Conversion 2 (move)

Conversion 2 (Japanese: テクスチャー２ Texture 2), formatted as Conversion2 prior to Pokémon Stadium 2, is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation II. It is one of the signature moves of 's evolutionary line.

Generations II to III
Conversion 2 will randomly change the user's current type to any type that either resists or is immune to the type of the last damaging move it was hit by.

For example, if the last move the user was hit by was an move, the user will become, Electric-type, , or.

If the last move the target used was a move that calls another move (such as ), the type of the called move will be considered. If the last move the target used is a (such as ), the type it was changed to will be considered.

Conversion 2 targets the user.

Generation IV
Conversion 2 will no longer change the user to any of its current types. It will fail if the user already has all types that resist the type of the last damaging move.

If the last move that hit the user was affected by, it will be considered as a. is considered a Normal-type move, even though it deals typless damage.

Generation V onward
Conversion 2 now targets an adjacent Pokémon and bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the  of a move such as  or. It will randomly change the user's current type to a type that either resists or is immune to the type of the move last used by the target, including status moves. Conversion 2 will not change the user to either of its current types. In an Inverse Battle, Conversion 2 considers resistances based on inverse type matchups.

For example, if the last move the target used was an move, the user may become, Electric-type, , or.

If the last move the target used was a move that calls another move (such as ), the type of the called move will be considered. If the last move the target used is a (such as ), the type it was changed to will be considered. If the last move the target used had its type changed, such as with or, the type it changes to will be considered. Conversion 2 will fail if the last move the target used was, typeless , or if there is no type that resists that move (i.e., a move in an Inverse Battle).

Conversion 2 is not affected by, , or , but it is blocked by.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Conversion 2, the user regains all of its HP.

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Trivia

 * This move originated as a TCG TCG Attack.
 * In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).

In other languages
Umwandlung2 Conversión2 Conversion 2 Conversione2 テクスチャー2 纹理２（招式）