Focus Energy — Pokémon Move

Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit.

Type: normal; class: status; power: —; accuracy: —; PP: 30; priority: 0.

Effect notes

User’s critical hit rate is two levels higher until it leaves the field. If the user has already used Focus Energy since entering the field, this move will fail. This effect is passed on by Baton Pass.

In-game descriptions by version

gold silver	Raises the criti cal hit ratio.
crystal	Raises the criti cal hit ratio.
ruby sapphire	Focuses power to raise the critical-hit ratio.
emerald	Focuses power to raise the critical-hit ratio.
firered leafgreen	The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise its critical-hit ratio.
diamond pearl	The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise the critical-hit ratio of its attacks.
platinum	The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise the critical-hit ratio of its attacks.
heartgold soulsilver	The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise the critical-hit ratio of its attacks.
black white	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
black 2 white 2	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
x y	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
sun moon	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
ultra sun ultra moon	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
sword shield	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.
legends arceus	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that its future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits.
scarlet violet	The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that its future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

mankey — level-up, level 1
primeape — level-up, level 1
hitmonlee — level-up, level 1
hitmonchan — level-up, level 1
horsea — level-up, level 15
seadra — level-up, level 15
scyther — level-up, level 28
sentret — egg
furret — egg
ariados — level-up, level 1
scizor — level-up, level 28
kingdra — level-up, level 15
phanpy — egg
tyrogue — level-up, level 1
hitmontop — level-up, level 1
larvitar — egg
torchic — level-up, level 27
combusken — level-up, level 35
blaziken — level-up, level 35
vigoroth — level-up, level 1
makuhita — level-up, level 1
hariyama — level-up, level 1
numel — level-up, level 8
camerupt — level-up, level 1
bagon — level-up, level 40
shelgon — level-up, level 46
salamence — level-up, level 46
chimchar — egg
monferno — egg
infernape — egg
kricketune — level-up, level 22
cranidos — level-up, level 6
rampardos — level-up, level 1
shieldon — egg
bastiodon — egg
drifloon — level-up, level 8
drifblim — level-up, level 1
stunky — level-up, level 15
skuntank — level-up, level 15
oshawott — level-up, level 13
dewott — level-up, level 13
samurott — level-up, level 13
timburr — level-up, level 12
gurdurr — level-up, level 12
conkeldurr — level-up, level 12
axew — level-up, level 33
fraxure — level-up, level 33
haxorus — level-up, level 33
deino — level-up, level 1
zweilous — level-up, level 1