Ally Switch

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Ally Switch

サイドチェンジ Side Change

Generation:	V

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	N/A%
PP:	15, max: 24
Affects:	User
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	No
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:	[[File:Type_{{{contesttype}}}.gif|{{{contesttype}}}]]
Appeal:
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Ally Switch is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation V.

Description

Games	Description
BWB2W2	The user teleports using a strange power and switches its place with one of its allies.
XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh	The user teleports using a strange power and switches places with one of its allies.

Effect

In Battle

The move allows the user to switch places with the ally opposite itself.

The move cannot be used while in the middle position in a Triple Battle and is useless in Single Battles.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Kadabra	psychic	Human-like	24	24XY 36ORAS	36	15
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-like	24	24XY 36ORAS	36	15
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-like				16
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered				30
	Cresselia	psychic	Undiscovered					24
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous				28
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous				28
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous				28
	Hoopa	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered		1	1		1
	Hoopa	psychic/dark	Undiscovered		1ORAS	1		1
	Orbeetle	bug/psychic	Bug				24
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-like				16
	Armarouge	fire/psychic	Human-like					42
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-like					42
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered					84
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy				TR83
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Diglett	ground	Field				TR83
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field				TR83
	Dugtrio	ground	Field				TR83
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field				TR83
	Abra	psychic	Human-Like	TM51			TR83
	Kadabra	psychic	Human-Like	TM51			TR83
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like	TM51			TR83
	Ponyta	fire	Field				TR83
	Ponyta	psychic	Field				TR83
	Rapidash	fire	Field				TR83
	Rapidash	psychic/fairy	Field				TR83
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous				TR83
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous				TR83
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous				TR83
	Krabby	water	Water 3				TR83
	Kingler	water	Water 3				TR83
	Marowak	fire/ghost	Monster				TR83
	Chansey	normal	Fairy				TR83
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3				TR83
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like				TR83
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Jynx	ice/psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Porygon	normal	Mineral				TR83
	Articuno	psychic/flying	Undiscovered				TR83
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM51			TR83
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying	TM51			TR83
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying	TM51			TR83
	Espeon	psychic	Field				TR83
	Porygon2	normal	Mineral				TR83
	Blissey	normal	Fairy				TR83
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered				TR83
	Ralts	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM51			TR83
	Kirlia	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM51			TR83
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM51			TR83
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral				TR83
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like				TR83
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Baltoy	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM51			TR83
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM51			TR83
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous				TR83
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous				TR83
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	TM51
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous				TR83
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous				TR83
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral				TR83
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered				TR83
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous				TR83
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral				TR83
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy				TR83
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral				TR83
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM51			TR83
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous				TR83
	Froslass	ice/ghost	Fairy/Mineral				TR83
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous				TR83
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Cresselia	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Munna	psychic	Field				TR83
	Musharna	psychic	Field				TR83
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying				TR83
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying				TR83
	Audino	normal	Fairy				TR83
	Yamask	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Yamask	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Archen	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3				TR83
	Archeops	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3				TR83
	Gothita	psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Gothorita	psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Gothitelle	psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous				TR83
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous				TR83
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous				TR83
	Vanillite	ice	Mineral				TR83
	Vanillish	ice	Mineral				TR83
	Vanilluxe	ice	Mineral				TR83
	Klang	steel	Mineral				TR83
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral				TR83
	Elgyem	psychic	Human-Like	TM51			TR83
	Beheeyem	psychic	Human-Like	TM51			TR83
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous				TR83
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous				TR83
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous				TR83
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like				TR83
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like				TR83
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral				TR83
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral				TR83
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered				TR83
	Espurr	psychic	Field				TR83
	Meowstic	psychic	Field				TR83
	Meowstic	psychic	Field				TR83
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy				TR83
	Inkay	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2				TR83
	Malamar	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2				TR83
	Helioptile	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon				TR83
	Heliolisk	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon				TR83
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like				TR83
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy				TR83
	Carbink	rock/fairy	Fairy/Mineral				TR83
	Phantump	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous				TR83
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous				TR83
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass	Amorphous				TR83
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous				TR83
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered				TR83
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy				TR83
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy				TR83
	Comfey	fairy	Grass				TR83
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field				TR83
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral				TR83
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered				TR83
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered				TR83
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TR83
	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TR83
	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TR83
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered				TR83
	Stakataka	rock/steel	Undiscovered				TR83
	Scorbunny	fire	Field/Human-Like				TR83
	Raboot	fire	Field/Human-Like				TR83
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like				TR83
	Dottler	bug/psychic	Bug				TR83
	Orbeetle	bug/psychic	Bug				TR83
	Sinistea	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Polteageist	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like				TR83
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous				TR83
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy				TR83
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy				TR83
	Drakloak	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon				TR83
	Dragapult	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon				TR83
	Calyrex	psychic/grass	Undiscovered				TR83
	Calyrex	psychic/ice	Undiscovered				TR83
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TR83
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By Move Tutor

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Games
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy	USUM
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	USUM
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	USUM
	Abra	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Kadabra	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Graveler	rock/electric	Mineral	USUM
	Golem	rock/electric	Mineral	USUM
	Ponyta	fire	Field	USUM
	Rapidash	fire	Field	USUM
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous	USUM
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous	USUM
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	USUM
	Drowzee	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Hypno	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Krabby	water	Water 3	USUM
	Kingler	water	Water 3	USUM
	Marowak	fire/ghost	Monster	USUM
	Chansey	normal	Fairy	USUM
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3	USUM
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like	USUM
	Jynx	ice/psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Porygon	normal	Mineral	USUM
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying	USUM
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying	USUM
	Espeon	psychic	Field	USUM
	Slowking	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1	USUM
	Misdreavus	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field	USUM
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	USUM
	Porygon2	normal	Mineral	USUM
	Blissey	normal	Fairy	USUM
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered	USUM
	Ralts	psychic/fairy	Amorphous	USUM
	Kirlia	psychic/fairy	Amorphous	USUM
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Amorphous	USUM
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral	USUM
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like	USUM
	Spoink	psychic	Field	USUM
	Grumpig	psychic	Field	USUM
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Baltoy	ground/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Shuppet	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Banette	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Chimecho	psychic	Amorphous	USUM
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Wormadam	bug/grass	Bug	USUM
	Wormadam	bug/ground	Bug	USUM
	Wormadam	bug/steel	Bug	USUM
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous	USUM
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous	USUM
	Mismagius	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Chingling	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral	USUM
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered	USUM
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous	USUM
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral	USUM
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral	USUM
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Amorphous	USUM
	Probopass	rock/steel	Mineral	USUM
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Froslass	ice/ghost	Fairy/Mineral	USUM
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous	USUM
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Cresselia	psychic	Undiscovered	USUM
	Munna	psychic	Field	USUM
	Musharna	psychic	Field	USUM
	Zebstrika	electric	Field	USUM
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying	USUM
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying	USUM
	Audino	normal	Fairy	USUM
	Yamask	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous	USUM
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous	USUM
	Archen	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3	USUM
	Archeops	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3	USUM
	Gothita	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Gothorita	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Gothitelle	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous	USUM
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous	USUM
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous	USUM
	Vanillite	ice	Mineral	USUM
	Vanillish	ice	Mineral	USUM
	Vanilluxe	ice	Mineral	USUM
	Klang	steel	Mineral	USUM
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral	USUM
	Elgyem	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Beheeyem	psychic	Human-Like	USUM
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous	USUM
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous	USUM
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous	USUM
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like	USUM
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like	USUM
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral	USUM
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral	USUM
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.