What does a Light ball do to pikachu in platinum?

Question

I'm confused
does it only raise sp. attack or also the attack, as in the defination it only says sp. attack
and its said that prior to Gen 4 it only affected sp. attack
In HG SS it says both attack and sp attack

Answer 1

This link should help you out.

Comments

so this means it raises both :)
no wonder my pikachu knocked 3 of cynthia's pokemon out and flints infernape in my Pokemon league battle