How much does Life Orb add?

One of the most popular damage-increasing items is Life Orb. It increases the damage dealt by any attacking move by 30%, making it much more flexible than the Choice items.
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How much does Life Orb boost BDSP?

1 Answer. It boosts your power by 30%.
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How much health does the Life Orb take?

Life Orb will do 1 damage if your Pokémon has between 1 and 19 HP, it will do 2 damage if your Pokémon has between 20 and 29 HP, and so on (n for [n*10, n*10+9] HP).
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How effective is Life Orb?

The Life Orb powers up an attack by 30%, which is significantly weaker than the 50% boost from Choice Band and Choice Specs. Of course, the clear benefit of using Life Orb over Band or Specs is that the user can still switch moves.
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Does Life Orb increase special attack?

1 Answer. >Whenever a Pokemon holding a Life Orb successfully uses a damaging attack, that attack deals 1.3x its normal damage, rounded down, and the attacker loses 1/10 of their maximum HP, even if the opponent is behind a Substitute.
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How much damage does Life Orb do to yourself?

Boosts the damage dealt by the holder's damaging moves by 30% (in Generation V onward, this boost is instead approximated as 5324/4096), but the holder takes damage equal to 10% of its maximum HP after it uses a damaging move (rounded down, but not less than 1).
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Whats Better Life Orb or Choice Band?

Life Orb is generally the superior item to the power raising Choice items.
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Does Life Orb work with Sheer Force?

Other effects are not negated this way; therefore, if a Pokémon with Sheer Force holding a Life Orb uses a move boosted by Sheer Force, it will gain the passive damage boost (because it isn't a secondary effect of the move nor is it on the list of skipped effects), but the Pokémon will not be damaged by the Life Orb.
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Who should use Life Orb?

Common Sheer Force users, such as Landorus, Darmanitan, Nidoking and Conkeldurr all usually run Life Orb, because it's essentially a Choice boost with no recoil and the freedom to alternate moves, without an HP drawback.
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Does Rock Head affect Life Orb?

Rock Head does not affect other kinds of damage, such as crash damage, damage from a Life Orb, or damage from a Jaboca or Rowap Berry. Rock Head does not prevent the user from fainting from using moves that cause the user to faint.
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Why does sheer force negate Life Orb?

If a move is boosted by the effect of Sheer Force, item effects or Abilities that trigger after attacking are no longer applied. If an item has two effects, only the one related to the attack will be negated. Therefore, a Life Orb will give the passive damage boost but not the recoil effect.
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Is expert belt a good item?

It is a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves. An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves.
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Does Life Orb work with Magic guard?

Magic Guard prevents the damage inflicted by a Life Orb, but the holder still gains the power boost.
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Does Life Orb affect dynamax?

Items. Game Freak has confirmed that items are in fact usable during Dynamax. For example, Dynamaxed Pokémon can use Life Orb just fine.
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What is the best item in Pokémon Showdown?

To better showcase this, the following list has been updated and includes even more entries for the best held items in Pokemon.
  1. 1 Leftovers.
  2. 2 Mega Stones. ...
  3. 3 Assault Vest. ...
  4. 4 Sitrus Berry. ...
  5. 5 Life Orb. ...
  6. 6 Elemental Gems. ...
  7. 7 Zoom Lens. ...
  8. 8 Expert Belt. ...
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What does Flame Orb do?

The Flame Orb is a battle item that causes the Pokemon holding it to become burned. This burn functions just like a normal burn, dealing damage at the end of every turn and halving your Attack stat. Check Out Other Battle Items & Their Locations Here!
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What does the toxic orb do?

It is a bizarre orb that badly poisons the holder in battle. The Toxic Orb is an item introduced in Generation IV. The holder of this item will become badly poisoned after one turn. It can be purchased for 16 BP at the Battle Frontier and Battle Subway.
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How do I get Life Orb brilliant diamond?

Life Orb is available for purchase at the Battle Tower for 25 BP. You need to beat Cynthia and become the champion before getting access to the Battle Tower, where you can earn BP.
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Does overcoat block spore?

Overcoat now also protects from powder and spore moves, as well as Effect Spore.
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Is Brave Bird affected by Sheer Force?

EVs and Nature:

Brave Bird again is your Flying stab as well as one of the only moves that doesn't make use of Sheer Force, therefore having Life Orb recoil.
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How much does muscle band increase?

Muscle Band is an item introduced in Generation IV that raises the holder's physical moves' power by 10%. Its special attack counterpart is the Wise Glasses.
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Is Life Orb Dragapult good?

Because Dragapult can use both Physical and Special moves, it's the ideal user for a Life Orb. This build goes in favor of physical attacks, but building Dragapult around a special moveset is also a valid option. As Dragapult is a tad unreliable defensively, using a Focus Sash is also a good choice.
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What is a choice scarf?

Power. 10. The Choice Scarf (Japanese: こだわりスカーフ Fixation Scarf) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It boosts the holder's Speed, but locks it into only using one move. It has two counterparts that boost different stats: Choice Band and Choice Specs.
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Is Life Orb one time use?

Every time it is used, the user loses some of its HP. The Life Orb can be found in Stark Mountain. When user uses it after a battle with a trainer, the Pokémon's health and moves will be restored. But, this can be done only once.
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