Light Ball

The Light Ball (Japanese: でんきだま Electric Orb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It boosts the stats of a Pikachu that holds it.

Light Ball でんきだま Electric Orb

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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 Effect Paralyzes the target

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $500 SV N/A $250

Effect

Generations II and III

If held by a Pikachu, or a Pokémon transformed into one, it doubles its Special Attack. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, being transformed does not apply this benefit.

Generation IV

If held by a Pikachu, or a Pokémon transformed into one, it doubles the power of its moves.

Generation V onward

If held by a Pikachu, or a Pokémon transformed into one, it doubles both its Attack and Special Attack. It is compatible with Cosplay Pikachu, Pikachu in a cap, and Gigantamax Pikachu.

Outside of battle

Pokémon Emerald onward

If held by either parent of a Pichu when the Egg is produced, the Pichu that hatches will know the move Volt Tackle. From Generation VI onward, if a Pichu knows Volt Tackle this way (and was bred in Generation VI onward), it can be taught Volt Tackle again at the Move Reminder if it forgets the move.

Description

Games Description GSC An odd, electrical orb. (HOLD) RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Pikachu. FRLG An orb to be held by a Pikachu that raises the Sp. Atk stat. Touching it may cause a shock. DP An item to be held by Pikachu. It is a puzzling orb that raises the Sp. Atk stat. PtHGSS An item to be held by Pikachu. It is a puzzling orb that raises the Attack and Sp. Atk stat. BWB2W2 An item to be held by Pikachu. It is a puzzling orb that raises the Attack and Sp. Atk stat. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by Pikachu. It's a puzzling orb that boosts its Attack and Sp. Atk stats. SV An item to be held by Pikachu. It's a mysterious orb that boosts Pikachu’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats. Champs When held by a Pikachu, doubles the holder's Attack and Sp. Atk.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Held by the Pikachu received in Pokémon Yellow if traded to Generation II RSE Event Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) FRLG Event Trade Colo Held by Colosseum Pikachu (Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc)JP XD Trade DPPt Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) HGSS Mt. Silver Cave (held by Red's Pikachu) Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) PW Yellow Forest PBR Held by Secret Gift Pikachu BWB2W2 Event XY Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) ORAS Route 120 Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) SMUSUM Resolution Cave Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) SwSh Event Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Electric: 82-90 points) BDSP Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) SV Held by 7★ Tera Raid Pikachu (Poké Portal News) Held by wild Pikachu (5% chance) ZA Rouge Sector 1 (reward for completing Side Mission 107: "The World's Greatest Pikachu")

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period SwSh Cramorant Max Raid Battle items All February 10 to 28, 2021

As a held item

For Pokémon distributed in Generation I games, the Pokémon must be traded to a Generation II game for the item to appear.

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period RBY Nintendo Power Pikachu North America October to November 1, 1999 RSEFRLG All Nippon Airways Pikachu Japanese December 5 to 25, 2004 Yokohama Pikachu Japanese March 19 to April 3, 2005 GW Pikachu Japanese April 25 to May 8, 2005 Sapporo Pikachu Japanese July 1 to August 21, 2005 Party of the Decade Pokémon United States August 8, 2006 Top 10 Distribution English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Various DP 2007 TCG World Championships Pikachu United States August 10 to 12, 2007 McDonald's Pikachu Japanese May 30 to June 19, 2008 Nintendo Zone Pikachu United States November 17 to December 31, 2008 DPPt Character Fair Pikachu Korean July 24 to 26, 2009 DPPtHGSS Ario Pikachu Japanese November 21 to 23, 2009 Ash's Pikachu Japanese July 15 to August 10, 2010 Nintendo Zone Pikachu Germany July 31 to August 27, 2010 7-Eleven Pikachu Japanese August 20 to September 5, 2010 Ash's Pikachu United States, Canada January 30 to February 13, 2011 February 9 to 20, 2011 Ash's Pikachu Korean February 1 to 28, 2011 BW Singing Pikachu Japanese July 30 to September 4, 2011 Pikachu Festival Pikachu Japanese March 23 to April 8, 2012 Pika Pika Carnival Pikachu English, Japanese May 11 to 20, 2012 Summer Carnival Pikachu Korean July 14 to August 29, 2012 2012 World Championships Pikachu United States August 12, 2012 Summer 2012 Pikachu English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Various BWB2W2 Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Pikachu Japanese May 29 to June 4, 2013 July 3 to 7, 2013 Strongest Class Pikachu Hong Kong, Taiwan July 26 to 30, 2013 August 15 to 20, 2013 XY Atsuto Uchida Pikachu Japan June 15, 2014 ORAS PGL Pikachu All September 1 to October 29, 2015 Pokémon Center Online Pikachu Japanese February 16 to August 31, 2016 XYORAS 7-Eleven Ash's Pikachu Japanese July 18 to September 30, 2015 Pokémon Center Ash's Pikachu Japanese August 24 to 30, 2015 Pika Pika Pokémon Spa Pikachu Korean July 2 to September 30, 2016 SwSh Ash's World Cap Pikachu All October 30 to November 30, 2020 Game Freak's Singing Pikachu All February 25 to March 25, 2021 Ash's World Cap Pikachu Japan August 11 to September 30, 2022

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Light Ball in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Light Ball is a Friendship Item that is received as a reward after beating the Friend League. It summons Pikachu as a helper Pokémon.

In the TCG

Light Ball in the TCG

Main article: Light Ball (Ascended Heroes 191)

Light Ball is introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Mega Evolution Series (the Japanese MEGA Series). It was first released in the Japanese MEGA Dream ex subset before debuting in the English Ascended Heroes expansion, with artwork by Studio Bora Inc. Like its video game counterpart, the Light Ball card benefits the Pikachu ex it is attached to, making its attacks do 50 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokémon ex.

Trivia

• Because Pikachu cannot be found in the wild in Unova, Thief and similar moves no longer permanently steal items held by Trainers' Pokémon from Generation V onward, and Poké Transfer does not transfer held items, the Light Ball cannot be obtained in Generation V outside of events. However, it is coded to be an item held by wild Pikachu, with a 1%*^BW/5%^B2W2 probability.

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		でんきだま Denki Dama
Chinese	Cantonese	電氣球 Dihnhei Kàuh
	Mandarin	電氣球 / 电气球 Diànqì Qiú
French		Balle LumièreVI+ BallelumièreIV–V BallelumiereII–III
German		Kugelblitz
Indonesian		Bola Listrik
Italian		Elettropalla
Korean		전기구슬 Jeon'gi Guseul
Brazilian Portuguese		Esfera de Luz
Spanish	Latin America	Bola Luminosa
	Spain	Bola LuminosaVII+ BolaluminosaII–VI
Thai		ลูกแก้วไฟฟ้า Lukkaeo Faifa

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.