Power item

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Power items are held items that enhance the EVs gained when a Pokémon is defeated. All of them halve the Speed of the Pokémon holding them in battle.

Types of Power items

	Name	Debut Gen.	Effect
	Macho Brace	III	Doubles any effort values the Pokémon holding it gets.
	Power Anklet	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Speed EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
	Power Band	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Special Defense EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
	Power Belt	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Defense EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
	Power Bracer	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Attack EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
	Power Lens	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Special Attack EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
	Power Weight	IV	A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 HP EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
All details are accurate to Generation VIII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual items's page.

In the core series games

Mechanics

For Generation IV to Generation VII, the Power items only granted four extra EVs when the Pokémon holding it gained experience and from Generation VIII this was increased to eight.

These items' effects are doubled by the effect of Pokérus. For example, if a Chikorita with Pokérus that holds a Power Lens defeats a Haunter, that Chikorita would gain 20 EV points in Special Attack. Two would be from defeating the Haunter, eight would come from the Power Lens, and the remaining ten would be from the Pokérus's doubling effect. However, a Pokémon holding the Exp. Share will not gain any of these boosts, and unless already infected with Pokérus, will only receive the base EV yield of the defeated Pokémon. In Generation VI, the Exp. Share was made into a Key Item, meaning that Pokémon who receive experience from the Exp. Share can also take advantage of any held Power items.

From Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver onward, if they are held by either parent in the Pokémon Day Care, that parent passes down its IV in that respective stat; HP for Power Weight, Attack for Power Bracer, and so on.

Acquisition

The majority of the Power items are found within the Battle Facility present in each game for Battle Points. Up until Generation VI the Macho Brace was only available once per game in a random location; it was unobtainable throughout Generation VII and made available in Hammerlocke with the other Power items for repeated purchase in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Artwork

These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Dream World.

	Macho Brace
Power Weight	Power Bracer	Power Belt
Power Lens	Power Band	Power Anklet

In the anime

A Macho Brace in the anime

In Under the Pledging Tree!, a set of Macho Braces was one of the items offered to Ash by a market vendor in Coumarine City after Ash had wondered out loud what presents he should buy for an upcoming festival.

Trivia

• In The Path to the Pokémon League, A.J.'s Pokémon are shown to wear something called a "Strength Intensifier" which looks like a Macho Brace.

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.