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Skill Swap

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Power

—

Accuracy

—

Target

Selected Pokemon

Effect

User and target swap abilities.

User and target switch abilities. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers. If either Pokémon has Multitype or Wonder Guard, this move will fail.

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

Where to find it

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

Machine by version

TM48taught in
Ruby SapphireEmeraldFirered LeafgreenDiamond PearlPlatinumHeartgold SoulsilverColosseumXd
Generation I
- R B YCeladon Department Store
Generation II
- G S CGoldenrod Department Store($ 3000)
Generation III
- R S EMt. Pyre · Trainer Hill E (Japan-only e-Reader exclusive)
- FR LGRoute 12
- ColoDeep Colosseum Battle 2
- XDRound 3 of the Orre Colosseum
Generation IV
- D P PtCanalave City
- HG SSPrize for defeating Sabrina
- PBRAfter beating Sunny Park Colosseum(9,600 PC)
Generation V
- B WBattle Subway(36 BP)
- B2 W2Battle Subway · Pokémon World Tournament(18 BP)
Generation VI
- X YBattle Maison(16 BP)
- OR ASMauville City (Crooner's Café)
Generation VII
- S MHau'oli City
- US UMHau'oli City
- P ECeladon Department Store($ 100,000)
Generation VIII
- Sw ShPrize for defeating Gordie Sw Circhester Sh
- BD SPCanalave City · Grand Underground merchant(×10 or 13 ×10 or 13 ×10 or 13 ×5 or 8 BD /3 or 5 SP ×3 or 5 BD /5 or 8 SP)
Generation IX
- S VPrize for defeating Iono · TM Machine(3,000 LP Dedenne Fur ×3 Shinx Fang ×3)
- ZARouge Sector 1 (reward for completing Side Mission 096: "Let Us Battle...Artistically")
TR40taught in
Sword Shield
Generation VIII
- Sw ShWild Area Watt Traders 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Motostoke Riverbank Sw , Stony Wilderness , Watchtower Ruins ) Only in The Isle of Armor : 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Soothing Wetlands , Challenge Beach , Training Lowlands , Stepping-Stone Sea ) Cram-o-matic ( Psychic : 32-40 points) Only in The Crown Tundra : Snowslide Slope Watt Trader 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Giant's Bed , Snowslide Slope , Path to the Peak , Ballimere Lake )(1,000 W)
- TR41→
TM98taught in
Scarlet Violet
Generation VI
- X YPrize for defeating Korrina
- OR ASMauville City Poké Mart($ 10,000)
Generation VII
- S MPoni Breaker Coast
- US UMPoni Breaker Coast
Generation VIII
- Sw ShRoute 10
- BD SPOreburgh Gate · Battle Tower · Grand Underground merchant(40 BP ×15 or 18 ×15 or 18 ×15 or 18 ×8 or 10 BD /5 or 8 SP ×5 or 8 BD /8 or 10 SP)
Generation IX
- S VAlfornada · Artazon · Casseroya Lake · TM Machine Only in The Teal Mask : Crystal Pool(3,000 LP Girafarig Fur ×3 Flittle Down ×3)

Introduced in Generation III· Learned by 194 Pokémon