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Volt Switch

In Pokémon ChampionsGen V
Game

Pokémon Champions

ElectricSpecial

User switches out after damaging the target.

Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown
0.4% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Volt Switch changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen VII

    … target switched out using an Eject dropped: Button. added: Button or through the effect of the Emergency Exit or Wimp Out Abilities.

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

See it in the games

No clip of Volt Switch here yet. Find Volt Switch on YouTube →

How it works in Champions

If this move is successful and the user has not fainted, the user switches out even if it is trapped and is replaced immediately by a selected party member. The user does not switch out if there are no unfainted party members, or if the target switched out using an Eject Button or through the effect of the Emergency Exit or Wimp Out Abilities.

“After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Who runs Volt Switch on Showdown

  1. Mega Raichu X39.1% of its sets
  2. Wash Rotom41.0% of its sets
  3. Mega Manectric72.7% of its sets
  4. Heat Rotom40.3% of its sets
  5. Mega Raichu Y1.5% of its sets
  6. Toxtricity22.9% of its sets
  7. Raichu36.2% of its sets
  8. Mow Rotom86.5% of its sets
  9. Heliolisk35.9% of its sets
  10. Luxray56.5% of its sets
  11. Jolteon34.9% of its sets
  12. Alolan Raichu14.5% 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 Volt Switch among their most used moves.

#7Raichu#58Heat Rotom#72Wash Rotom#120Jolteon#132Heliolisk#140Manectric#202Frost Rotom#222Luxray#231Mow Rotom#245Rotom

Who learns Volt Switch

25 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

PikachuRaichuJolteonAmpharosForretressManectricLuxrayRotomEmolgaEelektrossHelioliskDedenneMorpekoBelliboltHeat RotomWash RotomFrost RotomFan RotomMow RotomMega AmpharosMega ManectricAlolan RaichuMega EelektrossMega Raichu XMega Raichu Y

All 78 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →