Baton Pass
Effect
Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement.
User switches out, and the trainer selects a replacement Pokémon from the party. Stat changes, confusion, and persistent move effects are passed along to the replacement Pokémon. The following move effects are passed: * Aqua Ring * both the user’s and target’s effect of Block, Mean Look, and Spider Web * the curse effect of Curse * Embargo * Focus Energy or an activated Lansat Berry * Gastro Acid * Ingrain * being sapped by Leech Seed * being targeted by Lock-On or Mind Reader * Magnet Rise * Perish Song’s counter * Power Trick * Substitute; the doll’s HP is unchanged The replacement Pokémon does not trigger effects that respond to Pokémon switching in.
"The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes."
Where to find it
Game-by-game pickup locations, plus wild Pokémon that may be holding the TM.
Machine by version
- TR29taught inSword ShieldGeneration VIII
- Sw ShWild Area Watt Traders 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( East Lake Axewell , Rolling Fields ) Only in The Isle of Armor : 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Fields of Honor , Soothing Wetlands , Stepping-Stone Sea , Insular Sea ) Cram-o-matic ( Normal : 92-100 points) Only in The Crown Tundra : Snowslide Slope Watt Trader 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Slippery Slope , Giant's Bed , Giant's Foot , Ballimere Lake )(2,000 W)
- TR30→
- TM132taught inScarlet VioletThe Teal MaskGeneration IX
- S VAsado Desert · Glaseado Mountain · TM Machine Event: After School Pokémon Research Club TM132 (Baton Pass) Only in The Teal Mask : Kitakami Hall · Mossfell Confluence(3,000 LP Girafarig Fur ×3 Eevee Fur ×3)