X Sp. Atk

The X Sp. Atk (Japanese: スペシャルアップ Special Up), known as X Special prior to Generation VI, is a type of battle item introduced in Generation I. It temporarily boosts a Pokémon's Special Attack stat. In Generation I, it boosted the Special stat.

X Sp. Atk スペシャルアップ Special Up

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Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Items Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Battle Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Battle Items Generation IX Battle Items Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RGBY/RBY GSC RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS PE BDSP $350 $175 SMUSUM SwSh $1,000 $500 SV $1,000 $250

At Join Avenue's Market, X Special can be bought in dozens at $3150 each, which equates to $262.5 per X Special.

Effect

Generation I

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 level.

Generations II to VI

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special Attack of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 level. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Generation VII onward

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special Attack of a Pokémon currently in battle by 2 levels. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Wonder Launcher

The X Special appears as four Wonder Launcher items, increasing the Special Attack stat by 1, 2, 3 or 6 levels. It costs 3, 5, 7, or 11 points to use respectively.

Description

Games Description Stad Temporarily increases Special for one battle. GS Raises Special stats. (1 BTL) C Raises Special Attack. (1 BTL) RSEColoXD Raises the stat Sp.Atk during one battle. FRLG Raises the Sp. Atk stat of Pokémon in battle. Wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item that raises the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon in battle. It wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. XYORAS An item that boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon during a battle. It wears off once the Pokémon is withdrawn. SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item that sharply boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon during a battle. It wears off once the Pokémon is withdrawn. SV An item that sharply boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon in battle. This effect disappears if the Pokémon leaves the battle.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RBY/RGBY Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) Celadon Department Store GSC Route 45GS, Team Rocket's HideoutC, Victory RoadGS, Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store RSE Route 116 Verdanturf, Fallarbor Poké Marts, Lilycove Department Store FRLG Silph Co. Celadon Department Store Colo Phenac Poké Mart XD Pyrite Poké Mart DPPt Team Galactic Eterna BuildingPt Veilstone Department Store HGSS Team Rocket HQ, Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store PW Suburban Area BW Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine B2W2 Castelia Sewers Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine Join Avenue (Market) XY Route 6, Parfum Palace, Cyllage City, Shalour City, Snowbelle City Santalune City Poké Mart ORAS Routes 116 and 120 Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3) SMUSUM Route 2USUM, Brooklet Hill, Lush JungleSM, Aether Paradise, Poni Grove, Vast Poni CanyonSM Route 2, Route 5USUM, Route 8, and Hau'oli Poké Marts Festival Plaza (Battle Store)MUM PE Silph Co. All Poké Marts (after obtaining 1 Badge), Celadon Department Store SwSh Route 5, Circhester, Stow-on-Side, Wyndon Motostoke Poké Mart BDSP Veilstone Department Store SV Alfornada Cavern, Glaseado Mountain, Tagtree Thicket, East Province (Area One), East Province (Area Three), North Province (Area One), North Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Five) Chansey Supply SVTM Apple Hills, Kitakami Wilds SVID Canyon Biome, Coastal Biome Vending machines (Terarium)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

In Pokémon Masters EX, X Sp. Atks can only be used by certain sync pairs who have them as an item move. In addition, a variant of X Sp. Atk called X Sp. Atk All can be used by certain sync pairs. Both of these item moves have 2 MP. An X Sp. Atk only raises the user's Special Attack, while an X Sp. Atk All raises the Special Attack of all allies. A full list of all sync pairs who can learn X Sp. Atk or X Sp. Atk All can be found here.

X Sp. Atk	X Sp. Atk All

Description

Games Description Masters X Sp. Atk: Raises the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. X Sp. Atk All: Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.

In the TFG

X Special

Main article: X Special (Groundbreakers 8)

X Special was a Trainer card that was due to be released in the Pokémon Trading Figure Game expansion, Groundbreakers, but due to the discontinuation of the TFG as a whole, it was never released. It adds two stars to a chosen Pokémon's Purple attacks.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	特攻強化 Dahkgūng Kèuhngfa * 特殊能力增加器 Dahksyùh Nàhnglihk Jānggāhei * 特殊能力增加劑 Dahksyùh Nàhnglihk Jānggājāi *
	Mandarin	特攻強化 / 特攻强化 Tègōng Qiánghuà
French		Atq. Spé. +PE+ Spécial +RB–USUM
German		X-Sp.-Ang.VIII+ X-SpezialI–VII
Italian		Attaco Speciale XIX+ Att. Speciale XVII–VIII Special XI–VI
Korean		스페셜업 Special Up
Portuguese		Ataque Especial X*
Spanish	Latin America	Ataque Especial X
	Spain	Ataque Especial XIX+ At. Especial XVIII Especial XI–VII

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