Focus Blast

Essentials

Focus Blast

special

Generation 4

Summary

Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: 120; percentile 88.3
Accuracy: 70% ≈ 84.0 power
PP: 5, up to 8 with PP Up
Target: Selected Pokémon
Effect chance: 10
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect

This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Reflectable
Snatchable
Copied by Mirror Move

A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Punch-based
Sound-based
Unusable during Gravity
Defrosts when used
Targets opposite side in triples
Heals
Ignores Substitute

Machines

: TM52
: TM52

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. It may also lower the target’s Sp. Def.

: The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. It may also lower the target’s Sp. Def.

Foreign Names

Italian: Focalcolpo
French: Exploforce
German: Fokusstoß
Czech: Usměrnění Síly
Spanish: Onda Certera
Japanese: きあいだま (kiaidama)

Contests

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡
Flavor text: Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Focus Blast.

Move	PP	Power	Acc	Effect
Acid	30	40	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Psychic	10	90	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Shadow Ball	15	80	100%	Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Luster Purge	5	70	100%	Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Bug Buzz	10	90	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Energy Ball	10	80	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Earth Power	10	90	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Flash Cannon	10	80	100%	Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.

Pokémon

Fighting Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Focus Blast's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

			Pokémon	Ability	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Machine: Can be taught at any time by using a TM or HM.
52	52	52	Charizard	Blaze Solar Power	Monster Dragon	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
52	52	52	Blastoise	Torrent Rain Dish	Monster Water 1	79	83	100	85	105	78	530
52	52	52	Raichu	Static Lightningrod	Field Fairy	60	90	55	90	80	100	475
52	52	52	Sandslash	Sand Veil Sand Rush	Field	75	100	110	45	55	65	450
52	52	52	Nidoqueen	Poison Point Rivalry Sheer Force	Undiscovered	90	82	87	75	85	76	495
52	52	52	Nidoking	Poison Point Rivalry Sheer Force	Monster Field	81	92	77	85	75	85	495
52	52	52	Clefable	Cute Charm Magic Guard Unaware	Fairy	95	70	73	85	90	60	473
52	52	52	Wigglytuff	Cute Charm Frisk	Fairy	140	70	45	75	50	45	425
52	52	52	Golduck	Damp Cloud Nine Swift Swim	Water 1 Field	80	82	78	95	80	85	500
52	52	52	Mankey	Vital Spirit Anger Point Defiant	Field	40	80	35	35	45	70	305
52	52	52	Primeape	Vital Spirit Anger Point Defiant	Field	65	105	60	60	70	95	455
52	52	52	Poliwrath	Water Absorb Damp Swift Swim	Water 1	90	85	95	70	90	70	500
52	52	52	Politoed	Water Absorb Damp Drizzle	Water 1	90	75	75	90	100	70	500
52	52	52	Alakazam	Synchronize Inner Focus Magic Guard	Human-Like	55	50	45	135	85	120	490
52	52	52	Machop	Guts No Guard Steadfast	Human-Like	70	80	50	35	35	35	305
52	52	52	Machoke	Guts No Guard Steadfast	Human-Like	80	100	70	50	60	45	405
52	52	52	Machamp	Guts No Guard Steadfast	Human-Like	90	130	80	65	85	55	505
52	52	52	Golem	Rock Head Sturdy Sand Veil	Mineral	80	110	130	55	65	45	485
52	52	52	Slowbro	Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator	Monster Water 1	95	75	110	100	80	30	490
52	52	52	Slowking	Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator	Monster Water 1	95	75	80	100	110	30	490
52	52	52	Muk	Stench Sticky Hold Poison Touch	Amorphous	105	105	75	65	100	50	500
52	52	52	Gengar	Levitate	Amorphous	60	65	60	130	75	110	500
52	52	52	Hypno	Insomnia Forewarn Inner Focus	Human-Like	85	73	70	73	115	67	483
52	52	52	Marowak	Rock Head Lightningrod Battle Armor	Monster	60	80	110	50	80	45	425
52	52	52	Hitmonlee	Limber Reckless Unburden	Human-Like	50	120	53	35	110	87	455
52	52	52	Hitmonchan	Keen Eye Iron Fist Inner Focus	Human-Like	50	105	79	35	110	76	455
52	52	52	Lickilicky	Own Tempo Oblivious Cloud Nine	Monster	110	85	95	80	95	50	515
52	52	52	Rhydon	Lightningrod Rock Head Reckless	Monster Field	105	130	120	45	45	40	485
52	52	52	Rhyperior	Lightningrod Solid Rock Reckless	Monster Field	115	140	130	55	55	40	535
52	52	52	Blissey	Natural Cure Serene Grace Healer	Fairy	255	10	10	75	135	55	540
52	52	52	Tangrowth	Chlorophyll Leaf Guard Regenerator	Grass	100	100	125	110	50	50	535
52	52	52	Kangaskhan	Early Bird Scrappy Inner Focus	Monster	105	95	80	40	80	90	490
52	52	52	Mr. Mime	Soundproof Filter Technician	Human-Like	40	45	65	100	120	90	460
52	52	52	Jynx	Oblivious Forewarn Dry Skin	Human-Like	65	50	35	115	95	95	455
52	52	52	Electabuzz	Static Vital Spirit	Human-Like	65	83	57	95	85	105	490
52	52	52	Electivire	Motor Drive Vital Spirit	Human-Like	75	123	67	95	85	95	540
52	52	52	Magmar	Flame Body Vital Spirit	Human-Like	65	95	57	100	85	93	495
52	52	52	Magmortar	Flame Body Vital Spirit	Human-Like	75	95	67	125	95	83	540
52	52	52	Pinsir	Hyper Cutter Mold Breaker Moxie	Bug	65	125	100	55	70	85	500
52	52	52	Snorlax	Immunity Thick Fat Gluttony	Monster	160	110	65	65	110	30	540
52	52	52	Dragonite	Inner Focus Multiscale	Water 1 Dragon	91	134	95	100	100	80	600
52	52	52	Mewtwo	Pressure Unnerve	Undiscovered	106	110	90	154	90	130	680
52	52	52	Mew	Synchronize	Undiscovered	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
52	52	52	Typhlosion	Blaze Flash Fire	Field	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
52	52	52	Feraligatr	Torrent Sheer Force	Monster Water 1	85	105	100	79	83	78	530
52	52	52	Furret	Run Away Keen Eye Frisk	Field	85	76	64	45	55	90	415
52	52	52	Ledian	Swarm Early Bird Iron Fist	Bug	55	35	50	55	110	85	390
52	52	52	Ampharos	Static Plus	Monster Field	90	75	75	115	90	55	500
52	52	52	Azumarill	Thick Fat Huge Power Sap Sipper	Water 1 Fairy	100	50	80	50	80	50	410
52	52	52	Quagsire	Damp Water Absorb Unaware	Water 1 Field	95	85	85	65	65	35	430
52	52	52	Granbull	Intimidate Quick Feet Rattled	Field Fairy	90	120	75	60	60	45	450
52	52	52	Heracross	Swarm Guts Moxie	Bug	80	125	75	40	95	85	500
52	52	52	Weavile	Pressure Pickpocket	Field	70	120	65	45	85	125	510
52	52	52	Ursaring	Guts Quick Feet Unnerve	Field	90	130	75	75	75	55	500
52	52	52	Miltank	Thick Fat Scrappy Sap Sipper	Field	95	80	105	40	70	100	490
52	52	52	Tyranitar	Sand Stream Unnerve	Monster	100	134	110	95	100	61	600
52	52	52	Sceptile	Overgrow Unburden	Monster Dragon	70	85	65	105	85	120	530
52	52	52	Combusken	Blaze Speed Boost	Field	60	85	60	85	60	55	405
52	52	52	Blaziken	Blaze Speed Boost	Field	80	120	70	110	70	80	530
52	52	52	Swampert	Torrent Damp	Monster Water 1	100	110	90	85	90	60	535
52	52	52	Ludicolo	Swift Swim Rain Dish Own Tempo	Water 1 Grass	80	70	70	90	100	70	480
52	52	52	Shiftry	Chlorophyll Early Bird Pickpocket	Field Grass	90	100	60	90	60	80	480
52	52	52	Gardevoir	Synchronize Trace Telepathy	Amorphous	68	65	65	125	115	80	518
52	52	52	Gallade	Steadfast Justified	Amorphous	68	125	65	65	115	80	518
52	52	52	Breloom	Effect Spore Poison Heal Technician	Fairy Grass	60	130	80	60	60	70	460
52	52	52	Vigoroth	Vital Spirit	Field	80	80	80	55	55	90	440
52	52	52	Slaking	Truant	Field	150	160	100	95	65	100	670
52	52	52	Exploud	Soundproof Scrappy	Monster Field	104	91	63	91	63	68	480
52	52	52	Makuhita	Thick Fat Guts Sheer Force	Human-Like	72	60	30	20	30	25	237
52	52	52	Hariyama	Thick Fat Guts Sheer Force	Human-Like	144	120	60	40	60	50	474
52	52	52	Mawile	Hyper Cutter Intimidate Sheer Force	Field Fairy	50	85	85	55	55	50	380
52	52	52	Aggron	Sturdy Rock Head Heavy Metal	Monster	70	110	180	60	60	50	530
52	52	52	Meditite	Pure Power Telepathy	Human-Like	30	40	55	40	55	60	280
52	52	52	Medicham	Pure Power Telepathy	Human-Like	60	60	75	60	75	80	410
52	52	52	Grumpig	Thick Fat Own Tempo Gluttony	Field	80	45	65	90	110	80	470
52	52	52	Cacturne	Sand Veil Water Absorb	Grass Human-Like	70	115	60	115	60	55	475
52	52	52	Zangoose	Immunity Toxic Boost	Field	73	115	60	60	60	90	458
52	52	52	Dusknoir	Pressure	Amorphous	45	100	135	65	135	45	525
52	52	52	Regirock	Clear Body Sturdy	Undiscovered	80	100	200	50	100	50	580
52	52	52	Regice	Clear Body Ice Body	Undiscovered	80	50	100	100	200	50	580
52	52	52	Registeel	Clear Body Light Metal	Undiscovered	80	75	150	75	150	50	580
52	52	52	Groudon	Drought	Undiscovered	100	150	140	100	90	90	670
52	52	52	Rayquaza	Air Lock	Undiscovered	105	150	90	150	90	95	680
52	52	52	Normal Deoxys	Pressure	Undiscovered	50	150	50	150	50	150	600
52	52	52	Attack Deoxys	Pressure	Undiscovered	50	180	20	180	20	150	600
52	52	52	Defense Deoxys	Pressure	Undiscovered	50	70	160	70	160	90	600
52	52	52	Speed Deoxys	Pressure	Undiscovered	50	95	90	95	90	180	600
52	52	52	Monferno	Blaze Iron Fist	Field Human-Like	64	78	52	78	52	81	405
52	52	52	Infernape	Blaze Iron Fist	Field Human-Like	76	104	71	104	71	108	534
52	52	52	Rampardos	Mold Breaker Sheer Force	Monster	97	165	60	65	50	58	495
52	52	52	Floatzel	Swift Swim Water Veil	Water 1 Field	85	105	55	85	50	115	495
52	52	52	Lopunny	Cute Charm Klutz Limber	Field Human-Like	65	76	84	54	96	105	480
52	52	52	Riolu	Steadfast Inner Focus Prankster	Undiscovered	40	70	40	35	40	60	285
52	52	52	Lucario	Steadfast Inner Focus Justified	Field Human-Like	70	110	70	115	70	90	525
52	52	52	Croagunk	Anticipation Dry Skin Poison Touch	Human-Like	48	61	40	61	40	50	300
52	52	52	Toxicroak	Anticipation Dry Skin Poison Touch	Human-Like	83	106	65	86	65	85	490
52	52	52	Abomasnow	Snow Warning Soundproof	Monster Grass	90	92	75	92	85	60	494
52	52	52	Palkia	Pressure Telepathy	Undiscovered	90	120	100	150	120	100	680
52	52	52	Regigigas	Slow Start	Undiscovered	110	160	110	80	110	100	670
52	52	52	Darkrai	Bad Dreams	Undiscovered	70	90	90	135	90	125	600
52	52	52	Arceus	Multitype	Undiscovered	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
	52	52	Victini	Victory Star	Undiscovered	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
	52	52	Pignite	Blaze Thick Fat	Field	90	93	55	70	55	55	418
	52	52	Emboar	Blaze Reckless	Field	110	123	65	100	65	65	528
	52	52	Watchog	Illuminate Keen Eye Analytic	Field	60	85	69	60	69	77	420
	52	52	Simisage	Gluttony Overgrow	Field	75	98	63	98	63	101	498
	52	52	Simisear	Gluttony Blaze	Field	75	98	63	98	63	101	498
	52	52	Simipour	Gluttony Torrent	Field	75	98	63	98	63	101	498
	52	52	Excadrill	Sand Rush Sand Force Mold Breaker	Field	110	135	60	50	65	88	508
	52	52	Timburr	Guts Sheer Force Iron Fist	Human-Like	75	80	55	25	35	35	305
	52	52	Gurdurr	Guts Sheer Force Iron Fist	Human-Like	85	105	85	40	50	40	405
	52	52	Conkeldurr	Guts Sheer Force Iron Fist	Human-Like	105	140	95	55	65	45	505
	52	52	Seismitoad	Swift Swim Poison Touch Water Absorb	Water 1	105	85	75	85	75	74	499
	52	52	Throh	Guts Inner Focus Mold Breaker	Human-Like	120	100	85	30	85	45	465
	52	52	Sawk	Sturdy Inner Focus Mold Breaker	Human-Like	75	125	75	30	75	85	465
	52	52	Krookodile	Intimidate Moxie Anger Point	Field	95	117	70	65	70	92	509
	52	52	Standard Darmanitan	Sheer Force Zen Mode	Field	105	140	55	30	55	95	480
	52	52	Zen Darmanitan	Sheer Force Zen Mode	Field	105	30	105	140	105	55	540
	52	52	Scraggy	Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate	Field Dragon	50	75	70	35	70	48	348
	52	52	Scrafty	Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate	Field Dragon	65	90	115	45	115	58	488
	52	52	Carracosta	Solid Rock Sturdy Swift Swim	Water 1 Water 3	74	108	133	83	65	32	495
	52	52	Archeops	Defeatist	Flying Water 3	75	140	65	112	65	110	567
	52	52	Garbodor	Stench Weak Armor Aftermath	Mineral	80	95	82	60	82	75	474
	52	52	Zoroark	Illusion	Field	60	105	60	120	60	105	510
	52	52	Cinccino	Cute Charm Technician Skill Link	Field	75	95	60	65	60	115	470
	52	52	Reuniclus	Overcoat Magic Guard Regenerator	Amorphous	110	65	75	125	85	30	490
	52	52	Escavalier	Swarm Shell Armor Overcoat	Bug	70	135	105	60	105	20	495
	52	52	Haxorus	Rivalry Mold Breaker Unnerve	Monster Dragon	76	147	90	60	70	97	540
	52	52	Beartic	Snow Cloak Swift Swim	Field	95	110	80	70	80	50	485
	52	52	Accelgor	Hydration Sticky Hold Unburden	Bug	80	70	40	100	60	145	495
	52	52	Mienfoo	Inner Focus Regenerator Reckless	Field Human-Like	45	85	50	55	50	65	350
	52	52	Mienshao	Inner Focus Regenerator Reckless	Field Human-Like	65	125	60	95	60	105	510
	52	52	Druddigon	Rough Skin Sheer Force Mold Breaker	Monster Dragon	77	120	90	60	90	48	485
	52	52	Golett	Iron Fist Klutz No Guard	Mineral	59	74	50	35	50	35	303
	52	52	Golurk	Iron Fist Klutz No Guard	Mineral	89	124	80	55	80	55	483
	52	52	Bisharp	Defiant Inner Focus Pressure	Human-Like	65	125	100	60	70	70	490
	52	52	Heatmor	Gluttony Flash Fire White Smoke	Field	85	97	66	105	66	65	484
	52	52	Hydreigon	Levitate	Dragon	92	105	90	125	90	98	600
	52	52	Cobalion	Justified	Undiscovered	91	90	129	90	72	108	580
	52	52	Terrakion	Justified	Undiscovered	91	129	90	72	90	108	580
	52	52	Virizion	Justified	Undiscovered	91	90	72	90	129	108	580
	52	52	Incarnate Tornadus	Prankster Defiant	Undiscovered	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
		52	Therian Tornadus	Regenerator	Undiscovered	79	100	80	110	90	121	580
	52	52	Incarnate Thundurus	Prankster Defiant	Undiscovered	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
		52	Therian Thundurus	Volt Absorb	Undiscovered	79	105	70	145	80	101	580
	52	52	Reshiram	Turboblaze	Undiscovered	100	120	100	150	120	90	680
	52	52	Zekrom	Teravolt	Undiscovered	100	150	120	120	100	90	680
	52	52	Incarnate Landorus	Sand Force Sheer Force	Undiscovered	89	125	90	115	80	101	600
		52	Therian Landorus	Intimidate	Undiscovered	89	145	90	105	80	91	600
	52	52	Kyurem	Pressure	Undiscovered	125	130	90	130	90	95	660
		52	Black Kyurem	Teravolt	Undiscovered	125	170	100	120	90	95	700
		52	White Kyurem	Turboblaze	Undiscovered	125	120	90	170	100	95	700
	52	52	Ordinary Keldeo	Justified	Undiscovered	91	72	90	129	90	108	580
		52	Resolute Keldeo	Justified	Undiscovered	91	72	90	129	90	108	580
	52	52	Aria Meloetta	Serene Grace	Undiscovered	100	77	77	128	128	90	600
	52	52	Pirouette Meloetta	Serene Grace	Undiscovered	100	128	90	77	77	128	600