Macho Brace

The Macho Brace (Japanese: きょうせいギプス Coercive Cast) is a held item introduced in Generation III. It doubles all effort values gained by the holder during a battle. It is an unobtainable held item in Generation VII and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Macho Brace きょうせいギプス Coercive Cast

Sprite from Pokémon Global Link

Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Fling Power 60

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSP N/A $1,500

Effect

Doubles any effort values that are obtained by the Pokémon holding it during a battle. Stacks with Pokérus. It does not affect effort values gained from vitamins and feathers.

The Speed stat of the Pokémon holding this item is halved during battle.

Description

Games Description RSEColoXD A hold item that promotes growth, but reduces Speed. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It promotes strong growth but lowers Speed while it is held. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stiff and heavy brace that promotes strong growth but lowers Speed. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stiff, heavy brace helps Pokémon grow strong but cuts Speed in battle. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. Holding this stiff, heavy brace reduces a Pokémon's Speed in battle but allows its stats to grow more quickly.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Route 111 FRLG Viridian Gym Colo Pyrite Cave XD Mt. Battle (prize for first clear of Mt. Battle Area 1) DPPt Pastoria City HGSS Goldenrod Department Store (held by in-game trade Machop) BWB2W2 Nimbasa City (eastern gate) XY Route 15 ORAS Route 111 PMC* Graffiti Eraser (Lv. 3) SwSh Hammerlocke (10 BP) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Fighting: 72-80 points) BDSP Pastoria City

In animation

A Macho Brace in Pokémon the Series: XY

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: XY

In Under the Pledging Tree!, a set of Macho Braces was one of the items offered to Ash by a market vendor in Coumarine City after Ash had wondered out loud what presents he should buy for an upcoming festival.

Merchandise

The Macho Brace is the held item featured alongside Machamp in the Pokémon Held Item Pins line by The Pokémon Company International.

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  Pokémon Held Item Pins (Machamp)

Trivia

• In The Path to the Pokémon League, A.J.'s Pokémon are shown to wear something called a "Strength Intensifier" which looks like a Macho Brace.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	強制鍛鍊器 Kèuhngjai Dyunlihnhei
	Mandarin	強制鍛鍊器 / 强制锻炼器 Qiángzhì Duànliànqì
Danish		Machostøtte
Finnish		Machoranneke
French		Bracelet MachoVI+ Brac. MachoIII–V
German		MachoschieneIX+ MachobandIII–VIII
Italian		Crescicappa
Korean		교정깁스 Gyojeong Gips
Norwegian		Machoarmbånd
Polish		Klamra Macho
Brazilian Portuguese		Pulseira Macho
Spanish	Latin America	Brazalete Firme
	Spain	Brazal FirmeIV+ VestiduraIII
Swedish		Machospänne

Related articles

• Power item

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation 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.