Ruling Retreat

[White-Wolf]

Skarymory ex says:If your opponent's active pokemon retreat and has 40 or more hp put 3 damange counter on it.

But if an effect says:your oppenent switch his defending pokemon with 1 on his bench.

Does it count like an retreat?
Can I put the damange counters?

 

[Lieutenant Houndoom]

The only retreats are where your opponent does nothing but discard energies if applicable. Otherwise, cards and attack effects are not counted.

 

[MANAPHY=)]

no but not an less skarmory pacificly says your opp. poke. retreats not switch then you can but skarmory can't sorry=)

 

[Mewstor]

Card effects are not considered retreating. Retreating is when you specifically use the pokemons own retreat cost to pull the pokemon back onto your bench and that you can do only once/turn. You can use a card to change your active pokemon to another as many times on your turn as you like.

To make it short. No. Skarmorys power won't work if you use a trainer to change the pokemon.