Effect
Held: Holder’s moves inflict 30% extra damage, but cost 10% max HP.
Held: Damage from the holder’s moves is increased by 30%. On each turn the holder uses a damage-inflicting move, it takes 10% its max HP in damage.
Attributes
HoldableHoldable Active
Wild holders
Pokémon that may carry this item in the wild.
AbsolAbsol Mega
Where to find it
Game abbreviations follow the standard Pokémon series conventions.
Generation IV
- The Life Orb damages its holder without displaying any message.
- Future Sight and Doom Desire do not cause the user to take damage. It does not cause damage to the holder when hitting a substitute .
Generation V
- The 30% damage boost starting from this generation is approximated as a factor of 5324/4096 (except in Pokémon 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 when Future Sight or Doom 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 a substitute .
Generations
Generation IVGeneration VGeneration VIGeneration VIIGeneration VIIIGeneration IX