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  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch 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  [[{{{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 Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V. It is one of the signature moves of Klink's evolutionary family.

Effect

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

Shift Gear cannot raise a stat that has reached a level +6 or a value of 999.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0599 Klink Steel 48 0600 Klang Steel 50 0601 Klinklang Steel 54 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

• French: Chgt Vitesse
• German: Gangwechsel
• Greek: Αλλαγή Ταχύτητας
• Italian: Cambiomarcia
• Spanish: Cambiomarcha

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