Is Klinklang Good in Sword & Shield Playthrough?
Klinklang's 100 Attack and 90 Speed are workable, and Gear Grind hits twice. Steel type handles Opal's Fairy gym and resists most of Raihan's coverage. The level 49 evolution means it barely arrives before the Champion Cup. Passable if you've committed this far, but Excadrill and Ferrothorn fill Steel roles better.
Milo's typing presses Klink's defenses.
Klink trades roughly evenly with Nessa's team.
Kabu's team hits Klink's weaknesses hard.
Bea's team hits Klink's weaknesses hard.
Klink trades roughly evenly with Opal's team.
Klang has the type edge here and should clean up Gordie's team.
Piers's team hits Klang's weaknesses hard.
Raihan's team hits Klang's weaknesses hard.
Klinklang trades roughly evenly with Bede's team.
Leon's team hits Klinklang's weaknesses hard.
Catch Klink on Dappled Grove (walking, Lv 11-15). Snowstorm.
Your Klink should hit Level 38 before you reach Gordie, at typical leveling pace.
Your Klang should hit Level 49 before you reach Bede, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Klinklang in Sword & Shield
Klinklang appears at high spawn rates across 2 spots in endgame routes. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
Where To Catch Klinklang in SwSh
Klink is your first catch on the way to Klinklang. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 7-58 across 40 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Catch KlinkWest Lake AxewellLv.7-11CaveRate 40%SnowstormSouth Lake MilochLv.11-13GrassRate 40%SnowstormWest Lake AxewellLv.8-14OverworldRate 25%SnowstormSouth Lake MilochLv.14-16OverworldRate 25%SnowstormDappled GroveLv.11-15GrassRate 20%SnowstormRoute 3Lv.8-13GrassRate 9%All WeatherNorth Lake MilochLv.26-28OverworldRate 25%SnowstormHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%Normal WeatherHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%SnowstormHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%RainingHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%Heavy FogHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%Intense SunHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%SnowingHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%OvercastHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%SandstormHammerlocke HillsLv.28-30GrassRate 10%ThunderstormAxew's EyeLv.35-40GrassRate 40%Snowstorm
Step 2Catch or Evolve KlangDusty BowlLv.40-45GrassRate 30%SnowstormRoute 10 - Near StationLv.43-46GrassSwordRate 30%All WeatherRoute 10 - Near StationLv.44-49GrassShieldRate 30%All Weatheror evolve from Klink (Step 1)
Step 3Klinklang ✓Lake of OutrageLv.55-58OverworldRate 30%Snowstormor evolve from Klang (Step 2)
Klinklang Weakness
Fire, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Klinklang for super-effective damage. The upside? Poison-type moves can't touch it at all. With 10 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Klinklang's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
What is Klinklang Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Klinklang
 Pancham Fighting | D | |
 Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Mudbray builds →Bulldoze 2x50-60% Rock Smash 2x25-30% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Machop Fighting | C | |
 Diggersby NormalGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Diggersby builds →Mud Shot 2x37-45% Double Kick 2x13-17% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hitmonlee builds →Brick Break 2x69-81% Blaze Kick 2x50-60% | ||
 Stunfisk GroundElectric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Stunfisk builds →Mud Shot 2x47-56% Revenge 2x24-29% | ||
Pancham Fighting | D | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Mudbray builds →Bulldoze 2x47-56% Rock Smash 2x21-26% | ||
 Sawk Fighting | C | |
 Throh Fighting | C | |
Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hitmonlee builds →Brick Break 2x66-78% Blaze Kick 2x51-60% | ||
Stunfisk GroundElectric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Stunfisk builds →Mud Shot 2x45-55% Revenge 2x23-29% | ||
Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
 Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x99-117%KO Dig 2x44-52% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x89-105%KO Dig 2x34-40% | ||
Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hitmonlee builds →Close Combat 2x104-123%KO Blaze Kick 2x51-60% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Sawk builds →Brick Break 2x68-81% Dig 2x49-58% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x99-117%KO Dig 2x45-53% | ||
Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x91-109%KO Dig 2x33-40% | ||
Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hitmonlee builds →Close Combat 2x104-123%KO Blaze Kick 2x50-59% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Sawk builds →Brick Break 2x70-83% Dig 2x50-59% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Fire Punch 2x73-86% Hammer Arm 2x64-77% Dig 2x53-63% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Excadrill builds →Dig 2x77-91% Brick Break 2x49-57% | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x95-112%KO Dig 2x43-50% | ||
Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x89-104%KO Dig 2x32-38% | ||
 Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x63-76% Bulldoze 2x35-42% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x118-140%KO Hammer Arm 2x66-78% Dig 2x53-63% | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x98-115%KO Dig 2x43-52% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Excadrill builds →Dig 2x76-90% Brick Break 2x48-57% | ||
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hitmonchan builds →Focus Punch 2x117-138%KO Fire Punch 2x39-47% Bulldoze 2x33-38% | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x83-98% Fire Fang 2x37-43% Revenge 2x33-40% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x119-141%KO Hammer Arm 2x66-78% Dig 2x53-63% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x98-115%KO Dig 2x44-52% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Excadrill builds →Dig 2x78-92% Brick Break 2x49-58% | ||
 Hawlucha Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Hawlucha builds →High Jump Kick 2x92-108%KO Dig 2x38-45% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x119-141%KO Superpower 2x79-94% Dig 2x53-63% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
 Torkoal Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Torkoal builds →Eruption 2x126-149%KO Stomping Tantrum 2x33-39% | ||
 Turtonator FireDragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Turtonator builds →Shell Trap 2x134-157%KO Focus Blast 2x71-84% Stomping Tantrum 2x31-37% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x96-114%KO Brick Break 2x49-57% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x119-141%KO Superpower 2x79-94% Earthquake 2x67-79% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Torkoal Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Torkoal builds →Eruption 2x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x44-52% | ||
Turtonator FireDragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Turtonator builds →Shell Trap 2x134-157%KO Earthquake 2x41-49% Focus Blast 2x71-84% | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Poliwrath builds →Close Combat 2x86-102%KO Earthquake 2x49-57% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x119-141%KO Superpower 2x79-94% Earthquake 2x67-79% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Torkoal Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Torkoal builds →Eruption 2x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x44-52% | ||
Turtonator FireDragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Turtonator builds →Shell Trap 2x134-157%KO Earthquake 2x41-49% Focus Blast 2x71-84% | ||
Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Poliwrath builds →Close Combat 2x86-102%KO Earthquake 2x49-57% | ||
In Sword & Shield, Arcanine can KO Klinklang with Flare Blitz (109-128%). Lucario threatens a KO with Close Combat (141-166%). Excadrill's Earthquake also KOs at 105-124%.
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemRocky Helmet NatureHasty Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Arcanine builds →Extreme Speed12-14% Flare Blitz 2x109-128%KO Flamethrower 2x78-92% | ||
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityInnerfocus ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Lucario builds →Extreme Speed16-19% Close Combat 2x141-166%KO Aura Sphere 2x91-108%KO | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandrush ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Klinklang View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Rapid Spin9-10% | ||
Klinklang Evolutions
End of the line. Klinklang caps a three-stage chain that started at Klink. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs are average hatch time. Speed grew the most through evolution (+60 over Klink), and Klinklang peaks at 520 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Klinklang is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Klink eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlySwSh Klinklang Best Moveset
Steel TermStab at 100 Attack with MoveShift Gear for +2 Speed and +1 Attack setup. 90 Speed after one boost outruns most of the format. AbilityClear Body prevents stat manipulation. The moveset sets up and attacks. E-tier because Steel coverage alone is too narrow and 60 HP limits survivability.
Best Build
Klinklang best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Gear Grind
- Shift Gear
- Substitute
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Klinklang picks up Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add Normal and Electric coverage and more, but the foundation's already strong by then.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
From its spikes, it launches powerful blasts of electricity. Its red core contains an enormous amount of energy.
The three gears that compose this Pokémon spin at high speed. Its new spiked gear isn’t a living creature.
Klinklang Sword & Shield Guide
For Sword & Shield, we rate Klinklang C-Tier: a niche pick in Sword & Shield's meta. At 520 BST, it fits the pivot role. Geargrind with Leftovers is the standard set.
Plus increases Special Attack to 1.5× when a friendly Pokémon has plus or minus. That's the one you want on Klinklang. Clear Body is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses. Minus works too if your team needs something different.
Base 90 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Klinklang is a physical attacker with base 100 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a pivot.
In Sword & Shield, run Geargrind, Shiftgear, Substitute, and Toxic on Klinklang. Geargrind is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the pivot role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Klinklang joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 7 titles so far. With 6 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves