Focus Sash

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The Focus Sash (Japanese: きあいのタスキ 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==
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===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), the Focus Sash will enable it to survive with 1 HP. The Focus Sash can also protect against self-inflicted damage. It can protect from all strikes of a multistrike move, but not from damage from or . Once used up, the Focus Sash disappears.
====Generation V onward====
From Generation V on, the Focus Sash will only protect its holder from the first strike of a multistrike move.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Battle Subway (48 BP)
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| Battle Subway/PWT (24 BP)Transfer from 
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| Dream Clouds (Simulator β, Simulator γ)
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| Battle Maison (48 BP)
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| Poni Wilds
| Battle Tree (48 BP)
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| Hammerlocke, Lake of Outrage
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| Frostpoint Field
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| West Province (Area Two) (from a Pokémon League representative after defeating 4 s in the area)
| Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges)
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	South Korea 	April 29 to May 31, 2023
 	 	Japan 	July 22 to September 30, 2023
=====As a held item=====
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Games	Event 	Language/Region 	Distribution period
 	 	Japanese 	August 15, 2009
 	 	Japanese 	January 11 to May 9, 2010
 	Video Game Championships 2010 Eevee	English, French, German, Spanish	Various
 	 	Korean 	June 9 to 10, 2012
 	 	Japanese 	September 15 to October 28, 2012
 	 	Korean 	February 24 to May 5, 2013
 	 	Japanese 	June 12 to 18, 2013July 3 to 7, 2013
 	 	Japanese 	August 17 to 18, 2013
 	 	Japan 	December 20 to 21, 2014
 	 	Korean 	March 12 to May 31, 2015
 	 	Japan 	July 5, 2015July 18 to September 30, 2015
 	 	Japanese, American 	August 21 to November 30, 2015
 	 	Japanese, Taiwanese 	November 3 to 30, 2015
 	 	United States 	November 27 to December 23, 2015
 	 	Korean 	December 15, 2015 to February 29, 2016
 	 	PAL 	Various
 	 	American, PAL 	August 14 to December 4, 2017
 	 	All 	August 9 to 10, 2020
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Artwork from
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!===
In Walkthrough! Battle Tower!!, Yū had given his a Focus Sash to hold, allowing it to survive a 's at the and then defeat it with a .
===Pokémon Adventures===
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A Focus Sash was seen being used by Darach's in Getting the Drop on Gallade II, which allowed it to survive a supereffective from Platinum's Lopunny. In the same chapter, was revealed to have rented a Focus Sash for her to hold in the Battle Castle.
==In the TCG==
The Focus Sash was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English XY Series (the Japanese XY Era). It was released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by Toyste Beach. In Japan, it was later reprinted in subset. If a 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==
Category:Held items
Category:In-battle effect items
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ja:きあいのタスキ
zh:气势披带（道具）