Life Orb

Life Orb いのちのたま Life Orb

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 30

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

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $100 SMUSUM N/A $2,000

Effect

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: In which games does the Life Orb boost the damage dealt by Future Sight/Doom Desire (other than Generation VI)? Does it deal damage to the user for these moves, and when?

Generation IV

Boosts the power of the holder's damaging moves by ~30% (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). It does not boost the damage for self-inflicted confusion damage or moves that deal direct damage, but the holder still takes damage when using direct damage moves.

If the holder uses a multi-strike move, it takes damage after the last strike. Future Sight and Doom Desire do not cause the user to take damage.

The Life Orb damages its holder without displaying any message.

It does not cause damage to the holder when hitting a substitute. Magic Guard prevents a Pokémon from taking damage from the Life Orb.

If a Pokémon steals a Life Orb with Thief or Covet, it will take damage for the use of that move that stole the Life Orb. If the holder uses Fling, then Life Orb boosts the power but doesn't damage the user. The Life Orb activates after the holder recovers HP with a draining move or takes damage from recoil and Rough Skin.

Generation V

The Life Orb now displays a message when it inflicts damage. If a Pokémon with Sheer Force uses a move boosted by the Ability, it does not take damage from Life Orb for that move.

If a Pokémon is holding a Life Orb when Future Sight or Doom Desire that it used inflicts damage (even if it was not holding the Life Orb when it used the move), it takes damage for the Life Orb.

The Life Orb activates before Pickpocket, so even if a Pokémon's held Life Orb is stolen by Pickpocket it still damages the attacking Pokémon for that move. The Life Orb activates after the holder takes damage from Iron Barbs and the Rocky Helmet.

Generation VI onward

The Life Orb does increase the damage dealt from Future Sight and Doom Desire.

If a Pokémon steals a Life Orb with Magician, it will take damage for the use of that move that stole the Life Orb.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the power of moves, but at the cost of some HP on each hit.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Stark Mountain HGSS Ruins of Alph BW Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (24 BP) Pokémon Dream Radar (Simulator α, Simulator γ) XY Battle Maison (48 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) Held by wild Absol (5% chance) SM Resolution Cave Battle Tree (48 BP) USUM Mount Lanakila Battle Tree (48 BP) SwSh Slumbering Weald Battle Tower (25 BP)

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 生命寶珠 Sāngmihng Bóujyū Mandarin 生命寶珠 / 生命宝珠 Shēngmìng Bǎozhū French Orbe Vie German Leben-Orb Italian Assorbisfera Korean 생명의구슬 Saengmyeong-ui Guseul Spanish Vidasfera

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII

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