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Mental Herb Effect and How to Get It

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Mental Herb Effect and How to Get It

This is a page on the Battle Item Mental Herb and its location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to see its effect, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

Mental Herb Effect

Mental Herb ImageMental Herb
Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. The holder shakes off move-binding effects to move freely. It can be used only once.

How to Get Mental Herb

Slumbering Weald (Inner)
You can pick up Mental Herb in the inner section of Slumbering Weald. Please refer to the map above.

Exchange for BP at the Battle Tower

battle tower
Mental Herb can be obtained at the BP Shop in exchange for 15 BP. The BP Shop is located in the Battle Tower at Wyndon.

The Battle Tower will be unlocked after clearing the story. For more advice, check out our complete guide and walkthrough below.
Battle Tower Walkthrough and Recommended Party

Obtain from Wild Pokemon

The following Pokemon may hold the item, Mental Herb. You can get it by using the move Thief or Trick.

Lotad ImageLotad Lombre ImageLombre Ludicolo ImageLudicolo Pancham ImagePancham Pangoro ImagePangoro

How to Use Mental Herb

Mental Herb is a one-time use held item that frees its holder from partially-trapping moves like Bind or Wrap, removing residual damage from these moves and allows the holder to escape the field.

This move does not see much usage as wrapping moves are fairly uncommon in competitive battles, and for certain Pokemon, they can easily escape binding moves by using U-turn and the like.

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