Baton Pass (move)

Baton Pass
バトンタッチ Baton Touch
Baton Pass VIII.png
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  40 (max. 64)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Self: Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Works well if the user is pumped up.

Baton Pass (Japanese: バトンタッチ Baton Touch) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. In Generation VIII, it is TR29.

Effect

Generations II to IV

Baton Pass switches out the user, passing all temporary stat stage increases and decreases on to the Pokémon that replaces it in battle. Baton Pass also passes some volatile status conditions, namely confusion, getting pumped, taking aim, can't escape, Ability suppression, Leech Seed, Curse, Substitute, Ingrain, Power Trick, Heal Block, Embargo, Perish Song, Magnet Rise, and Aqua Ring. Ability suppression disappears if the replacement Pokémon's ability cannot be suppressed.

No matter what type of Poké Ball the user was captured in, the animation will always display a normal Poké Ball.

Baton Pass fails if there are no other Pokémon in the user's party that can be switched in in its place. Baton Pass will not change the effect of Pursuit. Baton Pass will also not pass the effect of Minimize causing Stomp to hit at double power nor the effect of Defense Curl causing Rollout and Ice Ball to hit at double power.

Generation V onwards

Baton Pass passes the effect of Telekinesis. This effect disappears if the replacement Pokémon is Mega Gengar. If a Pokémon inflicts "can't escape" on a target and then uses Baton Pass, the target will no longer be trapped. The effect can be passed only if the Pokémon that can't escape uses Baton Pass.

The correct type of Poké Ball the user was caught with is now displayed in the animation.

Baton Pass can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if a certain move (Agility, Amnesia, Autotomize, Calm Mind, Cotton Guard, Hone Claws, Nasty Plot, Rock Polish, or Shell Smash) was used in the prior turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Baton Pass, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A move that transfers the user's status changes to the next Pokémon when switching.
GSC Switches while keeping effects.
RSEColoXD Switches out the user while keeping effects in play.
FRLG The user switches out, passing along any stat changes to the new battler.
DPPtHGSSPBR
BWB2W2
The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting, passing along any stat changes.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh
The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 41 49RSE
47FRLG
46 46 46 46SMUSUM 1
122G  
Mr. Mime
Galarian Form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like 1
0133     Field Field 36C 36 36 36BW
33B2W2
33 33SMUSUM 35
0134     Field Field 1
0135     Field Field 1
0136     Field Field 1
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 80 80 80 80SMUSUM 20
0161     Field Field 39 39 39 39 39BDSP
0162     Field Field 46 46 46 46 46BDSP
0165    
 
Bug Bug 29 29 22 22 22 26 26BDSP
0166    
 
Bug Bug 33 33 24 24 24 29 29BDSP
0175     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 41FRLG 42 41 41 41 44
0176    
 
Flying Fairy 41FRLG 42 41 41 41 44
0190     Field Field 12 18 11 11 11 11 11BDSP
0196     Field Field 1
0197     Field Field 1
0203    
 
Field Field 30 37 23 23 23XY
41ORAS
41 41BDSP
0251    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 40 40 37 37 37 37 20
0283    
 
Water 1 Bug 43 43 43XY
35ORAS
35 35BDSP
0284    
 
Water 1 Bug 1BDSP
0291    
 
Bug Bug 45 45 45 45XY
35ORAS
35 1
0303    
 
Field Fairy 31 31 31 31XY
25ORAS
25 8
0311     Fairy Fairy 40 42 44 44XY
34ORAS
34 34BDSP
0312     Fairy Fairy 40 42 44 44XY
34ORAS
34 34BDSP
0367     Water 1 Water 1 43 33 33 33XY
29ORAS
29 29BDSP
0368     Water 1 Water 1 43 33 33 33XY
29ORAS
29 29BDSP
0424     Field Field 11 11 11 11 11BDSP
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 33 38BW
44B2W2
44 44 36
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 37 44BW
52B2W2
52 52 42
0427     Field Human-Like 26 26 26 26 28
0428     Field Human-Like 26 26 26 26 28
0439    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 46 46 46 46 4
0468    
 
Flying Fairy 1
0470     Field Field 1
0471     Field Field 1
0504     Field Field 33 33 38
0505     Field Field 39 39 46
0545    
 
Bug Bug 30 30 1, Evo. 1
0700     Field Field 1
0741    
 
Flying Flying 16
0771     Water 1 Water 1 1 1
0866    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 1
876F  
Indeedee
Female
 
 
Fairy Fairy 5
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 TR

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
--
II
--
III
--
IV
--
V
--
VI
--
VII
--
VIII
TR29
IX
--
0012    
 
Bug Bug
0035     Fairy Fairy
0036     Fairy Fairy
0039    
 
Fairy Fairy
0040    
 
Fairy Fairy
0078     Field Field
078G  
Rapidash
Galarian Form
 
 
Field Field
0083    
 
Flying Field
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
122G  
Mr. Mime
Galarian Form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0123    
 
Bug Bug
0133     Field Field
0134     Field Field
0135     Field Field
0136     Field Field
0145    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0175     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0177    
 
Flying Flying
0178    
 
Flying Flying
0182     Grass Grass
0196     Field Field
0197     Field Field
0206     Field Field
0212    
 
Bug Bug
0225    
 
Water 1 Field
0251    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0255     Field Field
0256    
 
Field Field
0257    
 
Field Field
0291    
 
Bug Bug
0303    
 
Field Fairy
0337    
 
Mineral Mineral
0338    
 
Mineral Mineral
0359     Field Field
0380    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0381    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0385    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0427     Field Human-Like
0428     Field Human-Like
0439    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0470     Field Field
0471     Field Field
0480     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0481     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0482     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0494    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0509     Field Field
0510     Field Field
0527    
 
Field Flying
0528    
 
Field Flying
0545    
 
Bug Bug
0587    
 
Field Field
0616     Bug Bug
0617     Bug Bug
0619     Field Human-Like
0620     Field Human-Like
0632    
 
Bug Bug
0686    
 
Water 1 Water 2
0687    
 
Water 1 Water 2
0700     Field Field
0701    
 
Flying Human-Like
0719    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0722    
 
Flying Flying
0723    
 
Flying Flying
0724    
 
Flying Flying
0742    
 
Bug Fairy
0743    
 
Bug Fairy
0771     Water 1 Water 1
0801    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0813     Field Human-Like
0814     Field Human-Like
0815     Field Human-Like
0816     Water 1 Field
0817     Water 1 Field
0818     Water 1 Field
0826    
 
Bug Bug
0827     Field Field
0828     Field Field
0832     Field Field
0854     Mineral Amorphous
0855     Mineral Amorphous
0856     Fairy Fairy
0857     Fairy Fairy
0858    
 
Fairy Fairy
0863     Field Field
0866    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
876F  
Indeedee
Female
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0885    
 
Amorphous Dragon
0886    
 
Amorphous Dragon
0887    
 
Amorphous Dragon
0898    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
898I  
Calyrex
Ice Rider
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
898S  
Calyrex
Shadow Rider
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
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
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0048    
 
Bug Bug BDSP
0123    
 
Bug Bug BDSP
0167    
 
Bug Bug BDSP
0207    
 
Bug Bug BDSP
0255     Field Field BDSP
0300     Field Fairy BDSP
0307    
 
Human-Like Human-Like BDSP
0313     Bug Human-Like BDSP
0314     Bug Human-Like BDSP
0327     Field Human-Like BDSP
0359     Field Field BDSP
0418     Water 1 Field BDSP
0517     Field Field
0540    
 
Bug Bug
0585    
 
Field Field
0587    
 
Field Field
0616     Bug Bug
0619     Field Human-Like
0632    
 
Bug Bug
0701    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0722    
 
Flying Flying
0742    
 
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 II

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0083    
 
Flying Field Baton Pass Farfetch'dStad2
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 III

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0015    
 
Bug Bug Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0021    
 
Flying Flying Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0078     Field Field Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0083    
 
Flying Field Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0085    
 
Flying Flying Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0097     Human-Like Human-Like Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0145    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0177    
 
Flying Flying Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0277    
 
Flying Flying Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0337    
 
Mineral Mineral Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0338    
 
Mineral Mineral Purified Shadow PokémonXD
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 IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0418     Water 1 Field Pokéwalker - White Lake
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 V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0048    
 
Bug Bug Dream World - Dream Park
0123    
 
Bug Bug Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0616     Bug Bug Dream World - Pleasant Forest
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

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Baton Pass is a move with 19PP and 100% accuracy. The user targets all other Pokémon in the room and consecutively swaps places with them (assuming it doesn't miss them) in a mostly random order (prioritizing allies before enemies). A Pokémon that stays on a tile they cannot walk on will be warped away. This move is affected by Taunt.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 15 and its accuracy to 75%.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Successively switches the user's position with the positions of other Pokémon in the room.
MDTDS Switches the user's position with the positions of other Pokémon in the room successively.
BSL おなじへやの ポケモンの ばしょと じぶんの ばしょを つぎつぎと いれかえる
MDGtI After switching positions with your teammate, it boosts the Pokémon's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, accuracy, or evasiveness. (The stat changes return to normal when it goes to the next floor or steps on a  Wonder Tile.)
SMD It switches the positions of you and your teammate. It also boosts the teammate's stat.*
After switching your position with your teammate, it boosts your teammate's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk., Sp. Def., accuracy, or evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when the Pokémon goes to the next floor or steps on a  Wonder Tile.*


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


Pokémon Battle Frontier


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 接棒 Jippáahng
Mandarin 接棒 Jiēbàng
  European French Relais
  German Staffette (Gen II-VI)
Stafette (since Gen VII)
  Greek Σκυτάλη
  Italian Staffetta
  Korean 바톤터치 Baton Touch
Portuguese   Brazil Passar o Bastão (TCG, manga)
Passa Bastão
  Portugal Passa Bastão
  Serbian Štafeta
  Spanish Relevo
  Vietnamese Chuyển Giao


Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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BDSP
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Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
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