Shift Gear (move)

Shift Gear
ギアチェンジ Gear Change
Shift Gear IX.png
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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
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Condition  Clever
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

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.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Shift Gear cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
BWB2W2
XYORAS
The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed.
SMUSUM
SwShLA
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.
SV The user rotates its gears, boosting its Attack stat and sharply boosting its Speed stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0599     Mineral Mineral 48 48 48 40
0600     Mineral Mineral 52 52 52 42
0601     Mineral Mineral 54 54 54 42
0801  
Magearna
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 1 48 48
0849  
Toxtricity
Amped Form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like 52 52
0966    
 
Mineral Mineral Evo.
0967    
 
Field Field 40
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    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDGtI - - 13 50 —% - User User -
SMD - - 13 30 —% - User User -
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:


Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Shift Gear could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Shift Gear could be seen as a move used by Boss Klinklang.

  Shift Gear
Charge time 1.42 seconds
Range type Circular (self)
Target Self
Additional effect Raises the user's Attack

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


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

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

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 換檔 Huàndǎng *
换挡 Huàndǎng *
换档 Huàndàng *
  French Change-VitesseIX+
Chgt VitesseVVIII
  German Gangwechsel
  Italian Cambiomarcia
  Korean 기어체인지 Gi-eocheinji
  Brazilian Portuguese Troca de Marcha
  Spanish Cambio de MarchaVI+
CambiomarchaV
  Vietnamese Thay Bánh Răng


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.