Love Ball
The Love Ball (Japanese: ラブラブボール Lovey-Dovey Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed against a Pokémon of the opposite gender to the player's Pokémon.
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It is one of Kurt's signature Apricorn Poké Balls, and is made from Pink Apricorns.
In the core series games
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This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: If the user's Pokémon and/or the wild Pokémon used Transform, does the Love Ball check for the original species and gender, or the species and gender after transformation? |
Manual activation
When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon.
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, while it is intended to be more effective against Pokémon of the opposite gender, due to a glitch, it has an 8× catch rate modifier against Pokémon of both the same species and gender as the player's active Pokémon, having a 1× modifier otherwise.
Starting in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the wild Pokémon is the same species and of the opposite gender to the player's active Pokémon, it has an 8× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.
In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, if the player does not have a Pokémon out, the Love Ball will always have a catch rate modifier of 1×.
If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead always set to 410/4096× (~0.1×).
The Love Ball cannot be used in situations in which Poké Balls cannot be used, such as in wild battles with two or more opponents currently present or against a trial Pokémon. If used in a Trainer battle, the opposing Trainer will bat the ball away, wasting the turn (as well as the ball prior to Generation IV).
Held item
Fling fails if the user is holding a Love Ball.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver only, Love Balls cannot be held. This is to prevent them from being held by a Pokémon traded to Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, where the item does not exist.
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Cameo appearances
Pokémon X and Y
Despite being unobtainable as an item in Generation VI, a Love Ball appears in the Poké Ball Boutique in Lumiose City.
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Artwork
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| Artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Artwork from Global Link |
Artwork from Legends: Z-A |
Sprites
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| In-battle sprite in Generation II |
Summary sprite from Generations IV and V |
In-battle sprite in Generation IV |
In-battle sprite in Generation V |
Models
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| In-battle model from X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
Model from Generation VIII |
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
In Going Apricorn!, a Love Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
In The Professors' New Adventure!, a chandelier stand based on a Love Ball was seen during Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet's wedding.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
In Teddiursa's Picnic, a Love Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Slugging It Out with Slugma, a Love Ball was seen amongst Crystal's set of Apricorn Poké Balls.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
In For Pikachu's Sake!! The Search For The Missing Farfetch'd, Whitney was shown to have received a Love Ball from Kurt.
In the TCG
- Main article: Love Ball (Twilight Masquerade 156)
The Love Ball was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Crimson Haze subset and the English Twilight Masquerade expansion, with artwork by Studio Bora Inc. The card allows the player to search their deck for a Pokémon that has the same name as 1 of their opponent's Pokémon in play and put it onto their hand. Afterwards, the player shuffles their deck.
Trivia
- In Trouble's Brewing, it was shown that each of the Kimono Sisters kept their Pokémon in an Apricorn Poké Ball. Although Koume's Flareon's Poké Ball was not shown, the pattern on her kimono indicates that it would be a Love Ball.
- It is never stated in-game that the increased catch rate modifier requires the target Pokémon to be the same species as the player's Pokémon.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 甜蜜球 Tìhmmaht Kàuh |
| Mandarin | 甜蜜球 Tiánmì Qiú | |
| French | Love Ball | |
| German | Sympaball | |
| Indonesian | Bola Love | |
| Italian | Love Ball | |
| Korean | 러브러브볼 Love-Love Ball | |
| Polish | Miły Ball | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Bola Amor* Bola de Amor |
| Portugal | Bola de Amor | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Amorbola* Bola de Amor* |
| Spain | Amor Ball | |
| Thai | เลิฟเลิฟบอล Love-Love Ball | |
| Vietnamese | Bóng Love | |
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