Baton Pass

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Baton Pass

バトンタッチ Baton Touch

Generation:	II

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	N/A
PP:	40, max: 64
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

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	0

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Baton Pass (Japanese: バトンタッチ, Hepburn: Baton Touch) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Description

{{Movedescmid|{{GS}C|Switches while keeping effects.}} {{Movedescmid|{{RS}E|Switches out the user while keeping effects in play.}}

Games	Description
FRLG	The user switches out, passing along any stat changes to the new battler.
DPPtHGSS BWB2W2	The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting, passing along any stat changes.
XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSPLA SV	The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes.

Effect

In Battle

It switches out the user and transfers all the effects of moves, such as stat increases and reductions, status effects, Substitute status, Lock-On, Mind Reader stats, and Charge effects, to the Pokémon that replaces it.

Contests

Makes the Pokémon who appeals after the user's turn nervous.

Super Contests

Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like	41	49RSE 47FRLG	46	46	46	46SMUSUM	1SwShBDSP
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like							1SwSh
	Eevee	normal	Field	36C	36	36	36BW 33B2W2	33	33SMUSUM	35SwShBDSP	35
	Vaporeon	water	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Jolteon	electric	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Flareon	fire	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Mew	psychic	Field			80	80	80	80SMUSUM	20	20
	Sentret	normal	Field			39	39	39	39	39BDSP	39
	Furret	normal	Field			46	46	46	46	46BDSP	46
	Ledyba	bug/flying	Bug	29	29	22	22	22	26	26BDSP
	Ledian	bug/flying	Bug	33	33	24	24	24	29	29BDSP
	Togepi	fairy	Undiscovered		41FRLG	42	41	41	41	44SwShBDSP
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy		41FRLG	42	41	41	41	44SwShBDSP
	Aipom	normal	Field	12	18	11	11	11	11	11BDSP	11
	Espeon	psychic	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Umbreon	dark	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field	30	37	23	23	23XY 41ORAS	41	41BDSP
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered	40	40	37	37	37	37	20
	Surskit	bug/water	Water 1/Bug			43	43	43XY 35ORAS	35	35BDSP	35
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug							1BDSP
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug		45	45	45	45XY 35ORAS	35	1
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy		31	31	31	31XY 25ORAS	25	8
	Plusle	electric	Fairy		40	42	44	44XY 34ORAS	34	34BDSP	34
	Minun	electric	Fairy		40	42	44	44XY 34ORAS	34	34BDSP	34
	Huntail	water	Water 1		43	33	33	33XY 29ORAS	29	29BDSP
	Gorebyss	water	Water 1		43	33	33	33XY 29ORAS	29	29BDSP
	Ambipom	normal	Field			11	11	11	11	11BDSP	11
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous			33	38BW 44B2W2	44	44	36SwShBDSP	36
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous			37	44BW 52B2W2	52	52	42SwShBDSP	42
	Buneary	normal	Field/Human-Like			26	26	26	26	28SwShBDSP
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like			26	26	26	26	28SwShBDSP
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered			46	46	46	46	4SwShBDSP
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy							1SwShBDSP
	Leafeon	grass	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Glaceon	ice	Field							1SwShBDSP	1
	Patrat	normal	Field				33	33	38
	Watchog	normal	Field				39	39	46
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug				30	30	1, Evo.	1SwSh
	Sylveon	fairy	Field							1SwSh	1
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying						16		16
	Pyukumuku	water	Water 1						1	1SwSh
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like							1SwSh
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy							5SwSh	5
	Fidough	fairy	Field/Mineral								26
	Dachsbun	fairy	Field/Mineral								29
	Farigiraf	normal/psychic	Field								41
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
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Vulpix	fire	Field								TM132
	Vulpix	ice	Field								TM132
	Ninetales	fire	Field								TM132
	Ninetales	ice/fairy	Field								TM132
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Venonat	bug/poison	Bug								TM132
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug								TM132
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1								TM132
	Rapidash	fire	Field							TR29SwSh
	Rapidash	psychic/fairy	Field							TR29SwSh
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Field/Flying							TR29SwSh
	Doduo	normal/flying	Flying								TM132
	Dodrio	normal/flying	Flying								TM132
	Hypno	psychic	Human-Like								TM132
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like								TM132
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like								TM132
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like							TR29SwSh
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like							TR29SwSh
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Eevee	normal	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Vaporeon	water	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Jolteon	electric	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Flareon	fire	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Zapdos	electric/flying	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Sentret	normal	Field								TM132
	Furret	normal	Field								TM132
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug								TM132
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug								TM132
	Togepi	fairy	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy							TR29SwSh
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying							TR29SwSh
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying							TR29SwSh
	Bellossom	grass	Grass							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hoppip	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass								TM132
	Skiploom	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass								TM132
	Jumpluff	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass								TM132
	Aipom	normal	Field								TM132
	Espeon	psychic	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Umbreon	dark	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field								TM132
	Dunsparce	normal	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Gligar	ground/flying	Bug								TM132
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Delibird	ice/flying	Water 1/Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like								TM132
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh
	Torchic	fire	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Surskit	bug/water	Water 1/Bug								TM132
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug								TM132
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy							TR29SwSh
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like								TM132
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like								TM132
	Plusle	electric	Fairy								TM132
	Minun	electric	Fairy								TM132
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like								TM132
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like								TM132
	Zangoose	normal	Field								TM132
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral							TR29SwSh
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral							TR29SwSh
	Chimecho	psychic	Amorphous								TM132
	Absol	dark	Field							TR29SwSh
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Kricketune	bug	Bug								TM132
	Buizel	water	Water 1/Field								TM132
	Floatzel	water	Water 1/Field								TM132
	Ambipom	normal	Field								TM132
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Buneary	normal	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh
	Chingling	psychic	Undiscovered								TM132
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field								TM132
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy							TR29SwSh
	Leafeon	grass	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Glaceon	ice	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Gliscor	ground/flying	Bug								TM132
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Phione	water	Water 1/Fairy								TM132
	Manaphy	water	Water 1/Fairy								TM132
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered								TM132
	Shaymin	grass	Undiscovered								TM132
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh
	Purrloin	dark	Field							TR29SwSh
	Liepard	dark	Field							TR29SwSh
	Blitzle	electric	Field								TM132
	Zebstrika	electric	Field								TM132
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying							TR29SwSh
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying							TR29SwSh
	Sewaddle	bug/grass	Bug								TM132
	Swadloon	bug/grass	Bug								TM132
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug								TM132
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Minccino	normal	Field								TM132
	Cinccino	normal	Field								TM132
	Deerling	normal/grass	Field								TM132
	Sawsbuck	normal/grass	Field								TM132
	Emolga	electric/flying	Field							TR29SwSh
	Alomomola	water	Water 1/Water 2								TM132
	Shelmet	bug	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Accelgor	bug	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered								TM132
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered								TM132
	Flabébé	fairy	Fairy								TM132
	Floette	fairy	Fairy								TM132
	Florges	fairy	Fairy								TM132
	Meowstic	psychic	Field								TM132
	Meowstic	psychic	Field								TM132
	Inkay	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Malamar	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Sylveon	fairy	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying							TR29SwSh
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying								TM132
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field								TM132
	Grubbin	bug	Bug								TM132
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug								TM132
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug								TM132
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying								TM132
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Passimian	fighting	Field								TM132
	Pyukumuku	water	Water 1							TR29SwSh
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Scorbunny	fire	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Raboot	fire	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Sobble	water	Water 1/Field							TR29SwSh
	Drizzile	water	Water 1/Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Inteleon	water	Water 1/Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Orbeetle	bug/psychic	Bug							TR29SwSh
	Nickit	dark	Field							TR29SwSh
	Thievul	dark	Field							TR29SwSh
	Dubwool	normal	Field							TR29SwSh
	Sinistea	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Polteageist	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hatenna	psychic	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hattrem	psychic	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Hatterene	psychic/fairy	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Perrserker	steel	Field							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like							TR29SwSh
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy								TM132
	Dreepy	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Drakloak	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Dragapult	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Calyrex	psychic/grass	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Calyrex	psychic/ice	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered							TR29SwSh	TM132
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug								TM132
	Quaxly	water	Flying/Water 1								TM132
	Quaxwell	water	Flying/Water 1								TM132
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1								TM132
	Pawmi	electric	Field								TM132
	Pawmo	electric/fighting	Field								TM132
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field								TM132
	Tandemaus	normal	Field/Fairy								TM132
	Maushold	normal	Field/Fairy								TM132
	Fidough	fairy	Field/Mineral								TM132
	Dachsbun	fairy	Field/Mineral								TM132
	Shroodle	poison/normal	Field								TM132
	Grafaiai	poison/normal	Field								TM132
	Flittle	psychic	Flying								TM132
	Espathra	psychic	Flying								TM132
	Tatsugiri	dragon/water	Water 2								TM132
	Farigiraf	normal/psychic	Field								TM132
	Dudunsparce	normal	Field								TM132
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered								TM132
	Munkidori	poison/psychic	Undiscovered								TM132
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

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Baton Pass depicted in Generation II