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TheLife Orb (Japanese:いのちのたまLife Orb) is a type ofheld item introduced inGeneration IV. It boosts thepower of the holder'smoves, but causes it to takedamage when using damaging moves.
In the core series games
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Reason:In which games does the Life Orb boost the damage dealt by Future Sight/Doom Desire (other than Generation VI)? Does it deal damage to the user for these moves, and when?
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Boosts thedamage dealt by the holder's damagingmoves by 30%. The holder takesdamage equal to 10% of its maximum HP after it uses a damaging move (rounded down, but not less than 1). It does not boost the power ofmoves that do not use the damage formula (although the holder still takes damage) or self-inflictedconfusion damage.
If a Pokémon steals a Life Orb withThief orCovet, then the Life Orb does not boost the power, but the attacker takes damage for the use of that move that stole the Life Orb. The Life Orb activates beforePickpocket, so even if a Pokémon's held Life Orb is stolen by Pickpocket, it still damages the attacking Pokémon for that move. If a Pokémon steals a Life Orb withMagician, it will take damage for the use of that move that stole the Life Orb. If the holder usesFling, then Life Orb boosts the power but doesn't damage the user.
The Life Orb activates after the holder takes damage fromIron Barbs and theRocky Helmet. The Life Orb activates after the holder recovers HP with adraining move or takes damage fromrecoil andRough Skin. If the holder uses amultistrike move, it takes damage after the last strike.
As the Life Orb inflicts indirect damage,Magic Guard prevents a Pokémon from taking damage from the Life Orb. If a Pokémon withSheer Force uses a move boosted by that Ability, it does not take damage from Life Orb for that move.
ForDynamax Pokémon, the damage is equal to 10% of the Pokémon's non-Dynamax maximum HP.
Generation IV
The Life Orb damages its holder without displaying any message.
Future Sight andDoom Desire do not cause the user to take damage. It does not cause damage to the holder when hitting asubstitute.
Generation V
The 30% damage boost starting from this generation is approximated as a factor of 5324/4096 (except inPokémon Legends: Z-A, where the multiplier is again exactly 1.3).
The Life Orb now displays a message when it inflicts damage.
If a Pokémon is holding a Life Orb whenFuture Sight orDoom Desire that it used inflicts damage (even if it was not holding the Life Orb when it used the move), it takes damage for the Life Orb.
Life Orb now causes damage to the holder when hitting asubstitute.
Generation VI onward
The Life Orb does increase the damage dealt fromFuture Sight andDoom Desire.
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DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM | An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the power of moves, but at the cost of some HP on each hit. | PE
SwShBDSPLA | An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the power of moves but at the cost of some HP on each hit. | | SV | An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the power of the holder's moves, but the holder also loses a small amount of HP with each attack it lands. | | ZA | An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the power of the holder's moves, but the holder also loses a small amount of HP upon landing an attack. |
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| DPPtHGSS | 2010 World Championships Crobat | United States | August 15, 2010 | | BW | 15th Anniversary Rayquaza | Japanese | February 10 to 27, 2012 | | B2W2 | Strongest Class Single Battle Scizor | Japanese | September 15 to October 28, 2012 | | Strongest Class Scizor | Korean | February 24 to May 5, 2013 | | Team Plasma Deoxys | Korean | May 4 to 5, 2013 | | Plasma Deoxys | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | Various | | BWB2W2 | Masuda Deoxys | Japanese | December 15 to 23, 2012B2W2
March 20 to May 6, 2013BWB2W2 | | Yamamoto's Tournament Kingdra | Japanese | September 29 to October 6, 2013 | | ORAS | Kotone Yasue's Tyranitar | Japanese | November 7 to December 6, 2015 | | Ghetsis's Hydreigon | Japan | Various | | XYORAS | Dahara City Kyurem | Japan | June 20 to August 31, 2015
June 27 to 28, 2015 | | Dahara City Kyurem | Korean | November 20, 2015 to January 31, 2016 | | SM | Rocky Lycanroc | PAL | May 5 to August 4, 2017 | | Rocky Lycanroc | American | May 15 to August 4, 2017 | | SMUSUM | Hirofumi Kimura's Nidoqueen | Japan | June 8 to 9, 2019 | | SwSh | Leonardo Bonanomi's Gigantamax Charizard | All | October 31 to November 3, 2021 | | SV | Trixie's Mimikyu | United States, Canada, Brazil | October 11, 2023 to January 1, 2024 |
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