By how much does light ball increase attack?

Question

light ball is an amazing item and makes pikachu a lot stronger than usual but I'm curious, by how much does it increase
some say 1.5x, some say it doubles
if I were to use volt tackle which is 120 then would it turn out to be exact 240 base power???
how much?

Answer 1

>Doubles both the Attack and Special Attack of Pikachu.

The Light Ball doubles both the Attack and Special Attack of Pikachu, so the base power of Volt Tackle would be 240.

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Answer 2

Light ball boost the Atk and SpAtk of Pikachu not the base move power, Volt Tackle will still be 120 power but Pikachu’s Atk and SpAtk stat would be doubled when in battle while holding the item