10 Video Game Items With Secret Features That No One Knows About
8. Battle Items Are For Friends - Pokémon
Battle items like X Attack, X Defense, and other X-labeled thingies are some of the least used consumables in the Pokémon series. The reason for this is that despite the fact they can significantly raise your Pokémon's stats, they also take a whole turn to consume, and their effect only lasts for one battle.
However, what most Pokémon players don't realize is that the true strength of battle items doesn't come from the stat boost they give.
It's actually, unironically, the friends we made along the way!
Yep, you heard that right. Ever since Generation II, battle items give permanent bonuses to your friendship with a Pokemon that consumes them, making them a useful tool for quickly evolving a Pokemon that requires high levels of friendship to transform.
The amount of points you get from using one battle item is marginal, but if you stockpile on them and then give all of them to your Pokemon in the course of an easy fight, you can speed up the process of evolving it by a lot!
It's not about being stronger. It's about getting stronger through the power of friendship!