Muscle Band

The Muscle Band (Japanese: ちからのハチマキ Power Headband) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It boosts the power of the holder's physical moves.

Muscle Band ちからのハチマキ Power Headband

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A 100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A 2,000 BDSP N/A 100 SV 8,000 2,000

Effect

Boosts the power of the holder's physical moves by 10%.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a headband that slightly boosts the power of physical moves. XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband exudes strength, slightly boosting the power of physical moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This headband exudes strength, slightly boosting the power of the holder's physical moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP) HGSS Purchased by the player's Mom Battle Frontier (48 BP) BW Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (8 BP) XY Battle Maison (48 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) SM Konikoni City Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) USUM Route 10 Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) SwSh Hammerlocke SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Fighting: 32-40 points) BDSP Battle Park (48 BP) SV Cascarrafa Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In spin-off games

Muscle Band in Pokémon UNITE

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, the Muscle Band is a held item that causes the user to deal additional damage with basic attacks based on the target's remaining HP (with 0.35s cooldown for each target) and increases their Attack and Attack Speed. The damage increase is 1/2/3% of the target's remaining HP, but no more than 120/240/360, at grades 1, 10, and 20 respectively. Attack and Attack Speed is increased by 1 and 0% at Grade 1 and by 15 and 7.5% at Grade 30.

In the TCG

Muscle Band

Main article: Muscle Band (XY 121)

Muscle Band was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English XY Series (the Japanese XY Era) in the XY expansion.

The attacks of the Pokémon Muscle Band is attached to do 20 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Additionally, a Muscle Band appeared in the artwork of Pikachu (BW-P Promo 120).

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 力量頭帶 Lihkleuhng Tàuhdaai Mandarin 力量頭帶 / 力量头带 Lìliàng Tóudài French Band. Muscle* Bandeau Muscle* German Muskelband Italian Muscolbanda Korean 힘의머리띠 Himui Meoritti Brazilian Portuguese Faixa Musculosa Russian Мускульная Повязка Muskul'naya Povyazka Spanish Cinta Fuerte

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation 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.