizing Gas, Hunger Switch, As One, Zero to Hero, Commander, Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, Orichalcum Pulse, Hadron Engine, Tera Shell, Tera Shift, Teraform Zero or Poison Puppeteer.

Skill Swap bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Generation III

This move effect may be in need of research.
Reason:

Details on which Ability activates first if both Pokémon have an Ability that activates when gained
Does Skill Swap still work if both Pokémon have the same Ability in Generations III and IV?
You can discuss this on the talk page.

Generation IV

Abilities such as Intimidate, that activate when they are gained, will not activate again after using Skill Swap if the Pokémon that receives the Ability has already had that Ability in some point during the battle since it was sent in.

If both Pokémon whose Abilities are being swapped have Abilities with an effect or message that activates when gained, the Abilities will activate in the same order they would upon entering the battle.

Generation V

When using Skill Swap on an opponent, it states the new Abilities of the Pokémon.

If the two Abilities being swapped both have an effect or message that activates when gained (such as Intimidate and Unnerve), the Pokémon using Skill Swap will always have its new Ability activate first.

Skill Swap fails if the target's Ability is the same as the user's.

Generation VI onwards

This move effect may be in need of research.
Reason: Check Tera Shell, Teraform Zero, and Battle Bond in Generation IX
You can discuss this on the talk page.

If both Pokémon have the same Ability, Skill Swap will succeed. If it is an Ability such as Intimidate that activates when it is gained, it will activate for both Pokémon after being gained this way.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Skill Swap, the user's Speed stat is raised by one stage.

Skill Swap fails when targeting a Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon.

Description

Games	Description
RS EColoXD	The user swaps special abilities with the target. (move) Switches abilities with the foe on the turn this is used. (TM)
FRLG	The user employs its psychic power to swap abilities with the foe.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user employs its psychic power to exchange abilities with the foe.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user employs its psychic power to exchange Abilities with the target.
Champs	The user and the target swap their Abilities.

Learnset

By leveling up

#		Egg Groups	Level
			V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
					SM USUM	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0311	Plusle	Fairy	−	−	−		13	−
0386	Deoxys All forms	No Eggs Discovered	−	−	−		−	43
0561	Sigilyph	Flying	−	−	−	60
0577	Solosis	Amorphous	40	40	40	40		40
0578	Duosion	Amorphous	43	43	43	46		46
0579	Reuniclus	Amorphous	45	45	45	48		48
0682	Spritzee	Fairy		44	44	39
0683	Aromatisse	Fairy		44	44	39
0700	Sylveon	Field		25	25	40		40
0703	Carbink	Fairy Mineral		40	40	40		40
0719	Diancie	No Eggs Discovered		40	35	56		56
0720	Hoopa All forms	No Eggs Discovered		25	25			25
0786	Tapu Lele	No Eggs Discovered			26	70
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 TM/TR/Move Tutor

#		Egg Groups	Compatibility
			III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
			TM48	TM48	B2W2 Tutor	ORAS Tutor	USUM Tutor	SwSh TR40	BDSP TM48	SV TM098
0012	Butterfree	Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0026	Raichu Alolan Form	Field Fairy					−	−		✔
0035	Clefairy	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0036	Clefable	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0039	Jigglypuff	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0040	Wigglytuff	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0048	Venonat	Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0049	Venomoth	Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0054	Psyduck	Water 1 Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0055	Golduck	Water 1 Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0063	Abra	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0064	Kadabra	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0065	Alakazam	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0079	Slowpoke	Monster Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0079	Slowpoke Galarian Form	Monster Water 1						✔		✔
0080	Slowbro	Monster Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0080	Slowbro Galarian Form	Monster Water 1						✔		✔
0092	Gastly	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0093	Haunter	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0094	Gengar	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0096	Drowzee	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0097	Hypno	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0102	Exeggcute	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0103	Exeggutor	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0103	Exeggutor Alolan Form	Grass					✔	✔		✔
0113	Chansey	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0121	Starmie	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0122	Mr. Mime	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0122	Mr. Mime Galarian Form	Human-Like						✔
0124	Jynx	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0144	Articuno Galarian Form	No Eggs Discovered						✔		✔
0150	Mewtwo	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0151	Mew	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0163	Hoothoot	Flying	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0164	Noctowl	Flying	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0177	Natu	Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0178	Xatu	Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0196	Espeon	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0197	Umbreon	Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0199	Slowking	Monster Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0199	Slowking Galarian Form	Monster Water 1						✔		✔
0200	Misdreavus	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0203	Girafarig	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0234	Stantler	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0238	Smoochum	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0242	Blissey	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0249	Lugia	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0251	Celebi	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0280	Ralts	Human-Like Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0281	Kirlia	Human-Like Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0282	Gardevoir	Human-Like Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0302	Sableye	Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0307	Meditite	Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−		−	✔
0308	Medicham	Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−		−	✔
0311	Plusle	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−		✔	✔
0325	Spoink	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0326	Grumpig	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0327	Spinda	Field Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0337	Lunatone	Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0338	Solrock	Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0343	Baltoy	Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0344	Claydol	Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0352	Kecleon	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0353	Shuppet	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0354	Banette	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0355	Duskull	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0356	Dusclops	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0358	Chimecho	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0385	Jirachi	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0386	Deoxys All forms	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0413	Wormadam All forms	Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0414	Mothim	Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0425	Drifloon	Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0426	Drifblim	Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0429	Mismagius	Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0433	Chingling	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0436	Bronzor	Mineral		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0437	Bronzong	Mineral		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0439	Mime Jr.	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0442	Spiritomb	Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0475	Gallade	Human-Like Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0477	Dusknoir	Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0480	Uxie	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0481	Mesprit	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0482	Azelf	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0488	Cresselia	No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0490	Manaphy	Water 1 Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0494	Victini	No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔
0517	Munna	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0518	Musharna	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0527	Woobat	Field Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0528	Swoobat	Field Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0531	Audino	Fairy			✔	✔	✔	✔
0561	Sigilyph	Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0562	Yamask	Mineral Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
0562	Yamask Galarian Form	Mineral Amorphous						✔
0563	Cofagrigus	Mineral Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
0574	Gothita	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0575	Gothorita	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0576	Gothitelle	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0577	Solosis	Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0578	Duosion	Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0579	Reuniclus	Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0594	Alomomola	Water 1 Water 2			−	−	−			✔
0605	Elgyem	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔
0606	Beheeyem	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔
0648	Meloetta	No Eggs Discovered			−	−	−			✔
0653	Fennekin	Field				−	−			✔
0654	Braixen	Field				✔	✔			✔
0655	Delphox	Field				✔	✔			✔
0670	Floette All main forms	Fairy				−	−			✔
0671	Florges All forms	Fairy				−	−			✔
0677	Espurr	Field				−	✔	✔		✔
0678	Meowstic All forms	Field				−	✔	✔		✔
0682	Spritzee	Fairy				✔	✔	✔
0683	Aromatisse	Fairy				✔	✔	✔
0686	Inkay	Water 1 Water 2				−	−	−		✔
0687	Malamar	Water 1 Water 2				−	−	−		✔
0700	Sylveon	Field				✔	✔	✔		✔
0703	Carbink	Fairy Mineral				−	−	−		✔
0708	Phantump	Grass Amorphous				✔	✔	✔		✔
0709	Trevenant	Grass Amorphous				✔	✔	✔		✔
0710	Pumpkaboo All forms	Amorphous				✔	✔	✔
0711	Gourgeist All forms	Amorphous				✔	✔	✔
0719	Diancie	No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔		✔
0720	Hoopa All forms	No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔			✔
0742	Cutiefly	Bug Fairy					✔	✔		✔
0743	Ribombee	Bug Fairy					✔	✔		✔
0765	Oranguru	Field					−	−		✔
0769	Sandygast	Amorphous					✔	✔		✔
0770	Palossand	Amorphous					✔	✔		✔
0786	Tapu Lele	No Eggs Discovered					✔	✔
0801	Magearna All forms	No Eggs Discovered					−	−		✔
0805	Stakataka	No Eggs Discovered					✔	✔
0825	Dottler	Bug						✔
0826	Orbeetle	Bug						✔
0854	Sinistea All forms	Mineral Amorphous						−		✔
0855	Polteageist All forms	Mineral Amorphous						−		✔
0856	Hatenna	Fairy						✔		✔
0857	Hattrem	Fairy						✔		✔
0858	Hatterene	Fairy						✔		✔
0866	Mr. Rime	Human-Like						✔
0867	Runerigus	Mineral Amorphous						✔
0876	Indeedee All forms	Fairy						−		✔
0898	Calyrex All forms	No Eggs Discovered						✔		✔
0899	Wyrdeer	Field								✔
0908	Meowscarada	Field Grass								✔
0954	Rabsca	Bug								✔
0955	Flittle	Flying								✔
0956	Espathra	Flying								✔
0957	Tinkatink	Fairy								✔
0958	Tinkatuff	Fairy								✔
0959	Tinkaton	Fairy								✔
0981	Farigiraf	Field								✔
1006	Iron Valiant	No Eggs Discovered								✔
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

#		Egg Groups	Egg Move
			V	VI	VII
					SM USUM
0048	Venonat	Bug	✔	✔	✔
0063	Abra	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0096	Drowzee	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0102	Exeggcute	Grass	✔	✔	✔
0177	Natu	Flying	✔	✔	✔
0200	Misdreavus	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0203	Girafarig	Field	✔	✔	✔
0280	Ralts	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0325	Spoink	Field	✔	✔	✔
0352	Kecleon	Field	✔	✔	✔
0355	Duskull	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0358	Chimecho	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0433	Chingling	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0561	Sigilyph	Flying	✔	✔	✔
0605	Elgyem	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0742	Cutiefly	Bug Fairy			✔
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.

Special move

Generation V

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
0048	Venonat	Bug	Dream World - Dream Park
0063	Abra	Human-Like	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0122	Mr. Mime	Human-Like	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0203	Girafarig	Field	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0234	Stantler	Field	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0238	Smoochum	No Eggs Discovered	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0325	Spoink	Field	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0352	Kecleon	Field	Dream World - Dream Park
0425	Drifloon	Amorphous	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0436	Bronzor	Mineral	Dream World - Spooky Manor
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.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Obtained with
0249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered	Ultra Space Wilds (Water World)^UM
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 event

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Obtained with
0249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered	Legendary Pokémon Celebration Lugia^S
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

Skill Swap targets the Pokémon in front, and exchanges Abilities with them. The move will exchange both Abilities if a Pokémon has two, possibly leaving them with just one. It will fail if the target has Wonder Guard, Void Shadows, Dark Matter, or Stance Change.

Game	Base Power	Max Power	Base PP	Max PP	Base Accuracy	Max Accuracy	Range	Target	Cuts corners
MDRB	-	-	17	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	No
MDTD S	-	-	14	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	Yes
BSL	-	-	14	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	Yes
SMD	-	-	10	30	100%	-	Front	All	No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = Pokémon Platinum. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Switches the user's Special Ability with that of the target.
MDTD S	Switches the user's ability with that of the target.
BSL	てきポケモンとじぶんのとくせいをこうかんしてしまう
MDGtI	UNUSED
SMD MDRTDX	It trades your Ability with the Ability of a Pokémon in front of you. You regain your usual Ability when you go to the next floor or faint.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Beheeyem
The user employs its psychic powers to swap Abilities with its opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	The orbs on Beheeyem's arms glow pink, and a mass of pink energy with a purple center appears near itself and its opponent. Then, the masses are exchanged, swapping Beheeyem's Ability with the opponent's.
Spinel's Beheeyem	The Rising Volt Tacklers vs. The Explorers!	Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Spinda Defense Forme Deoxys
The user employs its psychic power to swap Abilities with the target.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Spinda does a handstand and stands on one of its hands. The target does the same thing and swaps Abilities with Spinda.
Norman's Spinda	Rayquaza Redemption I	Debut
	Defense Forme Deoxys switches Abilities with the target.
Giovanni's Organism No. 2	Storming the Forretress	None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Pokémon	Method
Kadabra Misdreavus
The user employs its psychic power to swap Abilities with the target.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Kadabra uses its psychic powers to swap Abilities with another Pokémon.
Hareta's Kadabra	Team Galactic's Greatest Warrior	Debut
	Misdreavus's eyes glow and exchanges its Ability with another Pokémon.
Hareta's Misdreavus	Hareta's Heart Desire	None

Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!

Pokémon	Method
Bronzong
The user employs its psychic power to swap Abilities with the target.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Bronzong uses its psychic powers to swap Abilities with another Pokémon.
Yū's Bronzong	PBK4	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it ignores accuracy and evasion checks.
Although Iron Valiant can learn Skill Swap by TM, it will always fail as Quark Drive cannot be swapped.

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	特性互換 Dahksing Wuhwuhn * 交換絕招 Gāauwuhn Jyuhtjīu *
Chinese	Mandarin	特性互換 / 特性互换 Tèxìng Hùhuàn * 交換絕招 / 交换绝招 Jiāohuàn Juézhāo *
Dutch		Vaardigheidsruil
French		Échange
German		Fähigkeitstausch^VIII+ Wertewechsel^III–VII
Greek		Ανταλλαγή Δεξιοτήτων Antallagí Dexiotíton
Italian		Baratto
Korean		스킬스왑 Seukilseuwap^IX+ 스킬스웹 Seukilseuwep^IV–VIII
Norwegian		Ferdighetsbytte
Polish		Wymiana
Portuguese	Brazil	Troca de Habilidade
Portuguese	Portugal	Intercâmbio
Serbian		Zamena veština
Spanish		Intercambio
Vietnamese		Hoán Đổi Đặc Tính

Variations of the move Skill Swap

Skill Swap • Heart Swap • Power Swap • Guard Swap • Speed Swap

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

Generation IX TMs
SV
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 • 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 187 • 188 • 189 • 190 • 191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 • 198 • 199 • 200 • 201
Added in SV 3.0.0
202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229
ZA
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107
Added in ZA 2.0.0
108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160

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