Life-Orb life-orb Sprite

Life Orb is a held item in the Pokémon series that boosts the power of the holder's moves by 30%, but at the cost of reducing the user's HP by 10% of its maximum HP each time it successfully lands an attack. This trade-off makes it a popular item in competitive play for Pokémon that prioritize high offensive output, allowing them to deal significantly more damage while remaining a double-edged sword due to the concurrent health drain.

Life Orb is particularly favored by Pokémon with high attack stats or versatile movepools, such as Garchomp, Greninja, or Volcarona. It pairs well with Pokémon that can mitigate the constant health loss through abilities like Regenerator or with strategies that include healing moves such as Roost or Recover.

Introduced in Generation IV, Life Orb quickly became a staple in various competitive formats due to its ability to transform an attacker into a formidable threat. One interesting synergy involving Life Orb is its interaction with Sheer Force—an ability that increases the

Attribute

Category:

held-items

Cost:

4000

Effect:

Flavor Texts:

Fling Effect

Fling Power

30

Game Indices

Life-Orb Pokémon

absol
Absol

359 - Dark

absol-mega
Absol-Mega

10057 - Dark

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