Gear Up (move)

Gear Up アシストギア Assist Gear

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation VII 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  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Gear Up (Japanese: アシストギア Assist Gear) is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

Generations VII to VIII

Gear Up raises the Attack and Special Attack stats of allied Pokémon (including the user) with the Ability Plus or Minus by one stage each.

If powered up by a Steelium Z into Z-Gear Up, the user's Special Attack stat rises one stage.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Gear Up cannot be selected in a battle.

Generation IX

Gear Up cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM SwShLA The user engages its gears to raise the Attack and Sp. Atk stats of ally Pokémon with the Plus or Minus Ability. BDSP SV 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
0601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral	1	1SwSh
0801		Magearna		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	1	24SwSh
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 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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Excluding Max Moves and G-Max Moves, Gear Up is the only Steel-type move which can target multiple Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 輔助齒輪 Fuhjoh Chílèuhn Mandarin 輔助齒輪 / 辅助齿轮 Fǔzhù Chǐlún French Engrenage German Hilfsmechanik Italian Marciainpiù Korean 어시스트기어 Eosiseuteugi-eo Spanish Piñón Auxiliar

Variations of the move Magnetic Flux
Magnetic Flux • Gear Up

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