Baton Pass (move)

Baton Pass バトンタッチ Baton Touch

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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 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 the Pokémon who appealed after the user's turn nervous.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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 Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Baton Pass switches out the user, passing all temporary stat increases and decreases on to the Pokémon that replaces it in battle. Even moves that ensure hits such as Lock-On are passed. Substitutes, volatile battle status ailments such as Confusion, Aqua Ring, Ingrain, and the effects of other moves that prevent ordinary switching (e.g., Mean Look) can also be passed.

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

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 41 0133 Eevee Normal 36 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 29 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 33 0190 Aipom Normal 12 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 30 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By Nintendo event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pokémon Stadium 2 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 49 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 47 0133 Eevee Normal 36 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 29 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 33 0175 Togepi Normal 41 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 41 0190 Aipom Normal 18 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 37 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 40 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 45 0303 Mawile Steel 31 0311 Plusle Electric 40 0312 Minun Electric 40 0367 Huntail Water 43 0368 Gorebyss Water 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Togetic
Aipom
Girafarig
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Mawile
Plusle
Minun
Spinda
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0307 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meditite
| colspan="1" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0313 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Volbeat
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask
Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0314 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Illumise
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask
Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
Espeon, Umbreon
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Aipom
Girafarig
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Skitty, Delcatty
Mawile
Spinda

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison XD 0021 Spearow Normal Flying XD 0078 Rapidash Fire XD 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying XD 0085 Dodrio Normal Flying XD 0097 Hypno Psychic XD 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying XD 0177 Natu Psychic Flying XD 0277 Swellow Normal Flying XD 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic XD 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic XD Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 46 0133 Eevee Normal 36 0151 Mew Psychic 80 0161 Sentret Normal 39 0162 Furret Normal 46 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 22 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 24 0175 Togepi Normal 42 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 42 0190 Aipom Normal 11 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 23 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 37 0283 Surskit Bug Water 43 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 45 0303 Mawile Steel 31 0311 Plusle Electric 42 0312 Minun Electric 42 0367 Huntail Water 33 0368 Gorebyss Water 33 0424 Ambipom Normal 11 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 33 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 37 0427 Buneary Normal 26 0428 Lopunny Normal 26 0439 Mime Jr. Psychic 46 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Mawile
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Togetic, Togekiss
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Mawile
Plusle
Minun
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0307 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meditite
| colspan="1" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0313 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Volbeat
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask
Mr. Mime
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0314 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Illumise
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba, Ledian
Surskit, Masquerain
Ninjask
Mr. Mime
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
Eevee,
Sentret, Furret
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Mawile
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Skitty, Delcatty
Mawile
Spinda
Buneary, Lopunny
Buizel, Floatzel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0418 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
Sentret, Furret
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Skitty, Delcatty
Mawile
Spinda
Absol
Huntail
Gorebyss
Buneary, Lopunny

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0418 Buizel Water Pokéwalker - White Lake Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• German: Staffette
• Spanish: Relevo
• Italian: Staffetta