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Focus Energy

In Pokémon ChampionsGen I

Game

Pokémon Champions

NormalStatus

Raises the user's ratio by 2.

Power: –
Accuracy: —
PP: 30
Hits: The user

Changes over time

How Focus Energy changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen III
Raises the user's chance for a critical hit by ~~dropped: 1 stage.~~ added: 2 stages. Fails if the user already has …
Gen II
~~dropped: While~~ added: Raises the ~~dropped: user remains active, its~~ added: user's chance for a critical hit ~~dropped: is quartered.~~ added: by 1 stage. Fails if the user already has the effect. ~~dropped: If any Pokémon uses Haze,~~ added: Baton Pass can be used to transfer this effect ~~dropped: ends.~~ added: to an ally.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

Raises the user's chance for a by 2 . Fails if the user already has the effect. Baton Pass can be used to transfer this effect to an ally.

“The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that its future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Snatch can steal it.

Works with or against it

Psych Up Transform

Who runs Focus Energy on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Focus Energy among their most used moves.

Who learns Focus Energy

56 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 56 in Champions

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