Muscle Band

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Muscle Band
ちからのハチマキ
Power Headband
Bag Muscle Band Sprite.png
Muscle Band
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VIII Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Generation IX Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Fling
Power 10

The Muscle Band (Japanese: ちからのハチマキ Power Headband) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It boosts the power of the holder's physical moves.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $100
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $2,000
SV $8,000 $2,000

Effect

Boosts the power of the holder's physical moves by 10%.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a headband that slightly boosts the power of physical moves.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA
An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband exudes strength, slightly boosting the power of physical moves.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband exudes strength, slightly boosting the power of the holder's physical moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP)
HGSS Purchased by the player's Mom Battle Frontier (48 BP)
BW Event Battle Subway (48 BP)
B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (8 BP)
XYORAS Battle Maison (48 BP)
SMUSUM Konikoni CitySM, Route 10USUM Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)
SwSh Hammerlocke
SwShIA Challenge Road Cram-o-matic (Fighting: 32-40 points)
BDSP Battle Park (48 BP)
SV Cascarrafa Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
SV Summer training support sets Japan July 22 to September 30, 2023
As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
BW Ash's Scraggy Japanese January 28 to February 10, 2011
Ash's Scraggy Korean June 28 to July 17, 2011
Pokémon Center Tohoku Snivy Japanese December 4 to 18, 2011

Gallery

Artwork

Bag Muscle Band SV Sprite.png
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Muscle Band in Pokémon UNITE

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, the Muscle Band is a held item that causes the user to deal additional damage with basic attacks based on the target's remaining HP (with 0.35s cooldown for each target) and increases their Attack and Attack Speed. The damage increase is 1/2/3% of the target's remaining HP, but no more than 120/240/360, at grades 1, 10, and 20 respectively. Attack and Attack Speed is increased by 1 and 0% at Grade 1 and by 15 and 7.5% at Grade 30.

In the TCG

Muscle Band
Main article: Muscle Band (XY 121)

Muscle Band was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English XY Series (the Japanese XY Era) in the XY expansion.

The attacks of the Pokémon Muscle Band is attached to do 20 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Additionally, a Muscle Band appeared in the artwork of Pikachu (BW-P Promo 120).

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 力量頭帶 Lihkleuhng Tàuhdaai
Mandarin 力量頭帶 / 力量头带 Lìliàng Tóudài
France Flag.png French Band. Muscle*
Bandeau Muscle*
Germany Flag.png German Muskelband
Italy Flag.png Italian Muscolbanda
South Korea Flag.png Korean 힘의머리띠 Himui Meoritti
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Faixa Musculosa
Russia Flag.png Russian Мускульная Повязка Muskul'naya Povyazka
Spain Flag.png Spanish Cinta Fuerte

External links



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