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Item No. 255

Iron Ball

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Category: Bad held items Pocket: Items
$4000 Cost
130 Fling power
15 historical records
#0255 Iron Ball artwork
Item summary

Description

Held: Decreases the holder’s Speed by 50%. If the holder is Flying or has Levitate, it takes regular damage from Ground attacks and is suspectible to Spikes and Toxic Spikes.

Item summary

Effect

Held: Holder’s Speed is halved. Negates all Ground-type immunities, and makes Flying-types take neutral damage from Ground-type moves. Arena Trap. Spikes, and Toxic Spikes affect the holder.

Item Details

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Category Bad held items
Bag pocket Items
Cataloged generations 5
Category context Items used in battle that can have side effects, so be careful.

Usage characteristics

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Holdable Holdable active Underground

Game History

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10 game versions Latest: Sword / Shield 5 generations
Wild encounters

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No.303 Mawile Chances 5%
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