Light Ball raises Pikachu's SpAtk and Atk... right?

[Zero_Falcon]

I noticed that a Light Ball held by a Pikachu raises its SpAtk, but not its Atk. Shouldn't it raise both stats in Generation IV?

 

[Fatecrashers]

Yes it should. Do you have logs or something to prove that Light Ball didn't raise Pikachu's Atk? Maybe you weren't using physical attacks?

 

[Duck92]

@Fatecrashers - You should'nt need logs for this. If you open the source, and look at the items list you see this code, for light ball:

new HoldItem("Light Ball") {
            public void modifyStats(Pokemon p, boolean apply) {
                if (!p.getSpeciesName().equals("Pikachu")) {
                    return;
                }
                BattleField field = p.getField();
                boolean dp = ((field != null) &&
                        (field.getMechanics() instanceof JewelMechanics));
                if (apply) {
                    if (dp) {
                        p.getMultiplier(Pokemon.S_ATTACK).multiplyBy(2.0);
                    }
                    p.getMultiplier(Pokemon.S_SPATTACK).multiplyBy(2.0);
                } else {
                    if (dp) {
                        p.getMultiplier(Pokemon.S_ATTACK).divideBy(2.0);
                    }
                    p.getMultiplier(Pokemon.S_SPATTACK).divideBy(2.0);
                }
            }

Looks like it does fail to raise attack.

 

[supermarth64]

No it does raise attack, it just doesn't display it. This is a known bug.

 

[Cathy]

Looks like it does fail to raise attack.

Except that the very code you quoted shows that it does raise attack...