Shift Gear (move)

Move data

Type Steel
Category Status  Status
Power
Accuracy
PP 10  (max. 16)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 5

Effects

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

Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages each.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Steelium Z and uses its Z-Power, Shift Gear turns into Z-Shift Gear and eliminates any stat drops applied to the user, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets the user.

Other languages

English Shift Gear
Japanese ギアチェンジ (Gear Change)
German Gangwechsel
French Changement Vitesse
Italian Cambiomarcia
Spanish Cambio de Marcha
Korean 기어체인지
Chinese (Simplified) 换档
Chinese (Traditional) 換檔

Game descriptions

Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack and sharply raising its Speed.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack stat and sharply raising its Speed stat.
Sword​/​Shield The user rotates its gears, raising its Attack stat and sharply raising its Speed stat.
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user rotates its gears, boosting its Attack stat and sharply boosting its Speed stat.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Shift Gear at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Magearna Magearna
#0801 / Steel · Fairy
Level 48
Toxtricity (Amped Form) Toxtricity
Amped Form
#0849 / Electric · Poison
Level 52
Cyclizar Cyclizar
#0967 / Dragon · Normal
Level 40

Learnt upon evolution

Revavroom Revavroom
#0966 / Steel · Poison