Power Shift (move)

Power Shift パワーシフト Power Shift

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not 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 Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Move Tutor in Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Power Shift (Japanese: パワーシフト Power Shift) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Effect

Generation VIII

Power Shift switches the user's Attack and Special Attack stats with its Defense and Special Defense stats, respectively.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Status PP  10 Agile Strong Power  —  —  — Accuracy  —%  —%  —% Action speed modifier Self  -3  -4  +5 Target  ?  ?  ? Additional effect Turns  5  4  7    ?  ?    ?  ? Swaps the user's offensive and defensive stats Raises the user's action speed

Generation IX

Power Shift switches the user's raw Attack stat with its raw Defense stat. Stat modifiers are not swapped.

Description

Games Description LA The user swaps its offensive and defensive stats. SV The user swaps its Attack and Defense stats.

Learnset

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						SwSh	SwSh EP	BDSP	LA
0094		Gengar		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔
0095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
0136		Flareon		Field		Field	✔
0197		Umbreon		Field		Field	✔
0208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0226		Mantine		Water 1		Water 1	✔
0242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy	✔
0299		Nosepass		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0356		Dusclops		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔
0409		Rampardos		Monster		Monster	✔
0411		Bastiodon		Monster		Monster	✔
0416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug	✔
0426		Drifblim		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔
0441		Chatot		Flying		Flying	✔
0472		Gliscor		Bug		Bug	✔
0474		Porygon-Z		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0476		Probopass		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0477		Dusknoir		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔
0480		Uxie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0482		Azelf		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0486		Regigigas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0488		Cresselia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0628		Braviary Hisuian Form		Flying		Flying	✔
0642		Thundurus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0713		Avalugg Hisuian Form		Monster	Mineral	✔
0903		Sneasler		Field		Field	✔
0905		Enamorus		No Eggs Discovered		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.

Trivia

• Although Power Shift can be used in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, no Pokémon that can know the move naturally are in those games, and Metronome does not select this move.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 力量轉換 Lihkleuhng Jyúnwuhn Mandarin 力量轉換 力量转换 Lìliàng Zhuǎnhuàn French Échange Force German Kraftwechsel Italian Scambioforza Korean 파워시프트 Pawosipeuteu Spanish Cambiapoder

Variations of the move Power Trick
Power Trick • Power Shift

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