Whats Better Life Orb or Choice Band?

Life Orb is generally the superior item to the power raising Choice items.
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Is Life Orb better than choice items?

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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Is life orb a good item?

Of course, the clear benefit of using Life Orb over Band or Specs is that the user can still switch moves. This makes the Life Orb a great item for offensive Pokémon that rely on coverage moves to break through the opposing team. However, a Life Orb user will lose about 10% of its HP every time it attacks.
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Is choice band Good Pokémon?

While the side effect can be costly, the Choice Band is a strong item that boost a Pokemon's Attack by 50%, equivalent of a +1 Attack boost. Some people might believe that the downside of Choice Band is not worth it.
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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 Dragapults best ability?

Infiltrator - Ignores Substitute, Safeguard, Light Screen, Reflect, Mist, Aurora Veil - This is a great ability overall and generally best option for Dragapult, as those are all very annoying support moves that could easily disrupt a team otherwise.
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What's the best Moveset for Dragapult?

The best moves for Dragapult are Dragon Tail and Shadow Ball when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.
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What Pokémon should I use Choice Band on?

Scizor. For Scizor, Choice Band is the reason why it has been the #1 Pokémon in usage for countless months. Scizor's powerful Choice Band-boosted U-turn has made it a staple for VoltTurn teams, and because U-turn switches out the user after it has landed, it lets Scizor avoid having to stay in and be locked into a move ...
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What does the life orb do in Pokémon?

The Life Orb (Japanese: いのちのたま Life Orb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It boosts the power of the holder's moves, but causes it to take damage when using damaging moves.
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How strong is Life Orb?

The Life Orb is an item that increases the Pokémon user's moves' power by 30%.
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How much HP does 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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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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How much does choice scarf raise speed?

Effect. When held by a Pokémon, it boosts the Pokémon's Speed by 50%, but only allows the use of the first move selected.
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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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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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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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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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What do choice bands do?

The Choice Band is a Generation III item that increases the holder's Attack by 50%. However, the holder is permitted to use only one move. Switching the Pokémon and then sending it out again allows you to choose a different attack but its effect will then be applied to that one.
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Does Choice Band reset when you switch out?

Choice scarf by itself does affect who Switches out first and who doesn't. However do remember, this will not affect your strategy in any way.
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Is choice scarf priority?

No. Choice Scarf snd Life Orb do not increse/decrease priority.
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Is Dragapult a sweeper?

Dragapult makes for a fairly effective Dynamax sweeper. This is in large part thanks to Steel Wing, which turns into the valuable Max Steelspike, which with Max Wyrmwind's Attack lowering, is perfect for getting Weakness Policy activated.
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Is Dragapult a pseudo legendary?

Dragapult (Japanese: ドラパルト Dorapult) is a dual-type Dragon/Ghost pseudo-legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII. It evolves from Drakloak starting at level 60. It is the final form of Dreepy.
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Can Ditto breed with Dragapult?

The parent which has it equipped will transfer its nature to the offspring. For example: If we give the Everstone to a Dragapult with an Adamant nature and we pair it with a Ditto running a Timid nature, the brood will be born with the first of them guaranteed.
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