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Focus Sash
きあいのタスキ
Fighting Spirit Sash

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Introduced in Generation IV

The Focus Sash (Japanese: きあいのタスキ Fighting Spirit Sash) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV that prevents the holder from fainting in one hit.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Generation IV

If the holder has full HP and is hit by a move that would otherwise cause fainting (including a one-hit knockout move), it survives with 1 HP. Can also protect against self-inflicted confusion damage. Protects from all strikes of a multi-strike move. Cannot protect from damage from Future Sight or Doom Desire. Disappears after use.

Generation V onward

From Generation V on, it can only protect from one strike of a multi-strike move.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. If it has full HP, the holder will endure one potential KO attack, leaving 1 HP.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder has full HP, it will endure a potential KO attack with 1 HP. The item then disappears.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder has full HP and is hit with a move that should knock it out, it will endure with 1 HP—but only once.

Acquisition

Distribution

As a held item

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
DP Pt	2009 World Championships Weavile	Japanese	August 15, 2009
HGSS	2010 World Championships Eevee	Japanese	January 11 to May 9, 2010
HGSS	Video Game Championships 2010 Eevee	English, French, German, Spanish	Various
BW	Korean Nationals 2012 Volcarona	Korean	June 9 to 10, 2012
B2W2	Strongest Class Single Battle Tyranitar	Japanese	September 15 to October 28, 2012
B2W2	Strongest Class Tyranitar	Korean	February 24 to May 5, 2013
BW B2W2	Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Infernape	Japanese	June 12 to 18, 2013 July 3 to 7, 2013
BW B2W2	Iris's Haxorus	Japanese	August 17 to 18, 2013
ORAS	Jump Festa 2015 Linoone	Japan	December 20 to 21, 2014
ORAS	2015 Korean World Championship Series Linoone	Korean	March 12 to May 31, 2015
XY ORAS	Cinema Hoopa	Japan	July 5, 2015 July 18 to September 30, 2015
	Manesh Hoopa	Japanese, American	August 21 to November 30, 2015
	Mighty Hoopa	Japanese, Taiwanese	November 3 to 30, 2015
	Mac Hoopa	United States	November 27 to December 23, 2015
	Cinema Hoopa	Korean	December 15, 2015 to February 29, 2016
	Harry Hoopa	PAL	Various
SM	Clovis Salazzle	American, PAL	August 14 to December 4, 2017
SwSh	Baik Jongyoon's Amoonguss	All	August 9 to 10, 2020

Gallery

Artwork

In the manga

Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!

In Walkthrough! Battle Tower!!, Yū had given his Infernape a Focus Sash to hold, allowing it to survive a Golem's Earthquake at the Battle Tower and then defeat it with a Grass Knot.

Pokémon Adventures

Platinum arc

A Focus Sash was seen held by Darach's Houndoom in Getting the Drop on Gallade II, allowing it to survive a super-effective Focus Blast by Platinum's Lopunny. In the same chapter, Platinum was revealed to have rented a Focus Sash for her Empoleon to hold in the Battle Castle.

In the TCG

Focus Sash in the TCG Main article: Focus Sash (Furious Fists 91)

The Focus Sash was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English XY Series (the Japanese XY Era). It was released in the Japanese Rising Fist expansion and the English Furious Fists expansion, with artwork by Toyste Beach. In Japan, it was later reprinted in The Best of XY subset. If a Fighting-type card Pokémon with this card attached has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack from the opponent's Pokémon, it is not Knocked Out and instead its remaining HP becomes 10. Afterwards, the card is removed from the Pokémon and discarded.

In other languages

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:

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