Shift Gear (move)

Shift Gear ギアチェンジ Gear Change

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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 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.

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 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. It is 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.

Description

Games Description The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
599		Klink	Steel		Steel	48			48
600		Klang	Steel		Steel	52			52
601		Klinklang	Steel		Steel	54			54
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 Type Obtained with 0649 Genesect Bug Steel Movie Genesect Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

Language Title French Chgt Vitesse* Changement Vitesse* German Gangwechsel Italian Cambiomarcia Korean 기어체인지 Gear Change Brazilian Portuguese Troca de Engrenagem Spanish Cambiomarcha

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