Choice Band

Choice Band こだわりハチマキ Fixation Headband

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10

The Choice Band (Japanese: こだわりハチマキ Fixation Headband) is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It boosts the holder's Attack, but locks it into only using one move. It has two counterparts that boost different stats: Choice Scarf and Choice Specs.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $100,000 $25,000

Effect

When held by a Pokémon, it boosts the Pokémon's Attack by 50%, but only allows the use of the first move selected. This effect resets when the holder is withdrawn.

Generation III

The Choice Band's Attack boost also applies to confusion damage.

Generation IV

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, due to a glitch, if a Pokémon uses U-turn and switches into a Pokémon holding a Choice Band that also knows U-turn, that Pokémon will be locked into U-turn. This was fixed in subsequent games.

Generation V to VI

From Generation V onward, if a Pokémon is already locked into a move due to a held Choice Band, if the held Choice Band is removed while its effect is negated, the Pokémon will be affected by the Choice item lock glitch.

The Choice Band no longer boosts confusion damage.

Generation VII

If a Pokémon holding a Choice Band uses a move other than the one it's locked into (such as through Instruct or Dancer), the move will fail and no PP will be deducted.

Generation VIII

If a Pokémon holding a Choice Band Dynamaxes, the item will temporarily have no effect; the stat boost will be disabled, and the Pokémon will no longer be subject to move locks. After the Dynamax ends, the stat boost is restored, and any previous move lock will be re-enabled.

Description

Games Description RSE ColoXD Raises a move's power, but permits only that move. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It powers up one move, which becomes the only usable one. DPPtHGSS An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband ups Attack, but allows the use of only one kind of move. BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband ups Attack, but allows the use of only one of its moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This curious headband boosts Attack but only allows the use of one move. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This curious headband boosts the holder's Attack stat but only allows the use of a single move.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Battle Tower (35+ win streak)RS/Battle Frontier (64 BP)E FRLG Trade Colo Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons) XD Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons) DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP) HGSS Battle Frontier (48 BP) PW Winner's Path BW Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (24 BP) XYORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) SMUSUM Battle Tree (48 BP) SwSh Route 2 Battle Tower (25 BP) BDSP Battle Park (25 BP) SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after completing the main storyline)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period S CoroCoro Rockruff Enhancement items Japanese December 15, 2016 to February 14, 2017

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period RS Campaign 6 Machamp United States August 21 to 27, 2004 B2W2 Strongest Class Single Battle Metagross Japanese September 15 to October 28, 2012 Strongest Class Metagross Korean February 24 to May 5, 2013 BWB2W2 Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Torterra Japanese June 5 to 11, 2013 July 3 to 7, 2013 AS Shigeki Morimoto's Bouffalant PAL August 5, 2015 to January 22, 2016 XYORAS Dahara City Groudon Japan June 20 to August 31, 2015 June 27 to 28, 2015 Dahara City Groudon Korean November 20, 2015 to January 31, 2016 SV Alex Gómez Berna's Dragapult All November 17 to 20, 2023

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

A Choice Band in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

Emerald rented a Linoone holding a Choice Band from the Battle Factory in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming. It was used to strengthen its Frustration in some of its matches. This item later proved to be instrumental in taking down Noland's Mawile, when Linoone used Trick to switch items with Mawile.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In Deduction Time, Hugh had his Pidove use Bestow to pass a Choice Band on to a Team Plasma Grunt's Klang, locking it into using Protect and thus preventing it from attacking.

In the TCG

Choice Band

The following is a list of cards featuring the Choice Band in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Choice Band	I	Guardians Rising		121/145	Enhanced Expansion Pack Sun & Moon		049/051
					SM-P Promotional cards		040/SM-P
		Burning Shadows		162/147	Facing a New Trial		064/049
					GX Battle Boost		101/114
					Ultra Force		043/050
					Forbidden Light		084/094
					Sky-Splitting Charisma		086/096
					Thunderclap Spark		054/060
					Super-Burst Impact		084/095
		Yellow A Alternate cards		121a/145	Tag Bolt		094/095
Hop's Choice Band	PT				Battle Partners		092/100

Trivia

Pikachu alternate costume with a Choice Band

• One of Pikachu's alternate costumes in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U shows Pikachu wearing a Choice Band on its head.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 講究頭帶 Gónggau Tàuhdaai Mandarin 講究頭帶 / 讲究头带 Jiǎngjiù Tóudài * 限定招式的頭布 Xiàndìng Zhāoshì-de Tóubù * 限定招式的头巾 Xiàndìng Zhāoshì-de Tóujīn * French Bandeau Choix* Band. Choix* German Wahlband Italian Bendascelta Korean 구애머리띠 Guae Meoritti Brazilian Portuguese Faixa da Escolha Spanish Cinta Elección* Cinta Elegida* Cin. Elegida* Vietnamese Băng đầu cố chấp

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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