Focus Blast

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Focus Blast

きあいだま Fighting Spirit Bullet

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	120
Accuracy:	70%
PP:	5, max: 8
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	May lower target's Sp. Def.
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

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Focus Blast is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is one of nine elemental moves that do the same damage, 120 HP, consisting of Focus Blast, Fire Blast, Hydro Pump, Gunk Shot, Blizzard, Zap Cannon, Power Whip, Hurricane and Megahorn. It also has a chance of lowering the opponent's Special Defense stat.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS	The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def.
BWB2W2	The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def.
XYORAS	The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def.
SMUSUM SWSH	The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

Effect

In battle

Focus Blast deals damage and may also lower the target's Sp. Def by one stage.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered			72	72	75
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy				TM52	TR64
	Sandslash	ground	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field				TM52	TR64
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Golduck	water	Water 1/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mankey	fighting	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Primeape	fighting	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Machop	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Machoke	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Machamp	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Golem	rock/ground	Mineral	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Golem	rock/electric	Mineral				TM52
	Slowbro	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Slowbro	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR64
	Muk	poison	Amorphous	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous				TM52
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Hypno	psychic	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Marowak	ground	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Marowak	fire/ghost	Monster				TM52	TR64
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like					TR64
	Jynx	ice/psychic	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Electabuzz	electric	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Magmar	fire	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Pinsir	bug	Bug	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Snorlax	normal	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Dragonite	dragon/flying	Water 1/Dragon	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Feraligatr	water	Monster/Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Furret	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Ledian	bug/flying	Bug	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Azumarill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Politoed	water	Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Quagsire	water/ground	Water 1/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Slowking	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR64
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Ursaring	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like					TR64
	Miltank	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Blissey	normal	Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Swampert	water/ground	Monster/Water 1	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Ludicolo	water/grass	Water 1/Grass	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Breloom	grass/fighting	Fairy/Grass	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Vigoroth	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Slaking	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Grumpig	psychic	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Cacturne	grass/dark	Grass/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Zangoose	normal	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Rampardos	rock	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Floatzel	water	Water 1/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Abomasnow	grass/ice	Monster/Grass	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Tangrowth	grass	Grass	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Electivire	electric	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Magmortar	fire	Human-Like	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Palkia	water/dragon	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Regigigas	normal	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM52	TM52	TM52	TM52
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Watchog	normal	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Simisage	grass	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Simisear	fire	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Simipour	grass	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Excadrill	ground/steel	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Timburr	fighting	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Gurdurr	fighting	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Conkeldurr	fighting	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Seismitoad	water/ground	Water 1		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Throh	fighting	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Sawk	fighting	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Darmanitan	fire	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Darmanitan	ice	Field					TR64
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Carracosta	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Archeops	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Garbodor	poison	Mineral		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Zoroark	dark	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Cinccino	normal	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Beartic	ice	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Accelgor	bug	Bug		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Heatmor	fire	Field		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Reshiram	dragon/fire	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Landorus	ground/flying	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM52B2W2	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM52B2W2	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52	TR64
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered		TM52	TM52	TM52
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field			TM52	TM52
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Barbaracle	rock/water	Water 3			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Clawitzer	water	Water 1/Water 3			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Heliolisk	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Zygarde	dragon/ground	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Hoopa	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52
	Hoopa	psychic/dark	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered			TM52	TM52	TR64
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field				TM52	TR64
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3				TM52
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3				TM52
	Mudsdale	ground	Field				TM52	TR64
	Stufful	normal/fighting	Field				TM52	TR64
	Bewear	normal/fighting	Field				TM52	TR64
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field				TM52	TR64
	Passimian	fighting	Field				TM52	TR64
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3				TM52	TR64
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM52	TR64
	Drampa	normal/dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM52	TR64
	Jangmo-o	dragon	Dragon				TM52	TR64
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM52	TR64
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM52	TR64
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Tapu Bulu	grass/fairy	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Pheromosa	bug/fighting	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Marshadow	fighting/ghost	Undiscovered				TM52	TR64
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered				TM52USUM	TR64
	Rillaboom	grass	Field/Grass					TR64
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like					TR64
	Clobbopus	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR64
	Grapploct	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR64
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TR64
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like					TR64
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral					TR64
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					TR64
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered					TR64
	Urshifu	fighting/dark	Undiscovered					TR64
	Urshifu	fighting/water	Undiscovered					TR64
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

• In Diamond and Pearl and Best Wishes sagas, Focus Blast was depicted in a blue hue, however in XY and Sun and Moon sagas, it was depicted in a yellow hue.
• At times, Focus Blast can resemble the Kamehameha from Dragon Ball.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

• Focus Blast depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

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Main series

• Focus Blast being used by Paul's Ursaring.
• Focus Blast being used by Nando's Lopunny.
• Focus Blast being used by Iris' Excadrill.
• Focus Blast being used by Ash's Scraggy.
• Focus Blast being used by Georgia's Beartic.
• Focus Blast being used by Tierno's Raichu.
• Focus Blast being used by Alain's Bisharp.
• Focus Blast being used by Clemont's Heliolisk.
• Focus Blast being used by Hau's Raichu.
• Focus Blast being used by Kiawe's Turtonator.

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Pokémon Adventures

• Focus Blast being used by Platinum's Lopunny.

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