Switcheroo (move)

Switcheroo すりかえ Secret Switch

File:Switcheroo.png

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Switcheroo (Japanese: すりかえ Secret Switch) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

The user switches held items with the target. Fails if neither has a held item, if either Pokémon is holding Griseous Orb or Mail, if the target has a Substitute, or if either Pokémon has Sticky Hold. It also fails if either Pokémon has Multitype and either is holding a plate.

Generation V

Switcheroo will now succeed with a Griseous Orb as long as neither the user nor the target is Giratina.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0053 Persian Normal -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0264 Linoone Normal -- 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" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Persian
Linoone
Hypno

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0053 Persian Normal -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0264 Linoone Normal -- 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" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0331 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | 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" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0546 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monmen | style="background: #FFF" | Monmen
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Passe-Passe
• German: Wechseldich
• Greek: Υποχθόνια Αλλαγή
• Italian: Rapidscambio
• Korean: 바꿔치기 Bakkweochigi
• Spanish: Trapicheo

Variations of the move Trick
Trick • Switcheroo

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