Kanto Tactics items and recipes
Up to 3 items per Pokémon. Two components on the same Pokémon combine on their own into a completed item that keeps both components' stats and adds its own effect. Two identical items stack their full effect.
Recipe chart
 HP Up |  Protein |  Calcium |  Carbos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Up |  Leftovers |  Rocky Helmet |  Shell Bell |  Focus Sash |
| Protein | Rocky Helmet |  Choice Band |  Life Orb |  Scope Lens |
| Calcium | Shell Bell | Life Orb |  Choice Specs |  Quick Claw |
| Carbos | Focus Sash | Scope Lens | Quick Claw |  Choice Scarf |
Components
Completed items
| Item | Recipe | Effect | Best on (tested) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leftovers | + | +10% HP ×2 · Restores 1% of its HP per second | – |
| Rocky Helmet | + | +10% HP · +12% Attack · Returns 18% of the basic-attack damage it takes | Nidoran♂ |
| Shell Bell | + | +10% HP · +12% Sp. Atk · Drain: heals 15% of the damage it deals | Gastly, Jynx, Magmar |
| Focus Sash | + | +10% HP · +8% Attack speed · Survives a lethal hit with 1 HP: becomes untargetable and inactive for 1.5s (enemies drop it as a target), is cleansed of damage-over-time effects, and returns with a shield worth 10% of its HP (once) | Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Rattata, Magikarp, Nidoran♂, Diglett |
| Choice Band | + | +45% Attack | Diglett, Ekans, Scyther, Electabuzz, Staryu, Shellder |
| Life Orb | + | +12% Attack · +12% Sp. Atk · +24% to all its damage; loses 2% HP per basic attack | Squirtle, Magikarp, Voltorb, Lapras, Shellder, Moltres |
| Scope Lens | + | +12% Attack · +8% Attack speed · +25% Crit chance on basic attacks; its crits deal ×1.9 | Rattata, Pikachu, Cubone, Jolteon, Aerodactyl |
| Choice Specs | + | +45% Special Attack | Squirtle, Psyduck, Voltorb, Magnemite, Magmar, Vaporeon |
| Quick Claw | + | +12% Sp. Atk · +8% Attack speed · Starts combat with 20% Energy and recovers 8% every time it uses its ability | Abra, Gastly, Poliwag, Magnemite, Jynx, Exeggcute |
| Choice Scarf | + | +35% Attack speed | Rattata, Diglett, Ekans, Dratini, Aerodactyl |
Magnet
The Magnet is not equipped: drag it onto a Pokémon and all its items go back to your bag. It is used up (unless the Pokémon held nothing) and takes a bag slot. Campaign: you start with one and get one more free at gym 3 and gym 6; the Dept. Store sometimes sells one. Battle Tower: one at the start and one per boss. PvP: one at the start and one at round 3-8.
Which items for which Pokémon
Basic attacks and physical abilities scale with Attack: Protein, Choice Band, Scope Lens. Special abilities, heals and shields scale with Sp. Atk: Calcium, Choice Specs, Quick Claw, Shell Bell. Life Orb helps both. Tanks want Leftovers, Rocky Helmet or Focus Sash. Each Pokémon's page says whether its ability at each star is Physical, Special or Mixed; Scope Lens crits only basic attacks.
"Best on" lists the Pokémon whose top 3-item set in our tests includes that item (each Pokémon as the carry of a full board, every combination of its class against the same field). See each Pokémon page for its full results.
Where items come from
Campaign: from wild Pokémon, Blue and Gym Leaders, Prof. Oak and the Celadon Dept. Store. PvP: loot from the AI rounds (2-8: 1 of 3 components plus 1 component; 3-8: the same; 4-8: 1 of 3 combined plus 1 component) and the Safari Zone draft.