Duplicate Bug Report - Mechanics

[Seeblo]

What type of bug are you reporting?
Mechanics

What is the bug?
Skill swap either doesn't change the user's ability, or the it doesn't show that it's changed

Upload an image of the bug if necessary
(no response)

Are you able to replicate it? If so, how?
got a 3/3 repro rate by starting by

1: starting a doubles battle with guts obstagoon and intimidate wyrdeer
2: use any move besides protect or parting shot with obstagoon and skill swap on obstagoon with wydeer
4: observe that now both obstagoon and wydeer have intimidate
5: (round 2) use parting shot with obstagoon and any move besides skill swap with wydeer
6: replace obstagoon with slaking
7: use any move besides protect with slaking, and use skill swap on slaking with wydeer
8: observe that both slaking and wydeer have intimidate

replay:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldexdoubles-2709065469

 

[iforgetwhyimhere]

This is a weird quirk with Ability tracking, but it's not actually a "bug" (unless we want to reset the tracked ability to ?). Because Skill Swap was used on an ally, the abilities switched are not announced, so the client (which manually tracks all visible Abilities) can't see the Ability update. Because Intimidate then fires since it activated, the client can track that, and updates accordingly.

 

[Hydrametr0nice]

Duplicate

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/skill-swap-and-known-abilities.3765878/