160: Conversion

Essentials

Conversion

None

Generation 1

Summary

User's type changes to the type of one of its moves at random.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: n/a
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 30, up to 48 with PP Up
Target: User
Effect chance: n/a
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Blocked by Detect and Protect
Reflectable with Magic Coat
Snatchable
Rolls accuracy
Flinches with King's Rock

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

User's type changes to the type of one of its moves, selected at random. Hidden Power and Weather Ball are treated as normal. Only moves with a different type are eligible, and Curse is never eligible. If the user has no suitable moves, this move will fail.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: Change user's type to a move's type.

: Changes the user’s type into an own move’s type.
: Changes the user’s type into a known move’s type.
: The user changes its type to match the type of one of its moves.

: The user changes its type to become the same type as one of its moves.

Foreign Names

Japanese: テクスチャー (tekusuchaa)
French: Adaptation
German: Umwandlung
Spanish: Conversión
Italian: Conversione

Contests

Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡
Jam
Flavor text: Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡
Flavor text: Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Conversion.

Pokémon

				Pokémon	Ability	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
—	—	—	—	Porygon	Trace Download	Mineral	65	60	70	85	75	40	395
	—	—	—	Porygon2	Trace Download	Mineral	85	80	90	105	95	60	515
			—	Porygon-Z	Adaptability Download	Mineral	85	80	70	135	75	90	535