Black Belt (item)

Not to be confused with Expert Belt.

The Black Belt (Japanese: くろおび Black Obi), formatted Blackbelt in Generation II, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fighting-type moves.

Black Belt くろおび Black Obi

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750 ZA $4,980 $750

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Fighting-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Fighting-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description GSC Boosts fighting-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColoXD A hold item that boosts Fighting-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A belt that boosts determination and Fighting-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a belt that boosts determination and Fighting-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This belt helps the wearer to focus and boosts the power of Fighting-type moves. SVZA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This belt helps with focus and boosts the power of the holder's Fighting-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Lake of RageWe RSE Route 115 (held by Black Belt Nob's Machamp from the fourth rematch onward) FRLG Fighting Dojo (held by Black Belt Hideki, Hitoshi, Mike, Aaron, and Koichi's Pokémon) Viridian Gym (held by Black Belt Kiyo, Atsushi, and Takashi's Pokémon) Victory Road (held by Black Belt Daisuke's Pokémon) Route 15 (held by Crush Kin Ron & Mya's Pokémon) Sevault Canyon (held by Crush Girl Cyndy's Pokémon) Kindle Road (from the first rematch onward, held by Crush Girl Tanya and Sharon, Crush Kin Mik & Kia, and Black Belt Hugh and Shea's Pokémon) Colo Held by Shadow Hitmontop XD Held by Shadow Hitmonlee DPPt Route 221 (one item per day) HGSS Lake of RageWe BW Challenger's Cave Held by wild Sawk and wild Throh (5% chance each) B2W2 Icirrus City Held by wild Sawk and wild Throh (5% chance each) DW* Rugged Mountain XY Reflection Cave Held by wild Sawk and wild Throh (5% chance each) ORAS Held by wild Makuhita, wild Sawk, and wild Throh (5% chance each) SMUSUM Ambush encounters (Hariyama in Poni PlainsSM) Held by wild Makuhita (5% chance) SwSh Route 9 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild SawkSw and wild ThrohSh (5% chance each) BDSP Route 221 (one item per day) Held by wild Makuhita (5% chance each) SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch) SVID Item Printer ZA Reward for completing Side Mission 058: Better to Detect Than to Protect Racine Construction

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In animation

A Black Belt in Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Black Belt appeared as an item Stephan had to find during the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	黑帶 Hāakdaai
	Mandarin	黑帶 / 黑带 Hēidài * 黑色帶子 Hēisè Dàizǐ *
Finnish		Musta vyö
French		Ceinture NoireVI+ Ceint.NoireII–V
German		Schwarzgurt
Italian		Cintura neraIX+ CinturaneraII–VIII
Korean		검은띠 Geomeun Tti
Polish		Czarny Pas
Brazilian Portuguese		Faixa Preta
Spanish	Latin America	Cinturón Negro
	Spain	Cinturón NegroVI+ Cint. NegroII–V

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – 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.