Shift Gear (move)

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.

Shift Gear
ギアチェンジ Gear Change

Battles

Type	Steel
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
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

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

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

Contest Spectaculars

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

On Smogon's Movedex:

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
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed.
SM USUM 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
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
599		Klink		Mineral	Mineral	48	48	48	40^SwSh
600		Klang		Mineral	Mineral	52	52	52	42^SwSh
601		Klinklang		Mineral	Mineral	54	54	54	42^SwSh
801		Magearna		Undiscovered	Undiscovered			1	48^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like	Human-Like				52^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
649		Genesect		Undiscovered		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.

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	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	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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		Thay Bánh Răng

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