Absorb Bulb

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

The Absorb Bulb (Japanese: きゅうこん Bulb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation V.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	N/A	$100
SM	N/A	$2,000

Effect

If the holder is hit by a Water-type damaging move, it consumes the Absorb Bulb and its Special Attack is increased by one stage.

It is not consumed if the holder already has +6 Special Attack stat stages (unless its Ability is Contrary, in which case it won't activate if the holder has -6 Special Attack stat stages). It is not consumed if the holder is unaffected by the Water-type move due to its Ability (such as Storm Drain) or is protected from the Water-type move.

If multiple Pokémon each holding an Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss are hit by a Water-type move at once, each hit Pokémon will consume their Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss before Symbiosis transfers any item (including these items).

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	A consumable bulb. If the holder is hit by a Water-type move, its Sp. Atk will rise.
XY ORAS SM	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Sp. Atk if hit with a Water-type attack. It can only be used once.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
BW		Battle Subway (32BP)
B2W2		Battle Subway/PWT (16BP) Held by wild Roselia (1% chance) (Dark grass only)
XY		Battle Maison (32BP)
ORAS		Battle Maison (32BP) Held by wild Oddish (5% chance) and Gloom (5% chance)
SM		Held by wild Cottonee (5% chance) and Petilil (5% chance)

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	球根 Kàuhgān
Chinese	Mandarin	球根 Qiúgēn
French		Bulbe
German		Knolle
Italian		Bulbo
Korean		구근 Gugeun
Spanish		Tubérculo

External links

On Smogon's Itemdex:
On Eevee's Itemdex

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