Baton Pass (move)

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Baton Pass バトンタッチ Baton Touch

Battles 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 Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Works well if the user is pumped up.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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

Effect

Generations II to IV

Baton Pass switches out the user, passing all temporary stat increases and decreases on to the Pokémon that replaces it in battle. Most volatile status conditions (such as confusion, seeding, and curse—but not infatuation) and volatile battle statuses (such as Substitute, Lock-On, and Ingrain) can also be passed. The move will fail if the user is the only Pokémon in the party that is able to battle.

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

Baton Pass will not change the effect of Pursuit. Baton Pass will also not pass on secondary effects of moves; for example, the effect of Minimize causing Stomp to hit at double power will not be passed, nor will the effect of Defense Curl causing Rollout and Ice Ball to hit at double power be passed. Type changes are not passed.

Generations V onwards

The effects of moves that prevent ordinary switching, such as Mean Look, are no longer passed on to the incoming Pokémon; Ingrain is still passed as normal.

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 SM 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		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like	41	49RSE 47FRLG	46	46	46	46
0133		Eevee		Field		Field	36C	36	36	36BW 33B2W2	33	33
0151		Mew		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	80
0161		Sentret		Field		Field			39	39	39	39
0162		Furret		Field		Field			46	46	46	46
0165		Ledyba		Bug		Bug	29	29	22	22	22	26
0166		Ledian		Bug		Bug	33	33	24	24	24	29
0175		Togepi		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
0176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy		41FRLG	42	41	41	41
0190		Aipom		Field		Field	12	18	11	11	11	11
0203		Girafarig		Field		Field	30	37	23	23	23XY 41ORAS	41
0251		Celebi		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
0283		Surskit		Water 1	Bug			43	43	43XY 35ORAS	35
0291		Ninjask		Bug		Bug		45	45	45	45XY 35ORAS	35
0303		Mawile		Field	Fairy		31	31	31	31XY 25ORAS	25
0311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy		40	42	44	44XY 34ORAS	34
0312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy		40	42	44	44XY 34ORAS	34
0367		Huntail		Water 1		Water 1		43	33	33	33XY 29ORAS	29
0368		Gorebyss		Water 1		Water 1		43	33	33	33XY 29ORAS	29
0424		Ambipom		Field		Field			11	11	11	11
0425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous			33	38BW 44B2W2	44	44
0426		Drifblim		Amorphous		Amorphous			37	44BW 52B2W2	52	52
0427		Buneary		Field	Human-Like			26	26	26	26
0428		Lopunny		Field	Human-Like			26	26	26	26
0439		Mime Jr.		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
0504		Patrat		Field		Field				33	33	38
0505		Watchog		Field		Field				39	39	46
0545		Scolipede		Bug		Bug				30	30	1, Evo.
0741		Oricorio		Flying		Flying						16
0771		Pyukumuku		Water 1		Water 1						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
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0048		Venonat		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0123		Scyther		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0167		Spinarak		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0207		Gligar		Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔
0255		Torchic		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0300		Skitty		Field	Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0307		Meditite		Human-Like		Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0313		Volbeat		Bug	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0314		Illumise		Bug	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0327		Spinda		Field	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0359		Absol		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0418		Buizel		Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0517		Munna		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
0540		Sewaddle		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
0585		Deerling		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
0587		Emolga		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
0616		Shelmet		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
0619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like				✔	✔	✔
0632		Durant		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
0701		Hawlucha		Human-Like		Human-Like					✔	✔
0722		Rowlet		Flying		Flying						✔
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 II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0083		Farfetch'd		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		Beedrill		Bug		Bug	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0021		Spearow		Flying		Flying	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0078		Rapidash		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0085		Dodrio		Flying		Flying	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0097		Hypno		Human-Like		Human-Like	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0145		Zapdos		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		Natu		Flying		Flying	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0277		Swellow		Flying		Flying	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
0338		Solrock		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		Buizel		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		Venonat		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Dream Park
0123		Scyther		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0616		Shelmet		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

Generation IV

Baton Pass makes the user switch places with another Pokémon in the room. If the user has any stat changes, those effects will be copied to the other Pokémon.

Generation VI

Baton Pass no longer copies stat changes. Instead, the switched ally receives a random stat boost.

Description

Games Description MDRB Successively switches the user's position with the positions of other Pokémon in the room. 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

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Aipom Ledian
The user touches the opponent, passing on their increases to the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Aipom touches the target with the hand on its tail, passing on their stat increases to the target.
Gold's Aibo	The Last Battle VI		Debut
	Ledian raises its hands into the air and goes back into its Poké Ball. When the next Pokémon is sent out, all of Ledian's stat changes are added to the next sent out Pokémon.
The Battle Factory's Ledian	Outlasting Ledian		None

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Illumise
The user transfers their stat increases to the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Illumise transfers its stat increases to the target.
Enta's Illumise	Aim for the Top!		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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 Passa Bastão Passar o Bastão (TCG) Portugal Passa Bastão Serbian Štafeta Spanish Relevo Vietnamese Chuyển Giao

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