Expert Belt

Not to be confused with Black Belt.

Expert Belt たつじんのおび Expert Obi

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket 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 Expert Belt (Japanese: たつじんのおび Expert Obi) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV that strengthens super effective attacks.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $30,000 $7,500

Effect

Boosts the damage of the holder's super effective moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of the holder's supereffective moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Route 221 (one item per day) HGSS Mt. Silver Cave PBR Shop (7200 Poké Coupons, after completing Masters Battle Set 1) BW Driftveil City Held by wild SawkB and wild ThrohW (1% chance each, dark grass only) B2W2 Route 19, Driftveil City Held by wild SawkB2 and wild Throh (1% chance each, dark grass only) XY Lumiose City (North Boulevard) ORAS Trick House (in the prize room after completing Puzzle 1) Battle Maison (48 BP) SMUSUM Seaward Cave Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) SwSh Turffield SwShIA Fields of Honor Cram-o-matic (Fighting: 92-100 points) BDSP Route 221 (one item per day) SV Dalizapa Passage (from a Pokémon League representative after defeating 4 Trainers in the area) Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period SV December 2023 Nintendo newsletter Expert Belt All December 26, 2023 to February 28, 2025

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period BWB2W2 Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Samurott Japanese June 26 to July 2, 2013 July 3 to 7, 2013 Seung Heon's Cresselia Korean August 24 to 25, 2013 XYORAS Pokémon EXPO Gym Zoroark Japanese November 19, 2015 to May 31, 2016 SwSh Hirofumi Kimura's East Sea Gastrodon All August 22 to 23, 2020

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

An Expert Belt in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

In Toasty!! Battle Against Toxapex, Sonia was revealed to have found an Expert Belt in Turffield after following the hints she received from a little girl. In Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant, she was revealed to have given it to Henry, who gave it to his Sirfetch'd, Lancelot, to hold during his Gym battle against Opal.

In the TCG

Expert Belt

Main article: Expert Belt (Arceus 87)

Expert Belt was introduced as a Pokémon Tool Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Diamond & Pearl Series (the Japanese DP Era) in the Arceus expansion.

The Pokémon this card is attached to gets +20 HP and that Pokémon's attacks do 20 more damage to the opposing Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). However, when the Pokémon this card is attached to is Knocked Out, the opponent takes 1 more Prize card.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 達人帶 Daahtyàhn Daai Mandarin 達人帶 / 达人带 Dárén Dài French Ceinture Pro German Expertengurt Italian Abilcintura Korean 달인의띠 Darinui Tti Spanish Cinta Experto* Cinta Xperto*

External links

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

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