Focus Band

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The Focus Band (Japanese: きあいのハチマキ Headband) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that sometimes prevents fainting.
==In the core series games==
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===Effect===
====Generation II====
If the Pokémon holding a Focus Band is hit by a damaging move that would cause it to faint, there is a ~12% (30/256) chance the Focus Band will activate and cause its holder to survive with 1 . If Focus Band activates on any strike of a multistrike move, the holder will survive every subsequent strike of the attack. Focus Band can allow the holder to survive . It cannot activate as a result of self-inflicted damage.
====Generations III and IV====
The Focus Band now has a 10% chance to activate. Focus Band now allows its holder to endure self-inflicted damage.
Focus Band can allow the holder to survive .
====Generations V onward====
If Focus Band activates on a multistrike move, the holder will now only survive the strike that activated it, and the Focus Band will have to activate independently on each subsequent hit.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Fighting Dojo
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| Shoal Cave
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| Held by (5% chance)
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| Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons)
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| Pyrite Town (Pyrite Super Grand Hotel)
| Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
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| Transfer from My Pokémon Ranch (held by Hayley's Octillery)
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| Hayley's trades (held by event )
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| (48 BP)
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| (held by wild )
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| Battle Subway (48 BP)
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| Battle Subway/PWT (12 BP)
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| Battle Maison (48 BP)
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| Shoal Cave
| Battle Maison (48 BP)Held by (5% chance)
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| Held by and (5% chance each)
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| Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)Held by , , and (5% chance each)
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|Battle Park (48 BP)Held by and (5% chance each)
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| Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)
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| Item Printer
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====Distribution====
=====As a held item=====
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Games	Event	Language/Region 	Distribution period
 	 	Japanese 	October 14 to 31, 2007
 	 	Japan 	August 16 to 17, 2014
 	 	Japanese, American, PAL, Korean	November 17, 2017 to January 10, 2018
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Artwork from
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon UNITE===
In Pokémon UNITE, the Focus Band is a held item that recovers user's HP for 3s when below 25%; specifically by 8/11/14% of missing HP with 100/90/80s cooldown at Grade 1, 10, and 20 respectively. It also increases the user's Defense and Sp. Defense: by 2 and 0 respectively at Grade 1 and by 30 each at Grade 30.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In The Journalist from Another Region!, a Pokémon Sumo Tournament was held during the Grand Harvest Festival on Harvest Island, with the prize for winning being a Focus Band. Eventually, it was won by , who gave it to his to wear as a trophy.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In The Last Battle VI, gave each of his team members a Focus Band to hold during the final battle against the Masked Man.
==In the TCG==
The Focus Band was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era) in the expansion. It has never been reprinted.
If a Pokémon with a Focus Band would be Knocked Out, its owner may flip a coin. If heads, the Pokémon survives with 10 HP and Focus Band is discarded.
==Trivia==
* In Bibarel Gnaws Best!, an expert stonecutter and his wore headbands resembling Focus Bands. He also gave the same kind of headbands to , , and at the end of the episode.
* In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pichu can wear a Focus Band as one of its palette swaps.
==In other languages==
==External links==
Category:Held items
Category:In-battle effect items
de:Fokusband
es:Cinta aguante
fr:Bandeau (objet)
it:Bandana
ja:きあいのハチマキ
zh:气势头带（道具）