Muscle Band Effect and How to Get

Muscle Band is a Held Item found in Pokemon UNITE for the Nintendo Switch and Mobile. Read on to learn more about the Muscle Band's stats and effects, how to get Muscle Band, and which Pokemon are best for Muscle Band!

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Muscle Band Stats and Effect

Muscle Band Held Item	Tier Ranking
	Stat Boost 1	Stat Boost 2
	Attack +15	Attack Speed + 7.5%
When basic attacks hit, the damage is increased by 1%/2%/3% of the opposing Pokemon's remaining HP.

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Muscle Band Stats Per Level

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Bonus Damage is Done After the Attack

Without Muscle Band	With Muscle Band

The bonus damage effect of Muscle Band is done after the attack, not at the same time. You're essentially doing damage twice in one attack.

Bonus Damage is Affected by the Defense Stat

The bonus damage dealt decreases as the Defense stat of the target Pokemon increases.

Bonus Damage Activates Once Per Instance

The bonus damage effect will activate once for every normal attack and boosted attack instances only.

For example, Charizard's normal attack will only activate Muscle Band's effect once and Urshifu's Rapid Style boosted attack activates it twice.

How to Get Muscle Band

Beginner's Challenge Day 1 Award

Completing the tutorial (Basics 1 and 2) will award players with a free Muscle Band or 1000 Aeos Coins if it has already be purchased.

Purchased in the Shop

Aeos Coins	x1000
Aeos Tickets	x625

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Best Pokemon for Muscle Band

Absol	Aegislash	Alolan Ninetales
Azumarill	Blaziken	Blissey
Buzzwole	Charizard	Cinderace
Decidueye	Dodrio	Dragapult
Dragonite	Duraludon	Eldegoss
Garchomp	Glaceon	Greninja
Gyarados	Hoopa	Lucario
Machamp	Mamoswine	Mega Mewtwo X
Mega Mewtwo Y	Meowscarada	Metagross
Mimikyu	Sableye	Scizor
Scyther	Snorlax	Tsareena
Tyranitar	Umbreon	Urshifu
Venusaur	Zacian	Zeraora
Zoroark

All Builds for Muscle Band

Builds that Use this Held Item
Aegislash Sacred Sword Build	Aegislash Shadow Claw Build
Alolan Ninetales Aurora Veil Build	Azumarill Aqua Tail Build
Blaziken Attack-Focused Build	Charizard Seismic Slam Build
Charizard Ranged DPS Build	Cinderace Pyro Ball Build
Cinderace Attack-Damage Build	Decidueye Spirit Shackle Build
Decidueye Razor Leaf Build	Dragapult Dragon Dance Build
Dragapult Phantom Force Build	Dragonite Hyper Beam Build
Dragonite Outrage Build	Duraludon Dragon Pulse Build
Duraludon Flash Cannon Build	Eldegoss Offense Build
Eldegoss Utility Build	Garchomp Double Dragon Build
Garchomp Earthquake Build	Glaceon Ice Shard Build
Greninja Ranged Build	Greninja Assassin Build
Gyarados Dragon Breath Build	Gyarados Aqua Tail Build
Hoopa Hyperspace Hole Build	Hoopa Trick Build
Lucario Extreme Speed Build	Mamoswine Disabler Build
Mega Mewtwo X Future Sight Build	Mega Mewtwo X Psystrike Build
Mega Mewtwo Y Future Sight Build	Meowscarada Night Slash Build
Metagross Meteor Mash Build	Metagross Gyro Ball Build
Sableye Hindrance Build	Snorlax Flail Build
Tsareena Triple Axel Build	Tyranitar Ancient Power Build
Umbreon Mean Look Build	Umbreon Foul Play Build
Urshifu Rapid Strike Build	Zacian Sacred Sword Build
Zacian Metal Claw Build	Zeraora Wild Charge Build
Zoroark Night Slash Build

Muscle Band Test

Damage Test

This test is to determine how the bonus damage from Muscle Band is calculated. We used a level 30 Muscle Band on Machamp, then recorded the first non-critical hit on 4 different Pokemon. After testing, we've found some interesting things.

Same HP and Defense Pokemon

HP and Defense	Bonus Damage Dealt
HP: 5152 | Def: 250	101 Damage
HP: 5152 | Def: 250	101 Damage
Expected Damage: 5152 x 0.03 = 154.56

The first set of Pokemon we tested on have the same HP and Defense stat at level 15. We found that the bonus damage dealt on both Pokemon are the same.

The expected damage is ~155 but results show 101. From this, we can deduce that there is something affecting the bonus damage dealt.

Same HP But Different Defense Pokemon

HP and Defense	Bonus Damage Dealt
HP: 6300 | Def: 290	120 Damage
HP: 6300 | Def: 175	175 Damage
Expected Damage: 6300 x 0.03 = 189

The second set of Pokemon we tested on have the same HP but different Defense stat at level 15. We tested if the Defense stat affects the bonus damage dealt. We found that the bonus damage dealt on the Pokemon with the higher Defense stat was lesser than the one dealt on the other Pokemon.

The expected damage is 189 but results show 120 and 175. From this, we can now conclude that the Defense stat is the factor that is affecting the bonus damage dealt.

Bonus Damage is Affected by Defense Stat

Based on the result of both tests, we can conclude that the bonus damage from Muscle Band is affected by the Defense stat and are inversely proportional. Therefore, the higher the Defense stat, the lower the bonus damage dealt.

It's important to note that we do not know how the exact calculation for the Defense stat.

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