Skill Swap (move)

Skill Swap (Japanese: スキルスワップ Skill Swap) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation III. It was TM48 from Generation III to Generation IV.

Effect
Skill Swap exchanges the of the user and the target. If a Pokémon affected by Skill Swap is switched out, it regains its original Ability.

Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has the Ability, , , , , , , , , or.

Skill Swap bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the  of a move such as  or.

Generation III to IV
If both Pokémon have the same Ability, Abilities such as that activate when they are gained will not activate after using Skill Swap.

Generation V
When using Skill Swap on an opponent, it states the new Abilities of the Pokémon.

If the two Abilities being swapped both have an effect or message that activates when gained (such as and ), the Pokémon using Skill Swap will always have its new Ability activate first.

Skill Swap fails if the target's Ability is the same as the user's.

Generation VI onward
If both Pokémon have the same Ability, Skill Swap will succeed. If it is an Ability such as that activates when it is gained, it will activate for both Pokémon after being gained this way.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Skill Swap, the user's stat is raised by one stage.

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Trivia

 * In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it ignores accuracy and evasion checks.

In other languages
Wertewechsel Intercambio Échange (capacité) Baratto スキルスワップ 特性互换（招式）