Held item
Held item is an item a Pokémon carries into battle for a passive or triggered effect
Each Pokémon holds at most one item. Leftovers restores one sixteenth of maximum HP each turn. Choice Band, from Ruby and Sapphire, raises Attack by 1.5 times and locks the holder into its first move.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation II, Gold and Silver.
3 later changes
- Diamond and Pearl added Life Orb, Choice Specs and Choice Scarf, and the moves Fling and Natural Gift.
- X and Y added Mega Stones as held items.
- Sun and Moon added Z-Crystals as held items.
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- 11 timesGold and Silver: Johto, 100 new species and a real-time clock
- 6 timesCrystal: Johto with Suicune, a Battle Tower and a choice of player
- 4 timesFireRed and LeafGreen: Kanto rebuilt on Generation III rules
- 4 timesLegends: Arceus: surveying Hisui before Sinnoh had a name
- 2 timesRed and Blue: Kanto, 151 species and the Elite Four
- 2 timesComing back after leaving during Generation II
- onceType charts: why the printed multiplier is not the whole battle
- onceOmega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: Hoenn remade on 3DS with the Delta Episode
- oncePlatinum: Sinnoh with the Distortion World and a five-facility Battle Frontier
- onceX and Y: Kalos, Mega Evolution and the Fairy type on Nintendo 3DS
- onceComing back after leaving during Generation I