Shift Gear (move)

Shift Gear ギアチェンジ Gear Change

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Shift Gear (Japanese: ギアチェンジ Gear Change) is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation V. Prior to Generation VII, it was one of the signature moves of Klink's evolutionary line.

Effect

Shift Gear increases the user's Speed by two stages and the user's Attack by one stage.

Shift Gear can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Gear Grind to give an extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Steelium Z into Z-Shift Gear, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed. SMUSUM SwSh The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack stat and sharply raising its Speed stat. BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0599		Klink		Mineral		Mineral	48	48	48	40SwSh
0600		Klang		Mineral		Mineral	52	52	52	42SwSh
0601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral	54	54	54	42SwSh
0801		Magearna		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			1	48SwSh
0849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				52SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0649		Genesect		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Cinema Genesect
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDGtI It boosts your Attack and also sharply boosts your Travel Speed. (The stat changes return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.) SMD It boosts your Attack. It also sharply boosts your Travel Speed.* It boosts your Attack while also boosting your Travel Speed sharply. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.*

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Klinklang
The user increases its power by spinning its gears.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Klinklang separates the face gear and attaches it to the gear on its back. It then spins the gears and increases its power.
Colress's Klinklang	Homecoming		Debut

• In With a Little Help from My Friends, Ingo told his Klinklang to use Shift Gear, but it couldn't execute the move since its gears were stuck.

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite being described as a move where "the user rotates its gears", Amped Form Toxtricity can learn this move naturally despite having no visible gears on its body.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 換檔 Huàndǎng * 换挡 Huàndǎng * 换档 Huàndàng * French Changement Vitesse* German Gangwechsel Italian Cambiomarcia Korean 기어체인지 Gear Change Brazilian Portuguese Troca de Marcha Spanish Cambio de Marcha* Cambiomarcha* Vietnamese Hoán Đổi Bánh Răng

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