Maruno
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I want to get to the bottom of how held items work, namely the possession/usage aspects. To that end, I've made a list of all the moves and abilities I can find that affect the possession of a held item and/or being able to use/consume them. Please have a look through it and point out any thing I missed.
When I refer to "special items", I mean a Griseous Orb being held by a Giratina, or a Drive held by a Genesect, or a Plate held by a Pokémon with Multitype. These items can never be removed from the holder.
Moves
Thief/Covet
Abilities
Sticky Hold
When I refer to "special items", I mean a Griseous Orb being held by a Giratina, or a Drive held by a Genesect, or a Plate held by a Pokémon with Multitype. These items can never be removed from the holder.
Moves
Thief/Covet
- User takes the target's held item.
- Fails if user is holding an item, or if the target isn't. Fails if the item is mail or a special item. Fails if the item would be a special item when taken.
- Wild Pokémon using this move never take an item. A player's Pokémon using this move against a wild Pokémon will keep the taken item after the battle.
- Items taken from/by the player in trainer battles are returned to their original owners after the battle.
- User and target swap their held items.
- Fails if nether has an item, but works if just one does. Fails if either item is mail or a special item. Fails if either item would be a special item when swapped. Fails if target has a Substitute.
- Items switched in wild battles remain switched after the battle.
- Items switched in trainer battles are returned to their original owners after the battle.
- Target loses its held item for the rest of the battle (even if switched out later).
- Fails if the target isn't holding an item. Fails if the item is mail or a special item. Fails if target has a Substitute.
- Target gets its item back before the final Exp gain/money calculation.
- User gives its held item to the target.
- Fails if the user isn't holding an item, or if the target is. Fails if the item is mail or a special item. Fails if the item would be a special item when given. Fails if target has a Substitute.
- Items given in wild battles remain given after the battle.
- Items given in trainer battles are returned to their original owners after the battle.
- User consumes target's Berry and gains its effect (regardless of activation conditions).
- Fails if the target isn't holding a Berry. Fails if target has a Substitute.
- The Berry is lost forever, and cannot be regained by any method.
- Power and effect depend on the user's held item.
- The user's held item is consumed (but doesn't gain its effect). The consumed item can be Recycled.
- Some items can't be Flung.
- Power and type depend on the user's held Berry.
- The user's held Berry is consumed (but doesn't gain its effect). The consumed item can be Recycled.
- For 5 turns, target's held item cannot be consumed, and its effects are negated.
- Exp Share/Power Weight/Amulet Coin and similar are unaffected. Iron Ball still lowers Speed.
- Target cannot use Fling. If target uses Bug Bite/Pluck, it destroys the item but doesn't gain the effect.
- For 5 turns, target's owner cannot use any items on the target.
- Effect wears off if target switches out. Effect can be Baton Passed.
- User regains the last held item it consumed (i.e. by its own effect or used by Fling/Natural Gift only).
- Works even if the consumed item was not originally the user's.
- Fails if the user is holding an item. Fails if the consumed item was Pickup'd first.
- The consumed item is remembered even while the consumer is switched out. Only the one most recently-consumed item of each Pokémon is remembered.
Abilities
Sticky Hold
- Bearer's held item cannot be taken by Covet, Thief, Trick, Switcheroo or Knock Off.
- Same as Thief/Covet, but occurs when bearer is hit by a move that makes contact.
- Bearer gains another battler's item (but not the bearer's item) when that battler consumes it, immediately after the consuming event.
- If there are several Pickup-ers, the fastest one gets the item.
- All items that can be Recycled can be Pickup'd (they are then denied from being Recycled).
- Same as Recycle, but only for Berries.
- Occurs once per turn at the end of each turn (before the end-of-turn Berry consuming). 50% chance of Harvesting the Berry each time (or 100% in sunny weather).
- Same as Embargo, but affects the bearer forever.
- Bearer's trainer can still use items on it.
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