Skill Swap (move)

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Skill Swap
スキルスワップ Skill Swap
Skill Swap V.png
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Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • 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
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Make the appeal as good as those before it.
Condition  Smart
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.

Skill Swap (Japanese: スキルスワップ Skill Swap) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III. It was TM48 from Generation III to Generation IV.

Effect

Skill Swap will exchange the Abilities of the user and the target. If the user switches out of battle after using this move, its original Ability will be restored.

Wonder Guard, Multitype, Illusion, Zen Mode, and Stance Change cannot be exchanged with Skill Swap; if the user or the target has one of these Abilities, Skill Swap will fail.

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

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

Generation IV

Abilities that normally only activate when a Pokémon is sent out (such as Intimidate) will now activate after being switched via Skill Swap.

Generation V

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

Generation VI

If Pokémon have the same Ability, Skill Swap still displays them being changed. If the two abilities being swapped both have an effect that activates when a Pokémon switches in (such as Intimidate), the Pokémon using Skill Swap will always have its new ability activate first.

Description

Games Description
RSE The user swaps special abilities with the target.*
Switches abilities with the foe on the turn this is used.*
FRLG The user employs its psychic power to swap abilities with the foe.
ColoXD The user swaps special abilities with the target.*
Switches abilities with the target on the turn it is used.*
DPPtHGSS The user employs its psychic power to exchange abilities with the foe.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM
The user employs its psychic power to exchange Abilities with the target.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0577     Amorphous Amorphous 40 40 40
0578     Amorphous Amorphous 43 43 43
0579     Amorphous Amorphous 45 45 45
0682     Fairy Fairy 44 44
0683     Fairy Fairy 44 44
0700     Field Field 25 25
0703     Fairy Mineral 40 40
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 40 35
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
  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 25 25
720U  
Hoopa
Unbound
  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 25ORAS 25
0786     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 26
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
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0102     Grass Grass
0177     Flying Flying
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203     Field Field
0280     Amorphous Amorphous
0325     Field Field
0352     Field Field
0355     Amorphous Amorphous
0358     Amorphous Amorphous
0433     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
0561     Flying Flying
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
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.


By TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
[[|]]
II
[[|]]
III
TM48
IV
TM48
V
--
VI
--
VII
--
VIII
--
IX
--
0012     Bug Bug
0048     Bug Bug
0049     Bug Bug
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0064     Human-Like Human-Like
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0079     Monster Water 1
0080     Monster Water 1
0092     Amorphous Amorphous
0093     Amorphous Amorphous
0094     Amorphous Amorphous
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0097     Human-Like Human-Like
0102     Grass Grass
0103     Grass Grass
0113     Fairy Fairy
0121     Water 3 Water 3
0122     Human-Like Human-Like
0124     Human-Like Human-Like
0150     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
0177     Flying Flying
0178     Flying Flying
0196     Field Field
0199     Monster Water 1
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203     Field Field
0234     Field Field
0238     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
0242     Fairy Fairy
0249     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
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
0280     Amorphous Amorphous
0281     Amorphous Amorphous
0282     Amorphous Amorphous
0325     Field Field
0326     Field Field
0327     Field Human-Like
0337     Mineral Mineral
0338     Mineral Mineral
0343     Mineral Mineral
0344     Mineral Mineral
0352     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0354     Amorphous Amorphous
0355     Amorphous Amorphous
0356     Amorphous Amorphous
0358     Amorphous Amorphous
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
0386     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
0413     Bug Bug
0414     Bug Bug
0425     Amorphous Amorphous
0426     Amorphous Amorphous
0429     Amorphous Amorphous
0433     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
0436     Mineral Mineral
0437     Mineral Mineral
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
0475     Amorphous Amorphous
0477     Amorphous Amorphous
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
0488     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
0490     Water 1 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.


By Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Game
BW B2W2 XY ORAS
0012     Bug Bug
0048     Bug Bug
0049     Bug Bug
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0064     Human-Like Human-Like
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0079     Monster Water 1
0080     Monster Water 1
0092     Amorphous Amorphous
0093     Amorphous Amorphous
0094     Amorphous Amorphous
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0097     Human-Like Human-Like
0102     Grass Grass
0103     Grass Grass
0113     Fairy Fairy
0121     Water 3 Water 3
0122     Human-Like Human-Like
0124     Human-Like Human-Like
0150     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
0177     Flying Flying
0178     Flying Flying
0196     Field Field
0199     Monster Water 1
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203     Field Field
0234     Field Field
0238     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
0242     Fairy Fairy
0249     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
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
0280     Amorphous Amorphous
0281     Amorphous Amorphous
0282     Amorphous Amorphous
0325     Field Field
0326     Field Field
0327     Field Human-Like
0337     Mineral Mineral
0338     Mineral Mineral
0343     Mineral Mineral
0344     Mineral Mineral
0352     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0354     Amorphous Amorphous
0355     Amorphous Amorphous
0356     Amorphous Amorphous
0358     Amorphous Amorphous
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
0386  
Deoxys
Normal Forme
  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
386A  
Deoxys
Attack Forme
  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
386D  
Deoxys
Defense Forme
  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
386S  
Deoxys
Speed Forme
  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
0413  
Wormadam
Plant Cloak
  Bug Bug
413G  
Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
  Bug Bug
413S  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
  Bug Bug
0414     Bug Bug
0425     Amorphous Amorphous
0426     Amorphous Amorphous
0429     Amorphous Amorphous
0433     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
0436     Mineral Mineral
0437     Mineral Mineral
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
0475     Amorphous Amorphous
0477     Amorphous Amorphous
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
0488     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
0490     Water 1 Fairy
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
0517     Field Field
0518     Field Field
0527     Field Flying
0528     Field Flying
0531     Fairy Fairy
0561     Flying Flying
0562     Mineral Amorphous
0563     Mineral Amorphous
0574     Human-Like Human-Like
0575     Human-Like Human-Like
0576     Human-Like Human-Like
0577     Amorphous Amorphous
0578     Amorphous Amorphous
0579     Amorphous Amorphous
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0606     Human-Like Human-Like
0648     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
0654     Field Field
0655     Field Field
0682     Fairy Fairy
0683     Fairy Fairy
0700     Field Field
0703     Mineral Fairy
0708     Amorphous Grass
0709     Amorphous Grass
0710     Amorphous Amorphous
0711     Amorphous Amorphous
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
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
  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
720U  
Hoopa
Unbound
  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.


Special move

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0048     Bug Bug Dream World - Dream Park
0063     Human-Like Human-Like Dream World - Spooky Manor
0122     Human-Like Human-Like Dream World - Spooky Manor
0203     Field Field Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0234     Field Field Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0238     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 Dream World - Spooky Manor
0325     Field Field Dream World - Spooky Manor
0352     Field Field Dream World - Dream Park
0425     Amorphous Amorphous Dream World - Windswept Sky
0436     Mineral 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.


In other games

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Switches the user's ability with that of the target.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga


In other generations

In other languages

  This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Greek and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Greek.
Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 交換絕招 Jiāohuàn Juézhāo
  Dutch Vaardigheids Ruil
  French Échange
  German Wertewechsel
  Greek Ανταλλαγή Δεξιοτήτων
  Italian Baratto
  Korean 스킬스웹 Skill Swap
  Norwegian Ferdighetsbytte
  Brazilian Portuguese Troca de Habilidade
  Serbian Zamena veština
  Spanish Intercambio
  Vietnamese Hoán Đổi Đặc Tính


Variations of the move Skill Swap
  Skill SwapHeart SwapPower SwapGuard SwapSpeed Swap


Generation III TMs
01020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425
26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation III HMs
0102030405060708RSE
Generation IV TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
2425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708


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