Effect
Held: Increases Attack by 50%, but restricts the holder to only one move.
Held in battle : Holder has 1.5× its Attack. When the holder attempts to use a move, all its other moves are disabled until it leaves battle or loses this item. The restriction ends even if this item is swapped for another Choice item via Trick or Switcheroo.
Attributes
HoldableHoldable Active
Where to find it
Game abbreviations follow the standard Pokémon series conventions.
Generation III
- The Choice Band's Attack boost also applies to confusion damage.
Generation IV
- In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl , due to a glitch , if a Pokémon uses U-turn and switches into a Pokémon holding a Choice Band that also knows U-turn, that Pokémon will be locked into U-turn. This was fixed in subsequent games.
Generation VII
- If a Pokémon holding a Choice Band uses a move other than the one it's locked into (such as through Instruct or Dancer ), the move will fail and no PP will be deducted.
Generation VIII
- If a Pokémon holding a Choice Band Dynamaxes , the item will temporarily have no effect; the stat boost will be disabled, and the Pokémon will no longer be subject to move locks. After the Dynamax ends, the stat boost is restored, and any previous move lock will be re-enabled.
Generations
Generation IIIGeneration IVGeneration VGeneration VIGeneration VIIGeneration VIIIGeneration IX