psychicstatus

Ally Switch

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Power

—

Accuracy

—

Target

User

Priority +2

Effect

User switches places with the friendly Pokémon opposite it.

User switches position on the field with the friendly Pokémon opposite it. If the user is in the middle position in a triple battle, or there are no other friendly Pokémon, this move will fail.

"The user teleports using a strange power and switches places with one of its allies. This move's chance of failing rises if it is used in succession."

Where to find it

Game-by-game pickup locations, plus wild Pokémon that may be holding the TM.

Machine by version

TM51taught in
Black WhiteBlack 2 White 2
Generation IV
- D P PtRoute 210
- HG SSPrize for defeating Falkner
Generation V
- B WBattle Subway(48 BP)
- B2 W2Battle Subway · Pokémon World Tournament(24 BP)
Generation VI
- X YBattle Maison(32 BP)
- OR ASGranite Cave
Generation VII
- S MMalie City($ 10,000)
- US UMKonikoni City($ 10,000)
- P EVictory Road
Generation VIII
- Sw ShCirchester
- BD SPRoute 210 · Grand Underground merchant(×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×5 or 8 BD /3 or 5 SP ×3 or 5 BD /5 or 8 SP)
Generation IX
- S VAsado Desert · East Province (Area Three) · South Province (Area Five) · TM Machine Only in The Indigo Disk : Savanna Biome(3,000 LP Hippopotas Sand ×3 Silicobra Sand ×3 Sandygast Sand ×3)
- ZAPrize for defeating Vinnie
TR83taught in
Sword Shield
Generation VIII
- Sw ShWild Area Watt Traders 2★ · 3★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Giant's Mirror , South Lake Miloch , Stony Wilderness , Watchtower Ruins ) Only in The Isle of Armor : 2★ · 3★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Challenge Beach , Courageous Cavern , Stepping-Stone Sea ) Cram-o-matic ( Psychic : 62-70 points) Only in The Crown Tundra : Snowslide Slope Snowslide Slope Watt Trader 2★ · 3★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Slippery Slope , Old Cemetery , Giant's Foot , Frigid Sea , Ballimere Lake )(2,000 W)
- TR84→

Introduced in Generation V· Learned by 217 Pokémon