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Skill Swap

In Pokémon ChampionsGen III
Game

Pokémon Champions

PsychicStatus

The user and the target trade Abilities.

Power
–
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user

Changes over time

How Skill Swap changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen IX

    … is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, added: Commander, Disguise, dropped: Gulp Missile, added: Embody Aspect, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Multitype, Neutralizing Gas, added: Poison Puppeteer, Power Construct, added: Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, added: Tera Shell, Tera Shift, Teraform Zero, Wonder Guard, added: Zen Mode, or dropped: Zen Mode. added: Zero to Hero.

  2. Gen VIII

    … user or the target's Ability is added: As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, added: Gulp Missile, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Multitype, added: Neutralizing Gas, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields …

  3. Gen VII

    … user or the target's Ability is added: Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Illusion, Multitype, added: Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, added: Wonder Guard, or dropped: Wonder Guard. added: Zen Mode.

  4. Gen VI

    … the target's Ability is Illusion, Multitype, added: Stance Change, or Wonder dropped: Guard, or if both have the same Ability. added: Guard.

  5. Gen V

    … user or the target's Ability is dropped: Multitype added: Illusion, Multitype, or Wonder Guard, added: or if both have the same dropped: Ability, or if either is holding a Griseous Orb. added: Ability.

  6. Gen IV

    … user or the target's Ability is added: Multitype or Wonder dropped: Guard. added: Guard, if both have the same Ability, or if either is holding a Griseous Orb.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

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How it works in Champions

The user swaps its Ability with the target's Ability. Fails if either the user or the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Commander, Disguise, Embody Aspect, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Multitype, Neutralizing Gas, Poison Puppeteer, Power Construct, Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shell, Tera Shift, Teraform Zero, Wonder Guard, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero.

“The user employs its psychic power to exchange Abilities with the target.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Who runs Skill Swap on Showdown

  1. Malamar54.4% of its sets
  2. Wyrdeer69.1% of its sets
  3. Clefable9.2% of its sets
  4. Espathra2.3% of its sets
  5. Meowstic33.2% of its sets
  6. Mega Starmie8.2% of its sets
  7. Mr. Rime9.8% of its sets
  8. Mega Audino6.3% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Skill Swap among their most used moves.

#88Malamar#130Wyrdeer#160Medicham

Who learns Skill Swap

60 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 60 in Champions
ClefableAlakazamSlowbroGengarStarmieEspeonUmbreonSlowkingGardevoirSableyeMedichamBanetteChimechoSpiritombGalladeMusharnaAudinoCofagrigusReuniclusDelphoxFlorgesMeowsticAromatisseMalamarSylveonTrevenantGourgeistOranguruPolteageistHattereneMr. RimeRunerigusWyrdeerMeowscaradaEspathraTinkatonFarigirafFemale MeowsticSmall GourgeistLarge GourgeistSuper GourgeistMega AlakazamMega GengarMega GardevoirMega MedichamMega BanetteEternal FloetteMega SableyeMega GalladeMega AudinoMega SlowbroAlolan RaichuGalarian SlowbroGalarian SlowkingMega ClefableMega StarmieMega DelphoxMega FloetteMega MalamarMega Chimecho

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