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 Macho Brace III Doubles any effort values the Pokémon holding it gets.
Power Anklet Power Anklet IV A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Speed EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
Power Band Power Band IV A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Special Defense EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
Power Belt Power Belt IV A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Defense EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
Power Bracer Power Bracer IV A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Attack EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
Power Lens Power Lens IV A Pokémon holding this item gains 8 Special Attack EVs whenever it gains experience in battle
Power Weight 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 EV-enhancing 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 VIII the Macho Brace was only available once per game in a random location.

Artwork

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

Dream Macho Brace Sprite.png
Macho Brace
Dream Power Weight Sprite.png Dream Power Bracer Sprite.png Dream Power Belt Sprite.png
Power Weight Power Bracer Power Belt
Dream Power Lens Sprite.png Dream Power Band Sprite.png Dream Power Anklet Sprite.png
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



Held items
In-battle effect items
BerriesColored orbsDrivesPower items
Experience-affecting itemsGemsIncenseMega StonesMemoriesPlates
Stat-enhancing itemsType-enhancing itemsZ-Crystals
Out-of-battle effect items
Power itemsIncenseMailScarves


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