What's the point of the ability "Klutz"?

Question

I want my Swoobat to hold the Lucky Egg but he has Klutz

Comments

EXP affecting items shouldn't be Klutz-ed...I think

Answer 1

Klutz is good when you have a hindering item you can pass to the opponent. Say I have a pokemon with Toxic Orb, which poisons the holder. Since my pokemon has the ability Klutz, it won't be poisoned by the item. If I use a move like Switcheroo, then the item goes to my opponent, I get their beneficial item, and they're stuck with a useless item that poisons them.

Comments

Thanks I'll try it

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Also doesnt fling work too

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Fling does not give the foe your held item, it only does damage to your foe depending on what your held item is.

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But.. So far the pokemon with Klutz that can learn Switcheroo is Bunnery =(
Looking forward for more pokemon that can do this

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There's also Trick and Bestow that do the same thing as Switcheroo.

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actually bestow would not work in a competitive format as almost all pokemon hold an item aside from say a mon that has consumed an item such as an unburden pokemon or a mon that has used fling which remains forever an unviable move bunery has switcheroo but swoobat can also use trick - a better item to consider may be an assault vest as it could stop a pokemon from being able to use status moves such as set up, recovery or trick itself however you would still be able to trick as the assault vest would not effect your pokemon due to klutz